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HRD-81-55 1 (1981-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbni0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ( HUMAN RESOUCrs February 6, 1981 B-202069 The Honorable John Paul Hammerschmidt Ill JJlfl II JIJ ii House of Representatives 114343 Dear Mr. Hammerschmidt: Subject: Assessment of Circumstances Leading to the Contract for Comprehensive Mental Health Care Services for Cuban Entrants at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas fHRD-81-55) Your October 29, 1980, letter raised several issues concern- ing a contract awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to Preven- tive Health Programs, Inc. (PHP), to provide comprehensive mental health care services to the Cuban entrants at Fort Chaffee, Ark- ansas. We have discussed this contract with Cuban/Haitian Task Force, NIMH, and HHS officials in Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas; and Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and reviewed documents relating to its award and implementation. BACKGROUND Overall responsibility for the Cuban entrant program rests with the Cuban/Haitian Task Force, which is made up of represen- tatives from several Federal agencies responsible for the welfare and placement of entrants as they make the transition into U.S. society. Originally this task force was responsible to an offi- cial from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. On July 15, 1980, a State Department official assumed overall re- sponsibility, and since November 15 an HHS official has headed the task force. Entrants began leaving Cuba and arriving in the United States during April 1980. Because of the large numbers, four camps were selected to house them Ohile they waited to be sponsored by U.S. citizens. The camps were at Fort Chaffee; Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. They operated until about October 15, 1980, when the unsponsored entrants'decreased to about 9,000 and the remaining entrants were consolidated at Fort Chaffee. Of the 125,000 Cuban entrants that have come to the United States, less than 6,000 remained to be sponsored as of February 6, 1981. J_5/

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