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Date March 23, 1990 Report No. T-HRD-90-19 Title

Methadone Maintenance: Some Treatment Programs Are Not Effective; Greater Federal Oversight Needed

United States General Accounting OfIke Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a-m, EST Friday March 23, 1990 HETRADONB MAIEITBNJWCE:~ Some Treatment PrograqAre Not Effective; Greater Federal Oversight Needed Statement of Mark V. ETadel, Associate for National and Public Jssues Human Resources Division Director Health Before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control SUMMARY Th...
Date May 26, 1988 Report No. T-HRD-88-16 Title

Income Security: Impact of Vocational Rehabilitation Services on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

-,,----- mq4y(s United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected At 1O:OO a.m. Thursday li"lay 26, 1988 Impact of Vocational on the Social Security (DI) Program Rehabilitation Disability Services Insurance Statement of Franklin Frazier, Associate Director Human Resources Division U.S. General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. Before the House Ways and Means C...
Date Dec. 7, 1987 Report No. HRD-88-11 Title

Social Security: Little Success Achieved in Rehabilitating Disabled Beneficiaries

-.- . c United States General Accounting O ffice GAO December 1987 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives SOCIAL SECURITY Little Success Achieved in Rehabilitating Disabled 2 Beneficiaries t-. . c Human Resources Division B-224648 December 7, 1987 The Honorable Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Chairman, Subcommittee on Social Security Commi...
Date Feb. 3, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-36BR Title

Social Security: State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies' Reimbursement for the Disabled

Unl&ad ~~~*~~~~ I Aqoqmng~ tbf!hce I;;: Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcqmmitl;eeqn Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Represextatives SOCIAL SECURITY’ State Vocational Rehabilitation &encles# Reimbursement for the Disabled w GAL) w United States General Accounting OfTIce Washington, DC 20548 Human Resources Division n-224648 February 3, 1987 The Honorable Andrew Jacobs,...
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 May 23, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-39 Title

Veterans Affairs: VA Can Provide More Employment Assistance to Veterans Who Complete Its Vocational Rehabilitation Program

-* c ‘m /244912 BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman Committee On Veterans’ Affairs House Of Representatives VA Can Provide More Employment Assistance To Veterans Who Complete Its Vocational Rehabilitation Program The Veterans’ Rehabllltatlon and Education Amendments of 1980 require the Veterans Admlnlstratlon (VA) to provide all services and assistance necessary to enabl...
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 Sept. 28, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-99 Title

Health: Stronger Federal Efforts Needed for Providing Employment Opportunities and Enforcing Labor Standards in Sheltered Workshops

BY>,THi.i COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Honorable Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. House Of Representatives OF THEUNITEDSTATES 1 b5q Stronger Federal Efforts Needed For Providing Employment Opportunities And Enforcing Labor $?ondards In Sheltered Workshops Certain of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s provisions for handicapped workers in sheltered workshops create an unnecessary administrative burden for...
Date April 10, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-76 Title

Income Security: Analysis of GAO Reports To Determine Federal Approaches Most Conducive to State Consistency in Delivering Services and Monitoring Results

title, Enclosed are brief mumar feoofthmiaforRationsxtractd from each of the l2 GAO reportr. Ibt shclorurm alSQ SIImFsthe rQp0rt nlllPberr and date -gory: of the report our findingo cannot The information ?stata admLniP+ration agmment of the vrrr$ws prowmu and can Etr umd amly fn th *’ cxmm splled out in the individual repotie.~rSewnd, aulmtantti tima and effc e would bu rQquirQd to qdate,Our f ...
Date Nov. 10, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-22 Title

Income Security: Social Security Administration's Beneficiary Rehabilitation Program

.. --- 113734 Human Resources Divisicl ML0 United States General Accounting Officc Washington, DC 20548 B-201008 NOVEMBER IO,1980 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris of Health and Human Services r"" ThelSocial Security Administration's Beneficiary Rehabilitation Prograg (HRD-81-22) Harris: llllllll IIIll 113739 Subject: At the request of the Chairman, Subcommittee on Over...
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. 26, 1980 Report No. HRD-80-47 Title

Education: New Legislation and Stronger Program Management Needed To Improve Effectiveness of VA's Vocational Rehabilitation Program

Report To The Chairman (I Committee On Veterans’ Affairs 1 United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES I New Legislation And Stronger Program Management Needed To Improve Effectiveness Of VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program l VA’s vocational rehabilitation program could be more effective in restoring employability lost due to service-connected disabilities. About half of the potentially eli...
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 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 May 8, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-11 Title

Federally Assisted Employment and Training: A Myriad of Programs Should Be Simplified

LM109284 9 OF THEUNITEDSTATES Employment And f Programs This report “takes a picture” of federally assisted employment and training programs in the Tidewater, Virginia, area during fiscal year 1977. GAO found 44 programs with similar goals attempting to assist virtually the same people. These were authorized through 16 separate legislative authorities, creating a maze of funding and administra...
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 May 9, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-53 Title

