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CED-79-55 1 (1979-02-27)

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REPORT BY THE


Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES


The Special Supplemental Food Program

For Women, Infants, And Children (WIC)--

How Can It Work Better?


Many local WIC programs provided needed
health services and operated as adjuncts to
good health care as the Congress intended,
but for others this was not the case. Stronger
legislative requirements and better adminis-
tration are needed to remedy this and to pre-
vent further difficulties in providing needed
health services as the WIC program continues
its rapid expansion. In addition,

    --Required professional assessments of
    applicants' nutritional status were not
    being made in some locations;

    --States used different criteria for judging
    whether applicants were nutritional
    risks and eligible for the program;

    --Supplemental food packages seldom
    were tailored to participants' individual
    nutritional needs;

    --Nutrition education and program eval-
    uation have not received the priority
    and attention they deserve; and

    --Program regulations contain provisions
    hindering effective evaluations.


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