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Date Jan. 15, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-51FS Title

Rehabilitation Services: Administration of Grants to Human Services Training and Research Council

United States Ghnkral ‘Accounting Of&e laqosrs. Fact Sheet for the Honorable Paul Trible, U.S. Senate January 1986 REHABILITATION SERWCES Administration of Grants to Human ServicesTraining and Research Council 111ll lllll llllll 129098 GAO/HRD-8&51FS SW=& 1 b” UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION January 15, 1986 5-221524 The Honorable United ...
Date Nov. 1, 1985 Report No. GGD-86-6 Title

UNICOR Products: Federal Prison Industries Can Further Ensure Customer Satisfaction

, 3Y THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable William Proxmire United States Senate UNICOR Products: Federal Prison Industries Can Further Ensure Customer Satisfaction Federal Prison Industries (trade name UNICOR) is a profitable government owned corporation which sells many different products to federal agencies and employs thousands of federal prisoners. GAO was asked to determi...
Date June 28, 1985 Report No. PEMD-85-2 Title

Residential Care: Patterns of Child Placement in Three States

Report To The Honorable George Miller, Chairman Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families House Of Representatives Residential Care: Patterns Of Child Placement In Three States Children in need of a variety of services that cannot be provided in their home environments are often placed in public or private residential care facilities. GAO, in a study conducted in three states, found certai...
Date April 29, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-60 Title

Health: Payment for Inpatient Alcoholism Detoxification and Rehabilitation Services Under Medicare Needs Attention

WASHINGlOX, D.C. 20548 I I April 29, 1985 Carolyn@ Ii. Davis, Ph.D., Administrator Administration Health Care Financirlg Departlnent 3f iJ,ealth and Human Services Dear Dr. Davis: , i , Subject: Payment for Inpatient Alcoholis:n Detoxification .3nd Rehabilitation Services Under Medicare Needs Attention (GAO/MRD-85-60) On October 1, 1983, Medicare heqan its prospective payment are paid based on the...
Date April 9, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-81 Title

Transportation: Bus Rehabilitation Issues Need Attention

I J23%23c!j ” BYTHEUS GENERi ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Elizabeth H. Dole The Secretary Of Transportation Bus Rehabilitation Issues Need Attention The Department of Transportation’s Urban MassTransportatIon AdmInIstratIon (UMTA) provides funds both to purchase new buses and rehabilitate old buses Recently, UMTA recognized the need to study the costs and benefits of rehabllltatln...
Date Dec. 2, 1983 Report No. GGD-84-30 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Security and Supervision of Inmates in the Bureau of Prisons Community Treatment Centers

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WA8HINGTON, D.C. 20548 amm*L aovmrwLNf DlVI8lON B-197221 The Honorable Vie Fazio House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fazio: DECEMBER 2, 1983 Subject: Security And Supervision Of Inmates In The Bureau Of Prisons Community Treatment Centers (GAO/GGD-84-30) Office is conducting As you know, the General Accounting a review of the effectiveness of the Bureau of Priso...
Date Sept. 26, 1983 Report No. IPE-83-7 Title

Social Services: Federally Supported Centers Provide Needed Services for Runaways and Homeless Youths

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C.20§44 INSTITUTE FOR PAOQRAM EVALUATION B-207593 The Honorable Ike Andrews Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This report summarizes the results of our review of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program authorized under title III of the Juvenile Justice and Deli...
Date Sept. 22, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-95 Title

Employment: Improved Administration of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program Would Provide More Effective Utilization of Program Funds

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, HUMAN PCSOURCES DIVISION D.C.20548 B-208984 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. of Terre1 H. Bell Education Secretary: lllllllllllll ll 119493 Subject: Improved Administration of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program Would Provide More Effective Utilization of Program Funds (GAO/HRD-82-95) We reviewed certain activities carried out pursuant to t...
Date July 2, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-69 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Community-Based Correctional Programs Could Be More Extensively Used Within the Federal Criminal Justice System

