NCJ Number
143553
Date Published
1989
Length
16 pages
Annotation
A survey of 30 cities in May 1989 gathered information regarding the implementation of the three block grant programs established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, as well as the degree to which the programs are responsive to local needs.
Abstract
Results revealed that 76 percent of the cities surveyed have never taken part in the development of their State's plan for drug prevention education. In addition, 81 percent have never taken part in the development of their State's plan for treatment. Moreover, half of the cities have never participated in the development of their State's plan for enforcement. Furthermore, only 31 percent of the respondents believed that the grant-in-aid system established through the law is responsive to their city's needs, but two-thirds of the cities believes that it is not. More than four of five representatives of cities responding to an open-ended question stated 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. Cities' ratings of State administration of the education, treatment, and enforcement of block grant programs were generally low. Most of the cities had little involvement in the program planning and decisionmaking process regarding block grants for law enforcement. Nevertheless, 71 percent of the respondents said that the funds were being spent for activities consistent with their city's drug law enforcement priorities. Finally, 23 percent of the cities had not yet received any funding through the enforcement assistance block grant program. Tables and survey instrument