United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-08-17 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-996R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R P0b002ee18037c654 f:d01996r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R GAO-01-996R Welfare recipients Program evaluation Interagency relations Reporting requirements Public assistance programs Appropriated funds Workfare DOL Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Correspondence A01623 Without adequate transportation, welfare recipients face significant barriers in moving from welfare to work. Three-fourths of welfare recipients live in central cities or rural areas, while two-thirds of new jobs are located in the suburbs. For many of these new jobs, access to public transportation facilities, such as buses or subways, is limited or nonexistent. To address this issue, the Department of Transportation (DOT) implemented the Job Access and Reverse Commute program. GAO's previous reviews of this program found that although the program would help support the reform of the welfare system by providing transportation resources to welfare recipients, DOT needed to improve several aspects of the program. GAO made several recommendations to enhance DOT's evaluation of the program and to promote coordination with other agencies. GAO reported that in 1999 and 2000, DOT had implemented the recommendations and had taken steps to refine its grant selection process. GAO plans to issue a report on the Job Access program in December 2001, and, in 2002, GAO expects to report on grantees' experiences in implementing their Job Access projects. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R.pdf GAO-01-996R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-996R Correspondence GAO-01-996R; Welfare Reform: GAO's Recent and Ongoing Work on DOT's Access to Jobs Program; Welfare recipients Program evaluation Interagency relations Reporting requirements Public assistance programs Appropriated funds Workfare DOL Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program