460 20 10383 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ec66b844a0d516022365d2df2eaf0f6b.pdf acfb65a17fdf2ea4f8424afb4fc2e51c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Reconnnendations from the Home Management Sub-Committee CCAC 1. we · ask that the State of Georgia establish a consumer protection agencY. to gather facts and evidence against merchants of all types who knowingly cheat and swindle customers with inferior merchandise, foods, and hidden or unfair credit practices . That this agency make this information available to consumers and use it, too, to advise Georgia lawmakers of needed changes in state laws. 2. That a law be passed requiring full, total, itemized and final credit costs be written out immediately above the place where the consumer must sign contracts, fbr loans, services, or goods. That these costs also be read a1~ad to the buyer before he signs the contract. I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Recommendations from the Home Management Sub-Committee CCAC We ask that the State of Georgia establish a consumer protection agency to gather facts and evidence against merchants of all types who i knowingly cheat and swindle customers with inferior merchandise, foods, and hidden or unfair credit practices. That this agency make this information available to consumers and use it, too, to advise Georgia lawmakers of needed changes in state laws. That a law be passed requiring full, total, itemized and final credit costs be written out immediately above the place where the consumer must sign contracts, for loans, services, or goods. That these costs also be read aloud to the buyer before he signs the contract.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 52 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0544bdf42a57791cfd19f27ab0343e76.pdf 81d2d66a2a462ae538cdc38c184eb898 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Citizens Central Advisory Council Legislative Recommendations of the Transportation Sub-Committee December 9, 1968 I. The Georgia State Legislature is callgd upon to pass the following: A. Increase representation on the Rapid Transit Board. B. Revise the Rapid Transit program to meet the needs of the people. C. Offer new referendum to vote on rapid transit. D. Permit sale of stock to raise funds instead of increasing property tak. E. Consider a payroll tax for rapid transit. F. Supply transportation for special schools (Headstart, Follow-Through, and other schools that deal with mentally and physically retarded children.) I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Citizens Central Advisory Council Legislative Recommendations of the Transportation Sub-Committee December 9, 1968 The Georgia State Legislature is called upon to pass the following: A. B. C. Increase representation on the Rapid Transit Board. Revise the Rapid Transit program to meet the needs of the people. Offer new referendum to vote on rapid transit. Permit sale of stock to raise funds instead of increasing property tak. Consider a payroll tax for rapid transit. Supply transportation for special schools (Heatdstart, Follow-Through, and other schools that deal with mentally and physically retarded children.)  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 51 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/edabce4134d40e6493ab8e21fe357de3.pdf 60f0693e74295124696d5c9dac200dcc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Recommendations from Health Sub-Committee CCAC 1. That Fulton County start a visiting nurse service for the many elderly and bedfast who cannot get to Grady Hospital. 2. That some decentralization of the health services now available at Grady be undertaken to make them more accessible to people and to attempt to ease the overcrowding there. 3. Enforce the city code which requires that ambulances be staffed by a doctor, a registered nurse, or a person with Red Cross First Aid training. Extend the code to cover the couµties which do not have these requirements. I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 3. Recommendations from Health Sub-Committee CCAC That Fulton County start a visiting nurse service for the many elderly and bedfast who cannot get to Grady Hospital. That some decentralization of the health services now available at Grady be undertaken to make them more accessible to people and to attempt to ease the overcrowding there. Enforce the city code which requires that ambulances be staffed by a doctor, a registered nurse, or a person with Red Cross First Aid training, Extend the code to cover the counties which do not have these requirements.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 50 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1dc0954eff2893abe36bb22324390323.pdf d39698b6ddc6ada4b719a602ee57bd04 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Citizens Central Advisory Council Legislative Recommendation of the Education Sub-Committee December 17, 1968 I. The Georgia State Legislature is called upon to pass the following amendments: A. At present the board of education candidate's fee is $900.00. This large fee eleminates the possibility of grass root people becoming candidateso We recommend that the board of education candidate's fee be r~duced to $25.00 in order to insure the possibility of all persons being fostered the opportunity to run in the election. B. Several months ago the Department of Health, Education and Welfare evaluated the school system of the United States and Georgia rated forty-ninth. In order to dissolve the education lag in Georgia, training must start at an early ageo We therefore reccomend compulsive kindergarten throughout the state. C. All tea~hers be placed in their major area of training. D. Funds be withheld until local boards of education comply with the State Board of Education's requirementso E. Representatives to Boards of Education be elected by wards and areas. F. Textbooks be selected by the area ' superintenpent with advice of community advisory committees. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Citizens Central Advisory Council Legislative Recommendation of the Education Sub-Committee af December 17, 1968 I. The Georgia State Legislature is called upon to pass the following amendments: As At present the board of education candidate's fee is $900.00. This large fee eleminates the possibility of grass root people becoming candidates. We recommend that the board of education candidate's fee be reduced to $25.00 in order to insure the possibility of all persons being fostered the opportunity to run in the election. Several months ago the Department of Health, Education and Welfare evaluated the school system of the United States and Georgia rated forty-ninth. In order to dissolve the education lag in Georgia, training must start at an early age. We therefore reccomend compulsive kindergarten throughout the state, All teachers be placed in their major area of training. Funds be withheld until local boards of education comply with the State Board of Education's requirements. Representatives to Boards of Education be elected by wards and areas. Textbooks be selected by the area’ superintendent with advice of community advisory committees.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 49 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c5ad0bc075e950142ba1ee3354df195b.pdf bad8d0df05f1de73273a2ae7eecc384b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dec ember, 1968 I. II. The Department on Family and Children Services is called upon adjust welfare grants so as to remove inequities in housing and maintenance. This . adjustment will require legislative action: A. The Georgia State Legislature is called upon to increase the standard budget allowance for shelter in Depar tment of Family and Children Services grants throughout the state, and to allocate the money necessary to fund these gran ts. B. Reasonable investiga tion of pr es en t system of paymen ts to determine basis for adjustm~nt. The state laws should be awEnded to provide : A. Tenant participa.tion in : 1. Policy~making, by enlargemen t of local housing authority gover·ning bodie s to a llow for the tenant membership - Reduce terms office from te n to thre e years. 2. Manag ement a. Development of respe ct for te na nt organizations in an advisory capacity; prohibition of turning off utilities for non ~payme nt of rent. b. Establi shment of tenan t-review board to hear and investigate complaints, recoromending disciplinary action in repetitious cases; di sc iplinary a ction agai nst management upon 10 or more written complaints filed with the tenan t association. c. App ointment of t enants to the ne x t vacancies from a de mocra tically selected list of nominees. d. Appointment of resident pr oj e ct managers with authority to ac t. ., B. Democratic e l ections of officers in tenant assoc i a tions . C. Requireme nts for h ealth a nd s a nit a ti on to mee t the original goals of pub lie housit!g f or te nan t f am:: l i es at the e xpense of the housing authority and no i ncr ea s e i n r e~ts . D• . Reorgani zat i on of evicti on proc edures to: 1. 2. Allow si x days ins t ead of pre s ent four. Removal of r equiremen t fo r doubl e i ndetD..nit y bond s where �- 2 -dispossessory warrants are contested in court. IV. 3. Require that receipts be furnished tenants for all charges including: warrant fees, utility bills, repairs, etc. 4. Removal of Section 9-A and like provisions making evictions purely discretionary with managers. The officials and staff of public housing authorities are c~lled upon to work for th e social goals recommended by the Housing Assistance Administration March 22, 1968, including also: A. Respect for tenants as individuals and human beings . B. Sarne regulations and codes for public housing as exist for private housing. C. Uniform requirements in regard to rules and elimination of dues except as established by tenant associations. D. Arrangement of office hours and facilities to suit convenience of most tenants. · E. Public announcements and advertising in regard to vacancies, changes and possibilities for transfers, as well as, itemized financial reports by housing authorities . F. Raising minimum income requirements for youth family members to $600 before inclusion as family income for rent adjustments. G. Rents not to be increased on the basis of a child's income for one year after high school graduation on the assumption that he will be saving for future educational expenses. I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 16 IT. Legislative Recommendaticns on Housing December, 1968 The Department on Family and Children Services is called upon adjust welfare grants so as to remove inequities in housing and maintenance. This. adjustment will require legislative action: A. The Georgia State Legislature is called upon to increase the standard budget allowance for shelter in Department of Family and Children Services grants throughout the state, and to allocate the money necessary to fund these grants. B. Reasonable investigation of present system of payments to deter- mine basis for adjustment. The state laws should be amended to provide: A. Tenant participation in: 1. Policy-making, by enlargement of local housing authority governing bodies to allow for the tenant membership - Reduce terms office from ten to three years. 