Use existing regional system as the administer of block grants. Tie into existing program. Encouraging an intergovernmental role and economy of scale. Additional bureaucracy should be prevented. Do not create an additional level of bureaucracy at the same level.
Council can provide an efficient and cost effective way of delivering block grants.
Use regional councils as the collaborative for local elected officials to implement block grant system. Allow local governments to deal with multi-county or regional problems at the grassroots level. Existing system has annual, independent audit. Back to the top.