Christie E. Cuddeback and Lucille M. Cuddeback Memorial Fund - Page 31




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             full $60.00 per day charge for our service".  Similarly,                 
             the record does not explain how recipients are selected                  
             for a particular grant category; that is, why one recipient              
             receives a 25-percent grant and another receives a 60-                   
             percent grant.  The record does not state whether                        
             participants are ever turned down for a grant, or whether                
             individuals may be denied "grants" in one category but                   
             awarded a smaller "grant".  Finally, the record does not                 
             state Keswick's out-of-pocket cost of providing such                     
             "grants" or discounts.  In short, on the basis of the                    
             information provided in the administrative record, we are                
             unable to fully evaluate the financial impact on Keswick of              
             providing the grants to participants in the daycare                      
             program, and we are unable to evaluate the impact on that                
             program of the loss of the funds contributed by petitioner.              
                  Our difficulty in evaluating the impact of                          
             petitioner's funds is further complicated by the fact that               
             the administrative record suggests that there are other                  
             funding sources for the grant program.  In describing how                
             petitioner's funds are used to defray 50 percent of each of              
             the 31 grants for 1999, Keswick's letter states that the                 
             Cuddeback funds are "thus supplementing our existing grant               
             program."  Keswick's letter regarding the use of Cuddeback               
             funds in 1996 makes the same statement.  Thus, it appears                
             that the grant program is not funded entirely by                         
             petitioner.  This is confirmed by Keswick's letter of                    





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