Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System Sfis The State Ca Must Weigh Factors Other Than Need and Cost-Effectiveness When Determining Future Funding for the System

Reports on the Calif. Dept. of Social Services' (SS) SFIS, which was designed to detect duplicate-aid fraud. SS implemented SFIS without determining the extent of duplicate-aid fraud throughout the State. SS based its estimates of the savings that SFIS would produce on an evaluation of L.A. County's (LAC) fingerprint imaging system, rather than conducting its own statewide study. These methods do not allow for the results to be extrapolated statewide. Further, SSs use of this data assumes that conditions in LAC hold true in other counties. Opponents question whether the benefits of SFIS outweigh its potential negative effects on the Food Stamp program. The State must weigh these factors in deciding whether to continue SFIS. Illus.Howle, Elaine M. is the author of 'Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System Sfis The State Ca Must Weigh Factors Other Than Need and Cost-Effectiveness When Determining Future Funding for the System' with ISBN 9780756730741 and ISBN 0756730740.