BYTHE U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Attorney P General Community-Based Correctional Programs Could Be More Extensively Used Within The Federal Criminal Justice System:: Because of a lack of funds, the Bureau of Prisons postponed a pilot project designed to help fill the sentencing void between probation and confinement in an institution. In view of the increasing Federal prison popula...
Date June 24, 1982 Report No. 118734 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Teenage Prostitution and Child Pornography

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 9:30 a.m. EST JUNE 24, 1982 STATEMENTOF ROBERT A. PETERSON, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCESDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON SELECT EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESON TEENAGE PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SUMMARYOF GAO TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SUBCOYMITTE...
Date April 13, 1982 Report No. B-206888 Title

Government Operations: [Views on S. 2171]

cE.02-158 -- E-2061388 - T h e Hor!orable C h r i s t o p h e r J . D O G ~ 'Jnited Stakes Senate Dear S e n a t o r DoJd: Y G u r l e t t e r of Yarch 19, 1 3 8 2 , reqrjested o u r v i e w s on S. 2 1 7 1 , 9 7 t h C o n g r e s s , 2nd Session, a bill to s t i m u l a t e t h e 3evelopment a n d r e h a b i l i t a t i o n c f a f f o r d a b l e r n u i t i f a r n i l y rentai housing entitle...
Date June 25, 1981 Report No. CED-81-130 Title

Housing: Analysis of HUD Efforts To Alleviate Housing Abandonment

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE : . B-203775 ‘ The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: ,/,i June 25,1981 : Arlen Specter Senate Specter: Analysis of HUD's May 4, 1981, Response Concerning Its Efforts to Alleviate Housing Abandonment (CED-81-130) *. In response to your January 26, 1981, request and as modified through subsequent discussions with your office, we have analyzed the ...
Date Feb. 26, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-19 Title

Federal Capital Budgeting: A Collection of Haphazard Practices

f--734 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL /‘s, ly%i6 Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Federal Capital Budgeting: A Collection Of Haphazard Practices Funds for developing and maintaining physical capital--roads, bridges, airports, computers--are often cut to reduce expenditures. The Federal Government needs to pay special attention to planning, budgeting, and managing such assets because decisions ...
Date Dec. 10, 1980 Report No. GGD-81-6 Title

Women in Prison: Inequitable Treatment Requires Action

I /TX VI BY THECOMPTRbLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Women In Prison : Inequitable Treatment RequiresAction Women in correctional institutions are not provided comparable services, educational programs, or facilities as men prisoners. Inequities are most prevalent in State institutions, but they also exist in Federal and local correctional systems. An increasing number of s...
Date Dec. 5, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-35 Title

Employment: Government-Wide Coordination Activities for Implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B&01264 DECEMBER 5,198O The Honorable James T. McIntyre, Jr. Director, Office of Management and Budget The Honorable Benjamin The Attorney General Subject: R. Civiletti 113923 Government-wide Coordination Activities for Implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (HRD-81-3: -3 In April 1980, we completed a review of the De...
Date March 11, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-34 Title

Education: Better Reevaluations of Handicapped Persons in Sheltered Workshops Could Increase Their Opportunities for Competitive Employment

BYTHE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of . Health, Education, And Welfare Better Reevaluatibns Of Handicapped Persons In Sheltered Workshops Could Increase Their Opportunities For Competitive Employment In enacting the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Congress was concerned that handicapped persons placed in sheltered workshops remained there too long and did not receive enoug...
Date Feb. 28, 1980 Report No. 111672 Title

Veterans Affairs: Veterans Administration's Vocational Rehabilitation Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:00 A.M. Thursday, February 28, 1980 STATEMENT OF EDWARD A. DENSMORE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS ON 3qw VETERANS ADMINISTRATION'S d VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM 3 \ :d' 1979, tion's ‘*\ r, Mr . Chairman letter, and Members of that...
Date Feb. 15, 1980 Report No. GGD-80-25 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Community-Based Correctional Programs Can Do More To Help Offenders

