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Welfare Reform: State and Local Responses to Restricting Food Stamp Benefits

RCED-98-41 Published: Dec 18, 1997. Publicly Released: Jan 20, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the impact of welfare reform on the Food Stamp Program, focusing on: (1) the actions, if any, that states have taken to assist those individuals who lose eligibility for the Food Stamp Program; and (2) related actions, if any, taken by other organizations in selected localities--local governments and nonprofit organizations--to assist those individuals who lose their eligibility for the Food Stamp Program.

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BeneficiariesDisadvantaged personsEligibility determinationsFood relief programsImmigrantsLocally administered programsNonprofit organizationsState programsState-administered programsWelfare benefits