NCJ Number
133253
Date Published
1990
Length
37 pages
Annotation
Reports prepared by the Conference of Mayors show that only a small portion of the funds that the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 provides in block grants to the states for drug control programs reach U.S. cities; most fail to reach cities in either an efficient or equitable manner.
Abstract
This report examines the awards made by the states to State and local agencies during the first three-quarters of fiscal year 1990 under the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program, assesses the status of implementation of the three block grant programs in 30 survey cities, and considers the extent of the drug problem in those cities and efforts to control it. Of the $386 million allocated to the 50 states and the District of Columbia through the formula grant program during the first three-quarters of fiscal year 1990, $192 million remains unawarded or the grantee has not been named. Fifty-seven percent of the survey cities have participated in the development of their State's plans for anti-drug education. Nearly three out of four of the survey cities responding to an open-ended question indicated that direct Federal funding of cities, or a sub-state funding entitlement for cities, would make the Anti-Drug Abuse Act programs more responsive to their needs. Local media coverage of the drug problem increased in 64 percent of the survey cities. 3 tables