This report is one in a series of reports related to the STOP project. Our evaluation was performed in accordance with the Quality Standards for Inspections issued by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. They are concerned about potential residency abuses and the deception that individuals use to become entitled to and receive SSI benefits. The following are two accounts of CR's and SR's experiences with recipients who provided false information about residency. A woman owned her home in El Paso and gave that address to SSA as her residence.
Property is important as it solidifies an individual as being part of a community.
Additionally, the assumption is that if an individual owns a house and land in a city the individual is a resident of that city. However, the recipient rented her house to others. A STOP investigator found that the woman had not lived in her house in 1 years and was residing in Mexico. She was willing to go through the extreme of lying. Because of the potential for residency abuse, CRs and SRs volunteered to assist with STOP-related tasks.