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Food Stamp Employment and Training Program: Better Data Needed to Understand Who Is Served and What the Program Achieves

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since the late 1990s, many funding changes have been made to the Food Stamp E&T Program. In 1997, legislation required states to spend 80 percent of their funds on participants who lose their food stamp benefits if they do not meet work requirements within a limited time frame. The legislation also increased funds by $131 million to help states serve these participants. But spending rates for the program decli… more
Date: March 12, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SSA Disability Decision Making: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Accuracy and Fairness of Decisions at the Hearing Level

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Historically, the proportion of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability benefits claims that were approved has been lower for African-Americans than for whites. In 1992, GAO found that racial differences, largely at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level, could not be completely explained by factors related to the decision-making process. This report examines how race and other factors influenc… more
Date: November 12, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food Assistance: Potential to Serve More WIC Infants by Reducing Formula Cost

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) provided about $3 billion to state agencies in fiscal year 2001 for food assistance, including infant formula, through its Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Most infants receiving formula are given a milk- or soy-based standard formula. To stretch program dollars, each state WIC agency contracts with a … more
Date: February 12, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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