Food Stamp Program: Achieving Cost Neutrality in Minnesota's Family Investment Program
RCED-96-54
Published: Feb 12, 1996. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 1996.
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GAO examined the methodologies that Minnesota used for estimating the costs that would have been incurred if it had not implemented the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), focusing on whether: (1) Minnesota implemented the agreed-upon methodologies; (2) Minnesota reasonably estimated fiscal year (FY) 1994 Food Stamp Program costs; and (3) the Department of Agriculture (USDA) paid Minnesota the same amount for food stamp benefits in FY 1994 than it would have paid in the absence of MFIP.
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