Welfare Reform: Implementing DOT's Access to Jobs Program in Its First Year

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Access to Jobs and Reverse Commute program, which provides grants to improve transportation to employment for welfare recipients, focusing on the: (1) Department of Transportation's (DOT) implementation of the Job Access program, particularly its approach for selecting awards in fiscal year (FY) 1999; (2) FY 1999 grantees and their planned approaches for providing transportation services to low-income workers; and (3) changes DOT is making to the program in response to GAO's prior recommendations, including the establishment of specific objectives, performance criteria, and measurable goals for evaluating the program's success.