2 20 44 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1db2df0b6df06d2bb0c6676957478989.pdf 08d7a2746f1f167311b6125c10ebc529 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 2 , 1968 Dr . William Marinr, Associate ProfessoJ," Project C o -Dh•ector Comprehensive Neighbo;rhood Health Centel' Emory Univer sity School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine and C ommunity He 1th 69 Butl r Street, S . E. Atlant , Ge o rgi 30303 D r Dr. M rin Thank you for your invitation to the January 10 meeting of the C omprehen ive Neighborhood H alth C nt r program, Unfortun tely_. I will be in Washington on th t d y but h ve k d my colle gue,, Johnny Robinson, to repr sent thi o!llc . We look forw rd to cooperating with you important und l"t king. nd your st ff in you:,: Sine rely ym.u:e,. Dan Swe t DS:fy � 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 January 2, 1968 Dr. William Marine Associate Professor Project Co-Director Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center Emory University School of Medicine | Department of Preventive Medicine and | Community Health 69 Butler Street, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dr. Marine: Thank you for your invitation to the January 10 meeting of the Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center program. Unfortunately, I will be in Washington on that day but have asked my colleague, Johnny Robinson, to represent this office. We look forward to cooperating with you and your staff in your important undertaking. 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 11, Document 3 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/eb1f3f2a01f6be354094990ae346c04b.pdf 20dafd8452635bb8d082098d4a496d94 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Febru a ry 20 , 1968 MEMORANDUM To : Mayor Ivan Allen , Jr . From: Dan Sweat Dr. Maurice Dawkins, Assistant to Sargent Sh,:iver for Civil Rights, will meet ln your office at 10:00 a. m. Monday to discuss a Mo del Cities proposal which might be funded through OEO. With him will be Jack Wood, National Association Ag inst Discrimination in Housing; Bob Saunders, Civil Right Compliance Offic r ., OEO Regional Offic ; Johnny Robinson; Johnny John on; nd my lf. DS:fy cc: Mr. Johnny John on Mr. Johnny Robinson � 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 February 20, 1968 MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat Dr. Maurice Dawkins, Assistant to Sargent Shriver for Civil Rights, will meet in your office at 10:00 a.m. Monday to discuss a Model Cities proposal which might be funded through OEO. With him will be Jack Wood, National Association Against Discrimination in Housing; Bob Saunders, Civil Rights Compliance Officer, OEO Regional a Johnny Robinson; Johnny Johnson; and myself. DS:fy ce: Mr. Johnny Johnson Mr. Johnny Robinson  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 11, Document 29 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/72bbc5896f821dfcdfffd332adb8a896.pdf 3d6885b7bd98659245e1f66a73a81fe8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February 27, 1968 Mi·. Tom Cochran Office of Economic Opportunity 1200 -19th Street, N. W. R oom 703 Was hington, D . C. 20 506 Dea r Tom: I want to thank you again fo r the fine show you put on for Sargent Shriver on his visit to Atlanta. In the three or four visits by Mr. Shriver here that I have been involved in things have not always gone as smoothly as they did on this visit . I am sure th t ev ryone else is in a greement with me that your handling of the various aspects of the visit as done v ry professionally and in a responsible manner. I have had several comments from th pre s noting that it was a real relief to have a person with your attitude organizing a visit for a high-ranking Fedel' 1 offlci 1. Too often advance men to more h rm th n good. Enclos dis k y ehaln which you wer lnt rested in from the M ayor. Let us know if we c n b of any help to you in the future, S incerely your , D an S w at DS: fy � 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 February 27, 1968 Mr. Tom Cochran Office of Economic Opportunity 1200 - 19th Street, N. W. Room 703 Washington, D. C. 20506 Dear Tom: I want to thank you again for the fine show you put on for Sargent Shriver on his visit to Atlanta, In the three or four visits by Mr. Shriver here that I have been involved in things have not always gone as smoothly as they did on this visit. I am sure that everyone else is in agreement with me that your handling of the various aspects of the visit was done very professionally and in a responsible manner, I have had several comments from the press noting that it was a real relief to have a person with your attitude organizing a visit for a high-ranking Federal official. Too often advance men to more harm than good. Enclosed is a key chain which you were interested in from the Mayor. Let us know if we can be of any help to you in the future, 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 11, Document 28 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1cea7e1bc1348c8764590d2cde4e77ee.pdf 6084b8d23e9761eb254dae710321485a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I NEW CAREERS IN INDUSTRY Frank Riessman, Ph.D. Director. New Careers Dev<a::::.opment Center and Lita Paniagua Associate Resea:cch Scientist New Careers Training Laboratory New Yo:rk University Nov~mber 1967 I '-- ... �/ INTRODUCTION • I "Why not say we must train a million unemployed a year £or un£illed jobs that already exist?" I Bernard Asbell asks this cogent question in The New Improved American,* an analysis of the profound technological changes taking place in the United States. American paradox: He was referring to a puzzling an acute shortage 0£ workers coexistent with an acute shortage of jobs. - While industry spends billions seeking out and training skilled and pro£essional personnel, it also bears the costs 0£ a high ratio 0£ employee turnover, and helps to cover the huge losses caused to society through massive unemployment and underemployment 0£ the unskilled. The solution of these problems has become an urgent concern 0£ private enterprise in America. A New Careers program £or industry would embody Mr. Asbell's pract ical point 0£ view. The p r ogram's goal: the creation or a r ich resource 0£ industry-oriented, highly skilled manpower, the reduction of personnel tur nover, and the reduction 0£ unemployment i among t he low skilled. Its method : e xpansion or new approaches t o manpowe r rec :r ui tment, t r a i n i ng and , educat ion alrea dy being utilized by p riva t e enter prise , plus s tr uc t uring of visible oppor1 tunities £or p r omoti on , upgrading and horizonta l mobili ty £or all I workers. I A New Careers mode l £or indus try would require: McGraw-Hill, New York,1965, p.43. ·a �-i..l ,- 1. Entry level positions in which workers can be immediately productive. j 2. Training iinl'ilediately available and intricately connected to these entry positions. 3. A visible career ladder between these entry positions and higher positions within the job hi~rarchy. 4. Releuant training and education £or higher positions directly available through the job. 5. Sharp integration o.f training and education, because education is decisive £or any major advancement. 6. The responsibility .for packaging this training to be undertaken by industry (or. by a subcontracted training resource), rather than le.f ·t to the wo:i:'ker. �NEW CAREEl~S IN INDUSTRY Private enterprise has moved to the forefront in the search for new designs th~t will close the gap between the shortage o:f I skilled manpower and the millions of joble£s. Traditional methods of personnel recruitment are not producing the workers industry needs fast enough and in su:f£icient numbers, and the cost o:f the persistent e££ort to £ind adequate help is high: The New York Times estimates the yearly volume o:f its helpwanted classified and display ads at $30 million. The Los Angeles Times' volume in help-wanted ads -is around $34. million. An officer of the New York Assn. o:f Personnel Agencies estimates that 85% of all jobs listed by private employment agenciE>s in New York City include payment of the agency fee by the employer. "Comparable high percentages of fee-paid jobs would be found in other major cities", the officer said. "Many agencies will not even list an opening unless the fee is paid by the employer. It's a worker's market." (The average fee is 10% of the first month's salary.) A survey 0£ hiring costs paid by 17 firms in the Rochester, N. Y. area (9 manufacturing and 8 non-manufacturing firms) indicates a total over 3 months (June and November, 1965 and February, 1966) of $278,000, with 2/3 of this amount reported by the manufacturing companies, and the balance by the nonmanufacturing. Average cost per hire was $222 for manufacturers and $138 £or non-manfacturers. 1 i Spurred by the urgency of' their requirements, business firms invest heavily in improving the skills ' and knowledge of their employees with educational and training programs: "· • • In 1965 3usiness Week estimated a total amount of $18 billion and Fortune gave a higher figure of $2~ billion (spent by private industry in this area). More recently, it has been estimated that industry spent $17 billion in 1 966 in this area. 11 2 I I l \ ' Natl . Indus tria l Con ference Boar d Record, "Hiring Cos t s ", New York, -:J,-a_:i_u_a_r_y_,--:l-::9,-6'"'7=--.----..;._-------""---,.12NAM Re port s , Natl. ! Assn. of Manufa cture r s , June 19, 1967. I ! " <JI �-2r ' A portion o:f these amounts was allocated to training programs designed to tap the unutilized potential of the nation's unskilled, I underemployed and unemployed labor force. Private enterprise has also begun developing innovative techniques of recruiting and hiring so as to bring the disadvantaged into the labor market. All indications point to the need for accelerating the drive to produce workers with sophisticated know-hoy.,. 11 • • • The importance o:f developing solutions to unemployment problems is • • • significant in light of projections of job needs to 1975 as prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: while our population will increase by 16%, the labor force will increase by an estimated 20% to include 94.l million workers. 11 1 11 • • • About 230,000 skilled and 350,000 semi-skilled workers are expected to b e needed each year to replace those who re·ti:re or die." 2 Following are some manpower needs projected to 1975 1 based on studies that include patterns of demand and consumer purchasing, technological development, new products and industries. 3 Millions o :f Worlcer s Needed by 1975 and Employed in 1964 Manuf a cturing Professional 8, Technical Technicians, draftsmen, etc. Craftsmen, foremen, etc. Clerical Sales 1975 1964 23 13 1.4 11.5 17.3 14 10.7 4.5 5.6 a.5 .825 9 I I 1Natl. Assn. o f Manu:factureres , op. C1 t. 2 cc~up8.tional Outlook Hn.ncl1)oo k 1 Bull. I 14 50 ., U. s. Dept. of Labor, 1966-67, PP• 363-364. I 3compiled from Monthly Labor Review, March-April, 1965 1 u. s. Dept. of Labor, reprint 2462. '· \. �I i -3- / J In the face of such existing and :future needs, unemployment is intolerable. Nevertheless, the millions wl10 languish without work continue to burden the economy and scholars, legislators, ' civic organizations and the press consistently diagnose the frustra- tions of the unemployed as a leading cause of social disruption. Concern over the lack o:f work for the disadvantaged and the ancillary social ills this causes has brought forth many proposals £or emergency measures. The business community has become increas- ingly involved in the discussion and on August 2~, 1967 the Urban Coalition (a grouping of more than 800 community and business leaders £rom throughout the u. s.) called £or the creation of at least one l million "meaningful and socially useful" jobs. The intent 0£ the emergency measures suggested is laudable, but such proposals do not £ocus the problem so directly as does Bernard Asbell's apt phrase: "Why not say we must t rain a million unemployed a year :for unfilled jobs that already exist?" This approach establishe s a one-to.;,one relationship between i industry's demand for s killed workers I and the lack o:f work :for 1 The term "meaningful" must be .def ined in two directions . From the employer's viev.;point meanmg[..il work must supply a real need to his organization , help him to ma..~e a prof it and not be subject to turnover o f personnel. From the employee's viewpoint, meaning:ful work must do more than pay a wage. It must motivate him to ,remain on the job by giving him a sense of achievement and digni t y, realistic opportunities for steady advancemenjc and the assurance 0£ permanent employment and continuing employability. ' Socially useful work produces goods and services, promotes a higher standard of living, provide s fisca l ~evenue , creates stability, and .furthers the goals o.f society. Make ..:vJOrk and dead -end jobs accomplish .few of these aims, except temporarily ,1 principally because they do not encourage permanence; do not motivate the worker beyond achieving more than his weekly wage; do not build morale and loyaltyo �-4- the unemployed. As noted above, many firms are already actively exploring this direction. However, most programs do not yet go I far beyond equipping the workers to function at the semi-skilled and entry level. Until now there has not been a complete step by step linking of training and education from basic skills and knowledge to the highly skilled and middle management positions. To fully achieve such integration it is necessary to create I a practical program that will develop appropriate motivation in the unemployed or underemployed people so that they will not only accept entry level positions, but also become via education and training a reservoir of manpower for the middle line skilled, administrative, technical and even professional positions. A design for creating a New Careers program in industry for those now unskilled would utilize the availability or training for those thousands of openings as the incentive, the motivational impetus to bring the disadvantaged into the labor force. Xerox Corporation discovered in a recent experiment that good incentives i can attr a ct unsuspect ed numbers of per sons re a dy and willing to wo r k: ,hen Xer o x a nnounced that skill training and basic e ducation were available in its Project Step-Up, it found among the applicants four times as many persons who did not need the t raining than those who did, and was able to hire them imme d i ately a s r egular e mploye es.I 1 Telephone interview with J . '.les t brook MacPh e r son, ACSH, Manpo wer Resour c e s Admini s t rat o r , Xer ox Cor p. , Ro che ster , N.Y. This would s eem t o s uppo rt a st a t ement by econ omist Char l e s Killing s worth: "• • • it seems prcbable that impr cving employment prospects wou ld tend t o pull more people into the labor market and • • • raise the labor force participation rate." (Testimo ny before Senate Subcommission on Empl oyment and Ma npower Sept. 20, 1963.) 