2. Management a. Development of respect for tenant organizations in an advisory capacity; prohibition of turning off utilities for non-payment of rent. a b. Establishment of tenant-review board to hear and investigate complaints, recommending disciplinary action in repetitious cases; disciplinary action against management upon 10 or more written complaints filed with the tenant association. c. Appointment of tenants to the next vacancies from a democratically selected list of nominees. d. Appointment of resident project managers with authority to act. / B. Democratic elections of officers in tenant associations. C. Requirements for health and sanitation to meet the original goals of public housing for tenant families at the expense of the housing authority and no increase in rents. D. Reorganization of eviction procedures to; 1. Allow six days instead of present four. 2. Removal of requirement for double indemnity bonds where  IV. 2 SS “ -dispossessory warrants are contested in court, 3. Require that receipts be furnished tenants for all charges including: warrant fees, utility bills, repairs, etc. 4. Removal of Section 9-A and like provisions making evictions purely discretionary with managers. The officials and staff of public housing authorities are called upon to work for the social goals recommended by the Housing Assistance Administration March 22, 1968, including also: A. Respect for tenants as individuals and human beings. B. Same regulations and codes for public housing as exist for private housing, C. Uniform requirements in regard to rules and elimination of dues except as established by tenant associations. D. Arrangement of office hours and facilities to suit convenience of most tenants. E. Public announcements and advertising in regard to vacancies, changes and possibilities for transfers, as well as, itemized financial reports by housing authorities. F. Raising minimum income requirements for youth family members to $600 before inclusion as family income for rent adjustments. G. Rents not to be increased on the basis of a child's income for one year after high school graduation on the assumption that he will be saving for future educational expenses.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 48 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3907854b12ef7ac1cc9cc0270e9640c5.pdf 63f1a21d413a8a66024f6b527b7e49e7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. RECOMMENDATION - SOCIAL SERVICES SUB-COMMITTEE CCAC December 16, 1968 The impending freeze of federal funds for Aid to Families with Dependent Children payments, effective July 1, 1969, will require action by the State of Georgia. We therefore urge our legislators to make provisions for funds to make up for this lack of federal assistance in this as well as any other area. I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document RECOMMENDATION - SOCIAL SERVICES SUB-COMMITTEE CCAC December 16, 1968 The impending freeze of federal funds for Aid to Families with De- pendent Children payments, effective July 1, 1969, will require action by the State of Georgia. We therefore urge our legislators to make provisions for funds to make up for this lack of federal assistance in this as well as any other area.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 47 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1bffc7663b46f79acd64fac9d838aaec.pdf ef8283e2a4790864814961cdb6d70aae Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Legislative Re comme ndations of the Manpower Sub-Connnittee c.c.A.c. We recommend that both the State and City A. B. C. Establish a Public Employment Program which includes the following features: 1. Public work and beautification program for limited skilled, unemployed persons in urban communities. 2. New Care~rs programs in public departments. 3. Establishment of sub- professional job categqries in the State Merit System. 4. Create a public advisory cormnittee to the Department of Labor . Establish a Sk~lis Center designed to offer training, evaluation, and placement to the unemployed in the urban centers of the State. Such a center would : 1. This center would accept persons with no prerequisites based on education, training, income, etc. 2. The center would have an advisory committee representing enrollees, business, education, labor and community action programs. 3. Such a center would deal specifically with the unemployment problems of females by offering training, providing day care and developing job placements for them. Enforce nondiscrimination of all (city) state contracts set by any department. / � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Legislative Recommendations of the Manpower Sub-Committee C.C.A.C. We recommend that both the State and City A. Establish a Public Employment Program which includes the following features: . 1. Public work and bedutification program for limited skilled, unemployed persons in urban communities. 2. New Careers programs in public departments. 3. Establishment of sub-professional job categories in the State Merit System. 4. Create a public advisory committee to the Department of Labor. B. Establish a Skills Center designed to offer training, evaluation, and placement to the unemployed in the urban centers of the State. Such a center would: 1. This center would accept persons with no prerequisites based on education, training, income, etc. 2. The center would have an advisory committee representing enrollees, business, education, labor and community action programs. 3. Such a center would deal specifically with the unemployment problems of females by offering training, providing day care and developing job placements for them. C. Enforce nondiscrimination of all (city) state contracts set by any department.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 46 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/34b960ccc8584702d79514acb1d20455.pdf 1258e715a2bda1ece7ee9aaa86b4e114 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MEETING OF THE EOA CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL CITY HALL~. ATLANTA, GEORGIA DECEMBER 17, 1968 Svggested Agenda I II III IV V VI Devotions Adoption of Agenda Minutes of the Last Meeting Recommendations from Sub-Committees: A. Manpower B. Social Services C. Housing D. Education E. Health F. Transportation G. Home Management H. Follow-Through Other Business Adjournment~ Mizpah � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document II IIT IV VI MEETING OF THE EOA CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL CITY HALL ~ ATLANTA, GEORGIA DECEMBER 17, 1968 Suggested Agenda Devotions Adoption of Agenda Minutes of the Last Meeting Recommendations from Sub-Committees; A. Manpower B. Social Services C. Housing D. Education E. Health F. Transportation G. Home Management H. Follow-Through Other Business Adjournment - Mizpah  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 45 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fafc25dddc0b815a2747c95e92e58d6b.pdf 9cdba0cf4ce055125ce610d4129bfb00 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF A.TLANTA. CITY HALL ATLANTA, G A. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN , JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admini strative Assist ant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secret ary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM TO: Dan Sweat FROM: J. H. Robinson SUBJECT: Meeting of the E. 0. A. Citizens Central Advisory Council DATE: 12/23/68 r ( . I Dan, you will find enclos e d copie s of thing s that we r e discussed that took place December 17, 1968 in the Ald ermanic Chamber. JHR :bt � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA TO: FROM: SUBJECT: CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM Dan Sweat DATE: 12/23/68 J. H. Robinson } , \ Meeting of the E. O. A. Citizens Central Advisory Council Dan, you will find enclosed copies of things that were discussed that took place December 17, 1968 in the Aldermanic Chamber. JHR:bt  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 44 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/13b1b9d1c981de85553e4d846661f37f.pdf 370067935e2252d371483c1da72d9804 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Backgr.:::; ,rnd intormation for: START .NOW ATLANTA Atlanta, the capital of the Southeast, is known for its growing economy, beautiful homes and fine universities. For most of its citizens Atlanta offers growth, vitality and prosperity. But for 160,000 Atlantans this is not true. They live in 40,000 unfit dwellings in neighborhoods with names such as Vine City, Cabbagetown, Lig h tning, Summerhill, Mechanicsville and Buttermilk Bottom, only minutes from downtown Atlanta, but decades away from the mainstream of Atlanta's progress. The social, economic and ethnic character of Atlanta 1 s population is undergoing profound change. Middle-class families are moving to the suburbs, leaving behind in the central city area an increasingly large concentration of unemployed, underemployed, poorly educated, low-income families. Some of the residents of the central city are long-time hard core slum dwellers. Added to this group are thousands of rural "in-migrants" who move to Atlanta yearly from surrounding states. Crowded into deteriorating housing and alien surroundings, the newcomers from deprived rural areas join the residents of the central city in a lonely, miserable existence characterized by restricted opportunities and despair. Most are unskilled. Many are illiterate, lacking the most basic skills in reading, writing and arithmeti~. Many are unable to fill out job applications , read street or bus s igns, or follow written work instructions. F inding no work and little hope, the family unit disintegrates as individuals break and flee or fathers move out to allow their families to qualify f or public assistance. Desertion, divorce, crime, delinquency, unemployment and dependency . follow. Who are the poor in Atlanta? They are young men , like the 21 y ear old holding two jobs, neither pa y ing more than $1.25 an hour, to support h is wife and four chi ldren. A loan company is now thr e aten i ng to garnishee his wages because he missed payments on m9ney borrowed to buy Christmas toys for his children. One of his ch i ldren had pneumoni a. Tremedicine and additional coal to heat his room~ took all he had . The poor are wome n, like the 33 ye ar old mother supporting three ch i ldren. She ea rns $2 8 .00 a week and pa ys $1 2. 00 a week rent on th ree rooms. She must lea ve her children alone at home while s h e works because there are no free da y care centers near her neighborhood. The poor are old, like the 76 yea r old man l ivin g a lone i n one room, ex±sting on canned tomato juice and wieners which a neighbor brings every six or seven weeks. He is paralyzed. No one else ever comss to see him. The poor are parents, l ike the mother and father struggling to feed eight chi ldren . The fa ther drove a garbage truck for a private firm where his take home pay was $58 . 