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Welfare Reform: Effects of Reduced Reimbursements on the Summer Food Service Program

RCED-99-20 Published: Nov 10, 1998. Publicly Released: Nov 10, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program and the impacts the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 had on the program, focusing on the: (1) number and characteristics of sponsors participating in and dropping out of the program before and after the decrease in the reimbursements; (2) number of children and meals served by the program before and after the reduction; and (3) changes sponsors made to their programs as a result of the reduced reimbursements.

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ChildrenFederal grantsstate relationsFood programs for childrenIntergovernmental fiscal relationsProgram evaluationState-administered programsStatistical dataSubsidiesWelfare benefits