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Intergovernmental Relations between a Public Program and This 5 page report discusses intergovernmental relations in the context of a public program and its need for interaction with other government entities. The example used is that of a state’s HIV/AIDS prevention program. The program was designed to educate the general population and target unique populations with meaningful and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention information. It receives funding and support from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the State Legislature, and private funding sources. Bibliography lists 6 sources and includes an annotated bibliography.
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government. For example, a program may be mandated by the federal government, implemented by the state, and require the participation and cooperation of local government entities. Numerous social
service and health programs operate within such a context, as do public safety, education, regulatory, environmental, and judicial programs. In other words, the necessary relationships between government entities are
a fundamental aspect of virtually all public programs and enterprises. Not only is it an essential part of accomplishing the objectives of a program, but intergovernmental relations is a costly
party of assuring that the program is even allowed to operate. According to Worsham (1999), quoting from a report from Washington University in St. Louis, it is estimated that the
federal government will break all previous records in spending approximately $18 billion and employ nearly 128,000 workers in 61 agencies to regulate the workplace during fiscal 1999. Individual programs and
their administrators are faced with a significant part of the responsibility for the overall economic, social, and efficiency outcomes associated with their programs. It is one of the reasons that
the states have rallied against "unfunded mandates." To be required to provide a certain service or program without adequate funding makes the process even more troublesome than public administration
already is. It is difficult enough to develop and support a public program and maintain the appropriate intergovernmental relations to keep it going. Often, they must rely on their interactions
with their counterparts in other agencies to assure that desired results are achieved. One need only look at an example such as the Environmental Protection Agency and its relationship
with a states environmental health and protection department and the effectiveness of the individual bureaus of waste management, air quality, water quality (and so on) and their relationships with county
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