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Methods To Prevent Fraud and Abuse Among Staff and Participants in the WIC Program: Volume I, Final Report

Dev Chaudhari and Vicki Shaffer of Applied Techno-Management Systems, Inc. and Christopher Logan of Abt Associates Inc. ERS Contact: Alex Majchrowicz

E-FAN No. (01-011) 123 pp, December 2001

This report identifies and assesses methods used to detect and prevent fraud and abuse among staff and participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The report summarizes the relevant WIC regulations; describes basic controls or practices widely used by State and local agencies to detect and prevent fraud and abuse; and highlights enhanced controls that can further improve the program's integrity.

In addition to this report, see Methods to Prevent Fraud and Abuse Among Staff and Participants in the WIC Program: Volume II, Site Visits.

Keywords: Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, WIC, fraud, abuse, staff, participants, controls, regulations, State and local agencies, food and nutrition programs

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

Updated date: December 1, 2001

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