Finding Text
Condition and Context: The program guidelines require each agency to provide nutrition education to each participant. For one of forty participants tested, documentation was not available to evidence that a participant had received the required nutrition education.
Criteria: 7 CFR §246.11, Nutrition education, requires agencies to provide nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support, as a benefit of the program at no cost to the participant.
Cause and Effect: The cause is due to lack of resources and oversight at ITCN’s offices. The effect is potentially providing benefits to participants that are not eligible under the WIC guidelines.
Recommendation: We recommend that ITCN adhere to its policy of providing nutrition education to each participant.
Management’s Response: ITCN’s responsible officials’ views and planned corrective action are in its corrective action plan at the end of the report.