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HRD-76-155 1 (1976-08-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaalf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. M.G. 20543 B-156518 Qq36cfl The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth _House of Representatives Dear Mr. Wirth: On January 14, 1976, you asked us to review the admin- istration of family-planning programs funded under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300) in region VIII I/ of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Based on discussions with your office in April 1976, we focused our review on two objectives: --Determining if the standards and criteria used by region VIII in selecting family-planning service grantees comply with applicable regulations and are objective. --Determining if region VIII discourages family plan- ning or places less emphasis on family planning than on other HEW programs. This letter presents our findings on the first objec- tive. As discussed with your staff on July 13, 1976, since additional information concerning the region VIII attitude toward, and relationship with, family-planning grantees is available, we are performing additional fieldwork on the second objective and will report our findings when that work is completed. We examined the regulations and procedures region VIII followed in selecting grantees from applicants competing for fiscal year 1976 family-planning grants in South Dakota and Wyoming. We made the review primarily at the region VIII of- fice in Denver, Colorado, and held discussions with HEW offi- cials there. We met with various grantee officials who were in Denver on grant-related matters. 1/Encompasses Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, and North and South Dakota. 0HRD-76-155