Minnesota Department of Human Services used incorrect SNAP data

What has Minnesota's Department of Human Services gotten right this year? Perhaps, it's better phrased 'Has Minnesota's Department of Human Services gotten ANYTHING right? That becomes a legitimate question after reading this KSTP article. KSTP reported "The Minnesota Department of Human Services repeatedly reported incorrect information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to the federal government, 5 INVESTIGATES has uncovered. The state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, which took over administration of SNAP in 2024, then continued to rely on that flawed data to answer questions about one of the state’s largest public assistance programs."

The Department of Human Services is part of the Walz administration at the moment. The base word for administration is administer. The definition of administer is "to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of." It's obvious that the Walz administration hasn't been in charge of these departments in 7+ years. One of the multiple excuses that Tim Walz made for the multiple Medicaid fraud scandals is that they were told to get the money out the door ASAP. Let's examine that a little.

First, a significant portion of these Medicaid programs were COVID-era start-ups. Am I supposed to think that the administration hasn't had time in 5 years to investigate any of the day care centers getting millions of taxpayer dollars? If that hasn't been part of their job, why haven't facilities inspections been part of their responsibilities? Does Tim Walz think that oversight is what other states do? Check out Fox News's interview of Nick Shirley:

In Nick's viral video, he was joined by a silver-haired gentleman named David. In a single afternoon, Nick and David found over $110,000,000 worth of Medicaid fraud. That's in a single afternoon! David is right. He told the Fox interviewers that a kindergartner could figure out these fraud schemes. But I digress.
The data in question is published in the USDA’s State Activity Report. The document lists information on all aspects of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by pulling in dozens of data points reported by all 50 states. The State Activity Report from fiscal year 2021 showed SNAP issuance in Minnesota jumped 173.96% from 2020 to 2021. A screenshot of the table showing the spike was posted to social media by state Representative Pam Altendorf (R-Red Wing) in early November. The post prompted speculation about potential fraud in the program.
Fraud in Minnesota? It can't be. We're as pure as the driven snow.

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