00 a week. Sometimes he slept in the truck when he mi ssed the one ride that took him near his home, some 18 miles away . One night a policeman came there to tell him that his 8 month old daughter had died of malnutrition �-2- that afternoon. The ma ~ is ~ow blind. He ~o lon ger watches his oldest son draw beautiful pictures --- a son who will never have a chance to dev elop this talent because he must quit school and feed his famil y . Who are the people living in Atlanta ; s slums? A study of 4 7 ,000 people, 1 6 t h rough 75 years of age, living in poverty neighborhoods served by EOA centers, found that: More than 2/3 of all unemployment in t h e Atlanta Metropolitan area is concentrated in these low-income areas. 77% 52% 82% 57% 7% 12% 11% 22% earned less than $3,000 a y ear. of all hou seholds were headed b y women. were Negroes. of the adu lts d id not g raduate from high school. h ad n o formal ed ~cation . needed medical aid to remove a work handi cap. claimed no job skill , or only farm work as exper ience. of the whites and 25% of t h e Negroes were seeking work. Of t~ose seekin g work, 75% were women. 65% of all seeking work were Negro women. 34% of the white women and 30% o f the white men desired additional vocational trainin g . 75% o f the Negro women and 6 1% o f the Negro me~ wanted add i tional vocatio~al training. The need for jobs, or better jobs, isa major topic of conversation in Atlanta's slums. The EOA centers are in daily contac t with thousands who do not earn e nough to support th e ms e l ve s and the ir famil ies b e ca u s e t hey ar e un e mploy ed, und e remploy e d or und e rpaid. Sev enty -two percen t of all people coming to EOA ne ighborhood centers want jobs , t h ough most need many other EOA services before they are prepared for stea dy e mployment . ~ At th e s ame t i me, Atlanta employe rs beg for people with the skills th ey ne e d to run th e ir bus i n es ses. Un e mp l oyment was t e s bo t h h uman a nd e conomic pote nt i al. At the lowest lev el, each man-y ear of unemploy ment costs t he economy at least _$2,500-.~3,000_ in lost wages or products. I f the per capita income o f t he h ard core un e mploy ed in Atlanta could be ra i sed just $100 e ach ye a r durin g a working l ife time, th ere wou l d be an a d d iti ona l $28 mi l lion i n jected i nto t h e economy . If t h a t in come c o u l d be rais e d to t h e i n c ome l eve l of t h e ave r age Atl anta n, Atlanta b u sine s s wou l d b ene f it f rom an a d ditiona l $4 5 0 mi ll ion o f purch as i ng powe r . Tr. e se ar e just the extra - earning bene fits. Add to th i s t h e mill ion s s aved on welfare (be t ween $75 ,000 - $ 100 , 0 00 to suppor t a fami l y durin g a l i fe t ime ) , u n e mp l o ymen t p a y ments, crime ( some $ 2 , 50 0 p e r y e a r to k eep a man in ja i l), an d hund red s of agen c ie s , serv ices and programs a i med at d e aling wi th or elimi n a t ing th e se �prob l ems , and t h e figure would probab l y double or trip l e . Part of the cit v 's recent Commun it y Improvement Prog ram s tud ,, dea l t wit h ~1 o b s -- :-,ow ma ri \' t :1ere a re L "' certa i~-: c a t egar ie s a , d pro j ectioc, s of ~,.;b at t '. - _ e si L :a tio n will b e i n t l-: e y ear 1983 if prese n t tre nds continue . For examp l e , by fo u r of e v er y ten n e w j o bs will be in t he Cit y of Atlanta . i f present tre n ds con ti n~ e , t h ese new jobs will b e divided amo::g g o v er :-: me n t , fi 11 a ;~ ce, i"s c.1 ra,-,ce a u d re a l estate - w;, i te c o lla r jobs . None of the new jobs will be in manufactur i ng or i n who l e s al e t r ade and dis t ri bu tio '- . It is necessar y to look a t po p u l at ion fi gu res f rom t h e same re por t to see h ow t h ese trends will affect Atlunta . By 1983 the Ne g ro popu lation will i n crease b y 62 percen t, the whi t e pop u .::.ation b y four percent . Well ove r "alf bf tlle cit y ' s population will be Negro an d more t han half of t he Neg r o p opu l ation wil l be under ?O or o v er 54 . Over 40 perce n t of t h e Negro fami li es livi Dg in t h e city i n 198 3 are expected to ~ ave annual f~mil y in come s b elow $ 5 , 000 . 1 TO SUM UP , t h ese CIP f i g ures s h ow t h at: FlRST , Job growth will be i n wh ite co l lar o ccupatio ~s. NEXT, pop ul ation will cons i st of people unqua l ified for ~h i t e c o lla r jobs, by c u rre ~ t s t and ar d s . NEXT, d own t o wn ret a ilin g wil l h e sup p o rt ed ~ ~· a pr epo n d e ra nce of fami lies wi t 1: po v erty - le v el i .·c:nnes, and f'I~~ALLY , Atlar;ta · s g ro wt. ~, p o L_e11 tia l wil.]. o e impossi b le to realize unless established trends are c hanged. This g ap between ric h and poor is affecting Atlanta at ever y le v e l . The extent of the gap comes as a shock to most. A recent study of social blight in Atlanta b y- our Communit y Council s how s the disparity clearly . Th e Council found tha t if ~-o·-1. live i ,_ o .:.e of Atlar, ta • s u p p er in c ome areas y ou share an acre with six others; if y ou live in a downtown slum y ou share an acre with 56 others. The council found that a baby born to sl u m pare ~ t s ~ as o ~ l y h alf t 'J e c 1:' a n ce of s u r v i vi u g as an infant in the highest income areas . The tuberculosis rate is five times higher among slum adults than for ad u lts on the Northside. Th e same trend follows in juvenile delinque n c y accordin g to t h e Co ur; cil . In Vine Cit y t he juv enile arrest rate is si x times higher than in Buckhead. J uv e n ile pr ob lems ~re complex. '~" : · ·;c=:t :,,· se v ere deprivation, children represent one of the greatest tragedies of poverty . The c y cle of pub l ic dependenc y and failure repeats itself a s the y grow up little bet ter equipped than their pare ~ ts t o cope wit ~ t ~e dema nd s of urban lif e . ~ �-4- Man y of th e c hildren li ve in broken homes. One ou t of four children in At lanta live with only one parent. In ou r slums the figure would be mo re like one - ha lf t o two -thirds . Mo st of t hes e parents work. Tho se who e a rn l ittle cannot a fford da y care and the EOA and United Appeal centers for poor children can handle only i,200~ The rem a ining 12,00 0 c h il d ren h av e n o w~ ere t o go . Often they are left alo n e at home or i n tne str eets because p a rents have no alternati v e. Troub le is ne ve r far away . One out of six Atlanta y ouths wi ll b ecome j uv enile delinquents with in one y ear. The school li v es of these children are marked b y poor attendance, low achieve ment and fail u re. Th e y come from homes without books, pencils or pri va cy. No a d J l ts are ~ailable to g u i d e and encourage t he c n ildren. The y are dulled by low protein diets. Obviously the y cannot benefit from e v en t h e bes t education, if available, unless some of t hese ~ eed s are co rrected. I t mu st b e stre sse d t ~at p oor p are~t s care v er ~· de e pl y about their c hildre n . Bu t t n e y can onl y d o what is pos s i b le, a nd that is not muc r.. These are s o me of the serious and tr agic pro o lems confronting us. Th e city go v ernment, Churches,United Appeal agencies and other pu b lic and private agencies perform hundreds o f v i ta l services. Th e ~' do a n ou tstandin g job . The Nat ion a l Al liance of Bus in essmen u~ de r A . H. Stern e, t h e Ch amb er of Commerce, t h e J aycees, and pri va te business are making tremendous progress in opening jobs, changin g attitudes, and training the unemplo y ed so the y can .b ecome part o f Atla n ta . I n 1 96 4 the city and co un t y go v ernments pa v ed t h e way for Atlanta to recei v e an t i - poverty f unds . Because o f t heir quick action Atlanta recei v e d on e of t~ e first u r b a ~ g r a~ts u nder th e Eco n omic Oppo rt unity Act of 19 6 4. From t he ~eg i ~~ i ~g . Atlan ta ' s antiJpov erty agenc y , Econ omic Opportun ity -Atl anta, o r EOA , ha s been one of the outstanding programs in the c o un try . Mayor Allen praises EOA ' s contrib u tion to the city and credits it with h elpin g keep Atlanta peacefu l l a s t s u mme r. Led b:/ Boisfe u illet Jo:-1 es as C~ airma ::. of t :-:. e Boa r d a :--"d J im Par h am as Exec u ti v e Ad mi n istrator, EOA nas he lped th ousand s lift themselv es out of pov erty . .... During the past 12 months more t ha n 5,000 people h ave been placed on jobs b y e mp l o y ment couns el ors in the 14 EOA neig hbo r hood centers ... 330 school dropouts were employ ed t h r ough the Neighborhood Yo u t h Corps ... 80,000 :-:.o ~ rs of parttime wo rk were available for y ouths last summer . .• 1 , 100 boys have been recruited for Job Corps traini ng ... l,048 people h a v e rec ei ved emp lo y ment �-5- training . .. ... Twelve EOA day care centers have provided two-thirds of all available "public" day care slots in Atlanta (800 of approximately 1200JEOA neighborhood centers helped poverty residents develop youth centers in five neighborhoods with sparse recreational facilities . • . 2,300 children benefited from Head start . ... Legal services supported with Economic Opportunity funds have successfully challenged antiquated welfare regulations and given a new degree of equity to the poor in their dealings with those who exploit their ignorance ... the Comprehensive Health Center is providing preventi ve medical se r vi ces to 28,000 residents of one inn er-city slum ... Planned Parenthood with a large share of funds from EOA is h elping 7,500 women t h roug h nine centers . .. Seni or Citiz en Services, largely through EOA support, provides counseling, recreat ion, training and tra nsportation to 2,500 aged participants monthly. . . 4 0 senior citizens work in the Foster Grandparents program providing tender lov.ing care to c hildren at Grady Hospital , t he Fulton Juvenile court and Carrie Steel Pitts Home . . . • Aides in 14 EOA neighborhood service ce.n ters have contacted 25,596 poor persons during t h e past 12 months .. • 15,7 6 3 requests were received for social services .. • total attendance at mor e than 2,000 neighborhood meetings during the past 12 months was 124, 260 and provided a badly n eeded means of expression and communication for t h e poor . .