APPENDIX IV.-LOCATIONS AT WHICH REVIEW WORK WAS Our field examinations of selected programs at the operational levels were made at the field offices of the responsible Federal agencies and of grantees, contractors, and delegate agencies. Because of the relatively short time prescribed in the law for reporting to the Congress on the results of our examination, we deemed it important to utilize to the extent practicable our previous experience relating to certain of the programs involved, particularly the community action program, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the work experience and training program. Accordingly, we concentrated our field examinations of these programs in our regional offices which had previous experience with these programs. For the Job Corps, our field examination was made at two men's urban centers, two women's urban centers, and five conservation centers as follows: Men's centers.... Women's centers- Atterbury, Edinburgh, Ind., Kilmer, Edison, N.J. Albuquerque, N. Mex., Keystone, Drums, Pa. Conservation centers----- Acadia, Bar Harbor, Maine, Eight Canyon, Mescalero, N. Mex., Collbran, Colo., Wellfleet, South Wellfleet, Mass., Cispus, Randle, Wash. Our field examination of the community action program and selected components thereof, and of the Neighborhood Youth Corps programs was performed in the following four large cities and four mediumsize cities: Large cities_____ Medium-size cities__. Chicago, Ill., Los Angeles, Calif., Detroit, Mich., St. Lake County (Gary, Hammond, East Chicago), Ind., With the exception of Chicago, we also examined the work experience and training program in these cities. The concentrated employment program was examined in the four large cities. These locations were selected to obtain a reasonably adequate cross-section coverage of the four programs as they relate to large- and medium-size cities. (195) Report on Investigation of Allegations of Abuses in the Administration of Programs Conducted by the Valley Migrant League under grants by Office of Economic Opportunity, B161095, July 18, 1967. Review of Selected Aspects of the Community Action Programs Operating in Knox and Leslie Counties, Ky., under the Economic Opportunity Act, B-130515, August 11, 1967. Report on Investigation of Alleged Use of Federal Funds in Support of Labor Union Activities by the California Center for Community Development under grants by Office of Economic Opportunity and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, B-161297, November 13, 1967. Review of Selected Programs and Expenditures of the United Planning Organization in the District of Columbia, B-158523, December 14, 1967. Report on Investigation of Alleged Irregularities Concerning Certain Activities of the Economic Opportunity Board of Shawnee County, Kans., Inc., B-161598, March 11, 1968. Report on Investigation of Alleged Irregularities in the Administration of Programs by the Community Action Program-Caddo and Bossier, Inc., B-130515, May 20, 1968. Report on Investigation of Certain Activities of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., under grants by Office of Economic Opportunity, B-161297, May 29, 1968. Audit of Department of Labor Contracts With Youth Pride, Inc., B-164537, January 16, 1969. Review of Certain Activities of the Southwest Alabama Farmers Cooperative Association under a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, B-130515, January 27, 1969. Washington, D.C., March 14, 1969. Mr. HENRY ESCHWEGE, DEAR MR. ESCHWEGE: On March 6, the General Accounting Office audit of the programs under the Economic Opportunity Act was reviewed with the concerned agencies. We participated in that review. I understand that comments on the audit should be sent to you for consideration. We would like to offer some suggestions to you regarding the overall evaluation of the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center program. First, I want to express our sincere appreciation for the constructive evaluation which was made of our Cispus Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center. We regret that it was not possible to inspect some of our other Centers. As expressed in our April 5, 1968 letter to Civil Division Assistant Director Richard W. Kelley, we were apprehensive that only one Forest Service Center out of the 45 we operate would not give a representative picture of our civilian conservation center program. This apprehension appears to have been justified on the basis of your overall findings related to Civilian Conservation Centers. The purpose of your evaluation of the Job Corps program was to determine its effectiveness in carrying out the intent of Congress. The Job Corps section of the Economic Opportunity Act states, "Its purpose is to assist young persons who need and can benefit from an unusually intensive program, operated in a group setting to become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens; and to do so in a way that contributes, where