DPSS Annual Report 24_25 FLIP v16_compressed

DPSS Investigations Division Special Investigations Unit (SIU)

Special Enforcement Team (SET)

MATCH/Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) Unit

1,088 Cases Completed Including Death matches, Fleeing Felons and Employer Non Cooperation Cases (Non Coops)

12 Special CalFresh Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Theft Operations

803 Welfare Fraud Case Referrals Completed

525 Special Investigations Completed Including Lobby Responses, Employee Threats, and Missing Child Investigations

1 Internal DPSS Employee Arrested and Charged with EBT Theft and Other Crimes

$557,461 Recovered CalWorks and CalFresh Funds

$1.08 Million Loss Due to EBT Theft by Suspects Arrested

18 Criminal Welfare Fraud Cases Filed with the District Attorney’s Office

Investigative Criminal Review/ Dispatch Unit (ICR)

2,413 Adoption and Foster Care Background Summaries Completed

10 Arrests of Suspects Involved in EBT Skimming and EBT Theft Including Two Who were Sentenced to State Prison

115 Administrative Disqualification Hearing (ADH) and Intentional Program Violation Cases Completed

2,191 Dispatch Calls Handled

40+ Search Warrants Written and Served

Criminal Records Review Unit (CRRU)

Fraud Early Detection (FRED)

3,401 Preventative Fraud Home Calls Completed

3,978 Child Placement Background Requests and Summaries Processed Including 453 After-hours Requests

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services | Annual Report 2024 - 2025

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