United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-11-01 monographic deposited born digital 79 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-96-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4 P0b002ee18039a2ee f:he96004 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4 HEHS-96-4 Elderly persons Administrative costs Aid for training or employment Employment or training programs Non-profit organizations Grant administration State-administered programs State governments Grant award procedures Disadvantaged persons ETA Senior Community Service Employment Program DOL Operation Mainstream Other Written Product HEHS

GAO examined the Department of Labor's Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), focusing on: (1) Labor's process for awarding SCSEP grants; (2) the extent to which Labor equitably distributes SCSEP funds; and (3) SCSEP administrative costs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in order to maintain 1978 activity levels, the Older Americans Act requires Labor to award SCSEP grants to national sponsors and those with proven track records; (2) of the $410 million in SCSEP appropriations for program year 1994, $234.5 million was distributed under the 1978 activity level provision; (3) Labor's use of the 1978 allocation pattern severely limited its ability to achieve equitable distribution among states; (4) appropriations statutes have overriden the title V funding provision to require that no more than 22 percent of SCSEP appropriations be allocated to state governments; and (5) in program year 1994, national sponsors' administrative costs exceeded the 15 percent limit due to administrative expenses being charged to another cost category. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4.pdf GAO/HEHS-96-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-96-4 Other Written Product GAO/HEHS-96-4; Department of Labor: Senior Community Service Employment Program Delivery Could Be Improved Through Legislative and Administrative Actions; Elderly persons Administrative costs Aid for training or employment Employment or training programs Non-profit organizations Grant administration State-administered programs State governments Grant award procedures Disadvantaged persons ETA Senior Community Service Employment Program DOL Operation Mainstream Title 42 Section 3056d(a) Title 42 Section 3056d(a)(1)(A) Title 42 Section 3056d(a)(1)(B) Title 42 Section 3056d(a)(3) Title 42 Section 3056d(c) Title 42 Section 3056(c)(3) 42 U.S.C. 3056d(a) 42 U.S.C. 3056d(a)(1)(A) 42 U.S.C. 3056d(a)(1)(B) 42 U.S.C. 3056d(a)(3) 42 U.S.C. 3056d(c) 42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(3) Public Law 103-333 S. Rept. 103-143