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	  **Released on   Mar 4, 2024**
          Child Care: Selected States Are Taking Steps to Sustain Program Changes Implemented with COVID-19 Funding
    GAO-24-106258
      Published:   Mar 4, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 4, 2024
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    The Child Care and Development Fund provides grants to states to subsidize child care for low-income families. Congress gave this program an extra $52 billion in FYs 2020 and 2021 to help with the COVID-19 pandemic . We talked to state officials that help administer this program in 5 states: Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, and Tennessee. They told us that they used this...
      **Released on   Jan 25, 2024**
          Paid Parental Leave: OPM Should Take Steps to Further Raise Awareness of the Program
    GAO-24-106654
      Published:   Jan 25, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 25, 2024
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    Starting October 1, 2020, most federal civilian employees became eligible to take up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the arrival of a new child whether by birth, adoption, or foster care. The Office of Personnel Management's government-wide data showed that most federal employees were aware of the benefit, and the number of employees who took paid parental leave generally aligned with OPM's...
      **Released on   Nov 28, 2023**
          VA Disability Benefits: Board of Veterans' Appeals Should Address Gaps in Its Quality Assurance Process
    GAO-24-106156
      Published:   Nov 29, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 28, 2023
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    If the VA denies a veteran's benefit request, the veteran can bring the case to the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Congress has raised questions about the quality of the Board's decisions. We testified that as the Board faces large workloads and time pressure, quality assurance activities such as case reviews and decision monitoring are key tools for minimizing rework. But the Board could better use...
      **Released on   Oct 30, 2023**
          Credit Cards: Pandemic Assistance Likely Helped Reduce Balances, and Credit Terms Varied Among Demographic Groups
    GAO-23-105269
      Published:   Sep 29, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 30, 2023
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    In 2022, 82% of U.S. adults had at least one credit card. We examined U.S. credit card usage by analyzing a large sample of credit card data from June 2013-December 2021. We found that many people likely used their pandemic stimulus payments to pay down their credit card balances. Pandemic assistance was also associated with better credit scores and fewer delinquencies. Our comparison of billing...
          VA Disability Benefits: Actions Needed to Address Challenges Reserve Component Members Face Accessing Compensation
    GAO-24-105400
      Published:   Oct 30, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 30, 2023
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    Members of the National Guard and the Reserves can claim Veterans Affairs disability benefits. But they may struggle to prove that disabilities are service-related when they only serve part-time—making it harder for them to access benefits. Although DOD and VA have guidance about disability benefits for those in the reserves, it doesn't cover the importance of documenting how health conditions are related to time on...
      **Released on   Oct 18, 2023**
          Disability Insurance: SSA Faces Ongoing Challenges with Overpayments
    GAO-24-107113
      Published:   Oct 18, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 18, 2023
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    We testified about the Social Security Administration's challenges with overpaying disability insurance benefits. Individuals can receive benefits if their disabilities prevent them from working. But if they return to work and SSA doesn't adjust the benefits, they might have been overpaid. This is a problem for beneficiaries—who may have to repay benefits—and SSA, as some overpayments are never paid back at all. SSA has made...
      **Released on   Oct 5, 2023**
          Special Education: Additional Data Could Help Early Intervention Programs Reach More Eligible Infants and Toddlers
    GAO-24-106019
      Published:   Oct 5, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 5, 2023
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    Early intervention services like speech therapy can help children with developmental delays. The Department of Education provides funding to states to identify children who need services and refer them to care. But our survey found that children of some backgrounds—such as American Indian—weren't evaluated for services as often as others. Education doesn't collect children's demographic data before they enroll in the program, but many states...
      **Released on   Sep 12, 2023**
          Unemployment Insurance: Estimated Amount of Fraud During Pandemic Likely Between $100 Billion and $135 Billion
    GAO-23-106696
      Published:   Sep 12, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 12, 2023
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    We estimate that fraud accounted for 11-15% of the total amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid during the pandemic. In that time frame, the Department of Labor provided funding to states to help prevent, detect, and investigate fraud and recover fraudulent payments. States reported finding about $55.8 billion in total overpayments—$5.3 billion of which were fraudulent. States reported recovering about $6.8 billion total, including $1.2...
      **Released on   Aug 18, 2023**
          Trauma-Informed Care: Challenges to Developing and Implementing Performance Partnership Pilots to Serve Children
    GAO-23-106538
      Published:   Aug 18, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Aug 18, 2023
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    Many children affected by trauma receive services through more than one system, such as child welfare and health care. Communities need to develop and coordinate programs, policies, and practices to ensure that children receive services that address trauma-related needs and actively avoid re-traumatizing them. To help communities, one initiative lets multiple federal agencies combine their funding to create partnership programs for grant recipients serving children...
      **Released on   Jul 24, 2023**
          Unemployment Insurance: DOL Needs to Further Help States Overcome IT Modernization Challenges
    GAO-23-105478
      Published:   Jul 10, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 24, 2023
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    The Department of Labor oversees unemployment insurance—distributing funds to states, who then provide these funds to eligible people within their state. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some states had trouble processing unemployment insurance claims due to issues with their IT systems—some of which are about 50 years old. DOL is helping states modernize these systems by, for example, sending experts to evaluate them and recommend improvements...
