I have been a school teacher. I was the Director of Memphis City Schools Nutrition Services for 17 years. And now I'm in the government. So believe me, I know paperwork. And I know we all can do with a whole lot less of it.
States have more authority to develop their own customer service and administrative procedures.
You also have the unprecedented flexibility to align your program rules with food stamp rules. Food Stamp fraud is not new. The first Food Stamp Program was established in May of 1939. The first Program violator was caught in October of 1939. We've caught a few more since then.