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I ATTACH MgNT ~2 RI]coMMENDATIONS ON Till] CDBG AW,~R~ PROC~ IN NORT~ C,~OLINA Wllat~ Wron~ With Pre~ent E~em? Nothing mu~ ~ wro~ wi~ the pr~ent ~tem except ~at eo~mu~ti~ in the midge ~ of the State d~'t ~em to ~ getti~ a f~ ~e of the av~ble fu~. ~ats o~ mo~ implant ~e ~ea eov~ ~ R~on~ Co~il re~o~ F. G. H, I ~d K the atta~ map. ~e~ re,om eont~n 173.766 people ~w the pov~ty lev~. ~ats 26.7~ of ~e State*s tot~ of 650,809 ~rso~ ~low ~e ~v~ty level. ~ese re,om ~o eontdn 24,096 s~tan~d dwe~ng ~. That 30.0% of the State*s tot~ of 80,2~2 ~a~d d~e~ng ~. Yet in ~e 1984 d~ibutiou ~ f~ ~m~ to he~ Iow income p~so~ a~ eo~eet s~tand~d ~n~ eon~tfo~. ~e re~o~ - together - o~y r~eiv~ 1.4 ~Hion i~ ~t fun~. and ~at w~ 5.5~ ~ ~e State*s tot~ $24.9 ~on eommu~ty restriction single ye~ a~ m~ti-~e~ ' aw~d~ ~ro~ ~e ~ate. ~e~ r~o~ have 28.4~' of ~e p~oblem ~t o~y ~t 5.5~ of ~e f~. ~ ~mpi~n~ ~e~ ~at~ties we have d~ucted from ~e State ~d ~e tot~, ~e n~b~ of p~ple be~w the pov~ level a~ ~e n~b~ of su~and~d dwe~ng ~ ~eated in ~titlement ~mm~ties ~ee ~e~ eomm~ties r~eiv~ fun~n~ fo~ th~ ~ ~eetly from ~e F~ ~e~e have ~en ~ree ye~' ~ ~ven foe Comm~ Re~t~tion. ~e m~ ~ows ~e ~ of the ~i~ ye~. A m~ of ~e f~ ye~ aw~ wo~d ~ow a ~tte~n much ~ke ~e ~d ye~. O~y in ~e ~ond ye~ dd ~e ~d~e the State ~eceive a ~e~o~b~ sh~ oE ~e fu~ (O~ h~itat~ to ~ ~e t~m ~Piedmont', ~ea~e NRCD~s defi~tion of ~mont inel~ Joh~ton Co~ty - e~ of R~ei~. O~ concern ~ ~e pattern of fun~n~ ae~o~ ~e State, not ~e deflation of '~edmont' h seientific~y co~t.) ~e fu~ shoed ~o to he~ ~e low income residen~ of ~o~ C~oli~ eomm~ties and to ~t ~b~a~d ho~ ~dtio~ ~athee every State. ~e ~ shoed not ~ewa~ supe~i~ ~antsma~ip to any maj~ e~ent, but · at ~ wha( ~e p~esent ~stem do~. A ~an~sm~ who ~ acutely tun~ in ~o NRCD~s unpubl~hed and subjective ~ite~ia ~H ~ ~tter in ~e competition ~an a '~ho ju~ follows ~e publ~ ~delines.