Thank you Dianna--you are a clear voice--I mentioned this before in 2007.

I am sick of philanthropic "do-gooders" and non-profit CDCs--I want some folks who can roll up their sleeves and fix things :)

Are you being used as a "QUOTA?" 

Are you a demographically disadvantaged citizen in NEO? 

Do you receive public assistance, are you disabled, do you get HEAP, are you elderly, are you low income, are you simply a resident of a neighborhood which is targeted for demolition? The questions go on and on...but it's pretty simple....do you count as a quota for your leadership to ascertain public funding (FEDERAL GRANT MONEY)? If you are a resident of Cleveland...most likely you do serve as a quota to some degree.... or someone in your family does. Are you a formerly convicted felon, a traffic violator, a victim of domestic violence, a medical client for some health condition, a drug addict, or a homeless person? Are you black or white or hispanic or vietnamese? It does not matter....you are a quota. That means you drive a multi billion dollar industry....helping the needy.

The questions become....once you are "USED AS A QUOTA" so that these "GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NOT FOR PROFITS" can ascertain federal grant funding to administer their "HELPFUL PROGRAMS".....are you able to get the assistance that they are trickling down to the "Demographically disadvantaged" and how is that money actually being spent? 

You have rights to ask questions and demand fiscal accountability. You have a right to know how that funding is helping your community and how it is being spent. Are the programs sustainable? Are they worthy of federal funding? Are they being used effectively or are those programs used to send you chasing your tail? 

If you feel that programs are ineffective; you have rights to speak up. You have rights to file complaints with higher echelons to protect the public at large from abusive practices. Do not allow these program administrators to intimidate you, to steer you around in circles, and to destroy your ambition to resolve your own demographic disadvantages. Find empowerment within to overcome their abusive methods. 

It is time to begin speaking up....to make these programs accountable and to force the administrators to stop wasting government tax dollars. 

Many programs are redundant, should be liquidated, and should be merged to save billions of dollars annually for the public at large. Many of these grant funded programs are a joke....and our public leadership needs to acknowledge that and protect the public at large by making grand changes to reduce governmental wasteful spending. 

Perhaps getting a little political would make grand changes in your community. Perhaps holding the representation accountable would inspire them to stand up in legislative meetings to prevent wasteful approvals of funding to non productive organizations that are codependent on public funding. Unless a politician is padding his buddy's behind----for jobs etc.... there are countless entities that need to be removed from the grant funding allotments approved annually by our representatives. 

Fiscal accountability....demand it.... save our children and grandchildren from paying back (Federal deficit) debts credited to save unnecessary government programs which exploit the demographically disadvantaged. Get political and call your reps.  

Always Appreciative, "ANGELnWard14"