Fraud identified by the state’s auditor general in a heating program for the poor called the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program should be reduced under welfare reform initiatives approved by the General Assembly earlier this summer, according to a spokesperson for the House Republican Caucus.
“Nothing in the reform specifically targets LIHEAP but changes address eligibility requirements and other things that we believe will reduce fraud in the entire welfare system,” said Jennifer Keaton.
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