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CED-80-91 1 (1980-06-06)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES





Child Care Food Program: Better

Management Will Yield Better Nutrition

And Fiscal Integrity


The Department of Agriculture's Child Care
Food Program has grown from a $1.2 million
pilot program in 1969 to a $250 million pro-
gram in 1980. In 1979 over 650,000 of the
Nation's children were served about 400 mil-
lion meals. While the program has grown in
numbers of children served and amounts of
money appropriated to it, Federal and State
program management has not kept pace with
this growth.

Improved management is necessary to ensure
that nutritious meals are served to children at
healthful feeding sites, that sound fiscal ac-
countability is maintained, and that incidents
of fraud and abuse are obviated. Improved
management is also essential to ensure that re-
cently implemented legislation will expand
program benefits without exacerbating ex-
isting problems or adding unnecessarily to
program cost.

Department officials recognize the need for
improvements, have taken action to correct
many of the problems, and are planning other
actions which should enhance the program's
ability to achieve its intended goals.                             112517








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   463O -I                                                         JUNE 6, 1980

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