GovParti Civic Health Series: Programs

By Amy Barthelemy

Every federal program in this dataset that delivers by formula automatically reaches the most distressed communities. Every program that requires competitive application fails them. The pattern is 100% consistent.

E-Rate broadband funding gives Q1 schools $109 per student versus Q4's $52 -- automatically, no application required. Head Start grants are absent from 72% of Q1 counties despite above-average child poverty -- because the grant requires an application. Drug courts reduce recidivism by 25-35% and reach 11.1% of Q1 counties. Mental health courts reduce suicide rates 19% and reach 4.5%.

This is the F206 Automatic Delivery Theorem: the design choice that determines whether a program reaches the people who need it. Volume 7 documents it across 20 findings.

20 findings. 6 county portraits. Dataset archived at openICPSR: https: //doi.org/10.3886/E247201V1

Part of the GovParti Civic Health Series. Currently under academic peer review. govparti.net

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GVBFWVJ3
• ISBN13: 9798254117865
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"