Employment: Adjustment Assistance Under the Trade Act of 1974 to Pennsylvania Apparel Workers Often Has Been Untimely and Inaccurate

DOCUBENT RBESUe 06196 - [01306296] AdjuStment Assistance under the Trade Act cf 1974 to Pennsylvaaia apparel morkers Often Has Been Untimely and Inaccerete. SRD-7S6-3; B-152183. May 9, 1J70. 20 pp. + 6 appendices (11 pp.). Report to the Congsess; by Blaer L?. Staats, rowptrnller General. Issue Area: BmBloyment and Tr'iniag Procrams. tgport on the Trade Act of 1974 (3208); Income Secuxity Programs:...
Date April 4, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-7 Title

Third Party Funding Agreements: No Longer Appropriate for Serving the Handicapped Through the Vocational Rehabilitation Program

DOCUOIEIT RESUME 0561 - B0965898] Third Party Funding Agreements: No Longer Appropriate for Serving the Handicapped Through the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. HRD-78-7; B-164031(1). April 4, 1978. 77 pp. 4 appendices (5 pp.). Report to the Congress; by BEler B. Staats, Comptrtller General. Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted rmployment and Training Programs (3200); Employment and Train...
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 March 9, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-83 Title

Employment: Implementation and Progress of the Help Through Industry Retraining and Employment Program (HIRE)

DOCUMENT RUSUlB 05141 - [ B0725638 Ipplemenatation and Progress of the Belp Through Industry 0RD-78-83; 5-163922. Betraainqg ald Bmployment Program (nZZ)]. march 9, 1978. 6 pp. Report to Rhp. John Conyers, Jr.; by Gregory J. .iv. Human Resources Ah4Ate Dirtetor, ssae area: Employment and Training Programt: &lleviating by Incentives to the Private Setor (3205). Oaseploymeev Contact: Rms.p lesources...
Date July 7, 1977 Report No. CED-77-86 Title

Housing: Changes Proposed for the Funding of Public Works Projects Would Expedite Economic Development and Job Opportunities

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LM102865 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Changes Proposed For The Funding Of Public Works Projects Would Expedite Economic Development And Job Opportunities Department of Commerce Between fiscal years 1966 and 1975, the Economic Development Administration approved grants of $1.4 billion to construct 2,800 public works pro...
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 Nov. 26, 1976 Report No. HRD-77-20 Title

Education: Problems in the Administration of Third-Party Funds under the Vocational Rehabilitation Program in Indiana

Umm StAtEsGENERAL ACCOUNtli4G OFFICE WASHINGTON, 2O!XB .D.C. WUMAH OIVISION B-164031il) . . -The Honorable The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear &. Secretary: NW 26 I976 Xe surveyed the use of cooperative agreements in the vocational rehabilitation program administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.. The survey's purpose was to determine whether the provisions of-the...
Date June 30, 1976 Report No. 091305 Title

Veterans Affairs: Survey of VA Vocational Rehabilitation Program

Mr, Wallace E. Busbee director t Internal Audit Veterans Administration D’ear Tar, Busbee: Service We surveyed the Veterans’ Administration (VA) vocational rehabilitation program administered by VAQs Department of Veterans Benefits (DVB), Our survey was conducted at VA’s central office, Washington, D-C. 5 the Data Processing Center (DPC) at St, Paul, Minnesota; and the Waco, Houston, New Orl...
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 July 9, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-94 Title

Veterans Affairs: Veterans Administration's On-Job Training Program

U-178741 Jul f) 1975 LM094964 lllllllll~llllllllllllll~ Your K-iy 15, 1975, J.et:ter requss~cd this report on our survey of thc~ettcr~~ns Adliiillistl.;ltion’s (VA’::) on-job training progray; under the. e\lrrcnt GI U-ill. Our survc’y9 which was complctcd :Ln c i ~:llt sc.lect~d VA reg:i-onal. oificc areas and Occobc?r 1.9 75, covered wns directed to\,-ard determin:ing whether, during a cont...
Date Nov. 29, 1974 Report No. B-178741 Title

Employment: Employment Services for Vietnam-Era Veterans Could Be Improved

8.178741 Department of Labor COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED DC. 20548 STATES B-178741 The Honorable Vance Hartke, Chairman a I( Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Senate v United States J Dear Mr. Chairman: 9 I This is our report on employment services for Vietnamera veterans made pursuant to your request of May 9, 1973. The report contains the details supportive of testimony given at...
Date May 9, 1969 Report No. 094479 Title

Employment: GAO Review of the Job Corps Program

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D. C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 AM EST May 9, 1969 STATEMENTOF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE COMMITTEEON EDUCATIONAND LABOR HOUSEOF'REPRESENTATIVES 640 i+ ON RESULTS OF GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE@EVIEW OF THE JOB CORPSPROGR$ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOXC OPPORTUNITY Mr. Chairman and M...