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089088 1 (1976-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvcl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFK E 26 FEDERAL PLAZA NEW YORK NEw YORK 10007 Way It V 69 Mr William Toby 4cting Regional Commissioner Social and Rehabili tation Service Region I Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 26 Federal Plaza New York, 'New York 10007 Dear Mr Toby We recently completed aJsurvey of the Emergency Assistance to Ifeedy Families with Children (FAV) program in New York City We found that the New York City Department of Social Services (NYCDSS) received Federal reimbursement for administrative costs which should have been disallowed because they were based on ineligible cases the -FA program was established by the 1967 amendments to the Social Security Act Its purpose is to provide financial assistance and social services to needy families with children to meet emergency needs when a crisis occurs The rate of rederal financial participa- tion is 50 percent of the expenditures for the program Expenditures can Include money nayments and services provided to individuals and the administrative costs associated with providing assistance 'To participate in this program each State must specify, within the scope of Federal policy, the emergency needs that will be met The program, therefore, is not intended to be used routinely as a substitute for normal assistance under other on-going programs In une 19750 the HEW Audit Agency, Repion II, reported that from December 1971 through September 1974 the TYCDSS had improperly reclassified Home J elief (no Federal participation) cases as EAr cases As a result the NYCDS overstated its EAF claims by $34 million, of which $17 million was the Federal share 08708A k

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