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MWD-75-87 1 (1975-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaega0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPITROLLER GENErRAL OF THE UM1TrE-nSTATcs5 NWASKaINGTO l. D.C. 2OZ48 .. ... ........ ...................... ........ B-130515 -~ ' The Honorable Russell B. Long Chairman, Committee on Finance RILl:I\SED United States Senate I Dear Mr. Chairman: LM090397 In response to your letter of March 20, 1973, we gathered data on.189 Federal programs benefiting the poor. As agreed with your office, this data included outlays, beneficiaries served, and agency evaluations of the programs. The informa- tion was derived from public documents, discussions with agency officials, and data furnished by them, Also, as agreed with your office, we accumulated a list of GAO re- ports issued between July 1968 and June 1974 on the effec- tiveness of these programs together with copies of the di- gests of these reports and available agency responses. Twelve copies of the above were provided the Committee staff. In addition, six copies of the reports are being provided to the Committee staff as requested. The purpose of this letter is to provide certain ex- planatory and/or qualifying information about the data pro- vided. OUTLAYSzAND BENEFICIARIES OF PROGRAMS BENEFITING THE POOR The list we provided on Federal programs benefiting the poor is based on a compilation of such Federal programs pre- pared jointly by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Office of Management and Budget. The list of programs re- ,ferred to in your request is an earlier version of this com- pilation. The list includes 189 Federal programs benefiting the poor. The programs are classified into six functional areas: cash payments, in-kind benefits, such as food stamps and public housing, education, health, manpower, and other. The estimated total outlays for these programs in fiscal year 1974 was about $112 billion, of which about $30 billion, or 27 percent, represented funds benefiting the poor. This percentage is influenced substantially by including social security and veterans programs which, although not designed specifically to benefit the poor, do provide significant 11I{ 0 rl; 1611 I MWD-75-87 00 I EP2 6 14 , ,,,,, ,,,,7 ..

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