Welfare Reform
Welfare Reform

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781985033603

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Welfare Reform: Job Access Program Improves Local Service Coordination, but Evaluation Should Be Completed

Welfare Program
Welfare Program

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781289232115

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Federal Transit Administration
Federal Transit Administration

Author: David Wise

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1437917798

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The Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (JARC) -- admin. by the Fed. Transit Admin. (FTA) -- awards grants to states and localities to provide transport. to help low-income individuals access jobs. In 2005, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act -- A Legacy for Users reauthorized the program and made changes, such as allocating funds by formula to large and small urban and rural areas through designated recipients, usually transit agencies and states. This report examines: (1) the extent to which FTA has awarded JARC funds for FY 2006 through 2008, and how recipients are using the funds; (2) challenges faced by recipients in implementing the program; and (3) FTA's plans to evaluate the program. Illus.