$&g!(yy ,,a ? Iq2 bY’ THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Community-Based Correctional Programs Can Do More To Help Offenders Community-based correctional programs help offenders make the transition between institutional custody and release to the community, and they also function as alternatives to incarceration. However, the assistance community-based programs have ...
Date Oct. 30, 1979 Report No. 094326 Title

Special Publications: GAO Efforts Related to the Problem of Fraud in the Government

Date Aug. 23, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-84 Title

Education: A Single Federal Authority Is Needed for Establishing or Constructing Rehabilitation Facilities

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES +*r ’ ngress A Single Federal Authority d For Establishing Or ing Rehabilitation Facilities The Rehabllltatlon Act of 1973 authorizes dtfferent Federal funding rates for State constructlon and establishment of rehabllltation facllltles for the handicapped Federal regulations and guidelines contain overlapping crlterra for determmmg the ellglblllty for ...
Date July 24, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-103 Title

Education: Review of the Administration of Research and Demonstration Grants by the Rehabilitation Services Administration

UNITED SKATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION JULY 24, 1979 B-164031(3) 3 Y c ae P@ rG &d orable ' ed States Robert J. Dole Senate Dole : '&'Dear 4 Senator Your December 7, 1977, letter requeste information on 3esearch and demonstration programs con cted by the abilitation Services Administration (RSA) of the Departt of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). ...
Date July 9, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-60 Title

Employment: Job Corps Should Strengthen Eligibility Requirements and Fully Disclose Performance

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ~~il~~l~~ill~ii LM109797 It%2 797 Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES c4crpj Job Corps Should Strengthen Eligibility Requirements And Fully Disclose Performance The Department of Labor’s Job Corps program has serious problems, including the following: --Little assurance exists that Job Corps is serving only youths who need to be re moved from their environment as...
Date Feb. 6, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-13 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Correctional Institutions Can Do More To Improve the Employability of Offenders

Ioksr-9~ BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL I’ \ Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Correctional Institutions Can Do More To Improve The Employability Of Offenders The opportunities for offenders to improve their legitimate employment prospects while in Federal and State correctional institutions are limited. Among other things: --Classification, assignment, counseling, and guidance services neithe...
Date April 4, 1978 Report No. 105415 Title

Health: The Impact of Selected Activities Relating to the Reorganization of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services on the Florida Vocational Rehabilitation Program

DOCUBIDIT RBSO1 05415 - ( 81005944 ] The Impact of Selected Activities Relating to the Reorganisation of the Florida Department of Health and aehabilitative Servlces on the Florida Vocational Rehabilitation Program. Ipril q, 1978. 25 pp. + 6 appendices (6 pp.). Testimcny befores Select Education Subcommittee; by Gregory J. Human Resources Div. the Ruse Coammittee on Education and Labor: ahart, Dir...
Date Jan. 11, 1978 Report No. 104603 Title

Veterans Affairs: Reviews of VA's Personal Care Residence and Domiciliary Care Programs

DOCUHRNT BBSURE D4603 - [BO1250Q42 BeviC:es of VA's Personal -:are Residence and Domiciliary Care Programs. January 11, 1978. 18 pp. Testimony uefore the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs; by Stephen J. Varholy, Associate Director, Human Resources Div. Issue Area: Health Prograss (1200). Contact: Human Besources Div. Budget Function: Health: Health Care Services (551). Organization Conaerned: ...
Date Dec. 22, 1977 Report No. PAD-78-39 Title

Health: Inventory of Federal Drug-Abuse Programs

DOCUBNIT 07141 - (B2697766] EBSUMB [iCventory of Federal Drug-abuse Prograaa]. PAD-78-39; B-175425. December 22, 1977. 2 PFReport to Rep. Lester I. iolff, Chairman, House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control; by Robert P. Keller, Deputy Coaptrcller General. Contact: Program Analysis Div. Organization Concerned: Department of Health, Education, and iclfare. Congressional Relevance: House...
Date Oct. 21, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-55 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Probation and Parole Activities Need to Be Better Managed