• count less acts of kindness have he lped relieve- immed iate distress. The anti-poverty program ha s don e much more . I t h as demon strated th e success of the first really new idea in social welfare since 177 6. That new idea a mounts to one little preposition, but it has revoluti6nized old methods . In stead o f doing things FOR and TO poor people, EOA has shown t h e success o f workin g WITH people to help them solve their own problems . EOA is not another ha ndout program . It simply offers opportunities for education, training, and services. And mo st i mportant of all, the poor help plan e very program. Some 200 neighborhood b lock clubs and their elected repr esentativ es to EOA commi ttees attest to the success of this idea. Since 19 64 the poor in Atlanta have spent mo re voluntee r hours t rying to i mprove th e ir l ives than a ll other volunteers together. The i mportance they attach to this n ewopportunity was shown l ast year when 12,000 poo r people, most of whom had never voted, came to crowded �groce r y s tor es. ;__.a r .ce r s ,·,ops a11d ne ig, 1oo r 11ood ga t. n er in g places to vo te for their representative s t o EOA committees . Of c ou rse , n o one a r gues t h at th ese pr og rams n a v e o een totall y s u ccessf li l. Muc n na s oe en learne d , ~ : t we still face to ugh probl ems s ucri as devel oping addi tional i~adership among the poor . mot i va ting t he ha rd core unemplo yeL!, stretch ing limited dollars a nd u s ing t n em most effectivel y , c~an g ing detrimental policies an d law s , c ha nging per sonal a ttitudes and involv ing more of Atlanta 's cit izens in these effor ts _ Du ring EOA ' s past four y e a rs, $3 0 , 000,000 in federal mone y ha s been made a va ilable t o h elp li ft thousands of Atlantans o u t of pov erty. On l y appro xima te l y $500 , 000 :,as oeen al located b y o u r city and coun t y g ove rnments. Fur t h er progress in sol v ing Atlanta ' s problems will depend o n t h e interest of Atlanta ' s citize n s. Th e week of J·an u a .r y 1 2 .. a s k, een proc la imed ST.AR'!' NOW A'l'LA N'rA week to ·..;. r g e At.lan t a;. ' s t o .:..ean~ a,.:,G,_: t.: o ... r ci ·t:.:- ' s pro cl ems, wh at t r1e poor ·:-,a v e d o:ne for t :.e mse l. ,, es and w .at we ca c, do to :. elp t n em. BOA is read y t o l en ci a :.a nci . '-.., roups or indi vi d u als wh o want to v isit p overt y areas a s g u ests 0 £ p oo r peopl e or wno wa nt to vo l u nteer in new wavs can do s o b y ca ll ing EOA at 5 2 5- 4262 . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Background information for: START NOW ATLANTA Atlanta, the capital of the Southeast, is known for its growing economy, beautiful homes and fine universities. For most of its citizens Atlanta offers growth, vitality and prosperity. But for 160,000 Atlantans this is not true. They live in 40,000 unfit dwellings in neighborhoods with names such as Vine City, Cabbagetown, Lightning, Summerhill, Mechanicsville and Buttermilk Bottom, only minutes from downtown Atlanta, but de- cades away from the mainstream of Atlanta's progress. The social, economic and ethnic character of Atlanta's popu- lation is undergoing profound change. Middle-class families are moving to the suburbs, leaving behind in the central city area an increasingly large concentration of unemployed, underemployed, poorly educated, low-income families. Some of the residents of the central city are long-time hard core slum dwellers. Added to this group are thousands of rural "in-migrants" who move to Atlanta yearly from surrounding states. Crowded into deteriorating housing and alien surroundings, the newcomers from deprived rural areas join the residents of the central City in a lonely, miserable existence characterized by restricted opportunities and despair. Most are unskilled. Many are illi- terate, lacking the most basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic. Many are unable to fill out job applications, read street or bus signs, or follow written work instructions. Finding no work and little hope, the family unit disintegrates as indivi- duals break and flee or fathers move out to allow their families to qualify for public assistance. Desertion, divorce, crime, de- linquency, unemployment and dependency. follow. Who are the poor in Atlanta? They are young men, like the 21 year old holding two jobs, neither paying more than $1.25 an hour, to support his wife and four children. A loan company is now threatening to garnishee his wages because he missed payments on money borrowed to buy Christmas toys for his children. One of his children had pneumonia. The medi- cine and additional coal to heat his room took all he had. The poor are women, like the 33 year old mother supporting three children. She earns $28.00 a week and pays $12.00 a week rent on three rooms. She must leave her children alone at home while she works because there are no free day care centers near her neighborhood. The poor are old, like the 76 year old man living alone in one room, existing on canned tomato juice and wieners which a neighbor brings every six or seven weeks. He is paralyzed. No one else ever comes to see him. The poor are parents, like the mother and father struggling to feed eight children. The father drove a garbage truck for a private firm where his take home pay was $58.00 a week. Sometimes he slept in the truck when he missed the one ride that took him near his home, some 18 miles away. One night a policeman came there to tell him that his 8 month old daughter had died of malnutrition  that afternoon. The man is now blind. He no longer watches his oldest son draw beautiful pictures --- a son who will never have a chance to develop this talent because he must quit school and feed his family. Who are the people living in Atlanta's slums? A study of 47,000 people, io through 75 years of age, living in poverty neighborhoods served by EOA centers, found that: More than 2/3 of all unemployment in the Atlanta Metropolitan areais concentrated in these low-income areas. 77% earned less than $3,000 a vear. 52% of all households were neaded by women. 82% were Negroes. 57% of the adults did not graduate from high school. 7% nad no formal education. 12% needed medical aid to remove a work handicap. 11% claimed no job skill, or only farm work as experience. 22% of the whites and 25% of the Negroes were seeking work. Of those seeking work, 75% were women. 65% of ali seeking work were Negro women. 34% of the white women and 30% of the white men desired additional vocational training. 75% of the Negro women and 61% of the Negro men wanted additional vocational training. The need for jobs, or better jobs, isa major topic of con- versation in Atlanta's slums. The EOA centers are in daily contact with thousands who do not earn enough to support themselves and their families because they are unemployed, underemploved or under- paid. Seventy-two percent of all people coming to EOA neighborhood centers want jobs, though most need many other EOA services before they are prepared for steady employment. - At the same time, Atlanta employers beg for people with the skills they need to run their businesses. Unemployment wastes both human and economic potential. At the lowest level. €ach man-year of unemployment costs the economy at least $2,500-$3,000 in lost wages or products. If the per capita income of the hard core unemployed in Atlanta could be raised just $100 each year during a working lifetime, there would be an additi- onal $28 million injected into the economy. If that income could be raised to the income level of the average Atlantan, Atlanta business would benefit from an additional $450 million of purchasing power. These are just the extra-earning benefits. Add to this the millions saved on welfare (between $75,000 - $100,000 to support a family during a lifetime), unemployment payments, crime (some $2,500 per year to keep a man in jail), and hundreds of agencies, services and programs aimed at dealing with or eliminating these problems, and the figure would probably double or triple. Part of the city's recent Community Improvement Program study dealt with jiobs -- Sow manyv there are in certair cate- gories and protections of what the sit..ation will be in the year 1983 1f£ present trends continue. For example, bv four of every ten new jobs will be in, ‘the erty of Atlanta: if present trends continue, these new jobs will be divided among government, flnance, insurance aud real estate - wnite collar jobs. None of the new jobs will be in manufacturing or in whole- sale trade and distributior. It is necessary to iook at population figures from the same report to see now these trends will affect Atlanta. By 1983 the Negro population will increase by 62 percent, the white popuiation by four percent. Well over ualf of the city's population will he Negro and more than half of the Negro population will be under 20 or over 54. Over 40 percert of the Negro families living in the city in 1983 are expected to have annual family in- comes below $5,000. TO SUM UP, these CIP figures show that: FIRST, Job growth will be in white collar occupations. NEXT, population will consist of people unqualified for white collar jobs, by current standards. NEXT, downtown retailing will he supported =v a prepon- derance of families with poverty-level 1>comes, and FINALLY, Atlanta’s growtm povceiutial wili oe impossible to realize unless established trends are changed. This gap between rich and poor is affecting Atlanta at every level. The extent of the gap comes as a shock to most. A recent study of social blight in Atlanta by our Community Council shows the disparity clearliv. The Council found that if vou live in one of Atlanta's upper income areas you share an acre with six others; if you live ina downtown slum you share an acre with 56 others. The Council found that a baby born to slum parents has only half the chance of surviviug as an infant in the highest income areas. The tuberculosis rate is five times higher among slum adults than for adults on the Northside. The same trend follows in juvenile delinquency according to the Council. In Vine City the juvenile arrest rate is six times higher than in Buckhead. Juvenile problems are complex. lincmcec by severe deprivation, children represent one of the greatest tragedies of poverty. The cycle of public dependency and failure repeats itself as they grow up little better equipped than their parents to cope with the demands of urban life. Sa Many of the children live in broken homes. One out of four children in Atlanta live with only one parent. in our slums the figure would be more like one-half to two-thirds. Most of these parents work. Those who earn little cannot afford day care and the EOA and United Appeal centers for poor children can handle only 1,200. The remaining 12,000 children have no where to go. Often they are left alone at nome or in tne streets because parents have no alternative. Trouble is never far away. One out of six Atlanta youths will become juvenile delinquents within one year. The school lives of these children are marked by poor atten- dance, low achievement and failure. They come from homes without books, pencils or privacy. No adults are wailable to guide and encourage the cnildren. They are dulled by low protein diets. Obviously they cannot benefit from even the best education, if available, unless some of these needs are corrected. It must be stressed that poor parents care very deeply about their children. But tney can only do what is possipie, and that is not much. These are some of the serious and tragic propiems confront- ing us. The city government, Churches,United Appeal agencies and other public and private agencies perform hundreds of vital ser- vices. Thev do an outstanding job. The National Alliance of Businessmen tinder A. H. Sterne, the Chamber of Commerce, the Jaycees, and private business are making tremendous progress in opening jobs, changing attitudes, and training the unemployed so they can become part of Atlanta. In 1964 the city and county governments paved the way for Atlanta to receive anti-poverty funds. Because of their quick action Atlanta received one of the first urban grants under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. From the beginning, Atlanta's anti-poverty agency, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, or EOA, has been one of the outstanding programs in the country. Mayor Allen praises EOA's contribution to the city and credits it with helping keep Atlanta peaceful last summer. Led by Boisfeuillet Jones as Chairman of the Board and Jim Parham as Executive Administrator, HOA nas helped thousands lift themselves out of poverty. -.