0 r 1 I ·.;, �-5- THE NfaJ CAREERS MODEL l As a solution to unemployment and the dire shortage of skilled and professional f Orkers in the public sector, the New Careers approach was introduced with the passage of the Nelson-Scheuer Amendment in 1966. This legislation provided for the hiring, job- training and education of nonprofessionals by the public service agencies in the fields of health, education and welfare. Under its provisions, persons hired from the disadvantaged community work as auxiliary personnel and can receiv2 time off from their jobs for education and training which will equip them to qualify for more responsible positions. All job classifications within the parti- cipating pub lie agencies are to be "careerized", that is redefined and restructured so that employees may move upward gradually toward semi-professional and professional levels as they acquire experience and the necessary high school and academic education arld credentials, part of which can be obtained during job time. The New York City Board of Education is developing career lines for its teaching personnel. A program of advanced trai ning and education v,i th released time from the job to attend cl ass es will enable entry-level teacher aides (nonprofessionals hi red from the disadvantaged community) to adva nce to assistant teacher, teacher inter n and certified teacher, with more responsibilities and higher salaries at each level. The Board has made !special arrangements with local colleges and universi t ies so that the auxiliaries will receive training, education and academic credit . I . In the private sector a similar iNe w Car eers p r ogram c ou ld be I es t a b lished with funds cont r i buted b ~ government o r pr i vat e fou n da1 t ion s t o such fi rms as de sired fin a n cial ai d. require the f o llo wi ng: I I j j Th e model wo uld �-6l. Entry level positions in which workers can be immediately productive. 2. Training ilJlI!lediately available and intricately connected to these entry positions. 3. A visible career ladder between these entry positions and higher positions within the job hierarchy. 4. Relevant training and education for higher positions directly available through the job. s. Sharp integration of training and education, because education is decisive for -any major advancement. 6. The employer (or a subcontracted training resource) to be responsible £or the packaging of this training and making it av21.ilable to the worker, rather than leaving the respons:i.bili -.:::11 for acquiring training and education up to the individual effort ofeach worker. In a sense the career incentive program would be directed toward the disadvantaged job candidate who asks, 11 ,Jhy should I take this dead-end beginning job which is boring, dirty ·and doesn't go anywhere?" The educational provisions would include making is possible for the employee to acquire basic knowledge (the 3 R's), high ' school equivalency and industry-related higher education leading I to academic degrees. Education would take place, in part, during I working hours with time released from the job for attending classes. The employee could adv.ance to semi-skilled , skilled or middle management and administrative positions as ,heacquired education and training provided by the company , and demdnstrated his capabilities. I I Funding for firms unable to carry the full costs of partici- ' pating in the program might be provided by government or private I �I -7foundations. Such funding would contribute toward entry level salaries, the special training and education programs, and outside technical assistance on such matters as setting up career line structures, providing supportive services, etc. l Private enterprise would have full autonomy on all aspects of administering su~h a proqram, including selection of personnel, development of training methods and educational curricula, choice of outside technical aid, if any is desired, and other components. INDUSTRY EXPLORES NE,J GROUND IN MANPO;!ER DEV~LOPMENT An interesting experiment in job-training with funds supplied by government and private industry is under way at vestern Electi:ic Co., in Kearny, N. J.: The u. s. Departments of Commerce, Health and Labor contributed $1 million and ten private companies contributed $340,000 to '..Jestern Electric's pilot training project which began operation in January, 1967. Each week 40 persons from the disadvantaged community are enrolled for a rotating 9 week course in basic education and technical skills to qualify for en'try jc'!)s in the metal industries. Instruct·o rs in basic educa~ion are supplied by the New Jersey State Dept. of Education and technical training is imparted by experts from the industry. Trainzes receive $41 per week while training, plus $5 per dependent. To 'd ate (Oct., 1967) 361 persons have completed the course and 216 have been hired by 70 companies in the Newark area. A spokesman for :,Jestern 2lectric believes that the program will continue permanently, with increasing participation by 1 private firms. He said, " ;e're telling them 'come on in, the water's fine'"• 1 Funding arrangements might be worked ! out on a scale of 90% of the above costs for the first year, with '. decreasing percentages in the following years, moving on toward 0% 1at some later point. Such a procedure is followed . by public service agencies and government under the New Careers Program in the public sector . I L �-8- Al though the ,!es tern Electric project is limited to preparing the trainees to qJalify only for entry jobs, this experiment might easily be expanded to include bot~ higher skill training and education to provide the industries of the area with a more specialized source of manpower. Even middle-size companies can benefit from facilitating educational opportunities to employees, as has been demonstrated by another program in the New Jersey -area: I \ .Jellington Printing Industries of Trenton, N. J. has found it practical and e~onomical to establish an educational incentive program which covers tuition and text-book costs (and tutoring when necGssary) for its eraployees who wish to obtain elementary, high school and college education. At present 10% of the 400 employees participate, and larger enrollments are expected in the coming term. Total cost to the company is considered "negligible". Business Manager Nathan Mayer says: "Some of our men have been able in only two years to acquire a high school diploma and _go on to college. Some who started as helpers on a machine crew two years ago now work as foremen. The program has supplied us with permanent, capable workers, and we plan to expand it." 11 :e put the program into effect not from a desire ne adds: to perform good works, but as a practical solution to our problem of not being able to find the skilled help we need." ,Jellington Industries also decided to discard conventional I methods of hiring. I Most applicants for entry positions are under- educated and unskilled. Mr. Mayer says: "We decided to adopt the policy of hiring on a first come, fir~t served basis and to eliminate the costly and often meaningless , effort spent on interviewing and testing. I Although he may be a capable, willing worker, a job I applicant from th", disadvantaged population may not know how to i I ' make a good impres,si.on in a:n intervieyv , and a poor previous work record may indica~e only that he had t ot had sufficient motivation �-9- r in the past to remain on a job. Our assumption is that a man who l is willing to work can be motivated to become a permanent employee I and to upgrade himself for positions that are increasingly valuable to himsel.f and to us." Although the .!ellington employees now attend school on their own time, the company's interest in helping them acquire an education and the visible opportunities £or promotion have motivated an encouraging number 0£ workers to take on the often dif:ficult task of attending classes. It is logical to s~ppose that with time on the job available for education a much larger number of workers would participate. Other companies make education available to their employees on company time: The DuPont Company recently completed its first experiment in providing basic education to its under-educated employees. Language skills wer e taught on company time to 46 veteran employ-aes who are now e ligible to take skill-training courses offered by GnPont. Thes e CO'l,;.rses are given to unskilled enployecs after 'they have passed an initial period of familiarization in the firm's labor pool. Instruction is on company time, two full days weekly. Trainees study at their o wn pace, with ·the help of a su.pe:?:visor who answers specific questions. After col"lplcting the training, the e.!llployces work in the division f or which they have prepared. Jorkers· can upgr ade thc~selves to perform higher s k ills leading to foreman positions by attending technical schools of their o wn 1:ime, but with aid from the company on tuition. The Pn::2.r0id Corpo:.:-ation of Cambridge, Mass. offers courses to it.5 e:upl oyees ranging fr om bas~c English and conversational Russ .L::\ .1 4~o polymer chemistry. ( There is no acade.nic credit • • g1.,;1-~;·: . .":<,C th.ase co·;;irses. ) I I I~ wou.l-3 seem f~asi!:>1:e i!\ each instance to link the instruction offered so that employees could ob-tain ,accredited education and higher I I skills to qualify t ? em for positions r , quiring more education and I expertiseo I I �.,---· I ? -10- The programs developed by private enterprise in working with j the under-educated are not limited tq heavy or- manu£acturing ! industries. ' Serv~ce institutions, such as banks, have also £ound it worthwhile to reach out to the disadvantaged £or recruiting workers and £acilitating education to them on the job. Chase Manhattan Bank established a job-training program in 1964 £or high school s~udents £rom the ha~d-core poverty areas. Many 0£ the trainees are potential drop-outs and have police records. Students entering the program at the junior year of high school receive 2l months 0£ basic education and instruction in banking and £inance. They attend classes at the bank from 2 to 5 p.m. daily and are paid $1.86 per hour. They continue to attend high school during the morning. Aft-2r g:cadua·i:ion they are hired for entry clerical positions. They may go on to college on their own time, with aid ~rom the bank via its tuition refund program. Xerox Corporation's Project Step-Up was another valuable demonstration of the response of the poor to a program that links education to employment. Project Step-Up was created to explore the fe a sibility of recruiting, hiring, training and giving remedial education to persons from the underprivileged community. The program was postulated on two basic assumptions: I I 1. It is good business, one that e nhances the pro£itmaking apparatus. 2. The company could cut a clear path for itself to a realistic solution for one of the nation's most complex problems: HovJ to open up skilled employment oppor tunities to the unemployed. j Many of the trainee s had police records, b ad credit ratings and spotty emp loym8nt hist o ries. i To qualify for training they had to be unemployed or underempioyed, receive substantially less than a pas s ing score on the ! company's regular employment te s ts and not have finished high school. (~ I The 19 week training period took place during the day-shift working hours.. 40% of the time was for classroom instruction, and the rest for work and informal counseling to support the new learning and adjustment to supervision and work ruleso Trainees were paid an hourly rate slightly below that for l I �-11\ .... regular new employees and were eligible for all company benefits. Al~ the trainees completed the program and qualified for regular employment. I Foremen reported that trainees adjusted well and met all standards. Xerox officials were impressed by the trainees' commitment, their perseverance and their overall reaction to the training, the work environment and to other employees. The regular employees strongly supported the program. A Xerox spokesman said that the program was economical because aside from the men who were trained, the company was able to hire immediately four times as many applic<L,ts who did not need training. Furthermore, he said, the company feels the program paid for itself with the new knowledge gained as to methods of recruiting and motivating disadvantaged employees. These techniques will now be applied by Rochester Jobs, Inc., an organization of 70 firms in the area which will act as a non-profit public service agency to hire, counsel and train workers from the underprivileged community. Many other firms in the U. s. have found that providing basic education to t heir employees is a worthwhile investment and that I t he cos t is not high. I A b a sic literary program utili z i ~ g audio - visual techniques developed by MI ND ( Met hods of In -tellectual Development , subsidiar y of Corn Product s, Argo, Ill.) costs $24 0 per per son , i f admin i stered by t he f irm purchasing the service , or $450 if adminis t e re d b y MIND . 