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The PRAC continues to provide innovative approaches to oversight work and deep insights into programs in ways that can be used now, and in the future. See highlights and view the full report on the work we’ve done over the latest six-month reporting period.

Our mission to understand communities’ experiences with pandemic funding and programs brought us to Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, located in New Mexico, where we gathered valuable lessons learned on how to improve federal emergency response programs in the future. Read the report to learn how this community used pandemic relief funding to respond to and mitigate the effects of COVID-19.

We analyzed applications across major pandemic relief programs and estimate these programs disbursed approximately $79 billion to applicants who used over 1.4 million potentially stolen or invalid Social Security numbers.

Using data analytics to compare income representations by applicants seeking benefits from multiple federal programs could have prevented hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic fraud. 

Oversight Community and Policymakers: See how state, local, and federal governments work together to share best practices and solutions in Chapter 4 of our Blueprint for Enhanced Program Integrity. This whole-of-government approach focuses on the impact of policies and programs on government at large.

Our mission to understand communities’ experiences with pandemic funding and programs brought us to White Earth Nation Reservation, located in Minnesota, where we gathered valuable lessons learned on how to improve federal emergency response programs. Read the report to learn how this community incorporated cultural traditions into its pandemic response and used pandemic relief funding to respond to and mitigate the effects of COVID.