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093030 1 (1971-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwxf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION LM093030 BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE Dear Mr. Catheit We have reviewed selected activities of the War on Poverty Committee of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, an Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) grantee. The fieldwork, which was completed in July 1970, vas directed toward evaluating significant aspects of the grantee's program management and three major program components--the Neighborhood Centers, the Summer Youth program, and the Emergency Food and Medical Services program. Our review was conducted primarily at the offices of the grantee in Memphis, Tennessee. We were informed that 020 terminated the funding of the grantee effective October 31, 1970, for its failure to implement recomenda- tions of 090 review teams and a consultant firm, aimed at necessary improvements in program operations. Because of this occurrence, we do not plan any further reporting of the results of our review other than bringing to your attention the following findings. Our review showed that the grantee had experienced two major problems, (1) serious organizational difficulties including signifi- cant staff turnover and, (2) inadequate records and program evalua- tions by which the grantee could have measured its progress against established goals and which would have enabled it to better plan future programs for assisting the poor. Although the grantee's operations have been terminated and no further corrective action can be taken, the problems noted in our review appear to be common to other community action agencies and our views expressed here should be applicable to agencies with similar problems. Also, in the event that 020 funds another grantee in the Memphis area, we believe it would be desirable to alert the new grantee's board and administrative personnel to the type of prob- lems we noted so that such problems can be avoided to the extent feasi- ble. GANTBE STAPFNG PAQLEM The grantee had experienced serious organizational problems in its administrative staff, including significant staff turnover and vacancies for several months in such key positions as Assistant Director for Program Services, Program Operations Coordinator, and 7 o U3O3O =

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