1 Ac a demic escalat i ons of 4 gr a d e l e v els ean b e achieved with under - educ a t ed adult s in 1 60 hour s of MI ND's basic educat ion p r ogram . The c ost of e?ucat i ng a per son f , r us eful work whi ch will convert him fr om a recipient o f relief pri s ingly low: ( ... ~t o a tax-pay e r ma y be s ur- �-12A literary program established by the Chicago Board of Jelfare demonstrated that teaching reading and arithmetic skills to a person for five years costs less than his relief checl<l for a single month. Providing educational and specialization opportunities to upper echelon personnel has long been an established practice in private enterprise and many different types of models exist from the outright granting of leaves of absence and fellowships for postgraduate study to intensive short-term courses. National Training Laboratories reports that since 1956 more than 3,000 top and middle executives have been sent by their companies to NTL c0nters in Maine, Florida and Arizona to acquire proficiency in working with the complex human problems inherent in the management process. The American Foundation for Management Research has heavy advanced bookings for its Management Learning Center where companies send teams of their top executives for intensive training in problem solving via the team approach. · It would seem that with the tremendous demand for managers and professional personnel forecast for the years ahead, it would be to the best interest of private enterprise to expand its facilities I for upward education a nd mobility so ,that the potential of the now i lesser s kille d c a n b e tapped. A report by Sibson & Co., New York management consultants, predicts that by 1984 there will be openings for 2 million top e x ecu~ives as comp a r e d to sqo,ooo now. I ,-Ji th careful though t, programs to c areer ize t h e i ndus t rial job I stru cture fr om t h e production l e v e l Throug h t he management lev el, via a lin k ing of education , s k ill t r aining and p r omot i onal op por1 tunities, cou ld we l l redound in eno rmo u s benefi ts to priv ate business I and society. .., �-13- MO~E REALISTIC TRAINING The high cost of personnel turn .over plagues private enterI prise. Many firm? have attempted to solve this problem by fraction- I ing jobs, employing moonlighters or part time workers, all of which solutionshave impermanence implicit in their very nature. Part of the reason for the excessive turn over rate is the lack of realistic advancement opportunities for the entry worker who has no clear paths to the middle and higher level positions. Careerizing the industry and providing career-oriented incentives including training and education would introduce the necessary motivation both prior to the job and on the job to fill these positions C and recruit the necessary employees. , Training programs not directly tied into job opportunities have not been entirely successful. After trainees have been taught skills, it has often been :found that there were no jobs available £or those skills. In other words, training has not been realistic. A comment on a government-sponsored training program, recently ! issued by the AFL-CIO Executive Councf l illustrates this danger: I "The government's training program provides for training, with payment of allowances up to · t ·wo years. Unfortunately, the present emphasis is often on training programs for jobs which are dead end as well as low wage. Moreover, as long as present training allowances remain as meager as they now are, fe w workers, especially heads of £amilies, can afford to forego the opportunity for immediate employment even a t loVJ wages -- :par t icularly if the~ e is no assurance o:f a job at t he end of the training p k riod . The government ' s p r ograms should be l inked wi t h job placement , when t r a i n I, i n g is compl~ted . • • 11 1 I r fr 1 1 stateme nt on t h e U b an Se pt. 12, 1 967 .. c·· ri s i s , .' I hd , ,. Jas hing · .mi me o rape ton, n.c., �,- I -14- 1 It appears logical that private enterprise is especially well I suited to train and educate workers, since it knows exactly what positions must be !:filled and what is needed to :fill them. In the words o:f the National Association o:f Manu£acturers: "• • • we should realize that the goals of an effective manpower policy should be to develop a more effective American work force; to create jobs which utilize abilities, and to match people and jobs efficiently • • • Industry has not only the expertise to achieve superior results, but it also has the vital interest in full utilization of human resources." ,Jith the training unde:::taken by industry as part of a careerized program, not only would trainees be more precisely matched I to available openings, but would also be immediately productive ·i I and would know that as they im~rove their skills they can step . I into more rev,arding jobs. As we have seen, many segments of a career incentive approach already exist in the creative projects, undertaken by private enterprise. An integrated New Careers Program for industry would pack- age advantageously techniques for recruiting the workers and providing motivation via skill training, ~ducation and clearly structured upgrading opportunities to create new f ources of manpower, reduc~ l labor turnover and combat unemployment. . . I . f rom a New Careers proThere are a number o f additional gains gram in the private sector: I ,Jorkers vtlll be able to move up cim their o wn industri j s as well as acquir i training enabling them to move to ot her indu+ rie s and to the p J lic sector if they so desire. C iNAM Reports, June I 9, 1967. I I I I l I I I �, ,--, I \ __, . -15- The program will provide new taxpayers and consumers, thus increasing aggregate c. C FR ,LP: jet '. ~ 'I f it will reduce wel.fare expenditures. � 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 NEW CAREERS IN INDUSTRY Frank Riessman, Ph.D. Directox New Careers Development Center and Lita Paniagua Associate Research Scientist New Careers Training Laboratory New York University November 1967 INTRODUCTION "Why not say we must train a million unemployed a year for unfilled jobs that already exist?" Bernard Asbell asks this cogent question in The New Improved American,* an analysis of the profound technological changes tak- ing place in the United States. He was referring to a puzzling American paradox: an acute shortage of workers coexistent with an acute shortage of jobs. While industry spends billions seeking out and training skilled and professional personnel, it also bears the costs of a high ratio of employee turnover, and helps to cover the huge losses caused to society through massive unemployment and underemployment of the unskilled. The solution of these problems has become an urgent concern of private enterprise in America. A New Careers program for industry would embody Mr. Asbell's Practical point of view. The program's goal: the creation of a rich resource of industry-oriented, highly skilled manpower, the reduction of personnel turnover, and the reduction of unemployment among the low skilled. Its method: expansion of new approaches to manpower recruitment, training and education already being utilized by private enterprise, plus structuring of visible oppor- tunities for promotion, upgrading and horizontal mobility for all workers. A New Careers model for industry would requires “veGraw-Hill, New York ,1965, p.43. le wi im Entry level positions in which workers can be immediately productive. Training immediately available and intricately connected to these entry positions. A visible career ladder between these entry positions and higher positions within the job hierarchy. Relevant training and education for higher positions directly available through the job. Sharp integration of training and education, because education is decisive for any major advancement. The responsibility for packaging this training to be undertaken by industry (or by a subcontracted training resource), rather than left to the worker, EW CAREERS IN INDUSTRY Private enterprise has moved to the forefront in the search for new designs that Will close the gap between the shortage of skilled manpower and the millions of jobless. Traditional methods of personnel recruitment are not producing the workers industry needs fast enough and in sufficient numbers, and the cost of the persistent effort to find adequate help is high: The New York Times estimates the yearly volume of its help- wanted classified and display ads at $30 million. The Los Angeles Times' volume in help-wanted ads is around $34 million. An officer of the New York Assn. of Personnel Agencies esti- mates that 85% of all jobs listed by private employment agen- cies in New York City include payment of the agency fee by the employer. "Comparable high percentages of fee-paid jobs would be found in other major cities", the officer said. "Many agencies will not even list an opening unless the fee is paid by the employer. It's a worker's market." (The average fee is 10% of the first month's salary.) A survey of hiring costs paid by 17 firms in the Rochester, N. Y. area (9 manufacturing and 6 non-manufacturing firms) indicates a total over 3 months (June and November, 1965 and February, 1966) of $278,000, with 2/3 of this amount reported by the manufacturing companies, and the balance by the non- manufacturing. Average cost per hire was $222 for manufacture ers and $138 for non-manfacturers. Spurred by the urgency of their requirements, business firms invest heavily in improving the skills and knowledge of their employees with educational and training programs: ". »« » In 1965 Business Week estimated a total amount of $18 billion and Fortune gave a higher figure of $24 billion (spent by private industry in this area). More recently, it has been estimated that industry spent $17 billion in 1966 in this area."2 1 Natl. Industrial Conference Board Record, "Hiring Costs", New York, January, 1967, 2NAM Reports, Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers, June 19, 1967. =25 A portion of these amounts was allocated to training programs designed to tap the unutilized potential of the natinn's unskilled, underemployed and unemployed labor force. Private enterprise has also begun developing innovative techniques of recruiting and hiring so as to bring the disadvantaged into the labor market. ' All indications point to the need for accelerating the drive to produce workers with sophisticated know-how, ",. . « The importance of developing solutions to unemployment problems is. . . significant in light of projections of job needs to 1975 as prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: while our population will increase by 16%, the labor force will inerease by an estimated 20% to include 94.1 million workers "1 ",. . « About 230,000 skilied and 350,000 semi-skilled workers are expected to be needed each year to replace those who retire or die."2 Following are some manpower needs projected to 1975, based on studies that include patterns of demand and consumer purchasing, technological development, new products and industries. 3 Millions of Workers Needed by 1975 and Employed in 1964 1975 1964. Manufacturing 23 17.3 Professional & Technical 13 8.5 Technicians, draftsmen, etc. 1.4 »825 Craftsmen, foremen, etc. 12S 9 Clerical 14 10.7 Sales 5.6 4.5 INatl. Assn. of Manufactureres, op. cit. 2Q0ecupational Outlook Handbook, Bull. 1450., U. S. Dept. of Labor, 1966-67, pp. 363-364. “compiled from Monthly Labor Review, March-April, 1965, U. S. Dept. of Labor, reprint 2462. =3= In the face of such existing and future needs, unemployment is intolerable. Nevertheless, the millions who languish without work continue to burden the economy and scholars, legislators, civic organizations and the press consistently diagnose the frustra- tions of the unemployed as a leading cause of social disruption. Concern over the lack of work for the disadvantaged and the ancillary social ills this causes has brought forth many proposals for emergency measures. The business community has become increas-= ingly involved in the discussion and on August 24, 1967 the Urban Coalition (a grouping of more than 800 community and business leaders from throughout the U. S.) called for the creation of at least one million "meaningful and socially useful" Fe The intent of the emergency measures suggested is laudable, but such proposals do not focus the problem so directly as does Bernard Asbell's apt phrase: "Why not say we must train a million unemployed a year for unfilled jobs that already exist?" This approach establishes a one-to-one relationship between industry's demand for skilled workers and the lack of work for tone term "meaningful" must be defined in two directions. From the employer's viewpoint meaningful work must supply a real need to his organization, help him to make a profit and not be subject to turnover of personnel. From the employee's viewpoint, meaningful work must do more than pay a wage. It must motivate him to remain on the job by giving him a sense of achievement and dignity, realistic opportunities for steady advancement and the assurance of permanent employment and continuing employability. Socially useful work produces goods and services, promotes a higher standard of living, provides fiscal revenue, creates stability, and furthers the goals of society. Make-work and dead-end jobs accomplish few of these aims, except temporarily, principally because they do not encourage permanence; do not motivate the worker beyond achieves ing more than his weekly wage; do not build morale and loyalty. the unemployed, As noted above, many firms are already actively exploring this direction, However, most programs do not yet go far beyond equipping the workers to function at the semi-skilled and entry level. Until now there has not been a complete step by step linking of training and education from basic skills and know- ledge to the highly skilled and middle management positions. To fully achieve such integration it is necessary to create a practical program that will devélas appropriate motivation in the unemployed or underemployed people so that they will not only accept entry level positions, but also become via education and training a reservoir of manpower for the middle line skilled, administrative, technical and even professional positions, A design for creating a New Careers program in industry for those now unskilled would utilize the availability of training for those thousands of openings as the incentive, the motivational impetus to bring the disadvantaged into the labor force. Xerox Corporation discovered in a recent experiment that good incentives can attract unsuspected numbers of persons ready and willing to work: hen Xerox announced that skill training and basic education were available in its Project Step-Up, it found among the applicants four times as many persons who did not need the training than those who did, and was able to hire them immediately as regular employees,1 1Telephone interview with J. ‘jestbrook MacPherson, ACSiJ, Manpower Resources Administrator, Xerox Corp., Rochester, N.Y. This would seem to support a statement by economist Charles Killingsworth: ",. 