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<abstract>Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the
Community Adjustment and Investment Program (CAIP), focusing on: (1) how
the program has been structured; (2) how program eligibility criteria
and outreach efforts have been implemented; and (3) what the results of
efforts to provide assistance to eligible counties were.&lt;p/&gt;GAO noted that: (1) the Community Adjustment and Investment Program&apos;s
management structure hinders efficient program management; (2) the
program is managed in Washington, D.C., by a high-level interagency
group chaired by the Department of the Treasury, called the Finance
Committee; (3) Committee membership includes the Departments of
Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor, and the
Small Business Administration; (4) it took the Finance Committee over 3
years to set up program guidelines and to start disbursing program
financing to distressed counties; (5) the Finance Committee&apos;s retention
of certain day-to-day managerial functions is inefficient and has added
more time to the decision-making process, particularly for direct loans
and grants; (6) Treasury officials recognize that some delays have
resulted from the program&apos;s centralized management structure and told
GAO that they plan to hire additional full-time staff to expedite future
decision-making; (7) however, it is not clear that new staff will
improve program management unless the Finance Committee is prepared to
delegate decision-making authority; (8) program eligibility procedures
are complex and rely on a database that is not designed to be used as a
measure of the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on
communities; (9) GAO found that Treasury&apos;s current procedures result in
the underestimation of dislocated workers, including approximately 3,700
secondary workers in firms that are suppliers to or assemblers for
manufacturing firms adversely impacted by trade with Mexico and Canada;
(10) although this undercounting has not had an impact on counties from
qualifying for the program; (11) for the 228 counties in 30 states and
Puerto Rico designated eligible for the program, notification and
outreach have been limited, as Treasury does not directly notify
eligible counties about the program, according to program officials; and
(12) since 1997, about $257 million in loan guarantees, loans, and
grants have been provided to 83 eligible counties.</abstract>
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