Military personnel, DOD needs more complete data on active-duty servicemembers' use of food assistance programs : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Data processing--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Families of military personnel--Services for--Evaluation.

Families of military personnel.

Food relief--United States--Management.

Food relief.

Electronic data processing--Evaluation.

Food relief--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 48 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

DOD needs more complete data on active-duty servicemembers' use of food assistance programs

DOD food assistance

Military personnel, Department of Defense needs more complete data on active duty servicemembers' use of food assistance programs

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.

Summary:

According to the Defense Commissary Agency, servicemembers on active duty spent over $21 million in SNAP benefits at commissaries from September 2014 through August 2015. This suggests that people serving our country may be having difficulty making ends meet. House Report 114-102 includes a provision that GAO review food assistance programs available to servicemembers. This report assesses, among other things, the extent to which (1) active-duty servicemembers and their families have access to food assistance programs and any variations in eligibility for these programs, and (2) DOD has identified the servicemembers' use of these programs. GAO reviewed information on government and charitable food assistance programs and policies. GAO also interviewed DOD and service officials at four installations that were selected based on size, cost of living, and presence of food assistance programs. GAO recommends that DOD (1) revise surveys of servicemembers to collect and analyze more complete data and, if warranted, implement actions such as assigning department-level responsibilities for monitoring food assistance; and (2) coordinate with USDA to access its usage information.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on July 18, 2016).

"July 2016."

"GAO-16-561."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

953793843