6 e it seems prcbable that imprcving employment prospects would tend to pull more people into the labor market and. . ~« raise the labor force participation rate." (Testimony before Senate Sub- commission on Employment and Manpower, Sept. 20, 1963.) =Sia THE NEW CAREERS MODEL As a solution to unemployment and the dire shortage of skilled and professional workers in the public sector, the New Careers approach was introduced with the passage of the Nelson-Scheuer Amendment in 1966, This legislation provided for the hiring, job- training and education of nonprofessionals by the public service agencies in the fields of health, education and welfare. Under its provisions, persons hired from the disadvantaged community work as auxiliary personnel and can receive time off from their jobs for education and training which will equip them to qualify for more responsible positions, All job classifications within the parti- cipating public agencies are to be "careerized", that is redefined and restructured so that employees may move upward gradually toward semi-professional and professicnal levels as they acquire experience and the necessary high school and academic education add credentials, part of which can be obtained during job time, The New York City Board of Education is Geveloping career lines for its teaching personnel. A program of advanced training and education with released time from the job to attend classes will enable entry-level teacher aides (non- professionals hired from the disadvantaged community) to advance to assistant teacher, teacher intern and certified teacher, with more responsibilities and higher salaries at each level, The Board has made special arrangements with local colleges and universities so that the auxiliaries will receive training, education and academic credit. In the private sector a similar New Careers program could be established with funds contributed by government or private founda- tions to such firms as desired financial aid, The model would require the following: nO i Entry level positions in which workers can be immediately productive. 2. Training immediately available and intricately connected to these entry positions, 3. A visible career ladder between these entry positions and higher positions within the job hierarchy. 4. Relevant training and education for higher positions directly available through the job. Se Sharp integration of training and education, because education is decisive for any major advancement, 6. The employer (or a subcontracted training resource) to be responsible for the packaging of this training and making it available to the worker, rather than leaving the responsibility for acquiring training and education up to the individual effort ofeach worker, In a sense the career incentive program would be directed toward the disadvantaged job candidate who asks, "Why should I take this dead-end beginning job which is boring, dirty and doesn't go anywhere?" The educational provisions would include making is possible for the employee to acquire basic knowledge (the 3 R's), high school equivalency and industry-related higher education leading to academic degrees. Education would take place, in part, during working hours with time released from the job for attending classes, The employee could advance to semi-skilled, skilled or middle manage-~ ment and administrative positions as heacquired education and train-= ing provided by the company, and demonstrated his capabilities, Funding for firms unable to carry the full costs of partici- pating in the program might be provided by government or private =7= foundations. Such funding would contribute toward entry level salaries, the special training and education programs, and outside technical assistance on such matters as setting up career line 1 structures, providing supportive services, etc. Private enterprise would have full autonomy on all aspects of administering such a program, including selection of personnel, development of training methods and educational curricula, choice of outside technical aid, if any is desired, and other components. INDUSTRY @XPLORES NE.J GROUND IN MANPO'JER DEVELOPMENT An interesting experiment in job-training with funds supplied by government and private industry is under way at Jestern Electiic Co., in Kearny, N. J.: The U, S. Departments of Commerce, Health and Labor contri- buted $1 million and ten private companies contributed $340,000 to Western Electric's pilot training project which began operation in January, 1967. Each week 40 persons from the disadvantaged community are enrolled for a rotating 9 week course in basic education and technical skills to qualify for entry jcbs in the metal industries. Instructors in basic education are supplied by the New Jersey State Dept. of Education and technical training is imparted by experts from the industry. Trainees receive $41 per week while train- ing, plus $5 per dependent. To date (Oct., 1967) 361 persons have completed the course and 216 have been hired by 70 companies in the Newark area, A spokesman for ‘Jestern Glectric believes that the program will continue permanently, with increasing participation by, private firms, He said, "le're telling them 'come on in, the water's fine'", lrunding arrangements might be worked out on a scale of 90% of the above costs for the first year, with decreasing percentages in the following years, moving on toward 0% at some later point, Such a procedure is followed. by public service agencies and government under the New Careers Program in the public sector, -3—_ Although the jJestern Electric project is limited to preparing the trainees to qualify only for entry jobs, this experiment might easily be expanded to include both higher skill training and educa- tion to provide the industries of the area with a more specialized source of manpower. Even middle-size companies can benefit from facilitating educational opportunities to employees, as has been demonstrated by another program in the New Jersey area: lellington Printing Industries of Trenton, N. J. has found it practical and economical to establish an educational incentive program which covers tuition and text-book costs (and tutoring when necessary) for its employees who wish to obtain elementary, high school and college education, At present 10% of the 400 employees participate, and larger enrollments are expected in the coming term. Total cost to the company is considered "negligible". Business Manager Nathan Mayer says: "Some of our men have been able fin only two years to acquire a high school diploma and go on to college. Some who started as helpers on a machine crew two years ago now work as foremen, The program has supplied us with permanent, capable workers, and we plan to expand it," He adds: "'e put the program into effect not from a desire to perform good works, but as a practical solution to our problem of not being able to find the skilled help we need," ‘lellington Industries also decided to discard conventional methods of hiring. Most applicants for entry positions are under- educated and unskilled. Mr. Mayer says: "We decided to adopt the policy of hiring on a first come, first served basis and to elimi- nate the costly and often meaningless effort spent on interviewing and testing. Although he may be a capable, willing worker, a job applicant from the disadvantaged population may not know how to make a good impression in an interview, and a poor previous work record may indicate only that he had not had sufficient motivation -O= in the past to remain on a job, Our assumption is that a man who is willing to work can be motivated to become a permanent employee and to upgrade himself for positions that are increasingly valuable to himself and to us." Although the ‘Jellington employees now attend school on their own time, the company's interest in helping them acquire an educa- tion and the visible opportunities for promotion have motivated an encouraging number of workers to take on the often difficult task of attending classes. It is logical to suppose that with time on the job available for education a much larger number of workers would participate. Other companies make education available to their employees on company tima: The DuPont Company recently completed its first experiment in providing basic education to its under-educated employees, Language skills were taught on company time to 46 veteran employees who are now eligible to take skill-training courses offered by DuPont, These courses are given to unskilled employees after they have passed an initial period of fami- liarization in the firm's labor pool, Instruction is on company time, two full days weekly, Trainees study at their own pace, with the help of a supervisor who answers specific questions, After completing the training, the employces work in the division for which they have prepared, Jorkers can upgrade themselves to perform higher skills leading to foreman positions by attending technical schools of their own time, but with aid from the company on tuition, The Polareid Corporation of Cambridge, Mass. offers courses to its enployees ranging from basic English and conversational Russiaa to polymer chemistry. (There is no academic credit Giv«i: Tar these courses, ) It would scem feasible in each instance to link the instruction offered so that employees could obtain accredited education and higher skilis to qualify them for positions requiring more education and expertise, -10=- The programs developed by private enterprise in working with the under=educated are not limited to heavy or manufacturing industries, Service institutions, such as banks, have also found it worthwhile to reach out to the disadvantaged for recruiting workers and facilitating education to them on the job. Chase Manhattan Bank established a job-training program in 1964 for high school students from the hard-core poverty areas. Many of the trainees are potential drop-outs and have police records. Students entering the program at the junior year of high school receive 21 months of basic educa- tion and instruction in banking and finance, They attend classes at the bank from 2 to 5 p.m, daily and are paid $1.86 per hour, They continue to attend high school during the morning. After graduation they are hired for entry clerical positions. They may go on to college on their own time, with aid from the bank via its tuition refund program. Xerox Corporation's Project Step-Up was another valuable demon- stration of the response of the poor to a program that links educa- tion to employment, Project Step-Up was created to explore the feasibility of recruiting, hiring, training and giving remedial education to persons from the underprivileged community. The program was postulated on two basic assumptions: 1. It is good business, one that enhances the profit- making apparatus. 20 The company could cut a clear path for itself to a realistic solution for one of the nation's most complex problems: How to open up skilled employment oppor= tunities to the unemployed, Many of the trainees had police records, bad credit ratings and spotty employment histories,’ To qualify for training they had to be unemployed or underemployed, receive substantially less than a passing score on the company's regular employe ment tests and not have finished high schcol, The 19 week training period took place during the day=shift working hours, 40% of the time was for classroom instruction, and the rest for work and informal counseling to support the new learning and adjustment to supervision and work rules, Trainees were paid an hourly rate slightly below that for ee Tse regular new employees and were eligible for all company benefits, All the trainees completed the program and qualified for regular employment, Foremen reported that trainees adjusted well and met all standards, Xerox officials were impressed by the trainees' commitment, their perseverance and their overall reaction to the training, the work environment and to other employees, The regular employees strongly supported the program, A Xerox spokesman said that the program was economical because aside from the men who were trained, the company was able to hire immediately four times as many applicants who did not need training. Furthermore, he said, the company feels the program paid for itself with the new knowledge gained as to methods of recruiting and moti- vating disadvantaged employees. These techniques will now be applied by Rochester Jobs, Inc., an organization of 70 firms in the area which will act as a non-profit public service agency to hire, counsel and train workers from the underprivileged community. Many other firms in the U. S. have found that providing basic education to their employees is a worthwhile investment and that the cost is not high. A basic literary program utilizing audio-visual techniques developed by MIND (Methods of Intellectual Development, subsidiary of Corn Preducts, Argo, Ill.) costs $240 per person, if administered by the firm purchasing the service, or $450 if administered by MIND. Academic escalations of 4 grade levels e@an be achieved with under-educated adults in 160 hours of MIND's basic education program. The cost of educating a person for useful work which will cone vert him from a recipient of relief nto a tax-payer may be sur- prisingly lows -l2- & literary program established by the Chicago Board of lelfare demonstrated that teaching reading and arithmetic skills to a person for five years costs less than his relief check for a single month, Providing educational and specialization opportunities to upper echelon personnel has long been an established practice in private enterprise and many different types of models exist from the out- right granting of leaves of absence and fellowships for postgraduate study to intensive short-term courses, National Training Laboratories reports that since 1956 more than 3,000 top and middle executives have been sent by their companies to NTL centers in Maine, Florida and Arizona to acquire proficiency in working with the complex human problems inherent in the management process. The American Foundation for Management Research has heavy advanced bookings for its Management Learning Center where companies send teams of their top executives for intensive training in problem solving via the team approach, It would seem that with the tremendous demand for managers and professional personnel forecast for the years ahead, it would be to the best interest of private enterprise to expand its facilities for upward education and mobility so that the potential of the now lesser skilled can be tapped, A report by Sibson & Co., New York management consultants, predicts that by 1984 there will