1 20 41 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d242976fedebcc2c01c58d4488fcf76c.pdf 0cc0895693c0d342e1651357527fc72c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA, GEORGIA FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ your information 0 Please refer to the attached correspondence and -make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-5 �ATLANTA, GE:O R OIA ROUTE SLIP TO:h.CD4~ FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ F o r your information 0 Please refer to the a ttac he d correspondence and -make the n ecessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attach ed . FOR M 25- 4-S �ATLANTA,GEO .. GIA ROUTE SLIP TO: - -M ~Iac.-;;y~o-r_I~-~r~a~n~ A ~J~J~e~n~,~J-r_,~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROM : J.H.Robinson [xJ For your informa tion 0 Please refer to the a ttached correspondence and ma ke the necessary reply. D Advise me the s tatus of the attac hed . FORM 25 -4- R �2 Year Progress Report 101 MAR!El'TA STREET , N . W, , ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 ., . T ELEP HONE: AREA CODE ( 404) 525-4262 C. 0. Emmerich Ex e cutiv e Adminisbrator OPPORTUNITY IN ATLANTA '. Durin g the p as t t wo y e a r s Atl a nt a's Community Acti on Erogr am h as move d with grea t spee d . Th o u sands of citi zen s and ma ny agen ci e s a nd organizati on s have partici pa te d in pl a nn in g , deve lopin g a nd fin an c ing th is multi- servic e opportun i ty pr.ogra m fo r Atl a nta's low- inco me citizens. In two years: 14 Multi-service Neighborhood Service Centers have been es tab Ii shed, More than 20,000 adults and youths have been placed in jobs and job training, Nearly 39,000 individuals have participated in basic, remedial and enrichment education courses, and More than 55,000 individuals have received family services. Due to Cong res s iona l red uctio n s i n the 1967 Economi c Opportuni ty budge t for the na tion, Atla nt a's progra m h as s uffered a 40% r,edu ction in £unds p lu s the de letio n of s i x services. E .O .A. is now seeking loca l reso ur ces co he lp restore these vita l services and re bui ld its program. E.O .A. s ervices can be d ivided i nt o s ix ca cegor,ie s : OPPORTUNITIES FOR: A. Neighborhood Services through 14 Neighborhood Service Centers 8. Employment and Job Training C. Education D. Social Services E. Research ... J anuary, 19 67 and : F. Discontinued Programs Each proj ec t or conbracled se rv ic e of E. 0 . A . is su,ppo,ted by a citizens adv isory counc i l of w hioh at leaJs t J/ 3 mus t be peoe le servec/J by th e program . . ' . A. OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 1. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION (Not e : All figur es in this repor rep resen t up to two ye ars work, de pending on how long th e rP rojec ha.s been es tab lis hed.) All E .O.A. servic es a re brought co low-inc ome fa mili es th ro ug h 14 Ne ig hb o rhood Service Ce ocer,s locate d in p over.cy ar.eas. A s ma ll s ta ff loca ted a t 101 Marietta St r,eet , N. W. , p la ns an d d irec ts th e progra m a nd coo rdi na tes services with loca l age ncies . All 14 Cen te rs were es ta bli s hed du rin g th e firs t cwo year,s. Scaff membe rs a t th ese ce nt e rs have condu cted 33, 049 i nte rv iews. H eadqua rc er,s : 101 Ma ri e tta Str,ee c, N. W., Telephone 525-4262, Mr. H aro ld E. Barr e tt , Dirsector. CENTERS IN OPERATION ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY ~¥ ' �East Centra l Neighborhood Service Center 486 Dec atur, Street, S. E. Mt. Geonge Dodd , iDiue ctor Telephone: 577-17 ~5 Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center 1723 Boulevard Duive , S.E. Mr. Sa muel Russell , Diirecto r, Telephone : 378-3643 NASH-Washington Neighborhood Ser. Cen . 