I. PURPOSE The purpose of this directive is to inform social services districts of the mandate to establish a Front End Detection System (FEDS) for public assistance (PA) applicants and to encourage FEDS referrals for non-public assistance (NPA) food stamp applicants and Medicaid Only applicants. This directive provides districts with a general FEDS overview, processing guidelines and sample documents. Also, this ADM will outline how a district is to develop and submit its plan for FEDS to this Department's Case Integrity Unit.
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