be openings for 2 million top executives as compared to 500,000 now. Jith careful thought, programs to careerize the industrial job structure from the production level through the management level, via a linking of education, skill training and promotional oppor-= tunities, could well redound in enormous benefits to private business and society. =-13— MORE REALISTIC TRAINING The high cost of personnel turn over plagues private enter- prise, Many firms have attempted to solve this problem by fraction-~ ing jobs, employing moonlighters or part time workers, all of which solutionshave impermanence implicit in their very nature. Part of the reason for the excessive turn over rate is the lack of realistic advancement opportunities for the entry worker who has no clear paths to the middle and higher level positions, Careerizing the industry and providing career-oriented incentives including training and education would introduce the necessary moti- vation both prior to the job and on the job to fill these positions and recruit the necessary employees, Training programs not directly tied into job opportunities have not been entirely successful, After trainees have been taught skills, it has often been found that there were no jobs available for those skills, In other words, training has not been realistic. & comment on a government-sponsored training program, recently issued by the AFL-CIO Executive Council illustrates this danger: "The government's training program provides for training, with payment of allowances up to two years. Unfortunately, the present emphasis is often on training programs for jobs which are dead end as well as low wage. Moreover, as long as present training allowances remain as meager as they now are, few workers, especially heads of families, can afford to forego the opportunity for immediate employment even at low wages == particularly if there is no assurance of a job at the end of the training period, The government's programs should be linked with job placement, when train- ing is completed, . ."L 1 statement on the Urban Crisis, mimeographed, washington, D.C.,; Sept. 12, 1967. | | milan It appears logical that private enterprise is especially well suited to train and educate workers, since it knows exactly what positions must be filled and what is needed to fill them, In the words of the National Association of Manufacturers: ", . « we should realize that the goals of an effective manpower policy should be to develop a more effective American work force; to create jobs which utilize abilities, and to match people and jobs efficiently. . . Industry has not only the expertise to achieve superior results, but it also has the vital interest in full utilization of human resources," ith the training undextaken by industry as part of a career-= ized program, not only would trainees be more precisely matched to available openings, but would also be immediately productive and would know that as they improve their skills they can step into more rewarding jobs. As we have seen, many segments of a career incentive approach already exist in the creative projects undertaken by private enter= prise. An integrated New Careers Program for industry would pack- age advantageously techniques for recruiting the workers and pro-= viding motivation via skill training, Leunetven and clearly structured upgrading opportunities to create new Lacrdes of manpower, reduce labor turnover and combat unemployment. There are a number of additional Laiea from a New Careers pro- gram in the private sector: workers will be able to move up on their own industries as well as acquire training enabling them to move to other industries and to the public sector if they so desire, 1iNAM Reports, June 19, 1967. -15= The program will provide new taxpayers and consumers, thus increas- ing aggregate demand; it will reduce welfare expenditures, FR,LP: jet  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 11, Document 27 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/19db855a77035c6635506b143ae0ed85.pdf 0f2d03de8aa644290480fab251eb5ffc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30314 February 8, 1968 SCHOOi. OF ARTS AND SCI ENC ES Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Director of Governmental Liaison City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dan: Thanks for your letter of February 6th reconnnending Mr. Johnny Robinson to serve on our planning connnittee for the New Careers conference. I shall contact Mr. Robinson today. In regard to the involvement of the Urban Coalition, we are considering the idea of inviting representatives from industry to attend the conference. Frank Riessman suggested the idea in that the Federal government is asking for greater participation from private industry in regard to employing the hard core poor. I am not certain that this is an area of concern for the Urban Coalition. However, the employment of the poor is of major concern for urban areas . The New Careers strategy has implications for industry. I am enclosing a copy of a paper on "New Careers in Industry" by Riessman and Paniagua . If you feel that the steering connnittee of the At1anta Urban Coalition would be interested in the conference, we shall be glad to work with you. Sincerely yours, ~ TILMAN C. COTHRAN Director TCC:dwa � 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 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314 February 8, 1968 SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Director of Governmental Liaison City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dan: Thanks for your letter of February 6th recommending Mr. Johnny Robinson to serve on our planning committee for the New Careers conference. I shall contact Mr. Robinson today. In regard to the involvement of the Urban Coalition, we are con- sidering the idea of inviting representatives from industry to attend the conference. Frank Riessman suggested the idea in that the Federal government is asking for greater participation from private industry in regard to employing the hard core poor. I am not certain that this is an area of concern for the Urban Coalition. However, the employment of the poor is of major concern for urban areas. The New Careers strategy has implications for industry. I am enclosing a copy of a paper on "New Careers in Industry" by Riessman and Paniagua. If you feel that the steering committee of the Atlanta Urban Coalition would be interested in the con- ference, we shall be glad to work with you. Sincerely yours, Uf A——— TILMAN C, COTHRAN Director TCC:dwa ptete®  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 11, Document 26 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8f9588c85aaca180b8085dec6c41f958.pdf 38854c2419529f7d4ee478ac32e3082f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30314 February 3, 1968 PHONE 4 0 4 - 5 2 3 - 4 3 0 3 MULTI- PURPOSE TRAINING CENTER Mayor Ivan Al len Cit y Hall Atlant a, Georgia Dear Mayor Al len: During the past six weeks, members of Atlanta University OEO Multi-Purpose Training Center have received training at the Frank Riessrnan New Careers Laboratory of New York University. We are excited over the possibility of the new careers strategy for moving poor people out of poverty. Basically, the new careers idea provides an alternative avenue to the present credentials system based on high s chool diploma and other degrees for the achievement of professional and sld..lled positions. The approach requires that individuals be employed in a position with the existence of a career ladder, training and education, both in educational institutions and on the job. For individuals who have dropped out of the school system and who are hostile toward returning to it, this program seems to be a major opportunity. While the ne1-i careers approach is being tested in several major cities throughout the country, we feel that it is advisable to make key individuals in the Southeastern Region familiar with the approach. Accordingly, the Atlanta University OEO Multi-Purpose Training Center is interested in the possibility of a joint community action agencies and industry conference on the new careers strategy. Dr. Riessrnan has assured us of support and participation from his staff. This letter invites you or a designated person to serve on the planning committee for the regional conference. The planning committee will be concerned with the following items: 1. The desirability and feasibility of such a conference; 2. The conference participants; 3. Time and place; 4. Program content; and 5. Conference follow-up procedures. �February 3, 1968 Page 2 The new careers approach seems to be an excellent strategy for cooperating with President Johnson 1 s request of industry to employ hard core poor people, and for helping comrnuriity action agencies, welfare departments, boards of education, health departments , and other large public and private agencies, to provide career ladders vis-a-vis deadend jobs for the poor. Yow.~ early response to t his invitation will be appreciated greatly~ Sincerely yours, ff!?___g ~ad.~~ V/2~~ C. Cothran Director Multi-Purpose Training Center TCC :mk Sent to: Mr. James Parham Mr . W.L. Montague Mr . Wm. Norwood Mr. Donald Hollowell Mr. John Dean Mr. Clarence Coleman � 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 7 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY 2 ul fo ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314 kv WV > fh 7 a A ~ February 3, 1968 4 404-523-4303 MULTI-PURPOSE TRAINING CENTER PHONE Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: During the past six weeks, members of Atlanta University OEO Multi-Purpose Training Center have received training at the Frank Riessman New Careers Laboratory of New York University. We are excited over the possibility of the new careers strategy for moving poor people out of poverty. Basically, the new careers idea provides an alternative avenue to the present credentials system based on high school diploma and other degrees for the achievement of professional and skilled positions. The approach requires that individuals be employed in a position with the existence of a career ladder, training and education, both in educational institutions and on the job. For individuals who have dropped out of the school system and who are hostile toward returning to it, this program seems to be a major opportunity. While the new careers approach is being tested in several major cities throughout the country, we feel that it is advisable to make key individuals in the Southeastern Region familiar with the approach, Accordingly, the Atlanta University OEO Multi-Purpose Training Center is interested in the possibility of a joint community action agencies and industry conference on the new careers strategy. Dr. Riessman has assured us of support and participation from his staff, This letter invites you or a designated person to serve on the planning committee for the regional conference, The planning committee will be concerned with the following items: 1. The desirability and feasibility of such a conference; 2. The conference participants; 3. Time and places h. Program content; and 5. Conference follow-up procedures. atanee Yea February 3, 1968 Page 2 The new careers approach seems to be an excellent strategy for cooperating with President Johnson's request of industry to employ hard core poor people, and for helping community action agencies, welfare departments, boards of education, health departments, and other large public and private agencies, to provide career ladders vis-a-vis deadend jobs for the poor. Your early response to this invitation will be appreciated greatly. Sincerely yours, 5 i] 4 2 p Tilman C, Cothran Director Multi-Purpose Training Center TCC z:mk Sent to: Mr, James Parham Mr. W.L. Montague Mr. Wm. Norwood Mr. Donald Hollowell Mr. John Dean Mr, Clarence Coleman  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 11, Document 25 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ffb36a3df082d188917648e2156990f1.pdf 802eeab01d358482b4632df3599aaac0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Febl"uary 6, 1968 Dr. Tilman C . Cothran, Dire ctor M ulti-Purpose Training Center Atlanta University Atlanta , Georgia 30314 Dear Tilman: Mayor A llen has asked that I answer your letter 0£ February 3 regarding the establishment of your planning committee to plan fo'J' a New Ca:reers conference in this area . As I mentioned to you on the telephone this morning, Johnny Robinson has been working with the CEP people at EOA on a New Careers application £or our Model Cities Program. He is aware of the program and bett r informed than anyone else in City Hall on its dvantages. He will be av i1 ble to meet with your planning committ to discuss the items outlined in yolll' letter. I would ppreciate any specific sujge tions s to your ide s on th involv ment of the Urban Coalition in conferenc and I will be gl d to pursue this with the rnemb ra of the Ste ring Committ of the Atlanta Urb n Co lition. Sincer . ly your , Dan Sw DSrfy t � 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 February 6, 1968 Dr. Tilman CC. Cothran, Director Multi-Purpose Training Center Atlanta University Atlanta, Georgia 30314 Dear Tilman: Mayor Allen has asked that I answer your letter of February 3 regarding the establishment of your planning committee to plan for a New Careers conference in this area. As I mentioned to you on the telephone this morning, Johnny Robinson has been working with the CEP people at EOA ona New Careers application for our Model Cities Program. He is aware of the program and better informed than anyone else in City Hall on its advantages. He will be available to meet with your planning committee to discuss the items outlined in your letter. I would appreciate any specific sufgestions as to your ideas on the involvement of the Urban Coalition in a conference and I will be glad to pursue this with the members of the Steering Committee of the Atlanta Urban Coalition. 