Impact of policy changes under the Reagan administration on community development block grant (CDBG) programs in Fulton County: a critical assessment, 1986

The primary intent of this degree paper is to examine the problems associated with the administration of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as a result of the policy direction of the Reagan Administrati on. Analysis of the current problems associated with administration of the CDBG program is important for two reasons. First, questions have been raised about the type of activities which provide the highest level of benefits to low and moderate income citizens. (Statistics indicate that those types of activities, housing and social services, are not receiving a majority of the CDBG funds within Fulton County.) Second, it is important to assess which policy preferences on the federal level have had the most success in providing direct benefits to the program's primary recipients (low and moderate income citizens). The major findings of this study suggest that during the Carter Administration, a high percentage of CDBG benefits were being directed toward low and moderate income citizens. As a result of the policy shift from the Carter Administration, a lower percentage of CDBG benefits are being derived out of the program by low and moderate income citizens. The primary sources of the data collected for the study came from interviews with key officials involved in the administration of the CDBG program. The secondary sources of data came from journals, county progress reports, and government documents