      **Released on   Jul 20, 2023**
          HUD Rental Assistance: Enhanced Data and Strategy Could Improve Oversight of Accessibility Requirements
    GAO-23-105083
      Published:   Jul 20, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 20, 2023
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    The Department of Housing and Urban Development enforces federal civil rights laws that require housing providers to make reasonable accommodations—such as providing entryway ramps—for households with disabilities. These requirements also apply to the housing providers that administer HUD's own rental assistance programs. We found that, although HUD collects information on a household's disability status, it does not systematically collect data on requests for reasonable accommodations...
      **Released on   Jun 29, 2023**
          Amateur Athlete Safety: Certification Related to the Independence of the U.S. Center for SafeSport for Fiscal Year 2022
    GAO-23-106592
      Published:   Jun 29, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 29, 2023
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    The U.S. Center for SafeSport is responsible for protecting amateur athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual misconduct and abuse in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic communities. Congress requires that the Center be independent from the U.S. Olympic Committee in a number of ways. For example, former employees of the U.S. Olympic Committee must observe a 2 year "cooling-off period" before working or volunteering at the...
      **Released on   Jun 27, 2023**
          Hunger and Homelessness: Funding Distribution for Key Programs
    GAO-23-105458
      Published:   Jun 27, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 27, 2023
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    The COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and increased housing costs raised questions about whether more U.S. households are experiencing hunger and homelessness. We reviewed key federal programs that provide food or housing assistance to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Federal funding for such programs generally increased in FY 2017-2022. These programs use various criteria to determine the amount of funding to jurisdictions, but normally don't...
      **Released on   Jun 26, 2023**
          U.S. Access Board: Interagency Efforts to Promote Accessibility for People with Disabilities Generally Followed Leading Collaboration Practices
    GAO-23-105948
      Published:   Jun 26, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 26, 2023
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    The U.S. Access Board promotes accessibility for people with disabilities by developing guidelines, providing technical assistance, and enforcing accessibility requirements at federal facilities. The Access Board collaborates with other federal agencies on many of these activities. For example, it works with agencies to investigate and address public complaints about inaccessibility at agencies' facilities. We found that the Access Board generally followed our list of leading...
      **Released on   Jun 20, 2023**
          Meat and Poultry Worker Safety: OSHA Should Determine How to Address Persistent Hazards Exacerbated by COVID-19
    GAO-23-105104
      Published:   Jun 20, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 20, 2023
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    During the COVID-19 pandemic , there was a sharp increase in reports of illness among meat and poultry workers. These jobs require working in crowded plants, putting workers at greater risk of disease. In response to these concerns, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration increased plant inspections. But OSHA's safety standards didn't include COVID-19 related hazards—like requiring workers to be in close proximity. As a...
      **Released on   Jun 14, 2023**
          Community Redevelopment: Significant Improvements in Policies and Procedures Are Needed at NeighborWorks America
    GAO-23-105944
      Published:   Jun 14, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 14, 2023
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    NeighborWorks is a nonprofit that receives federal money to provide grants, assistance, and more to nonprofit U.S. housing and community development organizations. Over the last decade, auditors have found problems with NeighborWorks' handling of procurement, conflicts of interest, and whistleblowers. NeighborWorks has made changes, but hasn't always ensured the changes were fully implemented or communicated to staff. Problems continue—for example, staff don't consistently follow procurement...
      **Released on   Jun 9, 2023**
          Family Child Care Networks: Actions Needed to Better Assess Quality Improvement Efforts
    GAO-23-105640
      Published:   May 10, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jun 9, 2023
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    The Department of Health and Human Services' Child Care and Development Fund is the primary source of federal funding for increasing low—income families' access to quality child care. States must use some of this money to improve the quality and availability of child care for all families. As part of this effort, states fund family child care networks, which offer services like coaching and training...
      **Released on   May 31, 2023**
          Child Care: Observations on States' Use of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Funding
    GAO-23-106833
      Published:   May 31, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   May 31, 2023
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    During the pandemic , Congress provided more than $52 billion in supplemental funding to help keep child care providers in business and ensure that low-income families could still access care. In this testimony, we discuss our work on how states used those funds, e.g., waiving family co-payments and increasing payments to care providers. States are still spending the money, and a full picture of its...
      **Released on   May 16, 2023**
          Servicemembers Transitioning to Civilian Life: DOD Could Enhance the Transition Assistance Program by Better Leveraging Performance Information
    GAO-23-106793
      Published:   May 17, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   May 16, 2023
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    The Transition Assistance Program helps servicemembers choose a career, pursue higher education, or find a job after military service. The program tailors support to individuals' needs based on how prepared they are to enter civilian life. We testified that nearly 25% of servicemembers who needed maximum support didn't attend a mandatory 2-day class. And most servicemembers didn't start the program at least 1 year before...
      **Released on   Apr 27, 2023**
          Special Operations Forces: Actions Needed to Assess Performance of the Preservation of the Force and Family Program
    GAO-23-105644
      Published:   Apr 27, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 27, 2023
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    Multiple deployments and busy training schedules can stress U.S. special operations forces and their families. To help, DOD established the Preservation of the Force and Family program, which offers services like physical therapy and counseling. But it's unclear whether this program is achieving its purpose because DOD hasn't fully defined its performance goals and measures. For example, DOD lists "neurocognitive assessments" as a way to...
    
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