-.-During the past 12 months more than 5,000 people have been placed on jobs by employment counselors in the 14 EOA neighborhood centers... 330 school dropouts were employed through the Neighborhood Youth Corps...80,000 hours of part- time work were available for youths last summer --el,100 boys have been recruited for Joe Corps training...i,048 people have received employment training: <.. ...Twelve EOA day care centers have provided two-thirds of all available "public" day care slots in Atlanta (800 of approximately 1200})EOA neighborhood centers helped poverty residents develop youth centers in five neighborhoods with sparse recreational facili- ties...2,300 children benefited from Head Start. .-- Legal services supported with Economic Opportunity funds have successfully challenged antiquated welfare regulations and given a new degree of equity to the poor in their dealings with those who exploit their ignorance...the Comprehensive Health Center is pro- viding preventive medical services to 28,000 resi- dents of one inner-city slum...Planned Parenthood with a large share of funds from EOA is helping 7,500 women through nine centers...Senior Citizen Services, largely through EOA support, provides counseling, recreation, training and transportation to 2,500 aged participants monthly... 40 senior citizens work in the Foster Grandparents program providing tender loving care to children at Grady Hospital, the Fulton Juvenile Court and Carrie Steel Pitts Home. ---Aides in 14 EOA neighborhocd service caters have contacted 25,596 poor persons during the past 12 months...15,763 requests were received for social services...total attendance at more than 2,000 neigh- borhood meetings during the past 12 months was 124, 260 and provided a badly needed means cf expression and communication for the poor...countless acts of kindness have helped relieve immediate distress. The anti-poverty program has done much more. It has demon- strated the success of the first really new idea in social welfare since 1776. That new idea amounts to one little preposition, but it has revolutionized old methods. Instead of doing things FOR and TO poor people, EOA has shown the success of working WITH people to help them solve their own problems. EOA is not another hand- out program. It simply offers opportunities for education, train- ing, and services. And most important of all, the poor help plan every program. Some 200 neighborhood block clubs and their elected represen- tatives to EOA committees attest to the success of this idea. Since 1964 the poor in Atlanta have spent more volunteer hours trying to improve their lives than all other volunteers together. The impor- tance they attach to this newopportunity was shown last year when 12,000 poor people, most of whom had never voted, came to crowded -uo- grocery stores, vareer snops and neiguooruceod gatnering places to vote for their representatives to EOA committees, Of course, no one argues tnat these programs nave peen totaliy successful. Mucn nas oeen learned, bt we still face tough problems sucn as developing additional :eadership among the poor, motivating the hard core unemplove:!, stretching limi- ted dcilars and using tnem most effectively, caanging detrimen- tal policies and laws, cnanging personal attitudes and invol- ving more of Atlanta's citizens in these efforts. During EOA‘'s past four years, $30,000,000 in federal money has been made available to help lift thousands of Atlantans out of poverty. Only approximately $500,000 sas seen aliocated by our city and county governments. Further progress in solving Atlanta‘s problems will depend on the interest cf Atlanta's citizens. The week of January 12 .as ween prociaimed STARY NOW ATLANTA week to urge Atiantain'’s to learn acout o.r cit; ’'s prosciems, what tne poor nave done for ti.emseives and w.at we can do to xeip tnem. BOA is ready to lena @ .ana. Groups or individuals who want to visit poverty areas as guests cE poor people or wno want to volunteer in new wavs can do so by calling EOA at 525-4262,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 43 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e008bed4f5c1477120a1e691b3d8f634.pdf 7c4c8a299a3112d4cd772dffdaf1b8a1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street Bldg . • At la nt a, Georgia 30303 • T. M. Parham Ex ec uti ve Administra tor TWO NEW EOA PROGRAMS FOR ATLANTA ' S CITIZENS Because so man y: people ask "What can I do, " and "How can I find out what ' s going on," EO A is offering two programs to help them learn first hand end to be~bme inv6lved. The week of January 12 will be proclaimed START NOW ATLANTA wee~to alert citizens to the cit y' s needs and to introduce the two programs . l . FIND OUT One program is run by pov ert y area resider.ts who want to show other Atlanta n s what progress t h e y have made in t r1eir neighborhoods and what obstacles they still face. Twenty-two residents have volunteered to lead tours through their neighborhoods. They call themselves V. I. P. ' s or Vol un teer I nf ormation People, and are members of EOA neighborhood self help groups in 14 low income areas served by EOA neighborhood centers. One of the V. I. P. ' s described their purpose this way: if we I re tired of them pe o ple coming through here shaking their heads about the rats and garbage and nasty shacks and not seeing us . Since we learned how, we 1 ve did more for ourselves than an y one have did for us and we're going to do more. we're people too . Some of us have a lot of talent. After we get off our jobs, we spend most of our hours work i ng to make our neighborhoods better. We want to talk with people who come t h ro u gh here. Ma y be if we work with eacn oth er we can get rid of this load. It ain ' t good for none of us . " Groups or individuals interested in scheduling visits to poverty areas should call 525-4262 . For further information contact: Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell Director of Pub lic Information Economic Opportunit y Atlant a, I nc . 101 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta , Ge or g ia 30303 Telephone: 525 - 4 262 �~ - - -- -- - - -- -- - - - - - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - ,, - 2- II. VOLUNTEER The other program prov ides new v olunteer jobs for Atlantans who want to help po v erty area residents remove the obstacles t h e y still face. In t h e past volunteers h a v e been used to supplement professional staffs. This rich resource of skill, enthusiasm and ability has not been full y u ti liz ed. EOA will offer sensiti v ity training and coordination for: 1. Vo lunteers wno want spec if ic assignments at agencies or centers. 2. Volunteers who are innov ati ve eno u g h to develop t h e ir own programs. 3. Volunteers who wa n t to work in partnership wi t h block groups in a low in come area. 4. Volunte e rs wh o wa n t to work wi t h t h eir own friends and neighbors in c hanging attitu des a nd stu d y ing specific probl ems . The first training program wil l be condu cted by th e Mult iPurpose Training c enter on Januar y 22 ,23, and 24. Groups or indi vi duals interested in vo lunteering s hou ld ca l l 525-4 2 62. F or further information contac~: Mrs. June Sa mmons Vol un teer coordinator Economic Oppor tunity Atlan ta , Inc. 101 Marietta stree t , N. w. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Telephone: 525-42 6 2 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. O A 101 Marietta Street Bldg. © Atlanta, Georgia 30303 e T. M. Parham Executive Administrator TWO NEW EOA PROGRAMS FOR ATLANTA'S CITIZENS Because so many people ask "What can I do," and "How can I find out what's going on," EOA is offering two programs to help them learn first hand and to become involved. The week of January 12 wiil be proclaimed START NOW ATLANTA week to alert citizens to the city's needs and to introduce the two programs. i. FIND OUT One program is run by poverty area residents who want to show other Atlantans what progress they have made in tneir neignhbornoods and what obstacles they still face. Twenty-two residents have volunteered to lead tours through their neighborhoods. They call themselves V. I. P.‘'s or Volunteer information People, and are members of EOA neighborhood self help groups in 14 low income areas served by EOA neighborhood centers. One of the V. I. P.’s described their purpose this way: "We're tired of them people coming through here shaking their heads about the rats and garbage and nasty shacks and not seeing us. Since we learned how, we've did more for ourselves than anyone have did for us and we're going to do more. We're people too. Some of us have a lot of talent. After we get off our jobs, we spend most of our hours working to make our neighborhoods better. We want to talk with pedple who come through here. Maybe if we work with eacn other we can get rid of this load. It ain‘t good for none of us." Groups or individuals interested in scheduling visits to poverty areas should call 525-4262. For further information con- tact: Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell Director of Public Information Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Telephone: 525-4262  Ii. VOLUNTEER The other program provides new volunteer jobs for Atlantans who want to help poverty area residents remove the obstacles they still face. In the past volunteers have been used to supplement pro- fessional staffs. This rich resource of skill, enthusiasm and ability has not been fully utilized. EOA will offer sensitivity training and coordination for: l. Volunteers who want specific assignments at agencies or centers. 2. Volunteers who are innovative enough to develop their own programs. 