The Departments of Justice (DOJ), Health and Human Services (HHS), the Interior (Interior), and Education (Education) administered at least 38 grant programs from fiscal years 2015 through 2018 that could have helped prevent or address delinquency among Native American youth. These agencies made about $1.9 billion in awards to grantees through these programs during this period. These agencies inc

The Department of the Interior (Interior) and its Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs (Indian Affairs) have not taken actions to address identified weaknesses in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) safety program, despite internal evaluations that have consistently found it to be failing. Specifically, Interior's internal evaluations conducted since 2011 identified major deficiencies

We included nine areas for which we provided specific numbers of programs in Section I of our March 1 report. These areas contain hundreds of government programs that are fragmented across multiple agencies or, in some cases, within the same agency or department. The end of this report contains enumerated lists of programs in each of the nine areas and provides funding information where available

AOA awarded a total of almost $5 million through 24 LRCA grants and one cooperative agreement in 2009 and 2010. Specifically, AOA awarded grants to agencies in 24 states--12 states in September 2009 and 12 states in September 2010. The grants, which provide funding for a 3-year project period, ranged from $110,000 to $200,000. Grants totaled $2,293,378 and $2,254,078 in 2009 and 2010, respectivel

From the policy options identified through two surveys and discussions at a 1-day forum, participants prioritized the following actions for improving work outcomes at three levels: individual, employer, and federal. 1) Individual: Participants articulated a key underlying principle for increasing work participation--improve incentives for individuals with disabilities to work while strengthening

This supplementary report to GAO-10-605SP provides individual state appendixes for 16 states and the District of Columbia for GAO's work on the sixth of its bimonthly reviews of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).

Since GAO's April 2008 report, the Bureau has finalized plans for 2010 CCM goals, the timing of operations, and the types of results to be produced. Planning continues in other areas, such as developing estimation methods, evaluating the CCM program, and implementing its Master Trace Project, which would enable the Bureau to link its datasets and systems to support a broad range of research. The

This supplementary report to GAO-10-231 provides individual state appendixes for 16 states and the District of Columbia for GAO's work on the fourth of its bimonthly reviews of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act). GAO's work focused on nine federal programs that are estimated to account for approximately 87 percent of federal Recovery Act outlays in fiscal year 2009 for prog

Various Social Security reform proposals include options intended to address concerns about benefit adequacy for vulnerable groups: (1) Guaranteeing a Minimum Benefit; (2) Reducing Work Requirements for Eligibility; (3) Supplementing Benefits for Low-income Single Workers; (4) Adopting Earnings Sharing; (5) Reducing the Marriage Duration Required for Spousal Benefits; (6) Providing Caregiver Cred

From fiscal years 2001 through 2007, the Civil Rights Division initiated matters and filed cases to implement its enforcement responsibilities through the four sections. The Employment Litigation Section initiated 3,212 matters and filed 60 cases as plaintiff under federal statutes prohibiting employment discrimination. Most matters (3,087) were referred by other agencies. Of the 11 pattern or pr