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 1995-05-23 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-RCED-95-202 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-202 P0b002ee180377ab8 f:trc95202 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-202 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-202 T-RCED-95-202 Food stamp programs Overpayments Program abuses Electronic funds transfer Welfare recipients Elderly persons Welfare benefits Check disbursement or control Disadvantaged persons Cost control Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Food Stamp Program USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program Commodity Supplemental Food Program FNS Nutrition Program for the Elderly WIC WIC Farmers Market Program Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children California Illinois Louisiana New York Texas Michigan JTPA Job Training Partnership Act Program Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program USDA Soup Kitchen/Food Bank Program Testimony RCED This testimony summarizes two recent reports on the Agriculture Department's (USDA) food assistance program. A December 1994 report (GAO/RCED-95-13) compared the current coupon-based system for delivering food stamp benefits with two alternative systems being tested by USDA--electronic benefit transfer and providing benefits via check. GAO reported that no one system was clearly superior to the other two in all areas. A February 1995 report (GAO/RCED-95-115R) identified several alternatives for food assistance programs. These included consolidating multiple programs with similar objectives, improving how benefits to low-income persons are targeted, and eliminating programs that have not proven to be effective. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-202/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-202.htm GAO/T-RCED-95-202 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-202 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-95-202; Food Assistance: Alternatives for Delivering Benefits; Food stamp programs Overpayments Program abuses Electronic funds transfer Welfare recipients Elderly persons Welfare benefits Check disbursement or control Disadvantaged persons Cost control Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Food Stamp Program USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program Commodity Supplemental Food Program FNS Nutrition Program for the Elderly WIC WIC Farmers Market Program Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children California Illinois Louisiana New York Texas Michigan JTPA Job Training Partnership Act Program Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program USDA Soup Kitchen/Food Bank Program