3. Volunteers who want to work in partnership with block groups in a low income area. 4. Volunteers who want to work witn their own friends and neighbors in changing attitudes and studying specific problems. The first training program will be conducted by the Multi- Purpose Training Center on January 22,23, and 24. Groups or individuals interested in volunteering should call 525-4262. For further information contact: Mrs. June Sammons Volunteer Coordinator Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Telephone: 525-4262  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 42 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/75ee31a3f94b248e031f4a47c7a375af.pdf 4f1e17b13937952555f89b467ab8f785 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Mari etta Str ee t Bl dg . • Acl a nca , Georgia 30 30 3 • T. M. P a rham Exec uti v e Ad mini s t rato r December 18 , 1968 TO ATLANTA CIVIC LEADERS: People must constantly ask you, as they ask me, "What can I do?" and "How can I find out what's going on?" Because so many are asking these questions , we have tried to provide new ways for them to learn first hand about Atlanta's needs and to become personally involved as volunteers. In January many civic, religious and social groups will join EOA in a START NOW ATLANTA campaign to alert citizens to Atlanta's needs. The week of January 12 will be proclaimed START NOW ATLANTA week . I hope that y our organization will be able to participate by planning special programs, visiting Atlanta's slums as guests of poor people, or by volunteering as a group or as ind i viduals . I am enclos i ng brief background ma terial plus information abo u t two p r ograms which will be introduced during START NOW ATLANTA week. Please l et me know i f I c an suppl ~ othe r information. Jim Pa rham Admi ni s tra t o r � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. O A 101 Marietta Street Bldg. e Atlanta, Georgia 30303 e T. M. Parham Executive Administrator December 18, 1968 TO ATLANTA CIVIC LEADERS: People must constantly ask you, as they ask me, "What can I do?" and "How can I find out what's going on?" Because so many are asking these questions, we have tried to provide new ways for them to learn first hand about Atlanta's needs and to become personally involved as volunteers. In January many civic, religious and social groups will join EOA in a START NOW ATLANTA campaign to alert citizens to Atlanta's needs. The week of January 12 will be proclaimed START NOW ATLANTA week. I hope that your organization will be able to par- ticipate by planning special programs, visiting Atlanta's slums as guests of poor people, or by volunteering as a group or as individuals. I am enclosing brief background material plus information about two programs which will be introduced during START NOW ATLANTA week. Please let me know if I can supply other information.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 41 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e8ade1f0452511ada05bb62f23ef488f.pdf bf5ee3417fa90c5f4ed2c6ae3d814d3f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r NEIGHBO RHOOD YOUTH CO RP S PROG RAMS I, I (IN-SCHOOL, OUT-OF -SCJ-IOOL, and SUMMER) The Neighb~rhood Youth Corps progra~s offer work to dropouts and students of poor families, in the range of $1.25 to $1.60 per hour. 1) Is NYC needed in your community? Very Much___X_________ Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Co~me nts: Provides dire ct work expcEience for the group which has the highest unemployment r ate in our c ommuhity . 2) Have the services per formed by NYC enrollees been of value to the corr,m unity? Very much____X_________ Somewhat _____________ Not at all____________ Unknown_____________ Additional comme nts: Host agencies complain bitterly if their alloca.tion of NYC enrolle,es is cut. We have more requests for NYC workers than lie can fill. ,· 3) If your community has an NYC out-of-school program, does the project make a strong effort to prepare enrollees and place them into regular employment? Strong effort__x________ Moderate --- ----- ----- No out-of-school program____ No effort____________ Unknown_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ Additional comments: Many examples of movement from NYC to permanent employment, but some youigs t ers are so badly crippled edl~ati onally and socially, they need a stronger counselli ng a nd tra i ning eff ort ha~ NYC -'i s ·currentl.x_-?ble to give. NAME ] 1 11 /L/ , . J....,,_ ,___) I) ADDRESS ,.. D irect or of Gov e rnme nta l Liais on Office of the Mayo r, i\tl anta , Ge or gi a NYC AFFIL IATION ? M ayor~s lia i son represent a t ive to CAP age ncy NYC (out of sc hool) a llocat i on has been gradually reduced over the pas t two y ears. We fee l this program has gr eat pract ical value a nd tremendous implica tions for future development of youth, and rather tha n being reduced, it should be expanded and s t r e ngthe ned. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document i NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS PROGRAMS (IN-SCHOOL, OUT-OF-SCHOOL, and SUMMER) The Neighborhood Youth Corps programs offer work to dropouts and students of poor families, in the range of $1.25 to $1.60 per hour. 1) 2) 3) Is NYC needed in your community? Very Much x Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: Provides direct work exprrience for the group which has the highest unemployment rate in our commuhity. Have the services performed by NYC enrollees been of value to the community? Very much X Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional comments; Host agencies complain bitterly if their allocation of NYC enrollees is cut. We have more requests for NYC workers than we can fill. If your community has an NYC out-of-school program, does the project make a strong effort to prepare enrollees and place them into regular employment? Strong effort x Moderate No out-of-school program No effort Unknown < Additional comments: Many examples of movement from NYC to permanent employment, but some yougsters are so badly crippled ed pot ony and socially, they need a stronger counselling and training effort n NYGvis” gurrently-able to give. : NAME Miz ¥ tn ADDRESS Director of Governmental Liaison Office of the Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia : NYC AFFILIATION? Mayor'!s liaison representative *. : to CAP agency NYC (out of school) allocation has been gradually reduced over the past two years. We feel this program has great practical value and tremendous implications for future development of youth, and rather than being reduced, it should be expanded and strengthened.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 40 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d89122f92bb8b82d67ef7e58af13bc9b.pdf 88bdc5a4efc94fa2702e02997725a9a0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNIN G COMMU N ITY ACTION PROGRAM 1. Has the local Con~munity Action Pro g ram made a positive contribution tow ards solving the proble ms of poor p e opl e and improving the gr e ater comn~unity in which it functions? Very much Somewhat Not at all Unknown A very valuable resource to local government. Additional Comme nts: The CAP, with ten Neighborhood Service Centers within the City, has been a bridge of communication between the poor and the larger community and has sought constructive approaches to the problems of the poor. 2. Has the local Com1nunity Action Program been effective in stimulating the participation of the poor in co1nmunity activities that affect their lives? Very much Somew hat Not at all Unknown This has been one of the strongest contributions of A tla:n ta' s CAP. Additional Comments: City Hall utili ze s the CAP neighborhood organization s for planning for hou s ing , Model Cities , land u se and for d e c entr a liz ing municipa l servic e s. 3. Has the local Community Action Program been responsible for increasing the services available to the poor? I' Very much Somewh a t Not at all Unknown The City utilizes the EOA-CAP to e x t end and e x pand city se rvic e s to th e poor. Additional Comme nts: Through it s ow n serv i ces , and through e x p a nd e d s e r v ic e of othe r lo cal publi c and priva t e agen cies , the CAP h as di rectly a nd indi r e ctly a ffec t e d a n i n cr eas e in services for the poor. 4. H as th e Comm u n ity A c tion P ro g r a m impr ove d commu n ic a t ions b e t ween the poor and t h e other secto r s of the community (b usiness , g ov'e rnme nt, e ducation )? / ~ Ve r y muc h S o mewh a t N o t at a ll Unknown V Additional Comme n ts : The C A P h as been es p e cially valua bl e i n thi s_ res p ect . R ecent exampl es include assignment of · s t a ff to h e lp c o or dinate th e N ational A lliance of Businessme n effort , bringing to gethe r dissident elements in a dis·pute a t a tar g et - area h igh sch o ol , s ervi n g as a v e h icle t o bring t ogether complaining tenant s a nd public housin g o ffi ci a ls . �Page 2 QUEST1'1NNA IRE CAP 5. Has the local Communi ty Action Program help e d to increase the lev e l of resources which public and private institutions are contributing to thi loca 1 War on Poverty~.,, Very much Somet,i hat Not at ali Unknown Additional Co~men ts: Activities of CAP have stimulated increased interest from foundations, civic groups, and government . 6. Has the local Community Action Program increased the will and the ability of the poor to help themselves? Very much Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: Poor have been helped to see that government will respond to th~'i r needs, and many leaders have been developed who are now able· to articulate and express the needs of the poor. 7. Has the local Community Action Program hel_ped the non-poor to understand better the problems of poverty and the need for local efforts to overcome these problems? / Very much Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: Local support in Atlanta has been the best in the Nation, and much credit eelongs to t he excellent interpretive effort made by the CAP. A current example involves the designation of a week in January, 1969 as "START NOW ATLANTA" week, prmzlaimed by the Mayor, and designed by the CAP as a way to generate interest and activity: in the 11 non-poor 11 community. How would you evaluate the effectiveness of each of the following programs? 8. " 1. HEADSTART: Very effective Somewhat effe ctive Not a t all effective Unknown / �QUE STI0}1NA IRE CI\P Page 3 I ' What pe rcen tage of the to ta l po t en t i a l enr ollment for this progr am Unfor tunat ely only about 10% is being me t in your commun ity? Additioha l Comme nt s: Thi s can be t he bes t long -range eff ort t o prevent pover ty, but it is mamper ed by i nsufficient funds . 2. LEGAL SERVICES PRO GRAM : Very e ffective X Somewhat effective Not at all effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program 20% is being met in your community? Additiona l Commen ts : Legal Aide keeps i ssues i n t he cour troom and of f the s t reet s . It has been very hel pf ul in combatt ing ana chronistic welfare regulii ons and bringing attention t o l andl ord-t enant a nd s eller-purc haser laws which ar e i ni quitous t o t he i nter es t of t he poor. 3. ,_1· HEALTH CENTERS: X Ve ry e f fe ctiv e Somewhat effective Not a t all e f f e ctive Unknown What pe rcentage of the tota l pot ential enrollme nt for thi s pro gram 20% i s being met in you r community? Additiona l Comments: Comprehens ive Healt h Cent er rnakks the first r eal breakthrough in developing new forms of delivery for heal t h servic es to t he poor. · 4. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVI CE CENTERS: Ve ry effective X Somewhat effec t ive ·Not at a 11 effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this progr am is being me t in your communi t y? 75% Additional Co~~: These centers are a base for operations and meetings. They have been used for almost every conceivable kind of acti.vity designed to bring help and/or growth to the target areas served. �I Page 4 QUE ST IONN.'