Food Assistance: Research Provides Limited Information on the Effectiveness of Specific WIC Nutrition Services

United States. General Accounting Office.

United States. General Accounting Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    agriculture and food;    worker and family assistance;    food assistance;    letter report;   

RP-ID  :  GAO-01-442
RP-ID  :  231280

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Despite methodological limitations, demonstration studies provide program managers and policymakers with some useful information on the types of Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition service interventions that can have positive results forparticipants. However, only one recent demonstration study provides any information on the costs associated with implementing various interventions. Given the limited resources available to provide WIC nutrition services, information on the costs to provide effective services could play a critical role in managers' decisions to implement the intervention and policymakers' decisions on funding the intervention."