Methods To Prevent Fraud and Abuse Among Staff and Participants in the WIC Program: Volume II, Site Visits

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. (01-012) 122 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 I, Final Report.

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.

• Abstract, Contents, Introduction/Background, 246 kb
• State/ITO Site Visits Summary Reports
  1. Arizona Site Visit Summary Report, 137 kb
  2. California Site Visit Summary Report, 181 kb
  3. Illinois Site Visit Summary Report, 145 kb
  4. Kansas Site Visit Summary Report, 135 kb
  5. Massachusetts Site Visit Summary Report, 197 kb
  6. Tennessee Site Visit Summary Report, 177 kb
  7. Texas Site Visit Summary Report, 159 kb
  8. Virginia Site Visit Summary Report, 131 kb
  9. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma State Site Visit Summary Report, 143 kb
  10. Navajo Nation Site Visit Summary Report, 129 kb
• Exhibit 1-1: Usage of Clinic Fraud Risk Indicators, 40 kb

• Entire Document, 940 kb

Updated date: December 1, 2001