\ IRE CAP 5. COMMUNITY A CT ION EMPLOYHE NT 1:'ROGRANS: Very effective Somewhat effective X Not at all effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program is being met in your community? 10% Additional Comments: Employment programs constantly run into difficult obstacles, such as the shortage of good paying jobs for women, the shortage of day care resource s , the difficilty of re-training the educational ly crippled male and moving him beyond the low-wage , low-status jobo 6. 7. Do you know of any better way to reach the hard core unemployed than we are now doing under present programs? (1) Further loosening of "red tape" which discourages businesses from participation in government sponsored "on-the-job training 11 programs. (2) For men and women with very low potential for training and/or retraining, we need a "public works 11 type program. (Wi~.hin our CEP we have an Atl. Beautifiaation Corps :w±±Y.r which exemp].if·ies what we need Do you feel we are assigning proper priorities to the most urgent but it is problems of the poor? If not, pleas e indicate which problems you only a feel deserve the highest priorities. small pro(l) Jobs (including public wovks) gram for 60 per(2) Child De,'elopment sons.) (3) Community Acti on Name Project D rector of Governmentjl Address Office of the Mayor 1aison _Atlanta, Georgia Affiliation with Community Action Mayor's liaison representative to CAP agency •' � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document QUES TIONNAIRIE CONCERNING COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM Has the local Community Action Program made a positive contribution towards solving the problems of poor people and improving the greater community in which it functions? Very much A very valuable resource to local government. Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: The CAP, with ten Neighborhood Service Centers within the City, has eek a bridge of communication between the poor and the larger community and has sought constructive approaches to the problems of the poor. Has the local Community Action Program been effective in stimulating the participation of the poor in community activities that affect their lives? Very much This has been one of the strongest contributions of Atlanta's CAP. Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: City Hall utilizes the CAP neighborhood organizations for planning for housing, Model Cities, land use and for decentralizing municipal services. Has the local Community Action Program been responsible for increasing the services available to the poor? as’ Very much The City utilizes the EOA- Sie to extend and see hae city services Somewhat to the poor. Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: Through its own services, and through expanded service of other local public and private agencies, the CAP has directly and indirectly affected an increase in services for the poor. Has the Community Action Program improved communications between the poor and the other sectors of the community (business, government, education)? sae Very much Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: The CAP has been especially valuable in this respect. Recent examples include assignment of staff to help coordinate the National Alliance of Businessmen effort, bringing together dissident elements in a dispute at a target-area high school, serving as a vehicle to bring together complaining tenants and public housing officials.  QUESTISNNAIRE CAP Page 2 ! 8. Has the local Community Action Program helped to increase the level of resources which public and private institutions are contributing to the local War on Me a L Very much Somewhat Not at ali Unknown Additional Comments: Activities ef CAP have stimulated increased interest from foundations, civic groups, and government. Has the local Community Action Program increased the will and the ability of the poor to help themselves? ui Very much Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: Poor have been helped to see that government will respond to their needs, and many leaders have been developed who are now able to articulate and express the needs of the poor. Has the local Community Action Program helped the non-poor to understand better the problems of poverty and the need for local efforts to overcome these problems? Very much Somewhat Not at all Unknown Additional Comments: Local support in Atlanta has been the best in the Nation, and much credit belongs to the excellent interpretive effort made by the CAP. A current example involves the designation of a week in January, 1969 as USTART NOW ATLANTA" week, provlaimed by the Mayor, and designed by the CAP as a way to generate interest and activity in the "non-poor" community. How would you evaluate the effectiveness of each of the following programs? 1. HEADSTART: | A " # Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Unknown * QUEST IONNA IRE CAP Page 3 What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program is being met in your community? Unfortunately only about 10% Additional Comments: —— This can be the best long-range effort to prevent poverty, but it is hampered by insufficient funds. ws 2. LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM: Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program is being met in your community? 20% Additional Comments: Legal Aide keeps issues in the courtroom and off the streets. It has been very helpful in combatting anachronistic welfare reguktions and bringing attention to landlord-tenant and séller-purchaser laws which are iniquitous to the interest of the poor. af 3. HEALTH CENTERS: Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program BK 20% is being met in your community? Additional Comments: Comprehensive Health Center makks the first real breakthrough in developing new forms of delivery for health services to the Poors - 4. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS: Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program 75% is being met in your community? * Additional Comments: These centers are a base for operations and meetings. been used for almost every conceivable kind of activity designed to bring help and/or growth to the target areas served. They have  QUESTIONNAIRE CAP Page 4 5. Name Project Address COMMUNITY ACTION EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS 3 Very effective Somewhat effective x Not at all effective Unknown What percentage of the total potential enrollment for this program is being met in your community? _10% Additional Comments: Employment programs constantly run into difficult obstacles, such as the shortage of good paying jobs for women, the shortage of day care resources, the difficity of re-training the educationally crippled male and moving him beyond the low-wage, low-status job. Do you know of any better way to reach the hard core unemployed than we are now doing under present programs? (1) Further loosening of "red tape" which discourages businesses from participation in government sponsored "on-the-job training" programs. (2) For men and women with very low potential for training and/or retraining, we need a "public works" type program. (Within our CEP we have an Atl. Beautifieation Corps wtkh which exemplifies what we need Do you feel we are assigning proper priorities to the most urgent but it is problems of the poor? If not, please indicate which problems you only a feel deserve the highest priorities. small pro- (1) Jobs (including public works) gram for 60 per- (2) Child Development sons.) (3) Community Action tf 0: buat D rector of Se ote Al Office of the Mayor Atlanta, Georgia Affiliation with Community Action. Mayor's liaison representative to CAP agency  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 39 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1736fa34e8d0cbdf869df193486a58a1.pdf f3dc057bcdeb597540ec2ca63cc4d34d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MAJORITY MEMBERS: MINORITY MEMBERS: CARL D. PERKINS, KY . , CHAIRMAN WILLIAM H. AYRES, OHIO ALBERT H. QUIE, MINN . JOHN M. ASHBROOK, OHIO ALPHONZO BELL. CALIF. OGDEN R, REIO, N.Y. EDWARD J, GURNEY, FLA. EDITH GREEN, OREG. FRANK THOMPSON, JR. , N.J. JOHN H. DENT, PA . ROMAN C, PUCINSKI , ILL, DOMINICK V. DANIELS, N,J , JOHN BRADEMAS, IND, JAMES G , O'HARA, MICH. HUGH L. CAREY, N.Y. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS , CALIF, SAM GIBBONS, FLA. WILLIAM O. FORD, MICH. WILLIAM D, HATHAWAY, MAINE PATSY T , MINK, HAWAII JAMES H. SCHEUER, N.Y. LLOYD MEEDS, WASH. PHILLIP BURTON, CALIF. CARL ALBERT, OKLA , CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR 2181 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 JOHN N. ERLENBORN, ILL. W ILLIAM J . SCH ERLE, IOWA JOHN OELLENBACK, OREG. MARVIN L. ESCH, MICH. EDWIN D, ESHLEMAN, PA. JAMES C. G ARO NE R, N . C. WILLIAM A. STEIGER, WIS. JAMES M. COL.LINS, TEX. TELEPHONES: MAJORITY-22!- -'!127 MINORITY-225-3725 December 16, 1968 Dear Sir: The Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives is gathering information on the operation and effectiveness of vari ous programs to reduce unemployment and poverty . The Committee will be concerned with the continuation of the Economic Opportunity Act and the programs included in that Act such as the Neighborhood Youth Corps, the Concentrated Empl oyment Program (CEP), Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS), Operation Mainstream, New Careers, Community Action, the Job Corps, and Headstart . As Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, I would like to know whether these programs are accomplishing their objectives and how well they are working locally. While national statistics are important, there is no substitute for the evaluations of those who are closest to the scene, and so I am seeking your help. One or more of the economic opportunity programs is operating in your community and sho r t que s tionnai r es referr ing to those which are in your communit y and about which you may have knowledge a r.e enclosed. I ask t ha t you give suff i cient time to you r response s to make them as compl et e as pos si bl e. I t would be most useful i f, in addition to che cking the box whi ch be st summarize s your ob servat i ons, you would al s o pr ov i de your own comments i n the spac e s pr ov i ded on the quest ionnaires . By giving us the bene fi t of you r j udgment and experience, you will be rendering a service to the Congress and t o t he c ountry. I t hank you i n advance f or yo ur help and a pp reciate your continuing e ffo r ts on behal f of the poor. Si nce rely, /) ~ .--.··-- o A) . ~ ~ f> b .VJ~,r Carl D. Perkins Cha i rman CDP :mw � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document MAJORITY MEMBERS: ‘CARL D. PERKINS, KY., CHAIRMAN EDITH GREEN, OREG. FRANK THOMPSON, JR., N.J. JOHN H. DENT, PA. ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, ILL. DOMINICK V. DANIELS, N.J. JOHN BRADEMAS, IND. JAMES G. O'HARA, MICH. HUGH L. CAREY, N.Y. