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089516 1 (1973-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvnr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNTE STTS6Y 5f P UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 MANPOWER AND WELFARE September 14, 1973 DIVISION Mr Fred G Clark Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management Department of Labot Dear Mr Clark We have made ajFsurYey of Operation Manstrea a work experience program authorized ythe Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U S C 2737 et seq ), and administered by the Manpower Administration of the Department of Labor Our survey was limited to work at the Administration's headquarters offices primarily because of the fairly recent comprehensive evaluation of the program made by Kirschner Associates, Inc , under a contract with the Department Following are observations that we would like to bring to your attention, particularly in view of the Department's plans to include the program under Manpower Revenue Sharing. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PROGRAM AND TARGET POPULATION Operation Mainstream is a program designed to employ as enrollees chronically unemployed poor adults, focusing on elderly workers, with program concentration in rural areas Operation Mainstream consists of a variety of programs, some of which are contracted and administered on a nation-wide basis (such as Green Thumb-Green Light and Senior Aides), while others are contracted and administered by the Department's regional offices and operated by local nonprofit agencies The total population of potential enrollees in Operation Mainstream is large. Despite recent sizable increases in income security payments, the income needs of persons 55 years and older remain, substantial Some 9 6 percent of the persons 55 to 59 in 1971 were poor, as were 13 5 percent of those 60 to 64, and 21 6 percent of those 65 and over Altogether these three groups comprised 6 4 million poor persons. Residents of nonmetropolitan areas (23 percent) were more likely to be poor than were residents of central cities (15 percent) or of other parts of metropolitan areas (11 percent) Although poverty among the elderly (those 65 and over) has declined, it is estimated that 3 1 million aged persons remain poor in 1973 08'0 y

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