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        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States General Accounting Office                           Resources, Community, and
Washington, DC 20548                                          Economic Development Division

         B-285702


         June 28, 2000


         The Honorable Charles E. Grassley, Chairman
         Special Committee on Aging
         United States Senate

         The Honorable John B. Breaux, Ranking Member
         Special Committee on Aging
         United States Senate

         Subject: Food Stamp Program: Data on Assistance for the Elderly

         In your letter of May 22, 2000, you asked us to prepare background information on
         the Food Stamp Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of
         Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. Specifically, you requested information on
         (1) state activities to increase older Americans' participation and (2) the number of
         elderly food stamp participants in each state. Enclosures I and II provide this
         information.

         Enclosure I contains information on states' activities to encourage elderly
         participation in the Food Stamp Program. Table I provides the information we
         collected in our April 2000 telephone survey of state food stamp directors on whether
         the states have tried, during the last 3 years, activities suggested in the Food and
         Nutrition Service's The Nutriton Safety Net-Help for the Elderly and Disabled: A
         Pimer for Enhancing the Nutrition Safety Net for the Elderly and Disabled (referred
         to as the access guide). Table 2 describes innovative state outreach activities
         mentioned in response to our telephone survey, as well as a source to contact for
         information in those states.

         In enclosure II, table 3 presents information, by state, on the number and percentage
         of older Americans' households receiving food stamps in fiscal year 1998-the most
         recent year for which complete data are available. It also presents, by state, the
         average benefits received by elderly households.


RCED-00-223R Elderly Participation in Food Stamps

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