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, CALIF. SAM GIBBONS, FLA. WILLIAM D. FORD, MICH. WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, MAINE PATSY T. MINK, HAWAIL JAMES H. SCHEUER, N.Y. LLOYD MEEDS, WASH. PHILLIP BURTON, CALIF. CARL ALBERT, OKLA. —_— Dear Sir: (Yaw CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR 2181 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 December 16, 1968 MINORITY MEMBERS: WILLIAM H. AYRES, OHIO ALBERT H. QUIE, MINN. JOHN M. ASHBROOK, OHIO ALPHONZO BELL, CALIF. ‘OGDEN R. REID, N.Y. EDWARD J. GURNEY, FLA. JOHN N. ERLENBORN, ILL. WILLIAM J. SCHERLE, IOWA JOHN DELLENBACK, OREG. MARVIN L. ESCH, MICH. EDWIN D, ESHLEMAN, PA. JAMES C. GARDNER, N.C. WILLIAM A. STEIGER, WIS, JAMES M. COLLINS, TEX. TELEPHONES: MAJORITY —225—4527 MINORITY—225-3725 The Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives is gathering information on the operation and effectiveness of various programs to reduce unemployment and poverty. The Committee will be concerned with the continuation of the Economic Opportunity Act and the programs included in that Act such as the Neighborhood Youth Corps, the Concentrated Employment Program (CEP), Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS), Operation Mainstream, New Careers, Community Action, the Job Corps, and Headstart. As Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, I would like to know whether these programs are accomplishing their objectives and how well they are working Locally. While national statistics are important, there is no substitute for the evaluations of those who are closest to the scene, and so I am seeking your help. One or more of the economic opportunity programs is operating in your community and short questionnaires referring to those which are in your com- munity and about which you may have knowledge are enclosed. I ask that you give sufficient time to your responses to make them as complete as possible. It would be most useful if, in addition to checking the box which best summarizes your observations, you would also provide your own comments in the spaces provided on the questionnaires. By giving us the benefit of your judgment and experience, you will be rendering a service to the Congress and to the country. I thank you in advance for your help and appreciate your continuing efforts on behalf of the poor. CDP: mw Sincerely, — Ps £3 oy KO? ark YY prhine Carl D. Perkins Chairman ex  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 38 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/901202960775ad16466ffd8d1baddcc6.pdf 4157cf50e7954bf028f17eb9dd12ff51 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. JOHN OR. JOHN W. LETSON SUPT. OF SCHOOLS Atlanta Public Schools VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION F. STANDRIDGE DIRECTOR 2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 MEM O RAN DUM TO: FROM: December 11 , 1968 Mr. Dan Sweat Mayor 1 s Office John F. Standridge, Executive Director Vocational-Technical and Adult Education We would like f or you to attend a meeting in Room Bl at the Atlanta A.rea Technical School Thursday at 2:00 p.m ., December 19, 1968, for the purpos e of discus sing with us a proposal for a Job Corps Skill Center here in Atlanta. Your na.me was r ecommended as one who is vitally interested in a program of this type and we wa1°t y ou to share your ideas with us in the f :i.r~al development of t hi s program . We ho pe that you will be able to attend. JFS :pf cc: Dr. J.W . Letson Dr . J.P. Nix Mr G W. Mul ling � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Dr. JOHN W. LETSON JOHN F.STANDRIDGE SUPT. OF SCHOOLS Atlanta Public Schools DIRECTOR VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION 2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 MEMORANDUM December 11, 1968 TO: Mr. Dan Sweat Mayor's Office FROM: John F, Standridge, Executive Director Vocational—Technical and Adult Education We would like for you to attend a meeting in Room Bl at the Atlanta Area Technical School Thursday at 2:00 p.m., December 19, 1968, for the purpose of discussing with us a proposal for a Job Corps Skill Center here in Atlanta. Your name was recommended as one who is vitally interested in a program of this type and we wart you to share your ideas with us in the final development of this program. We hope that you will be able to attend. JPFS: pf cc: Dr. J.W. Letson Dr. J.P. Nix Mr GW. Mulling Serving the Atlante ard Geller County School Systems  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 37 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c8763b99fff13ccfb18997ff48188566.pdf cbfc439baab3ee26a81faec016ccf47b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. December 12, 1968 Mr. John F . Stand1'idge Exeeutive DlJ"ector Vocational-.Technical and Adult Education Atlanta Public Schools 2930 Forrest Hills Drive . S . W . Atlanta,_ Georgia 30315 Dear John: Thank you for the invitation to attend the Job Corps Skill Centel' meeting on the 19th of December. t regJtet v ry much that l will b _chedullng conflict. unable to attend beeause of a 1 m extr mely int ,r; ·ated in ny propo~al fos, the d v lopm nt of a Job Corps facility such as this_ and will be h ppy to lend whatev r h lp I e n to such project. Sincer ly yours , Dan Sw · t DS:fy I I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document | December 12, 1968 Mr. John F. Standridge Executive Director Vocational-Technical and Adult Education Atlanta Public Schools 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Dear John: Thank you for the invitation to attend the Job Corps Skill Center meeting on the 19th of December. I regret very much that I will be unable to attend because of a scheduling conflict. I am extremely interested in any proposal for the development of a Job Corps facility such as this and will be happy to lend whatever help I can to such a project. Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS :fy  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 36 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/aff93a3268e413a39cf35c766b0bb50b.pdf 13c2cb43b9ad73c112750c690c2db419 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . ~FED l BY SAM MASSELL, J R. : RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, I NCO~PORATED, AS THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA • .. !· . \1 /· .I . f ~ rl'f , D Of ALDERMEN JUN 1 7 ~('\68 ' :., i. ,,i.·' � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Y S4-T3A ERTICIE CERTIFIED BY SAM MASSELL, JR.: JUN 27 1968 we 2 i chi Das seanl Sa ef RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ECONOMIC President Goard of Rlderman | ( OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INCORPORA- TED, AS THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA. \ eS Ss rs BOARD OF ALDERMEN JUN 17 268 b  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 35 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f86b807502c8c08deaa953465da6f877.pdf 95ea196d0822b4a19b89151e1bee03aa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. A RES OLUTIO N BY SAM HASSELL , J R . : RESOLU'l'I ON DESIG NAT I NG ECU.NOMIC OPPO~'I'UNITY A'.l'LJJ ;TA, INC OR?ORATED, AS THE COM?1UNITY AC'.I'IOi-J AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA . 1 WHEREAS, the 1967 Amendments to the Federal Economic Opportunity Act re quire tha t a politica l subdivision such a s The City of Atlanta designa te a community action a gency to plan , conduct, administer, eva luate , 2nd otherwise fulfill the ~urpos es of the Economic Opportunity Act; and WHEREAS, the A..rnendments referred to above furt her require tha t a public hearing be conducted in order to provide an opportunity for residents and orga nizations to publicly expres s their views before The City of Atlanta designa tes such communi ty action agency; and WHEREAS, the City of Atla nta did on May 31, 1968, hold a public he aring for the above sta ted purpose; and WHEREAS, the preponderance of expression at the public hearing was favorable towa rd the d e signa tion of Economic Opportunity Atlanta as the Community Action Agency. NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED tha t the Bo ard of Aldermen, acting as the governing officia ls , do hereby de signate Economic Opportunity Atl anta, Incorpor 2ted, a private non-profit corpora tion, as the Community Action Ag ency for the City of Atlanta. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document oe A RESOLUTION BY SAM MASSELL, JR.: RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INCORPORATED, AS THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA. WHEREAS, the 1967 Amendments to the Federal Economic Opportunity Act require that a political subdivision such as The City of Atlanta designate a community action agency to plen, conduct, administer, evaluate, and otherwise fulfill the purposes of the Economic Opportunity Act; and WHEREAS, tne Amendments referred to above further require that a public hearing be conducted in order to provide an opportunity for residents and organizations to publicly express their views before The City of Atlanta designates such community action agency; and WHEREAS, the City of Atlanta did on May 31, 1968, hold a public heering for the above stated purpose; and WHEREAS, the preponderance of expression at the public hearing was favorable toward the designation of Economic Oppor- tunity Atlanta as the Community Action Agency. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED thet the Board of Aldermen, acting as the governing officials, do hereby designate Economic Opportunity Atlenta, Incorporated, a private non-profit corporation, as the Community Action Agency for the City of Atlante.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 34 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3671f19fffb5e912c9299c359455d904.pdf 871222415a5df37f257510c43bb95ff3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Str eet B ldg. • Atl a nta, Georgia 3030 3 • Teleph one 688-101 2 T. M. Parh am Exec utive Administ rato r MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. Dan Sweat FROM: T. M. DATE ' December 11, 1968 EOA will have "on-site evaluation" by teams from OEO and U. S . Labor during the week of December 16-20 . OEO will be looking at the total CAP program. U. s. Labor will be looking at the ACEP program. You may be called for an interview by some member of the team. TMP/gd � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. O A 101 Marietta Street Bldg. e Atlanta, Georgia 30303 e© Telephone 688-1012 T. M. Parham Executive Administrator MEMORANDUM — ee ae i i i ee TO: Mr. Dan Sweat DATE: December 11, 1968 FROM: T. M. Parha EOA will have "on-site evaluation" by teams from OEO and U. S. Labor during the week of December 16-20. OEO will be looking at the total CAP program. U. S. Labor will be looking at the ACEP program. You may be called for an interview by some member of the team. TMP/gd  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 3, Folder 13, Document 33 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 13 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1968