Summary of Federal Grant Award

The New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services received a $698,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 10.535) on September 26, 2025. The award, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2028, supports the state agency's efforts to enhance program integrity and strengthen fraud prevention, detection, and investigation capabilities within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administration.

Under this three-year grant, the awarded state agency will implement comprehensive fraud prevention and recipient integrity initiatives aligned with the SNAP Fraud Framework objectives. Key deliverables include developing and delivering recipient education projects addressing eligibility fraud, benefit trafficking, and misuse of SNAP benefits; enhancing organizational management practices and performance measurement techniques for fraud detection; implementing data analytics capabilities and investigation processes; and providing employee training and development to strengthen the state's capacity to identify and address fraudulent activities. The grant permits expenditure of funds within the 36-month performance period with no state matching requirement, enabling New Hampshire to expand its fraud prevention infrastructure and better protect program resources while maintaining recipient integrity across its SNAP administration operations.