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Program Integrity

What is Program Integrity?

Improving stewardship of federal money by reducing recipient fraud, reducing retailer fraud, ensuring accurate eligibility determinations, and reducing improper payments.

Report suspicious nutrition assistance fraud (including retailer fraud) to the USDA Office of the Inspector General.

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Submit a Complaint(800) 424-9121
(202) 690-1622
(202) 690-1202 (TDD)
USDA
Office of Inspector General
PO Box 23399
Washington, DC 20026-3399

 

Use the following chart to report nutrition assistance fraud in your state.
State
Phone
Email/Website
Alabama(334) 242-1700fs@dhr.alabama.gov 
https://dhr.alabama.gov/quick-links/
Alaska(907) 269-1050fraud_allegations@alaska.gov
Arizona(800) 251-2436
(855) 777-8590
https://des.az.gov/how-do-i/report-suspected-fraud
Arkansas(800) 422-6641
(501) 682-8849
http://humanservices.arkansas.gov/hotlines
California(800) 344-8477FraudHotline@dss.ca.gov 
http://www.cdss.ca.gov/Complaints
Colorado(877) 934-6361CDHSaudits@state.co.us
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdhs/report-fraud
Connecticut(800) 842-2155clientfraud.dss@ct.gov 
http://www.ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2353&Q=421878
Delaware(800) 847-3333
(800) 273-9500
http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dms/arms/reportfraud.html
Florida(850) 300-4323https://www2.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/public-benefits-integrity/fraud/report-fraud.shtml
Georgia(877) 423-4746https://dhs.georgia.gov/webform/dhs-oig-fraud-and-abuse-reporting-form
Guam(671) 735-7353
(671) 735-7344
 
Hawaii(808) 587-8444 
Idaho(800) 926-2588
(866) 635-7515
welfraud@dhw.idaho.gov
Illinois(800) 453-7283
(800) 843-6154
https://hfs.illinois.gov/oig/reportfraud.html
Indiana(800) 403-0864ReportFraud@fssa.IN.gov 
https://www.in.gov/fssa/2385.htm
Iowa(800) 831-1394
(877) 347-5678
Investigations@dia.iowa.gov 
https://dia.iowa.gov/investigations-divison
Kansas(800) 432-3913
(888) 369-4777
https://dcfforms.dcf.ks.gov/GC/Pages/FraudForm.aspx
Kentucky(800) 372-2970 
Louisiana(888) 524-3578DCFS.Fraud@la.gov 
http://www.dcfs.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&pid=135
Maine(866) 348-1129https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/about/contact/fraud-reporting-form
Maryland(800) 332-6347http://dhr.maryland.gov/office-of-the-inspector-general/welfare-fraud-complaint-form/
Massachusetts(800) 372-8399
(866) 950-3663
Infoline@SAO.state.ma.us
Michigan(800) 222-8558http://www.michigan.gov/reportwelfarefraud
Minnesota(800) 627-9977https://fraudhotline.dhs.mn.gov/
Mississippi(800) 299-6905Snap.Fraud@mdhs.ms.gov
Missouri(877) 770-8055http://dss.mo.gov/dls/public-assistance-fraud-form.htm
Montana(800) 201-6308oroussan@mt.gov
NebraskaLincoln & Greater Nebraska:
(402) 471-9375
Omaha:
(402) 595-3789
DHHS.InvestigationsSIU@nebraska.gov
Nevada(702) 486-1646
(702) 486-1875
https://dwss.nv.gov/Home/Features/ReportWelfareFraudInNV/
New Hampshire(603) 271-9258https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/reports-regulations-statistics/program-quality-integrity/reporting-suspected-improper-receipt
New Jersey(800) 792-9773DFD.PAIU@dhs.state.nj.us
New Mexico(800) 228-4802 
New York(518) 402-0125shared.mailbox9@otda.ny.gov 
http://otda.ny.gov/resources/welfare-fraud/
North Carolina(866) 719-0141 
North Dakota(800) 472-2622dhseo@nd.gov
Ohio(866) 635-3748http://jfs.ohio.gov/Fraud/index.stm
Oklahoma(800) 784-5887
(405) 522-5880
OIGFraud2@okdhs.org
http://www.okdhs.org/aboutus/exec/pages/rptfraud.aspx#compare
Oregon(888) 372-8301https://www.oregon.gov/odhs/financial-recovery/pages/fraud.aspx
Pennsylvania(800) 932-0582https://www.osig.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Puerto Rico (PR)(Within territory) 311
(Outside) 1-787-877-0101
 
Rhode Island(401) 574-8175
(401) 574-8221
https://omb.ri.gov/internal-audit/fraud-hotline
http://www.dhs.ri.gov/Fraud/ReportFraud.php
South Carolina(800) 616-1309https://dss.sc.gov/about/fraud/
South Dakota(605) 773-3653
(800) 765-7867
https://dss.sd.gov/keyresources/benefitfraud/benefitreportform.aspx
Tennessee(800) 241-2629InspectorGeneral.DHS@tn.gov
Texas(800) 436-6184
(512) 973-9203
https://oig.hhs.texas.gov/report-fraud-waste-or-abuse
Utah(800) 955-2210wsinv@utah.gov
Vermont(800) 479-6151 
Virgin Islands(340) 715-6973
(340) 774-2399
 
Virginia(800) 552-3431citizen.services@dss.virginia.gov
Washington(800) 562-6906
(888) 436-6392
https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/fitt/
Washington D.C.(800) 521-1639
(202) 673-4464
(202) 724-8477
oprmi@dc.gov 
http://dhs.dc.gov/page/fraud
West Virginia(307) 777-5352
(304) 558-1970
http://www.wvdhhr.org/oig/
Wisconsin(877) 865-3432
(800) 362-3002
https://www.reportfraud.wisconsin.gov/rptfrd/default.aspx
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/fraud/index.htm
Wyoming(307) 777-3526 
Page updated: October 31, 2023