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089494 1 (1972-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvna0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DEC 11 1972 Dear Mr Hyde The General Accounting Office has completed a review of certain aspects of the administration of the Model Cities Program in Boston, Massachusetts This work was performed at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), at the Regional Offices of HUD, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), and Department of Labor in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the Boston City Demonstration Agency (CDA) Also, during this review, we obtained data and interviewed officials at the Massachusetts Department of Community Affairs On August 25, 1971, we reported to you on weaknesses we noted in the Boston Model Cities Program relative to the lack of action on the part of CDA to collect funds from State agencies and private organiza- tions that were responsible for providing health care to eligible model neighborhood residents We followed-up on this matter and found that HUD has provided the Boston CDA with certain information concerning these sources of financial assistance However, as of November 8, 1972, a HUD official informed us that the Boston CDA had not collected any funds from State agencies and private organizations for health care provided to eligible model neighborhood residents Our subsequent review efforts of the Boston Model Cities Program showed (1) weaknesses in coordination between CDA and other agencies (Federal, State, and local) involved in the health care component of the Model Cities Program, and (2) a lack of effort on the part of HUD and CDA to get Federal, State,and/or local agencies to assume future program responsibilities, including the funding of Model Cities projects and activities that should be continued after the Model Cities Program is completed and related HUD supplemental funding is no longer available to the cities Details of these findings are presented below NEED FOR COORDINATION BETWEEN CDA AND FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES CDA stated in its 5-year comprehensive Model Cities plan--which was submitted to HUD in October 1968 and approved in January 1969--that ~44- ~79L*

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