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122870 1 (1983-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxvy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OPPICE as cout.Ae aTrW . W.. A'n.ANTA, GeonasA 30043 OCTOBER 24, 1983 The Honorable George C. Wallace Governor of Alabama State Capitol Montgomery, Alabama 36130 122870 Dear Governor Wallace: Subject: Alabama's Early Implementation of the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Enclosed is our final report which describes Alabama's decisionmaking process in implementing the Small Cities Commu- nity Development Block Grant Program as authorized by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. It also provides a comparison of State-funded activities and populations targeted in 1982, with those of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1981, and provides perceptions of local communities and others relative to the success of Alabama's program. Alabama was one of seven States we visited to provide the Congress with up-to-date information on States' progress in implementing their Small Cities Program. We previously sent you a copy of our overall report to the Congress, States Are Making Good Progress in Implementing the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program (GAO/RCED-83-186, Sept. 8, 1983), which incorporated the results of our work in seven States. The enclosed report details the results of our review in Alabama. Essentially, we found that the projects and activities funded by Alabama were similar to the Small Cities Program BUD administered in 1981. Both the State and HUD concentrated fund- ing on public facilities, housing rehabilitation, and economic development projects. However, we observed some differences between Alabama's and HUD's programs. As a percentage of total funds awarded, housing rehabilitation decreased 7 percentage points (from 22 to 15) and public facilities increased 28 per- centage points (from 46 to 74). Alabama awarded 105 grants in 1982, while HUD awarded 59 in the previous year. The average size of a State grant was $161,544, while the average HUD grant was $479,624. Also, about 90 percent of Alabama's grants and about one-fourth of HUD's grants were supported by other funds. State-awarded grants were supported by $16.7 million in other funds in 1982, and HUD-awarded grants were supported by $2.8 million in other funds in 1981. In addition, according to ~1(0 (384807)

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