DCCUMENT; FESUME 03768 B2994242] Probation and Parole Activities Need to Be Better Managed. GGD-77-55; B-133223. October 21, ;977. 45 pp. + 4 appendices (28 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Ccptroller General. Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention: Treating Criminal Offenders (503). Contact: GeneLal Government Div. Budget Functicn: Law Enforcement and Justice: Pederal J...
Date Sept. 21, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-69 Title

Health: Operational and Planning Improvements Needed in the Veterans Administration 'Domiciliary' Program for the Needy and Disabled

v---- L REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ’ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ~~~~~~~l~l~~l~l~ll~~~l~ LMQmgg Operational And Planning Improvements Needed In The Veterans Ad,m inistration “Dam Mary” Program For The Needy And Disabled In this report, GAO reviews the Veterans Administration’s little known “domiciliary” program to determine how it was operating and whether improvements ...
Date May 5, 1977 Report No. HRD-76-167 Title

Health: Controls over Vocational Rehabilitation Training Services Need Improvement

DOCUMENT RESUME 02246 - [A1332332] Controls over Vocational Rehabilitation Training Services Need Improvement. HRD-76-167; B-164031(1). May 5, 1977. 58 pp. Report to the Congress; by EImer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Education, Training. and Employment Programs: Programs for Specific Target Groups (1108), Contact. Human Resources and Development Div. Budget Function: Education, Man...
Date April 28, 1977 Report No. HRD-76-163 Title

Health: Progress and Problems in Treating Alcohol Abusers

llllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM101947 In Treating National institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Problems noted in the planning procedures and coordination of the National Institute on Alcoirol Abuse and Aicaholism have kept available resources from being applied to areas of greatest need and have slowed the develupment of a concert...
Date Jan. 28, 1977 Report No. CED-77-19 Title

Housing: Major Changes Are Needed in the New Leased-Housing Program

3662 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Major Changes Are Needed In g Program ew Lease The section 8 leasing program--the principal Federal program for housing lower income persons since August 1974--has not provided housing to the number of lower income persons and stimulated the number of new housing starts originally anticipated. Problems hindering the program include --reluctance ...
Date Jan. 7, 1977 Report No. HRD-76-152 Title

Returning the Mentally Disabled to the Community: Government Needs to Do More

l~~llllllllllllllllllllllllillll~~llll LMI 00501 DeparZnwnP of Health, Education, and Welfare and Qther Federal Agencies of mentally disabled percan bc an eftecttve alterrralive to ir;stttutionsl carp. However, many nxnts!ly d~ssbled pcnons 1:+/e been released from instlt~~tions before sufficknt commumty faciltties and services were avail&k and without L;dcqt?a!e planning and folloL%up. Others ent...
Date Sept. 23, 1976 Report No. CED-76-150 Title

Transportation: Industry Capability To Produce Rail and Crossties for Nationwide Railroad Track Rehabilitation

?---.-.. .--_.,_ REPORT TO THE CONGRESS 04361;) BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Industry Capability To Produce Rail And Crossties For Nationwide Railroad Track Rehabilitation This report discusses industry’s capability to produce rail and crossties needed to rehabilitate all the Nation’s railroad track over IO-, 15-, and ZO-year periods. The computation of industry’s capabili...
Date July 7, 1976 Report No. 089541 Title

Health: Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Disabled in Maryland

DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE MENTALLY DISABLED IN MARYLAND Region III, Phlladelphla of Health, Education, agencies and Department Welfare and other Federal UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON REGiONAL OFFICE OFFICE k 7 WPB (Date) UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCWNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE 434 WALNUT STREET - ELEVENTH PENNSYLVANIA FLOOR 19106 PHlLAOELf’HlA JUL I , 1 Mr. Gorham IL. Black, Jr. ...
Date July 1, 1976 Report No. FPCD-76-67 Title

