Demonstration Projects Could Identify Ways to Simplify Policies & Facilitate Technology Enhancements to Reduce Administrative Costs

September 2006 Demonstration Projects Could Identify Ways to Simplify Policies & Facilitate Technology Enhancements to Reduce Administrative Costs The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sought to determine how federal social service programs allocate administrative costs. GAO determined that in 2004 that seven social service programs combined spent $21 billion on administration, which was about 18% of total program spending. However, GAO discovered that the percentage of administrative costs varied between programs and states. Administrative spending varied from two percent in the Child Care and Development Fund to 58% in Foster Care, with the exception of Child Support Enforcement in which all . . .