anchor: Grantees were asked to examine their progress in each of the seven principal areas of State Planning in a manner that included assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the current approach, establishing goals to strengthen and expand services to eligible clients, and determining the major steps yet to be taken and a timetable necessary to achieve those goals.
positive: There were seven areas of state planning that needed to be examined.
negative: Grantees were asked to examine their decline in each of the seven principal areas.