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 11, Document 24 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8516086660ee7f16b95e51cb3c6b5041.pdf e5c735871ac555f11129be474bc90fd0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF ECONOMIC CJllll()l~TlJNITY WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20506 February 14, 1968 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: Thank you for the prompt reply to my telegram regarding the possible employment of staff personnel from four of our Job Corps Centers. I know that I speak for the staff personnel involved when I say that your kind and thoughtful consideration for their welfare, together with your prompt offer of assistance and cooperation in an attempt to find employment for them, is deeply appreciated. With every best wish. � 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 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506 OPPORTUNITY vabrwzy 1h, 196 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: Thank you for the prompt reply to my telegram regard- ing the possible employment of staff personnel from four of our Job Corps Centers. I know that I speak for the staff personnel involved when I say that your kind and thoughtful consideration for their welfare, together with your prompt offer of assistance and cooperation in an attempt to find employ- ment for them, is deeply appreciated. With every best wish. Sincerely, x |\ 7 | VK We Kelly Director \ Job Corps ~  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 11, Document 23 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9b701627e8d97fcdb1d999eb12d3b759.pdf 12e74f7400ee458bdba20783ba486872 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February 16, 1968 M r . Albert J . Bows Vice President and Partner-in-Charge Arthur Andersen & Company Bank of Beorgia Building Atlanta, Georgia _30303 Dear Mr . Bows : Attached is a letter from Dr. Tilman C. Cothran of Atlanta University concerning the New Careers in Industry program. I believe this mlght relate more to the Chamb r ' s Task Force on Priv t Employment. I would pp reci te any suggestions or ideas that you or yout' colleagues might have to offer in conn cticm with Dr. Cothran' progr m . Sine rely your , D n Swe t DS:fy Ettclo u!' � 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 February 16, 1968 Mr. Albert J. Bows Vice President and Partner-in-Charge Arthur Andersen & Company Bank of Georgia Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Bows; Attached is a letter from Dr. Tilman C. Cothran of Atlanta University concerning the New Careers in Industry program. I believe this might relate more to the Chamber's Task Force on Private Employment, I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas that you or your colleagues might have to offer in connection with Dr. Cothran's program. Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS: fy Enclosures  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 11, Document 22 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/17b4355c03e90eeba7ab65567169c4be.pdf 7d9e80daa8b33fcdd2803f72d4df49f6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February 16, 1968 M r . Albert J . Bows Vice President and Partner-in-Charge Arthur Andersen & Company Bank of Beorgia Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dea r Mr . Bows: Attached is a letter from Dr. Tilman C. Cothran of Atlanta University concerning the New Careers in Industry program. I believe this might relate more to the Chamb r 's Task Force on Private Employment. I would ppreciat any suggestions or id as that you or your colleagues might have to offer in conn ction with Di- . Cothran' program. Sine rely your , Dan Sw DS:fy Enclo ure t � 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 February 16, 1968 Mr. Albert J. Bows Vice President and Partner-in-Charge Arthur Andersen & Company Bank of Georgia Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Bows: Attached is a letter from Dr. Tilman C. Cothran of Atlanta University concerning the New Careers in Industry program. I believe this might relate more to the Chamber's Task Force on Private Employment, I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas that you or your colleagues might have to offer in connection with Dr. Cothran's program. Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS:fy Enclosures  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 11, Document 21 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8b5994e79f20e2fffb2e81662a57334b.pdf 935b58b8ae951d85d9eb6f7131904201 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. A STATEMENT ABOUT THE PARENT AND CHILD CENTER PARENT AND CHILD CENTERS (FCC) are establishe d to pro v ide services for disadv antaged families who hav e one or mor e children under the a ge of thr~e. Many of the families will also have seve ral older children, or will be planning or e x pecting to have a bab y . In many cases, a FCC will be linked with a comprehensive Neighborhood Service Center, an organization which offers the residents of a spe t i i ied geographic area access to a wide range of services and processes de s igned . to help them out of povert y . In others, a FCC may cooperate with a center which may be or ganized around one certain function, s uch as a Neighborhood Health Center. Such centers ne ed not necessaril y be f und e d by OEO . Affiliation with a Neighborhood Center facilitates one of the basic objectives of the FCC, that of bringing the whole famil y into contact with a broad range of services. The PCCs are funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in cooperation with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare , the Department of Labor, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Objectives In general, the PCCs are established to help families to function independentl y and e ffectively and f or their children to develop to their full potential. In more specific terms, the programs developed by the plannin~ groups should have the objectives of: 1. Overcoming deficits in health, intellectual, social, and emotional development and max imizing the child's inherent talents and potentialities; 2. Improving the skills, confidenc e , attitudes, and motiv&tions of the pare nts as citi ze ns, parent s , and indiv iduals; 3. Str e ng thenin g famil y org ani zation and functioning by involving the youngest childre n, the pare nts, older childr e n in the famil y, and r e lativ es ; 4. Encouraging a gr e ater sense of c ormnunit y and neighborliness amon g the families s e r ve d by th e center ; 5. Prov iding training and e x perie nc e f o r both pro fe s s ional s and non - profe s sional s who may the n be employ e d in wo r k with par ents and ch ildren; 6. Serv ing as a lo cus f or r esear ch and eva lu at i on of pr og re s s t oward the obj ec t ives st ated above . The Atl ant a Parent and Ch i l d Center is bei ng p l anned in th e Edgewood Cormnu n i ty. � 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 A STATEMENT ABOUT THE PARENT AND CHILD CENTER PARENT AND CHILD CENTERS (PCC) are established to provide services for disadvantaged families who have one or more children under the age of three. Many of the families will also have several older children, or will be plan- ning or expecting to have a baby. In many cases, a PCC will be linked with a comprehensive Neighborhood Service Center, an organization which offers the residents of a spacified geographic area access to a wide range of services and processes designed .to help them out of poverty. In others, a PCC may cooperate with a center which may be organized around one certain function, such as a Neighborhood Health Center. Such centers need not necessarily be funded by OKO, Affili- ation with a Neighborhood Center facilitates one of the basic objectives of the PCC, that of bringing the whole family into contact with a broad range of services. The PCCs are funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in cooperation with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Objectives In general, the PCCs are established to help families to function in- dependently and effectively and for their children to develop to their full potential. In more specific terms, the programs developed by the planning groups should have the objectives of: Ll, Overcoming deficits in health, intellectual, social, and emotional development and maximizing the child's inherent talents and potentialities; 2, Improving the skills, confidence, attitudes, and motivations of the parents as citizens, parents, and individuals; a5 Strengthening family organization and functioning by involving the youngest children, the parents, older children in the Family, and relatives; 4, Encouraging a greater sense of community and neighborliness among the families served by the center; Sy Providing training and experience for both professionals and non-professionals who may then be employed in work with parents and children; 6. Serving as a locus for research and evaluation of progress toward the objectives stated above. The Atlanta Parent and Child Center is being planned in the Edgewood Community,  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 11, Document 20 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/548e61495885444400ec227689d13d15.pdf d11af7bca992f64eabfb83789a50c4b7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE THOMAS K . GLENN MEMORIAL BUILDING 69 BUTLER STREET, S. E. ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH December 29, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Sir: We would like to invite you to a special informational meeting for local administrative officials and elected representatives from the area to be served by the Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Cent er that is being organized in South Atlanta. Funds for this Center come from the "Neighborhood Health Center Program" of the Office of Economic Opportunity. The meeting will be held in our temporary quarters, 1070 Washington Street, S. W., from 4:00 to 5:30 P. M., Wednesday, January 10, 1968. The staff that has been hired to date wil l participate in the program, including representatives from the Dental Unit, Education Unit, Medical Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Nursing Unit. There will be ample time to answer any questions that y ou have after our presentation. We hope that you or a designated representative for you wil l be able to be present at this meeting. Sincerely yours, 143.215.248.55tU.:_ Dr. William Marine Associate Profe ssor Proj e ct Co- Director Dr. Calvin A. Brown, J r. Assistant Professor Project Co- Director � 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 EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE THOMAS K. GLENN MEMORIAL BUILDING 69 BUTLER STREET, 5. E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH December 29, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr, City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Sir: We would like to invite you to a special informational meeting for local administrative officials and elected representatives from the area to be served by the Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center that is being organized in South Atlanta, Funds for this Center come from the "Neighborhood Health Center Program! of the Office of Economic Opportunity. The meeting will be held in our temporary quarters, 1070 Wash- ington Street, S. W., from 4:00 to 5:30 P. M., Wednesday, January 10, 1968. The staff that has been hired to date will participate in the program, including representatives from the Dental Unit, Education Unit, Medical Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Nursing Unit. There will be ample time to answer any questions that you have after our present= ation. We hope that you or a designated representative for you will be able to be present at this meeting. Sincerely yours, , Wu DY é CLA E- oe ae heap, Chad Sfa4 Dr. William Marine Dr. Calvin A, Brown, Jr. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Project Co-Director Project Co-Director hes  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 11, Document 2 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9f6bf9fced91ce73c7574b72fac441c8.pdf 64647ef27f4a3323a7ec8c122fb3bd36 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Parent Child Center Briefing Conference Sammye E. Coan Middle School 1500 Boulevard Drive, S. E. January 10-11, 1968 Tentative Agenda Wednesday, January 10 - 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Opening Statements Mr. Ralph Long, Principal Sammye E. Coan Middle School Introductions ---------------------------- _Miss Ann Ingram, Planning Director Parent and Child Center Remarks ---------------------------------- Mr. T. M. Parham, Executive Administrator Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Mr. J. H. Calhoun, Assistant for Community Development, EOA A VISIT TO THE "PCC FAIR" (Exhibits, Displays in School Gymnasium) Informal Dis cuss ion and Re freshments Thursday, January 11 9:00 - 11:30 A.M. PRESENTATIONS Presiding : "What' s Now Being Done" Dr. Boyd McCandless Director of Educationa l Psychology Emory Universit y Infant Education Project Institute for Deve lopme nt of Human Resources, University of Florida Project Know How - Dr. Richard M. Dunham Department of Human Development Florida State Univers it y Project Enable �Tentative Agenda Page 2 New School Projects - Dr. Jarvis Barnes Assistant Superintendent for Research and Development Atlanta Public Schools STRETCH BREAK 11:30 - 11:40 A.M. 11:40 . A.M. - 1:00 P.M. PANEL "Who's Interested in the PCC" Presiding: Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate -Administrator for Community Services Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Social Services - Mrs Camille Jeffers, Atlanta University School of Social Work Health Services - Mrs. Phylli s Siefferman Kirkwood Health Center DeKalb County Health Department Recreation - Mr. Aaron Watson, Director Sammye E. Coan Community School Housing Nei ghborhood Facili t i es Prog ram Regional of fic e , HUD Employment Bure au of Work Programs U. S. Departme n t of Labor 1:00 - 2:00 P . M. LUNCH (School Cafeteria ) 2 :00 - 3 :15 P. M. Sma l l Group Discussions (Group assi gnments determined by number$ given at beginning of day - Each group will have leader, recorder, cons ultant) 3 : 15 - 3: 30 P. M. STRETCH BREAK 3 :30 - 4:3 0 P.M. Summary Session Presi ding: Mr. J ohnny Popwe ll , Direc to r Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center (Reports from smal l groups ) (Remar ks from Pro j ect Officer, Pro j ect Coord ina tqr, etc.) � 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 Parent Child Center Briefing Conference Sammye E. Coan Middle School 1500 Boulevard Drive, S. E. January 10-11, 1968 Tentative Agenda Wednesday, January 10 - 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Opening Statements ----------=------------ Mr. Ralph Long, Principal : Sammye E. Coan Middle School Introductions -------<--2 222-99 9-2-eeeer=== Miss Ann Ingram, Planning Director Parent and Child Center Remarks -<-----9---- 8 enn n enna reece cee ee-e- Mr. T. M. Parham, Executive Administrator Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Mr. J. H. Calhoun, Assistant for Community Development, EOA A VISIT TO THE "PCC FAIR" (Exhibits, Displays in School Gymnasium) Informal Discussion and Refreshments Thursday, January 11 9:00 - 11:30 A.M. PRESENTATIONS "What's Now Being Done" Presiding: Dr. Boyd McCandless Director of Educational Psychology Emory University Infant Education Project = Institute for Development of Human Resources, University of Florida Project Know How - Dr. Richard M. Dunham Department of Human Development Florida State University Project Enable Tentative Agenda Page 2 New School Projects = Dr. Jarvis Barnes Assistant Superintendent for Research and Development Atlanta Public Schools 11:30 - 11:40 A.M. STRETCH BREAK 11:40 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. PANEL "Who's Interested in the PCC" Presiding: Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Community Services Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Social Services - Mrs Camille Jeffers, Atlanta University School of Social Work Health Services - Mrs. Phyllis Siefferman Kirkwood Health Center DeKalb County Health Department Recreation - Mr. Aaron Watson, Director Sammye E. Coan Community School Housing - Neighborhood Facilities Program Regional office, HUD Employment - Bureau of Work Programs U. S. Department of Labor 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. LUNCH (School Cafeteria) 2:00 - 3:15 P.M. Small Group Discussions (Group assignments determined by numbers given at beginning of day - Each group will have leader, recorder, con- sultant) gt) 2 3730 (PSM; STRETCH BREAK 3230: = 4:30 P.M. Summary Session Presiding: Mr. Johnny Popwell, Director Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center (Reports from small groups) (Remarks from Project Officer, Project Coordinator, etc.)  