Number: RL32859
Title: The "Superwaiver" Proposal and Service Integration: A History of Federal Initiatives
Authors: Cheryl Vincent, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report reviews the history, trends, and outcomes of past federal initiatives to integrate social services that might be seen as comparable to the current "superwaiver" proposal. These past attempts are wide ranging and have included efforts to reform the federal grant management system, implement small-scale pilot or demonstration projects, as well as simplify administrative regulations across programs. They are related in the sense that they have sought to cut across multiple federal program boundaries in order to give state and local agencies more flexibility to integrate and coordinate programs that serve the same or overlapping low-income populations. Much of the discussion in this report transcends the "superwaiver" debate, and can be understood as an analysis of service integration as a long sought after policy objective.
Pages: 38
Date: April 13, 2005