United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-06-12 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:RCED-97-166 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166 P0b002ee18037f3bf f:rc97166 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166 RCED-97-166 Food relief programs Women Infants Children Unexpended budget balances State-administered programs Grants to states Budget administration Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children California Florida Illinois Ohio Mississippi Texas Montana Wyoming Georgia New York WIC Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed states' unspent funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in fiscal year (FY) 1995, focusing on: (1) the reasons that states had unspent recoverable WIC funds; and (2) whether unspent recoverable funds indicated that states had more WIC funds available than necessary to meet their needs.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) state officials identified a variety of reasons why their states had unspent recoverable funds; (2) some of these reasons were related to how WIC is structured; (3) for example, because the federal grant is the only source of funds for WIC in most states, states exercise caution to ensure that they do not spend more than their federal grant; (4) in addition, because states use vouchers and checks to distribute food benefits, it is difficult for them to determine the program's food costs until the vouchers and checks have been redeemed and processed; (5) some other reasons contributing to states' having unspent recoverable funds relate to specific situations or circumstances that limited program participation; (6) for example, in one state the installation of a new computer system temporarily reduced the amount of time clinic staff had to certify and serve new clients because they had to instead spend time learning new software and operating procedures; (7) having unspent recoverable funds does not necessarily indicate a lack of need for program benefits; and (8) according to all eight WIC directors who GAO contacted in states having FY 1995 unspent recoverable funds, more eligible individuals could have been served by WIC had it not been for reasons such as those identified above. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166.pdf GAO/RCED-97-166 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-166 Letter Report GAO/RCED-97-166; WIC: States Had a Variety of Reasons for Not Spending Program Funds; Food relief programs Women Infants Children Unexpended budget balances State-administered programs Grants to states Budget administration Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children California Florida Illinois Ohio Mississippi Texas Montana Wyoming Georgia New York WIC