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 11, Document 19 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/61e56318eebd9a5ddfef61f014976031.pdf 7389de5c55e7fb17d489c51a85b99467 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ECOJVOMl<C OPIPORT!ffNJJtY A7flANJ!A IN CORPORATE. P IOI MARIETTA STREET .8LD6., ATLANTA, &EOR0IA 30303 TELEPHONE S25-4-2 62 January 2, 1968 Invitation to Parent and Child Center Briefing Conference We are completing plans for our Parent and Child Center Briefing Conference to be held at the Sarnrnye E. Coan Middle School, 1500 Boulevard Drive, S. E., on January 10 and 11, 1968. Knowing of your. ·. inter.ese:· in such program$, we wish to invite you to attend . The hours for the conference are: 7:00-9:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 10. 9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. - Thursday, January 11. We are enclosing for your information a tentative agenda of conference events and a brief statement describing the Parent Child Center idea. We do hope that you will be able to participate in the conference for we know that you can make a valuable contribution to its success and to the development of a plan for the Parent and Child Center itself . Please call Miss Ann Ingram, Planning Director, at 688-6232 or Mr. Johnny Popwell, at 378-3643 if you have questions or suggestions about the conference. We'll see you there'.'. � 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 ECGNOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATIANTA INCORPORATED /O!l MARIETTA STREET BLDG. , ATLANTA, GEORG/A 30303 TELEPHONE $25-4262 January 2, 1°68 Invitation to Parent and Child Center Briefing Conference We are completing plans for our Parent and Child Center Briefing Conference to be held at the Sammye E. Coan Middle School, 1500 Boulevard Drive, S. E., on January 10 and 11, 1968. Knowing of your interest: in such programs, we wish to invite you to attend. The hours for the conference are: 7:00-9:00 P.M. - Wednesday, January 10. 9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. - Thursday, January 11. We are enclosing for your information a tentative agenda of conference events and a brief statement describing the Parent Child Center idea. We do hope that you will be able to participate in the conference for we know that you can make a valuable contribution to its success and to the development of a plan for the Parent and Child Center itself. Please call Miss Ann Ingram, Planning Director, at 688-6232 or Mr. Johnny Popwell, at 378-3643 if you have questions or suggestions about the con- ference. We'll see you there!!  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 11, Document 18 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b7500400d49a40f8cfee4363d8ff3540.pdf 8c72f723b50aef68d09d38a14709176b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. JECVJlvOMIC 0/PIPORTUNJTY A7flANJfA IN CORPORATE: D IOI MARIETTA STREET 13LD6., ATLANTA, &EOR0IA .30303 TELE?HONE 525-4-2.62 Ja~uary 2, E68 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: We would like to include on our printed program for the Parent and Child Center Briefing Conference endorsement stateme~ts from "opinion-makers" in various fields that would be concerned with the development of a Parent and Child Center for Atlanta. We feel that a brief statement (one to five sentences) from you would greatly enhance our program. We will be h~ppy to come to your office to get your endorsement if it is not convenient for you to mail it to us in the enclosed envelope. In order to complete the printing at our program, we will need to have this by Monday, January 8; 1968. Please call Miss Ann Ingram, Planning Director, at 688-6232 if you have any questions. Thank you so very much for your concern and cooperation . Very truly yours, /,U/~ Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Community Services HEB : jm / -'· � 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 INCORPORATED /O/ MARIETTA STREET BLDG. , ATLANTA, GEORG/A 320303 TELEPHONE S25-4262 January 2, 1°68 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: We would like to include on our printed program for the Parent and Child Center Briefing Conference endorsement statements from "opinion-makers" in various fields that would be concerned with the development of a Parent and Child Center for Atlanta. We feel that a brief statement (one to five sentences) from you would greatly en- hance our program. We will be happy to come to your office to get your endorsement if it is not convenient for you to mail it to us in the enclosed envelope. In order to complete the printing of our program, we will need to have this by Monday, January 8, 1968. Please call Miss Ann Ingram, Planning Director, at 688-6232 if you have any questions. Thank you so very much for your concern and cooperation, Very truly yours, Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Community Services ee af / HEB : jm  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 11, Document 17 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/5ba63131e07df5bc4a2ca15caaa4f7c0.pdf 5e2cb1845e3ab6beb87a1e1e3cf6896c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ~/~ ROU~ TO: FROM: 0 Ivan Allen, Jr. For your information ~ e refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. D Advise m e th e sta tus of the a ttached. ( (;------ - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - -/ F ORM 25-4 � 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 ROUTE SLI 50 es s FROM: Ivan Allen, Jr. (| For your information 1 Piccee refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. (_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4  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 11, Document 16 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/dcb93aa468db044f49adee79d03f1268.pdf 498fe68a28e36c5264942ec98741cfa9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE TO HELP FAMILIES BECOME AWARE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S NEEDS. - THE KIND OF HEALTH CARE, GUIDANCE, STIMULATION AND DISCIPLINE A CHILD RECEIVES AT HOME DETERMINES WHAT KIND OF AN ADULT HE WILL BE. � 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 IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE TO HELP FAMILIES BECOME AWARE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S NEEDS, THE KIND OF HEALTH CARE, GUIDANCE, STIMULATION AND DISCIPLINE A CHILD RECEIVES AT HOME DETERMINES WHAT KIND OF AN ADULT HE WILL BE,  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 11, Document 15 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0ad5cb02f7ffa2df837e4e6005003813.pdf 9bd96d8e22d5e654c846b5c88daf1edd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WOODRUFF MEDICAL CENTER OF .. EMORY UNIVERSITY ' T HOMAS K. G L ENN MEM OR IAL B UILDI NG 69 BUTLER S TREET, S , E . A T LANTA, GEORGIA SCHOOL O F MEDICINE 30303 January 16 , 1968 Ivan Allen , Jr. Mayor City Hal l At l anta, Geor gi a ~ ~ v,Mmc,Ne M,JNITY HEALTH 30303 Dear Si r : You and Mr . Dan Sweat were wel l repr e s ented l ast Wednesday aft ernoon, J anua ry 10, at t he inf ormati on me eting for t he Compr ehens i ve Ne i ghborhood Health Center pr ogr am in the Price Area by Mr . J ohnny Robins on . Thi s program has great potential meaning f or the f uture development of healt h care especiall y f or t he medically i ndigent i n t he Atlant a ar ea , but it ' s success will in l arge part be det ermine d by t he j oint participat i on of a ll ar eas of t he Atlanta community i nterest ed in heal t h . Your offi ce could b e extremely e ffec t ive i n motivating t he local public health and welf are a gencies, city , county , and stat e into great er cooper ation and i nterest i n t he pr ogram. To thi s end we would welcome t he oppor tuni t y if you would be able to give some of your own time to help us go into t h i s aspect of t he program i n great er det ail . . Si ncerel y , ~ 4 - ,:t],,.,/ ~~ Calvin A. Br own , M. D. Pr o j e ct Co- Director CAB/ WMM :b c ~~ M. Marine , M.D. , As soci at e Professor Proj e ct Co-Di r e ctor � 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 WOODRUFF MEDICAL CENTER - Q EMORY UNIVERSITY . THOMAS K. GLENN MEMORIAL BUILDING d 69 BUTLER STREET, 5S. E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 d SCHOOL OF MEDICINE January 16 ; 1968 DE NT Oo a ENTIVE MEDICINE AND NITY HEALTH ww F Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Sir: You and Mr. Dan Sweat were well represented last Wednesday afternoon, January 10, at the information meeting for the Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center program in the Price Area by Mr. Johnny Robinson. This program has great potential meaning for the future development of health care especially for the medically indigent in the Atlanta area, but it's success will in large part be determined by the joint parti- cipation of all areas of the Atlanta community interested in health. Your office could be extremely effective in motivating the local public health and welfare agencies, city, county, and state into greater cooperation and interest in the program. To this end we would welcome the opportunity if you would be able to give some of your own time to help us go into this aspect of the program in greater detail. Sincerely, age: Fa fin fh : Calvin A. Brown, M.D. illiam M. Marine, M.D., M.P.H. Project Co-Director Associate Professor Project Co-Director CAB/WMM:be  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 11, Document 14 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0eea31b582c8477a5a5c69d89478808a.pdf 988b94f5676bc7e9eff4bd4c87fd2f56 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. .-... ¥ . ,-~ THE ATLANTA CONSTITl.JI'ION has long been one of the Television Station WSB has given strong, unusual and staunchest supporters of OEO, with numerous signed consistent support to a ll OEO programs, not only in and unsigned editorials supporting all programs for I • its news coverage but in repeated edi torial support the poor. Editor Gene Patterson and editorial from Ray Moore and his staff, and in the excel lent cartoonist Cliff Baldowski have been typical of the editorial cartoons of Bi ll Danie l s. support given by all the Constitution staff. ,I The Atlanta Journal ·has given great support to the Office.of Economic Opportunity and its legislation, ·I I Judge James Barrow - Athens, Ga, ' In recognition of 0udge Barrow's outstanding· civic activities· in assistin~ in the format ion o f t he Community Ac tion Agency serving a mu l ti-county area , and for hi s valuable ass istance in t h e operation of the Athens Adult High School , a OEO funded adult education program, the Urban Service Award is presented to Judge Barrow, particularly through editorial endorseme~t, the - personal c~lumns of Reese Cleghorn, and editorial i cartoons by L6u Eri~kson. r It '1I ., �Father Edward 0. Waldron, Rector, St. Alban 1 s Episcopal Church, Augusta, Georgia Board Member - Richmond Economic Opportunity Council, Augusta, Ga. Dr. William Holmes Borders, Pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church. In Recognition of your profound concern for the welfare of all men, for your dedication in extending your ministeral duties from the pulpit to the community to meet, not only the spiritual needs of those you serve, but their need for housing, food, and better jobs; for your insurmountable efforts to meet with any group, to speak fo F any person, and to work for any cause that motivates, upgrades, and uplifts mankind toward a better life. In recognition of your extreme concern for the problems of the poor in the Cit y of Aug usta and of Richmond Count y . For your Christian dedication as you worked unselfishly and untiringly to arouse yo ur community to become concerned also of their impoverished brothers in their midst until the need to activate a broadly based anti-poverty program to provide opportunities for these families to live and enjoy a better life was recognized .c·{. ,.'\ l c(~ c-c..· , ,,. ci f \,,; \ " II _, I l .- - - - - ------ --- - - - - --·- ------ - -- ·· - - . Mr s. Earl Metzger, Jr. In recognition of your service as a volunteer civic worker in the interest of uplifting of your fellow citizens and your community. I .! Mrs. Mattie Ansley uu- -J. 1 .,, /l- I I tr ,,,, .;,i, G ,., i~t ,;1 e.