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DOCUMENT ]RESUME
07013 - (B2207213]
Complications in Implementing Rose Weatherization Prograns for
the Poor. HRD-78-149; B-130515. August 2, 1978. 33 pp. + 6
aPpendices (22 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General.
Issue Area: Energy: Federal Efforts to Conserve Energy (1602);
Income Security Programs: Programs for Special Target
Populations (1304).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Ilcome Security: Public Assistance and Cthar
Income Supplements (604).
,rgnization Concerned: Community Services Administration;
Department of Energy- Department of Labor; Office of
Management and Budget.
Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on Educaticn and Labor;
Senate committee on Human Resoqrces; Congress.
Authority: Community Services kct of 1974 (P.L. 93-644; 42
U.S.C. 2701; 42 U.S.C. 2809). Energy Ccnservaticn and
Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6801; 42 U.S.C. 6861).,
Department of Energy Organization Act (P.L. 95-91; 42 U.S.C.
7101; 42 U.S.C. 7151). Public Works and Eccnomic Development
Act of 196., title X (P.L. 93-567; 152 U.S.C. 32461. Yconomic
Opportunity Act. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
of 1973. *45 C.F.R. 1061. CSA Instruction 613.
To help combet the impact of rising energy costs on
low-iuirome individuals and to reduce naticnal energy
coDsuiption, the Community Services Administration (CSA)
insulates and repairs homes for the econcmically disadvantaged.
As of December 1977, over $100 millicn has been provided in
qrants to more than 900 local Cosaunity Action Agencies and
other organizations. Also, the Department of Energy (DCE) is
carrying out a $200 million supplenentary home weatherization
program. Findinqs/Conclusions: The %eatherization program has
helped many disadvantaged families, tut the extent of help
cannot be determined nor can the amount of energy conserved.
Because of a 10% limitation on program administraticn costs,
including labor, labor support is provided under a mutual
agreement with the Department of Labor (DOL). This agreement has
not been effectively carried out. Problems have resulted from
poor workmanship and unavailability of an adequate labor force.
The program has also been hampered by cther administrative
problems. CSA has not issued sufficient guidance, required
program controls, nor adequately scritored program operations.
Because grantees do not have specific direction for veatherizing
rentals, most of the poor are excluded from tie prcgram. Also,
CSA has not reported effectively cn the quantity and na'ure of
weatherization work performed and its effects cn recipients and
energy savings. An agreement of understanding amonq CSA, DOE,
and DOL, intended to achieve program coordination, has not](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaaxvx0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)