United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-12-07 monographic deposited born digital 68 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-142 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142 P0b002ee180399249 f:d02142 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142 GAO-02-142 Food programs for children Information technology Program evaluation Disadvantaged persons Personnel recruiting Labor force Cost control Grant monitoring CDC Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System Other Written Product A02442 The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves almost half of all infants and about one-quarter of all children between one and four years of age in the United States. The WIC program faces the following challenges in delivering high quality nutrition services: (1) coordinating its nutrition services with health and welfare programs undergoing considerable change, (2) responding to health and demographic changes in the low-income population that it serves, (3) recruiting and keeping a skilled staff, (4) improving the use of information technology to enhance service delivery and program management, (5) assessing the effect of nutrition services, and (6) meeting increased program requirements without a corresponding increase in funding. GAO identified 16 approaches to address the major challenges facing the program. Although each of the approaches offers certain advantages, they also have potential negative consequences that policymakers should consider. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142.pdf GAO-02-142 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-142 Other Written Product GAO-02-142; Food Assistance: WIC Faces Challenges in Providing Nutrition Services; Food programs for children Information technology Program evaluation Disadvantaged persons Personnel recruiting Labor force Cost control Grant monitoring CDC Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System Public Law 100-435 Public Law 100-690 Public Law 101-147 Public Law 103-31 Public Law 104-193 Public Law 105-336 Public Law 106-224