Social Service Privatization: Expansion Poses Challenges in Ensuring Accountability for Program Results
HEHS-98-6
Published: Oct 20, 1997. Publicly Released: Nov 04, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined issues related to social service privatization, focusing on the: (1) recent history of state and local government efforts to privatize federally funded social services; (2) key issues surrounding state and local privatized social services; and (3) federal policy implications of state and local social service privatization.
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Child support paymentsChildrenContract oversightCost controlstate relationsPrivatizationPublic assistance programsService contractsState-administered programsWelfare benefits