- Emplo yee - Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. In recognition of the services rendered as Director of the "Volunteer Task For.ce 11 a training program for more effective vol unt eer service by members of the Atlanta Community, in the many social agencies and programs in fi ghting the 11 War on Poverty". In recognition of yo ur hard work and outstanding services rendered in organizing yo ur Community in fighting the poverty, n �William W. Allison, Deputy Administrator of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. In recognition of your keen awareness of problems, untiring service and dedicated efforts in the coordination of res·ources of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., State and Local Governments and the Atlanta Co~munity in developing and implem~nting unique and effective approaches in fighting the" War on Poverty" in the city of Atlanta. Mr. Dan Sweat - Director of Governmental Liasson for City of Atlanta . ,i For outstanding service in the development of the anti-poverty program in Atlanta and for recog nition of your effective coordination of governmental agencies and programs with the Mayor's office to alleviate the problems of the poor and provide for them a better life in the City of Atlanta. Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones President of Woodruff Foundation and recently appointed Chairman of President Johnson's National Advisory Committee for Health Facilities. · the importance of these educational and employment For outstanding and dynamic leadership as Chairman of the Board of Econom i c Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., one of the first funded anti-poverty programs in the nation. programs, and has tried to lead businessmen to understand and support them. Mr. Sterne was president of the Chamber last year when the organization went on For your never ceasing dedication to Civic concern for the city of Atlanta and your country as you seek to make this a better world in which to live . n record supporting OEO and endorsing all sound efforts to help the poor h e lp themse l ves. �... I Mr. Charles 0. Emmerich Posthumous Award \ I n recogniti on of your outstanding and dynami c leadership as mayor of one of the most progressive me tropol itan cities of the South and the nation . ·I I You , as a lead er1 have e xhibi ted a k een and deep awareness and concern for the citizens you serve. You have soughl and made effective inroads into the alleviation of problems coxi s ting within yolir city in yo ur effort to make Atlanta a b e tter p l ace12:56, 29 December 2017 (EST)~ for all citize ns, especially those who are the l ess fortunate. in{U - - '1) . Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor - Ci ty of Atl anta 'I rendered by the . . f the valuable services In recognition o . h the first Exe cutive ' 1 ate Mr. Cha rles O : Emmeric ortunity Atlanta, Inc. Director of Economic Opp b d s a dedicated pioneer Mr. Emmerich will be r~memH:r:il~ go down in history in the "War on Poverty f. se he truly believed as a "soldier who died or a cau -- i i r - --- -------- - ------- -·- . -- -- -- -- - .-(.4- The Athens Banner-Herald and the D·aily News have reported regularly and accurately on OEO programs, and on al l efforts in their covera ge area to help the poor help themselves. I I I I I I I Recognition ~ given to 'ofle~:5ea your leadersh i p in times of stress, e spe c iall y f or your willingness t o riskJ and your unusual ability to lead your city to a~ effective understand ing of the prob l ems of the A citi zens you serve. f!E: Recog n i tion must be given to the unselfish way y ou have shared your experience and wisdom with othe r c i ties throughout the nation who call on you . Atlant a is i ndeed fo rtunat e to tave you as a Ma y or a nd OEO is proud to make this award) t t('recogni t ion of your services. .. �t ~t ~ Mrs. Virginia Barfield, Director, Lower Chat-· ! tahoochee Community Action Agency, Inc., co- ! lumbus, Georgia .I • • •• ••· br. Vivian Hende rson-- Pres ident , Clark Col lege, Atlanta, Georgia In recognit ion of the outstanding servi c e y ou have r endered no t only to the youth at Clark Colleg e but for your interest in National problems and concerns--------. In re~ognition of Mrs. Barfield's outstanding work in accomplishing the coordination of local resources in the establishment of the l1J.@ Center (Mental Intellectual Development) at Columbus, Georgia. MIND is designed to take low income persons with less than an 8~h grade education and upgrade them educatio_nally 2 to 4 grade levels i·n 8 to h 1 10 weeks, w_i e also upgrading them socially and environmentally and . , secures Jobs for tne (oYR~) - - -- -----' > For recognition of your service as a member o f the National Advisory Committees on Manpower and of the Upward Bound Programs and the Pres i dent's Commiss ion on Rural Poverty . I I - graduates. The Urban Service Award is presented1 to Mrs. Barfield. I j l n I' (~) For the generous and graciousn ess in mak ing your fa ciliti es of Clark College avail abl e to the Office of Economic Opportunity for the training of Community Ac tion Agen c y staff and Board Memb ers. � 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 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION has long been one of the | staunchest supporters of OEO, with numerous signed and unsigned editorials supporting all programs for the poor. Editor Gene Patterson and editorial cartoonist Cliff Baldowski have been typical of the support given by all the Constitution staff. The Atlanta Journal has given great support to the Office of Economic Opportunity and its legislation, particularly through editorial endorsement, the " personal columns of Reese Cleghorn, and editorial cartoons by Lou Erickson. Television Station WSB has given strong, unusual and consistent support to all OEO programs, not only in its news coverage but in repeated editorial support from Ray Hoare and his staff, and in the excellent editorial cartoons of Bill Daniels. Judge James Barrow - Athens, Ga. In recognition of Judge Barrow's outstanding: civic activities in assisting in the formation of the Community Action Agency serving a multi-county area, and for his valuable assistance in the operation of the Athens Adult High School, a OEO funded adult education program, the Urban Service Award is , presented to Judge Barrow. Dr. William Holmes Borders, Pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church. In Recognition of your profound concern for the welfare of all men, for your dedication in extending your ministeral duties from the pulpit to the community to meet, not only the spiritual needs of those you serve, but their need for housing, food, and better jobs; for your insurmountable efforts to meet with any group, to speak for any person, and to work for any cause that motivates, upgrades, and upLifts mankind toward a better life. Mrs. Earl Metzger, Jr. In recognition of your service as a volunteer civic worker in the interest of uplifting of your fellow citizens and your community. In recognition of the services rendered as Director of the "Volunteer Task Force" a training program for more effective volunteer service by members of the Atlanta Community, in the many social agencies and programs in fighting the "War on Poverty". Father Edward 0. Waldron, Rector, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Augusta, Georgia Board Member - Richmond Economic Opportunity Council, Augusta, Ga. In recognition cof your extreme concern for the problems of the poor in the City of Augusta and of Richmond County. For your Christian dedication as you worked unselfishly and untiringly to arouse your community to become concerned also of their impoverished brothers in their midst until the need to activate a broadly based anti-poverty program to provide opportunities for these families to live and enjoy a better life was recognizedetayd actor phshed Mrs. Mattie Ansle ATlanta Ge eee sey . Lote! eee Employee - Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. In recognition of your hard work and outstanding services rendered in organizing your Community in fighting the poverty, William W. Allison, Deputy Administrator of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. © In recognition of your keen awareness of problems, untiring service and dedicated efforts in the coordination of resourees of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., State and Local Governments and the Atlanta Community in developing and implementing unique and effective approaches in fighting the " War on Poverty" in the city of Atlanta. Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones _ President of Woodruff Foundation and recently appointed Chairman of President Johnson's National Advisory Committee for Health Facilities. For outstanding and dynamic leadership as Chairman of the Board of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., one of the first funded anti-poverty programs in the nation, For your never ceasing dedication to Civic concern for the city of Atlanta and your country as you seek to make this a better world in which to live. Mr. Dan Sweat - Director of Governmental Liasson for City of Atlanta For outstanding service in the development of the anti-poverty program in Atlanta and for recognition of your effective coordination of governmental agencies and programs with the Mayor's office to alleviate the problems of the poor and provide for them a better life in the City of Atlanta. & | A.A. fe) Slee The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has recognized the importance of these educational and employment programs, and has tried to lead businessmen to under- stand and support them. Mr. Sterne was president of the Chamber last year when the organization went on record supporting OEO and endorsing all sound efforts to help the poor help themselves. Posthumous Award Mr. Charles 0. Emmerich Posthuno’s —_——— mr In recognition of the valuable services rendered by the late Mr. Charles 0. Emmerich, the first Executive i i ity Atlanta, Inc. Director of Economic Opportuni ; Mr. Emmerich will be remembered as 4 dedicated pioneer in the "War on Poverty". He will go down in een as a "soldier who died for a cause he truly believe inf' The Athens Banner-Herald and the Daily News have reported regularly and accurately on OEO programs, and on all efforts in their coverage area to help the poor help themselves. bel beg > ~ + Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor - City of Atlanta In recognition of your outstanding and dynamic leadership as mayor of one of the most progressive metropolitan cities of the South and the nation You, as a leader,have exhibited a keen and deep awareness and concern for the citizens you serve. have sought, and made effective inroads into, the alleviation of problems 2xisting within your city in your effort to make Atlanta a better place Seexhive, for all citizens, especially those who are the less fortunate. You GveR) . Recognition wiate se given to yowséess your leadership in times of,stress, especially for your willingness to risks, and your unusual ability to lead your city to aft effective understanding of the problems of the citizens you serve. A Recognition must be given to the unselfish way you have shared your experience and wisdom with other cities throughout the nation who call on you. Atlanta is indeed fortunate to have you as a Mayor and OEO is proud to make this award, in recognition of your services. \ \ » Mrs. Virginia Barfield, Director, Lower Chat— tahoochee Community Action A genc Inc., i lumbus, Georgia = is In recognition of Mrs. Barfield's outstanding work in accomplishing the coordination of local resources in the establishment of the MIND Center (Mental Intellectual Development) at Columbus, Georgia. MIND is designed to take low income Persons with less than an 8th grade education and upgrade them educa- tionally 2 to 4 grade levels in 8 to 10 week while also upgrading them socially and en- o vi Fonmentally, and secures jobs for the ( R) oye bk os = 7 <F tid graduates. The Urban Service Award is presented to Mrs. Barfield. Dr. Vivian Henderson--President, Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia In recognition of the outstanding service you have rendered not only to the youth at Clark College but for your interest in National prob- lems and concerns For recognition of your service as a member of the National Advisory Committees on Manpower and of the Upward Bound Programs and the Presi- dent's Commission on Rural Poverty. (VE®) fae t= (2) For the generous and graciousness in making your facilities of Clark College available to the Office of Economic Opportunity for the training of Community Action Agency staff and Board Members.  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 11, Document 13 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fc8d33d6fceb66f80da80bf2f0b5466a.pdf 2c67588efe44afa76b1d499158708111 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC C)llll()l~TlJNITY January 23, 1968 Mr. Dan Sweat Government Liaison Office of the Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Sweat: In behalf of the Office of Economic Opportunity, it gives me great pleasure to present you the enclosed Urban Service Award, given for your outstanding contributions to the War on Poverty. Because of your dedicated efforts and those of others like you, we are making slow but certain progress in our efforts to make every citizen of this great land self-respecting and, unless physically disabled, self-supporting. Please permit me to add my personal . appreciation for what you have done and my best wishes for your continued success in this great endeavor. Sincerely, R ~ h!~~,)' Regional Director � 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 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 OPPORTUNITY January 23, 1968 Mr. Dan Sweat Government Liaison Office of the Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Sweat: In behalf of the Office of Economic Opportunity, it gives me great pleasure to present you the enclosed Urban Service Award, given for your outstanding contributions to the War on Poverty. Because of your dedicated efforts and those of others like you, we are making slow but certain progress in our efforts to make every citizen of this great land self-respecting and, unless physically disabled, self-supporting. Please permit me to add my personal. appreciation for what you have done and my best wishes for your continued success in this great endeavor. Sincerely, So Ah A mae A. Phelps, Jr. Regional Director  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 11, Document 12 Box 3 Box 3 Folder 11 Folder topic: Economic Opportunity Atlanta | Inc. | 1967-1968