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B-130515 1 (1972-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - v by the Officit ' . ,. ,D F &P O by , ~~RL 'AL OFTHiEV4 HW AC ~26 NITRELEASED AUG 24 1972 B-130515 // Dear Mr. Gonzalez: Pursuant to your request of December 27, 1971, we audited the financial records pertaining to Office of Economic Opportu- nity -O' g 'ants to the Economic Opportunities Development Corporati6nmYD't) of Sa.n Antonio and Bexar County, Tex., for e4.. e .....4,n and rehabilitation of migrant farmworkers. The grants were madeunde'r f zt r ITpart B, of' the Economic Op- portunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2862). BACKGROUND Grants of $222,900 and $228,900 were awarded to EODC for the periods September 1, 1970, through August 31, 1971, and September 1, 1971, through August 31, 1972, respectively, to carry out a project for the education and rehabilitation of migrant farmworkers. For each of the grant years, EODC dele- gated responsibility for the project to the Greater San Antonio Federation of Neighborhood Councils (Federation). As a dele- gate agency, the Federation was responsible for carrying out the project and for maintaining all books and records of ac- count. The Federation delegated this responsibility to its affiliate, the Bexar County Migrant Farmworkers Association (BCMFWA). BCMFWA was also administering a $160,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) for a pro- gram to serve the health needs of migrant farmworkers and their families and a $15,000 grant from the Associated City- County Economic Development Corporation of Hidalgo County, Tex., an OEO grantee, for furnishing emergency food assistance. The migrant population in Bexar County is estimated to be about 15,000. As of January 31, 1972, the migrant project reported that it had compiled case files on 2,140 families having about 12,000 members. Services provided by the project included, among other things, adult basic education, employ- ment referral, and health services. At the time of our audit, February through April 1972, 30 employees were administering the OLO and HEW grants--17 paid from OO funds and 13 paid from HEW funds. In September 1971, an OEO evaluation team concluded that the Federation had served no useful purpose since the migrant

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