Lawrence J. Dyckman
Description
Examines fraud and abuse in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). As pa
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rt of the review, information was collected, through surveys and interviews, from USDA's Food and Nutrition Service and state and local WIC agencies on the extent of fraud and abuse in the program. Specifically, it (1) describes what is known about the amount of fraud and abuse in the program, including the levels of fraud and abuse being detected by the state and local agencies responsible for administering WIC, and (2) examine the efforts taken to prevent and detect fraud and abuse and barriers to these efforts. Charts and tables.
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