GAO report

Not later than 1 year after funds are made available to carry out section 5(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(o)), the Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) examine and review the implementation of such section, including an examination of— (A) co-enrollment strategies and related best practices that maximize participant eligibility using linked and integrated data; (B) an examination and distillation of best practices related to the coordination and braiding of funds that improve the quality of employment and training programs implemented under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and (C) additional issues and impact that access to linked and integrated databases and the development of data exchange agreements have on the participant and provider outcomes within employment and training programs implemented under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; (2) develop recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on any changes that should be made to improve such data grants; and (3) prepare and submit a report on the findings and recommendations based on the examination made under paragraph (1), and recommendations received, under paragraph (2), to— (A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.