feasible, to the development of National, State and community resources ***." The act states, "enrollees will participate in intensive programs of education, Vocational training, work experience, counseling, and other activities * * *” We have reviewed your findings, conclusions, and recommendations in relation to the defined purposes of the Economic Opportunity Act. We would like to discuss the findings in each of these areas and offer suggestions toward strengthening the report. A highly important factor in helping disadvantaged young men become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens is to bring about social and emotional adjustment. As you know, the population we serve is from poverty backgrounds, 90 percent school dropouts, 60 percent from broken families, 61 percent functionally illiterate on enrollment and 33 percent with records of juveniles delinquency. About one-third of the staff at Civilian Conservation Report on Investigation of Allegations of Abuses in the Administration of Programs Conducted by the Valley Migrant League under grants by Office of Economic Opportunity, B161095, July 18, 1967. Review of Selected Aspects of the Community Action Programs Operating in Knox and Leslie Counties, Ky., under the Economic Opportunity Act, B-130515, August 11, 1967. Report on Investigation of Alleged Use of Federal Funds in Support of Labor Union Activities by the California Center for Community Development under grants by Office of Economic Opportunity and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, B-161297, November 13, 1967. Review of Selected Programs and Expenditures of the United Planning Organization in the District of Columbia, B-158523, December 14, 1967. Report on Investigation of Alleged Irregularities Concerning Certain Activities of the Economic Opportunity Board of Shawnee County, Kans., Inc., B-161598, March 11, 1968. Report on Investigation of Alleged Irregularities in the Administration of Programs by the Community Action Program-Caddo and Bossier, Inc., B-130515, May 20, 1968. Report on Investigation of Certain Activities of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., under grants by Office of Economic Opportunity, B-161297, May 29, 1968. Audit of Department of Labor Contracts With Youth Pride, Inc., B-164537, January 16, 1969. Review of Certain Activities of the Southwest Alabama Farmers Cooperative Association under a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, B-130515, January 27, 1969. Washington, D.C., March 14, 1969. Mr. HENRY ESCHWEGE, DEAR MR. ESCHWEGE: On March 6, the General Accounting Office audit of the programs under the Economic Opportunity Act was reviewed with the concerned agencies. We participated in that review. I understand that comments on the audit should be sent to you for consideration. We would like to offer some suggestions to you regarding the overall evaluation of the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center program. First, I want to express our sincere appreciation for the constructive evaluation which was made of our Cispus Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center. We regret that it was not possible to inspect some of our other Centers. As expressed in our April 5, 1968 letter to Civil Division Assistant Director Richard W. Kelley, we were apprehensive that only one Forest Service Center out of the 45 we operate would not give a representative picture of our civilian conservation center program. This apprehension appears to have been justified on the basis of your overall findings related to Civilian Conservation Centers. The purpose of your evaluation of the Job Corps program was to determine its effectiveness in carrying out the intent of Congress. The Job Corps section of the Economic Opportunity Act states, "Its purpose is to assist young persons who need and can benefit from an unusually intensive program, operated in a group setting to become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens; and to do so in a way that contributes, where feasible, to the development of National, State and community resources * The act states, "enrollees will participate in intensive programs of education, Vocational training, work experience, counseling, and other activities ✶ ✶ ✶” We have reviewed your findings, conclusions, and recommendations in relation to the defined purposes of the Economic Opportunity Act. We would like to discuss the findings in each of these areas and offer suggestions toward strengthening the report. A highly important factor in helping disadvantaged young men become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens is to bring about social and emotional adjustment. As you know, the population we serve is from poverty backgrounds, 90 percent school dropouts, 60 percent from broken families, 61 percent functionally illiterate on enrollment and 33 percent with records of juveniles delinquency. About one-third of the staff at Civilian Conservation |