Social benefits solutions from SAS
SAS analytics solutions help government agencies gain a full view of policy impacts, detect fraud, measure risk and improve programs that benefit the people they serve.
Why choose SAS for your social benefits programs?
Enhance the effectiveness of your programs with a versatile advanced analytics platform. Our solution will help you identify the most impactful services and deliver tailored recommendations to the right individuals at the right time.
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Detect fraud, reduce your losses and optimize payment integrity
Spot payment integrity breaches more effectively with a robust fraud analytics engine that analyzes all data – both in real time and in batch. Powered by the SAS® Viya® platform, this solution capitalizes on advanced analytics, embedded AI and machine learning algorithms, along with business rules, text mining, database searches, exception reporting and network link analysis. Anomaly detection algorithms can identify irregular patterns in benefit claims, helping to detect fraudulent activities or overpayments. The result is faster and more accurate identification of suspicious activity.
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Gain a consolidated view of fraud risk and work better with limited resources
Identify linkages among seemingly unrelated claims with a unique visualization interface that lets you go beyond individual and account views to analyze all related activities and relationships at a network level. Using social network diagrams and advanced data mining techniques, gain deeper insights into emerging threats, allowing you to identify and address schemes more effectively. This comprehensive view helps your agency expedite program audits and investigations by automatically linking key data sources, enabling you to quickly pinpoint networks with suspicious activity and prevent losses early.
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Optimize benefits eligibility
Visualize social benefits and access a summary view of benefits by type and value. Use the interactive dropdown to check eligibility for new benefits or detect any threshold violations. Explore social network patterns to identify discrepancies and analyze how benefits have been utilized over time with an interactive timeline for deeper insights.
Modernize your social services programs to deliver social benefits more effectively
Discover how SAS analytics solutions can help you gain a full view of policy impacts, detect fraud, measure risk and improve programs that benefit the people you serve.
Improve the lives of the most vulnerable
Ensure better outcomes for children and vulnerable populations by creating data-driven insights that lead to better policies – so you can provide the right benefits at the right time. Help identify demographic areas with high levels of need, enabling more targeted deployment of resources.
Strengthen payment integrity for food assistance
Empower government departments to detect and reduce SNAP payment errors. With advanced analytics and solutions, states manage federal funds effectively, minimize overpayments and protect vulnerable households. As complexity increases, SAS helps agencies ensure accuracy, compliance and trust in food assistance programs.
Promote payment integrity
Use data and AI to detect and prevent fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) in benefit claims for unemployment insurance, food, cash, housing and child care assistance. Streamline eligibility determination based on income, demographics and socioeconomic factors.
Enhance productivity
Improve operational efficiency to do more with fewer resources, make the delivery of your social services more successful, and create better outcomes for citizens, families, and communities.
Prevent substance use disorder & opioid crisis
Identify high-risk populations and develop effective response solutions for your community. SAS Analytics can help you mitigate risk, prevent addiction and effectively monitor treatment program success and availability.
Discover economic & social trends
Harness data and AI to evaluate impact, forecast demand and shape responsive policies. Our solutions help governments understand trends, adapt quickly and design strategies – maximizing effectiveness, productivity and long-term value.
How SAS delivers effective social programs
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SAS Payment Integrity for Social Benefits
Detect, prevent and manage payment integrity issues across various public assistance programs with the fastest, most productive data and AI platform.
- Quickly uncover more suspicious activity with greater accuracy.
- Gain a holistic view of fraud risk to discover discrepancies faster across programs.
- Identify new schemes and threats with social network analysis.
- Improve collaboration across programs.
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Frequently asked questions
What are social benefits analytics solutions?
Social benefits analytics solutions help government agencies modernize operations, safeguard public funds and strengthen program integrity by using AI, machine learning and advanced analytics to detect fraud, waste, abuse and error. These tools reduce improper payments and ensure benefits reach the right people accurately and efficiently, supporting programs like housing, food assistance, child care, unemployment and disability benefits.
Which social benefits functions can public sector analytics improve?
Public sector analytics can improve social benefits functions, including eligibility and enrollment, payment integrity, fraud detection, case management, risk assessment and policy impact analysis. AI and machine learning help agencies identify risks earlier, reduce improper payments and ensure benefits reach the right people at the right time.
How are government agencies using data and AI to improve social benefits programs?
Government agencies worldwide use data, analytics and AI to strengthen program integrity, improve outcomes and deliver social benefits more effectively, from measuring child well-being to helping caseworkers make more informed decisions.
- The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority created a privacy-protected view of child well-being, compiling more than 1,000 data points across 350,000+ children to inform policy decisions.
- Orange County Child Support Services uses analytics to help caseworkers understand family circumstances and guide parents toward better outcomes for children.
- Bissell Centre uses advanced analytics to evaluate housing, employment and social support programs, helping track participants' progress from crisis to stability.
How does SAS ensure secure AI and generative AI use for social benefits agencies?
SAS helps social benefits agencies deploy trusted AI and GenAI with built-in governance, explainability, transparency and privacy protections, enabling trusted decisions, stronger program integrity, better citizen outcomes and responsible innovation at scale.
Why do public sector agencies choose SAS for social benefits?
SAS helps social benefits agencies deliver the right benefits to the right people at the right time, reduce fraud and improper payments and deploy trusted, explainable AI that strengthens both program integrity and citizen outcomes.