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122871 1 (1983-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE 414 WALUT TZ T - ELevenTH FLOOR PHIAD.ELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA t9t06 October 19, 1983 The Honorable Pierre S. du Pont Governor of Delaware Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 122871 Dear Governor du Pont: Subject: Delaware's Early Implementation of the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Enclosed is our final report which describes Delaware's decisionmaking process in implementing the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program as authorized by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. It also provides a comparison of 1982 State-funded activities and populations targeted with those of the Department of Sousing and Urban Development (BUD) in 1981 and provides local communities' and others' perceptions of the success of Delaware's program. Delaware was one of seven States we visited in order 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 Delaware. Essentially, we found that Delaware's fiscal year 1982 Small Cities Program resembles the HUD-administered program of fiscal year 1981. Both programs directed the majority of their funds to public facility and private housing rehabilitation activities. BUD spent slightly more on public facilities than on private housing rehabilitation; in contrast, Delaware spent more than twice as much on housing rehabilitation than it spent on public facilities. Each program awarded a similar level of total funds, but Delaware granted over twice the number of awards that HUD made in the previous year. Consequently, the State's awards were generally smaller than those made by HUD. Furthermore, they were usually awarded to smaller communities. In keeping with its pro- gram objectives, Delaware also targeted populations that were almost entirely comprised of low- and moderate-income persons. (See enc. III.) (384807)

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