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HRD-78-65 1 (1978-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawzt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCgIZWT 22SUME 05615 - [BIOO1951 Should eorgeAc7 Asstance for 5edy Families Be Contined If So, Prograa Improvements Are Needed, G3D-78-65; 9-164031 (3). April S, 1978. 23 pp. * 4 appendices (11 pp,). Report to the Congress; by flor B. taats, Comptroller General, Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or asissted lncos* Uecutity Prograes: Eligibility Determinations (1307). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budgeot Function: Incose Securityi Public Assistance and Other Income Supplements (604). Organization Concerned: Department of Health, Education, and elfare. Congqresionel televance: louse Committee on Ways and means; Senati Cosmittee on Finance; Congress. Authority: Social Security Act# as amended (P.L. 90-24&; I1 Stat. 893; 42 U.S.C. 603(a); 42 Us.C. 606(e)). =415 C.FR.E 233. Iandley v. Tainor* 545 F.2d 1062 (dth Mi . 1976). The Emergency Assistance Program, o~ai. itered by the social Security Administraation of the Dapartaent of Fealthv Education, and 3elfere (HEW)* was established to provide financial assistance and social services to scqt emergency nv.4s of needy families with cAi'ldren unaer 21. tht legislative history indicates that the Congress intended that the program voeld assist families without available resources and thaft the assistance would be necessary to meet an immediate emergency need that would not otherwise be net. assistance may be in the form of cash or such items as food, clothisg, rent, util'.tiLs, or medical care provided or paid for by the agency administering the prcgram. Findings/Conclusions2 Operation of the Emergency Assistance Program has been hindered because of conflicting interpretations of enabling legislation. The troublesome provisions pertain to recipients' eligibility and the type and extent of emergencies covered. As a result, part'cipating States cannot rely on HUE instructions and interpretations, and because of this, at least four States have discontinued the program. Conflicts between HR regional offices and the States often drag on for months because of a lack of BE guidelines, upcertainties caused by litigation over the program, and intufficiaent HEW regional personnel to administer and sonaitor the program. Ten years after the program was enactei into law# BEV, the States, and the courts are still contesting the provisio s of the law. Recommendations: The Secretary of REV should: pursue efforts# through the Congreus if necessary, to resolve the definitional and interpretational problems hindering the operation of the program, develop uniform guidelines for administering and monitoring the program, and monitor States' programs to insure compliance once defivitive criteria and uniform guidelines are developed. The Congress should consider whether the IserSency Assistance Program should contirue, and if it deteraines that

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