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RCED-95-115R 1 (1995-02-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacktr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: pr5 8 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-260535 February 28, 1995 The Honorable Joe Skeen Chairman The Honorable Richard J. Durbin Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives For fiscal year 1995, the Congress appropriated $40.3 billion to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide domestic food and nutrition assistance. Funding for food assistance has grown significantly over the last several decades and now accounts for about 60 percent of the Department's budget. More than half of the federal food assistance benefits are distributed through the Food Stamp Program, which provides basic benefits to all those who meet certain income-based eligibility criteria. The remainder is provided through 13 other USDA food assistance programs that were designed to address specific needs of particular segments of the population. Some overlap exists among all 14 programs in terms of the populations targeted for benefits and/or the types of benefits provided. Because of the growth and magnitude of the federal investment in food assistance, you asked us to provide detailed information about the food assistance programs and to identify alternative approaches that could be taken to streamline operations or reduce program costs. In recognition of the scope of the food assistance programs, you asked us to focus our initial attention on programs that target benefits to women, infants, and children; the elderly; and other programs that distribute USDA commodities to the needy. Accordingly, we focused our review on 6 of the 14 food assistance programs. Four of these programs primarily provide benefits to women, infants, and children; and/or the elderly: the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program GAO/RCED-95-115R, Food Assistance Programs

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