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Criteria: The Senior Box Distribution Program requires that an eligible recipient or an approved proxy sign for each distribution received. Condition: During our testing of the Food Distribution Cluster, it was found that 6 of the 30 Senior Box Distribution Program boxes selected for testing were distributed to an unauthorized individual as evidenced by the signature on the distribution form that could not be verified. Additionally, it was found that 2 of the 25 additional Senior Box Distribution Program recipients tested were not eligible at the time of the distribution based on the invalid or expired application on file. Effect: If agency personnel at distributions do not ensure that eligible recipients or their approved proxy are the only individuals receiving program benefits, distributions could be made to recipients who are not eligible for the program. Cause: Staff onsite during distributions were not properly identifying and verifying the eligibility of the individuals receiving program boxes. Questioned Costs: 8 individuals x $54.63= $437.04 Context: Thirty Senior Box distributions were tested. Six were found to be distributed to an unauthorized individual. Twenty-five additional Senior Box distributions were tested. Two were found to be distributed to an ineligible recipient. Recommendation: It is our recommendation that the agency implement procedures to ensure that distributions are only provided to eligible recipients or an approved proxy.