Employment: Civil Service Commission Actions and Procedures Do Not Help Ex-Offenders Get Jobs With the Federal Government

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING 09a3 Civil Service Corn m issilrn Actions And Procedures Do Not Help Ex-Offenders Get Jobs With The Federal Government Recidivism--repetition of crime by an individual--often results from an ex-offender’s inabiiity to get a job because of restrictions on employment opportunities. Increased employment of ex-offenders can result in lowering the crime rate and in le...
Date May 13, 1976 Report No. MWD-76-66 Title

Income Security: Improvements Needed in Rehabilitating Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries

.--A * - REPORT TO THE CONGRESS &\\‘. ‘) ‘lcl,./ \ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Improvements Needed In Rehabilitating Social Security Disability lnswarke Beneficiaries Department of Health,. Education, and Welfare The Beneficiary Rehabilitation Program, established to save social security trust funds, has been marginally successful. HEW claims of program savings have been ...
Date March 9, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-51 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: More Effective Action Needed To Control Abuse and Diversion in Methadone Treatment Programs

co UNITED OLL STATE AL ore Effective Actio’n eeded To Co buse And Diversi Food, and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, Drug Enforcement Administration Department of Justice Methadone--a synthetic narcotic with a high potential for abuse--has been used increasingly in treatment programs. Its diversion and abuse has resulted in a number of deaths. Some of the treatment programs s...
Date April 29, 1975 Report No. 094610 Title

Social Services: Coordination of Juvenile Delinquency Programs

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 2054,8 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 9~30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 29, 1975 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY TO SENATE COMMITTEEON THE JUDICIARY ON COORDINATION JUVENILE DELINQUENCY OF PRGGRAMS Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: We are...
Date April 20, 1972 Report No. B-166217 Title

Education: Narcotic Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs in Washington, D.C.

REPORT TO SUBCOMMITT&b NV. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ESENTATIVES HOUSE r’,.’ ,I” .- : i I , ;.p / 4 ~8llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllli LM096591 -- Narcotic Addiction Treatment tion Programs . c. B-166217 COMf’TROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED 20148 STATES D.C. B-166217 Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with your October 15, 1971, request, the General Accounting Office ...
Date March 27, 1972 Report No. B-133001 Title

International Affairs: Follow-up Review on Assistance to War Victims in Vietnam

REPORT TO THE S INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH REFUGEES AND ESCAPEES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ,!. UNITED STATES SENATE @-+-p-j $$&I -/d’q ,i /G+--w lIIIIlllllll~lllllllllallllllIIIIIIIllllll u&l6617 Fol low-Up Review On Assistance To War Victims In V‘ietnam B-133001 Agency for International Department Department of State of Defense Development BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN&RAL OF THE UNITED ST...
Date Feb. 23, 1972 Report No. B-173651 Title

Economic Development: U.S. Disaster Relief to Pakistan Following the November 1970 Cyclone in East Pakistan

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM096657 lief TQ Pakistan owernber 1970 Cyclone B-173651 Agency for International Department of State Development FE6;23,1972 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED STATES O.C. 20548 B-173651 c/ -ic Dear Senator Kennedy: of July 14, 1971, the accompaof our inquiry into United following the November 1970 In response to your request nying report present...
Date Sept. 21, 1971 Report No. 094411 Title

Government Operations: Limited Use of Federal Programs To Commit Narcotic Addicts for Treatment and Rehabilitation

United S t a t e s General A c c o u n t i n g Office. Washington, D.C. 20548 09441 1 For R e l e a s e on Delivery Expected a t 1 0 AM'EDT S e p t e m b e r 2 1 , 1971 STATENENT OF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE NO, 4 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON [LIMITED USE OF F m E m PROGRAMS TO COMMIT NARCOTIC ADDICTS FOR T...