Intergovernmental Management: Federal Changes, State Responses, and New State Initiatives

This article surveys state responses and new state initiatives in 1983 to three sets of successive federal changes in domestic policy. Collectively referred to as the New Federalism, these changes include the block grants and accompanying regulatory reforms of 1981, the changes in Medicaid reimbursement policy of 1982, and the job training and development programs of late 1982 and early 1983. Following a brief overview of these changes in intergovernmental management perspective, state responses in 1983 are examined in three areas-policy development, policy and program management, and service delivery management.