SUMMARY

In this first phase of our comprehensive evaluation of the FoodShare program, we found that 3.0 percent of FoodShare benefits, or $32.9 million, was spent outside of Wisconsin in FY 2010-11. Although this is permitted by federal law,152 assistance groups, which represented 0.04 percent of all assistance groups receiving benefits, made purchases totaling $324,187 exclusively outside of Wisconsin that may indicate inappropriate benefit use.