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 2006-07-28 monographic deposited born digital 74 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-664 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664 P0b002ee18039d994 f:d06664 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664 GAO-06-664 Children Competition Cost control Data collection Financial analysis Food programs for children Infants Women State-administered programs Vouchers Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Other Written Product A57620 The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), authorizes retail grocers, called regular WIC vendors, to provide the food benefit. Recently, some states have seen an increase in vendors called WIC-only vendors, who stock only WIC food and accept only WIC vouchers. Both vendor types accept WIC vouchers in exchange for a cash payment, or redemption, from WIC state agencies with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant funds. To determine what effect WIC-only vendors' growth would have on program expenditures, in the absence of recent cost containment legislation, Congress asked GAO (1) what is known about WIC-only vendors' growth and their share of the WIC market in recent years, (2) to what extent do WIC-only and regular WIC vendors differ, and (3) what would WIC-only vendors' contribution to WIC program expenditures have been, if their market share increased. GAO analyzed national WIC vendor data, interviewed WIC state officials about vendors' business practices, and analyzed redemption data from California, Texas and Florida. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664.pdf GAO-06-664 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-664 Other Written Product GAO-06-664; WIC Program: More Detailed Price and Quantity Data Could Enhance Agriculture's Assessment of WIC Program Expenditures; Children Competition Cost control Data collection Financial analysis Food programs for children Infants Women State-administered programs Vouchers Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Public Law 108-265 Public Law 108-447