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HRD-93-26R 1 (1993-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackkf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-253683 June 15, 1993 The Honorable William D. Ford Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives 149917 Dear Mr. Chairman: For many years, those seeking assistance in finding employment as well as those responsible for providing help have had to cope with the large number of federal employment training programs. Based on our analysis of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, the fiscal year 1993 budget, agency documents, and discussions with agency officials, we found that 14 federal agencies' have allocated $24 billion to administer 151 employment training programs during 1993.2 You asked us to look at the problems created by this fragmented system and the difficulty in coordinating client services. You also asked us what states were doing to coordinate local service delivery and what role the Employment Service (ES) might play in a more coherent, coordinated system. Although many agree that a comprehensive, integrated employment training system is needed, how to create such a system has sparked much discussion. Reducing the number of federal programs could ease some of the problems of coordinating local services; however, significantly reducing the number will be a challenge. The development of a comprehensive integrated system will more likely come from efforts to improve coordination among the various federal programs. State agencies have tried several initiatives to simplify the myriad of programs and funding streams. Some 'See -enlosures I and II for a listing of agencies that sponsored some form of employment training assistance. 2In a letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, (GAO/HRD-92-39R, July 24, 1992), we reported that 125 programs provided various forms of employment training assistance during 1991. GAO/HRD-93-26R, Multiple Employment Programs 557511~

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