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Management and Evaluation of the r munity Development Block
Grant Program Need To Be StrengtL-ned. CED-78-160; B-171630.
August 30. 1978. 22 pp. + 2 appendices (2 pp.).
Report to Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; by Baltas E. Birkle (for Henry Eschwege, Director,
Community and Economic Development Div.).
Issue Area: Domestic Hcusing and Community Development (2100);
Domestic Housing ard Community Development: Assisting Urh-_-
Communities to Prevent and Eliminate Blight and
Deterioration (2102).
Contact: Ccamunity and Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Community and Regional Development: Community
Develorment (451).
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Banking, Finance -nd
Urtan Affairs; Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urtan Affairs.
Authority: Housinq and Community Development Act of 1974, title
I (42 U.S.C. 5301).
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
requires communities tc certify in their applications for grants
that their ccmmunity development programs are developed in
accordance witn the act's statutory objectives and requires
granteef to provide HUD with an annual performance report
concerning activities under the programs and their assessment of
how the activities relate to objectives. Findings/Conclusions:
HUD is not obtaining the information it needs to evaluate
community performance under the Community Development Block
Grant program. Neither grant. application forms ncr grantee
performance reports are providing information needed to
determine whether programs have been developed in accordance
with legislative objectives or to assess the progress of the
programs. HUD has not satisfactorily performed pcstaudits and
reviews of the use of block grant funds. It has not emphasized
monitoring, and its monitoring efforts have not addressed
substantive issues. Also, HOD's annual reports tc the Congress
on the block grant program provide very little information cn
the actual use of black grant funds and the progress of the
program. New program regulations require communities to provide
more detailed information in their applications, but furtheL
changes are necessary. Recommendations: The Secretary of HOD
should: revise the grantee performance report format to require
specific information applicable to grantee goals and activity
performance standards as shown in grant applications; revise the
HOD monitoring handbook to assure that it provides guidance to
field personnel for making substantive assessments of grantee
performance; and advise the Congress of specific acticns taken
or planne4 by HUD to obtain information on progress in
accomplishing program objectives, nn use of program funds, and](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaaxzr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)