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093050 1 (1970-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (D Sr UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE /u WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 SEP 23 1970 CIVIL DIVISION 00 Dear Mr. Twiname: LM09300 We have reviewed the administration of certain projects funded under title III of the Older Americanse Act, as amnded (79 Stat. 218); the act is administered by the Administration on Aging (ADA), Social and Rehabill- tation Service (SRS), HE1W. During this review--which was limited to se- lected projects in Maryland-wve observed that some projects were not acbieving their projected goals and that certain administrative matters were in need of improvement. AOA officials with whom these matters were discussed generally concurred with our findings and observations. The purpose of this letter Is to bring our findings and observations to your attention so that appropriate corrective action can be taken. General t ntion Title III of the Older Americans Act authorizes Federal funds for use by the States to provide, for older persons (1) community planning and co- ordination of programs, (2) demonstration of programs or activities, (3) training of special personnel needed to carry out programs and activities, and (4) establishment of new or expansion of existing programs. Each State Is required to have a State plan approved by the Secretary of HE, and a single State agency responsible for administering the plan and for coordi- nating State programs and activities for older persons. During fiscal year 1969, HEW reported that there ware 786 active projects in 49 States and ju- risdictions. Expenditures totaled about $15.6 million in fiscal year 1969; the Federal share was about $8.8 million. These projects and expenditures served about 816,000 older persons. rjoetatiiatio lo reltion BEST DOCUEfT AVAILABLE toit etiled otential !k reviewed 6 of the 21 active title III projects in Maryland at the beginning of fiscal year 1970. In the six projects visited, we found that three were substantially short of achieving their estimated potential in serving the number of senior citizens in the community. For example, at one Senior Center established in an area which bad about 2,000 senior citi- zens, project records showed that fewer than 50 persons were served in eaeh of Its first 2 years of operation. Another project, a woodworking shop, had a capacity to serve seven senior citizens at one time; however, at the time of our visit the project was operating at only one-half of this capacity. At a third project, we observed that although the average annual expendi- tures increased about 150 percent over the grant period--compared to the pregrant period--the number of persons served had a corresponding increase of only about 8 percent. , O tr

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