247 Ashby Stteet , N . W. Mr. William A. Fowlkes, Ditector, Telephone: 52 4-2084 North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street , Roswell , Georgia Mr. J . W. Stone , Director Teleph one : 993 -3795 No rthwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center 1927 Holl ywood Ro ad, N. W. Mr. Robert Btaonin g, Director TelephoAe: 799-9322 Pittsburg Neighborhood Service Ce nt e r 993½ 1 le Da niel Street, S. W. Ir. Levj Tetrill , Directo r Telephone: 523 -1 511 Price Ne ighborhood Serv ic e Ce nte r 1127 Capitol Avenue, S. E. Mr. Geoffrey Heard, Acting Diuector Te lephone: 522-5792 So. F ulton Neighbo rhoo d Se rvi ce Ce nter 2735 East Point St. , East Point, Georgia Mr. Clint Rodgers, Director T e lephon e: 767-7541 Sum mer hi lt-Mechanic s vi lie Ne ighbo rhood Servi c e Center 65 Georgia Ave nue , S. E . Mrs. Omie Dixon, Acting Director Telephone: 577-1351 Gwinnett County Offi c e Pike and Clay ton Stree t s Lawrenceville , Geo rgia Mr. Gene Johnson , Coordinator, Telephone: 963 -9700 Ro c kdale-Co nyer s Office 929 Commercial St. , Conyers , Georgia Mr. Sidney Herring , Coordinator Telephone: 483 -9512 ELECTIONS: One of the most important opportunities E .O.A . offers is that of resident participation. For the fiust time low-income citizens ha ve come together in neighborhood orga niz a tions , block clubs and adv isory councils to consider their need s and to assi s t E.O .A. in planning programs to help meet the se needs. There have been 2,672 nei ghborh ood meetings . Average monthly attendance for a ll E.O .A. advi s ory committees is 2, 250 peop le. In 1966 elections were held for the first time to choose representatives of low-incom e ar eas to serve on neighborhood and city-wide E.O.A. advisory committees . New Elections for 1967 represe nta ti ves have just been completed in 11 Neigh borh ood Center areas . (N. Ful ton is s t ill being organized) . 194 lowinc o me neigh borhood block organizations a nd 11 ,528 people have participated in the 1967 elections . More than 500 lowincome citizens are serving a s bl ock cap t ai ns and elected represent a tives . We s t End Nei ghborhood Serv ic e Cent er 725 L awton Street , S. W. Mr . Jame s Hester , Director Telephone: 753 -6101 Each block organi zation chose one representative to serve on its Neighborhood Center's advisor y comm i ttee . THE CITIZENS EIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL. Each CNAC selected three representatives to serve on a city-w ide committee , THE CITIZE NS C ENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL , plu s one repre s entative to serve on the E .O.A . BOARD OF DIRECTORS. This gives 12 repres entatives of the po or , 1 3 of the total members hip . o n the Bo a rd o f Directors. ADJOINING COUNTIES J. H. Calh oun . As s i s ta nt Directo r for Communitr De vel opment , 10 1 Marietta St ., N. W. , T e leph one : 525 -4262. West Central Neighborhood Se rvice Center 2193 Verbena Street, N- W. Mr. A. A. Frnmholtz , Director Telephone: 799-0331 �,•tk~~.i •'•'~· i~t,t' >• I I ' -. ' f' ' ,• ,,._: • I ', \.,,1 1-~li ,,,, ""· • I -,~-j' f /.,... '- , j I ,e. d • ..., ' ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY F•82 ATLANTA, INC. F•79 Neighborhood Serv ice Areas ---, A. WEST END G. EDGEWOOD B. NASH-WASHINGTON H. NORTHWEST (P. H.) C. PRICE I. D. J. CENTRAL CITY SOUTH FULTON WEST CENTRAL E. SUM-MEC K. F. NORTHEAST L. NORTH FULTON PITTSBURG (Gwinnett County ond Rockdale County areas not shown on map) �r, NEIGHBORHOOD AIDES: E. o. A. has tr ained and e mploy ed indigenous residents of low-income neighborh oo ds to assis t wi th center , age ncy a nd c ommun ity work. Aides have vis ited ove r 10 3,225 homes i n doo r-to-door c ase- find i ng a nd have ser ved over 37, 049 ind ividua l s on a conti nu in g basis . 4. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (In-School) ..... '. .. •· ,. ' , ',,. 2. VISTA (VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA) '-./ .4, ,, .• 0 . A dome s t i c P eace Corps pro vidi ng a 1de s , teache r s , co un s e l ors a nd a dv isors for, th e War on P o ve rty . Hea dq ua rte r s a t 01 Ma rie tta Stre e t , N. W. , Mr. Da v id Damman n , Dinec tor , VIST A Volunteens , Te l ephone: 525 -4262 . I I••-~ ACTION : 5 Vo lunte e r s ha v e been a ss ign ed to Atla nta fo r, one y ear. 25 of th e s e a re pres e ntl y work in g i n E. O .A . tanget a re a s . 1"h e o th er 29 a re e xp e cted during th e next few mo nth s. 11. as t year Atl a nt a h a d 32 Vl ST A Vql un teers . B. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING r " '- . ' '* • 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE On e Manp ower Coun se lor, is l oc a te d in ea ch Ne i ghborh ood S ervi ce C en ter to pnov id e jo b p la c ement a nd referral s to oth er, se r vices. Adm ini s te re d by Georg ia Sta te Empl oy me nt Service , 101 Marietta Sn eet , N . W. , Telep hone: 525-4262 . Ma np ower P rog ra m Spec i a list , Mr. Don Brya nt . ACTION : 33,627 i ndiv idu a ls h ave rece ived e mp lo yme nt c oun se lin g. 87% of th ese we re un emp l oy ed a t th e time of coun sel in g a nd mos t of th e remaining 13% we re under-empl o yed. 6, 16 1 ind ividu a ls have beem p la ced in job s . Hundr eds o f othe rs h a ve bee n pl a c e d in E .0. A. tra mm g programs for yo ut h s. Th e r, e mai nd e r a re receiv in g tr,a ining , educ atiio n , co un s eling o r oth e r s e rivice s in preparat ion for empl oyme nt o r a re m the proce ss of bein g p la ced. >11~ ·I,,. (;1,~ ~-' ,1, T rain in g a nd empl oy me nt of tow- i ncome high ,s ch oo l y outh s in the .t} tl a m a F ul ton Co unty Sch ool Systems to pro vide wori k experience a nd mon e y to e nable them to nem a in in sch oo l. /4. dminis tered by t he Atla nt a a nd Fulton C ounty Bo ar-ds of Ed uc a tion a t 10 1 Mari e tta Stre e t , N . W. , T e) epb o ne : 525 -1886; Mns . Alice Washin g ton , Coo rdi nato r. ACTION: 650 s tude nt s now e mpl o yed in th e pub li c s chools . Mo re t han 2, 500 yo uth s hav e p a rt ic i pa ted si nc e th e beginni ng . 5. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUT H CORPS (Out-of-School) A job tra in in g and e mpl oy me nt pro gram £o r out-of-sc hool un e mplo ye d yo uth s aged 16 th ro ugh 21. 57 ubli c a nd non-prnfi t Atl anta a genc ies pro vide 150 wo rk lcx:atio n s and 620 pos itions. Return t o s ch oo l is e n co l!l raged. Ofiface a t 68 Spri ng S treet , N . W. " Telephone : 577-1 904 , Mr. He nry F a c e , Dire ct or, . ACTION: 62 0 posi ti on s, an e avail a ble . 6 10 yo u th s a re em pl oy e d . 3-;'5 have returned to s ch oo l. 224 have acNearl y c epted full -time e mplo yme nt . 3, 000 y ou ths have part ic i pa ted since the beginning . 6. YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER Opera ted by the Georgia S ta te Employment Serv ic e to conc e ntriate on the employ ment ne eds of y outh s aged 16' th ro ug h 21, with e mpha sis o n co unsel ing , tes tin g , a nd re ferral t o other agen cie s for remedia l edl'lcat ion or tr aining . 522 Wes t Pe a chtree Street . Mr. A . \\, _ Seag ers , Dire c tor . T e lep hone : 8 -09 ~L ACT ION : 82, 000 have been ii nter\(ie w ed. 5, 735 yo uths hav e b eer.J p~ace a in full -time jo b s . 30,000 ha ve been re " fe rred to jo b s a nd ot her agen c ies . '"' \ . �7. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ' . tere d by Senio r Citizen Serv:i c e-s of Mettop olita n Atla nta, Inc. , 120 Marie tt a Stree t, N. W. , Room 7 19 , Te lephone : 577 -2474, Mrs. Caro lyn F r ench , P roj ec t Director. ,, ' ~ .. f<,._ A center co s creen prospec ti v e l oan appliic atio n s a nd to pro vide assis ta nc e in the man a g e ment and de ve lopment of sm a ll busi ness e s . 101 Mariett a Street , N . W. , Te lephone: 577 -33 15 , Dr. Merl e C . P a tterson , Director. ACTION : 850 individual s ha ve been inter vie wed or counseled. 33 loans to talli ng $ 322,000 hav e been approv e d and gra nte d . 3 eight-week semi na r s ha ve bee n c onducted in l ow-income n ei ghborho ods . 8. COLLEGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM P art time empl oyme nt t o ke e p youth s from l ow-in come fa milies in c ollege.. ACTION : Program approved fo r eigh t co lleges : Clark College, 60 pre s eml y . I l em pl oy ed , 60 previousl y emp loye d , no position s available ; Emory University, 69 pre s ently employ ed , 14 pre viously employed , 20 avai lable pos1tions ; Georgi a State College, 25 presentl y e mpl oy ed, 21 prev iously employ ed, 12 pos ition s avada bl e; Georg ia Institute of Technologr, 28 presently emplo ye d , 10 previously empl oy ed , 30 po s i t ion s ava il able ; Morehouse College, 201 pre s ent.Ly employed , 192 pre vious ly empl oy ed , 15 positions availa ble ; Morr i s Brown College, 134 presently employed, 125 previously employ e d , no po s ition s avail able ; Og lethorpe Univers ity, 35 pre se ntly employed, 20 previous ly employ ed , no positions available; a n d Spelman College, 40 presently employed , 100 pre viously employed , no posit.ions available . 9. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT A program to provide children in ins titution s with adult affection and comnion s hip while al s o giving older citize n s a cha nce to be employ ed in a us eful , person a lly sati s fying job . Adminis - ACTION : 36 men and wo men , plus 4 s ubs ti tutes, tra in ed a nd serv in g a t Grady Hospita l (3 0), F ul to n C ounty J uveni le Court (4) a nd Catrie-Stee le :Pitt s Hon:i e (2). ' '• '• ' 1,1 10. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE OLDER WORKER (50 plu s) ••• An i ndepe nde nt program admin is t'ened by th e Go lde n Age Emp loyment Serv ice of the Atlan t a Se c t ion , Nati on al Co uncil of Je wis h Women , 793 Piedmont Ave nue , 1N. E . , Te leph on e: 875 -944 3, Mrs . Naomi Met zger , Exe cutive Dir:.e c to r. ACTION : 969 indiv id ua l s ha ve bee n pl a ced in jobs. There ha ve be en 1,740 jo b applic at ions and 3, 028 reque s ts fo r app licants from busin e s ses. ,. 11. MDTA The Ma npower Dev elopmen t a nd Tr a ining Act of 196 2 pFovides jo b traJnin g for ne e ded ski ll s . Ad mini s tered by th e Gemg ia State Employ me nt Seuvic e and he Atla nta Boa rd of E duc a ti on . Office s at Atl a nt a Indu s tria l E mployment Offi c e , 61 Trinity Avenue , S. W. , T e leph one : 524 -24 11. ACTION : 5, 104 in di v idua l s ha v e been tra ined. A new Contract has bee n re ceived to tra in 200 peo ple be twee n F ebruary 13, 1967 a nd March 31 , 1968 in group s o f 45 in 8 oc 12 week train ing programs . Anoth e r 100 experienced bu une mp loyed workers will rec eive On 'il;he Jo b tra in in g . MOTA classes wi.rn tra in fot s uch jobs as hos tess, waitress, waiter , bus boy , bus g:id, chef , short order grill man , specialist cook , combinatjon cook , salad girl , kitchen helpeu and snack bar hoste ss. Additiona l training contracts are expected soon . Classe s now in progress are welding (20), bfrick layiing (20), production machine ( 20), de s ign technician at Lock - ' '• ',,, ,; �~ . ( ' ' heed (20), licensed pnactical nur:se (40), re fr esher course for regiscened nurses (20) . I 12. PROJECT HI RE (Help I nitiate Renewed Employment) An eml?loyment service for the o lder worker (50 and above) . Administered by the Georgia Sta te Employ ment Service . 136 Marietta Street, N. W. , Su.ice 200, Teleph one: 524-6844 , Mr,s. Mal L. Dna ke , Dire c tor. "' ACTION : Program has been operating under t he auspi c es of Georgia State Employment Service since August 1 , 1966. (For,merly under auspices of Golde n Age Emp loyment Service.) 217 individuals h ave been p laced , 761 have been counse led , 684 have been re ferred to jobs. 13. MEN ' S JOB CORPS J ob tra iAin g for out-of-school , un· employ ed boys aged 16 through 21. E.O . A . is resp on s ible for recruiting and sc reeni ng Job Corps applicants for At· lama , Fulton , Cobb , Clayton, Fayette, Douglas , DeKalb , Rockdale a nd Gwinnett Counties . He adq ua rters at 118 Marietta Street , Telephone : 577 -2855 , Mr. Sam Bax tt:r , J ob Cor,p s Coordin a tor. ACTION : 1, 210 boy s sen t to train ing centers throughout the country . 87 proce ssed appLicant s awa itin g assignments . 6 1 boys have grad u ated . A new recruitin g quota of 1,400 boys has been recei ved . 14. WOMEN 'S JOB CORPS Job training for o ut-of- s chool , unemployed girls aged 16 through 21. Recruitin g handled by WICS , 136 Mar:ietta Street, N. W. , 3rd Fl oor , Telephone : 524-540 3, Mrs . Je a n Wea ver , Project Director. ACTION : 75 girl s are in training centers through out the Unit ed St ate s . 16 have graduated . 15. ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER A centralized service , the first of its kind in the country , to diagnose and evaluate work potential and tra ining needs of difficult cases a nd to follow up job progr.ess. It serve s all agencies cooperating m E.O. A. programs. The Vocational Reh a bilita ti on Division operates the Center at 1599 Memorial Drive , S.E. , Telephone: 378 -7591 , Mr. Cantey Gordon , Director. .. I I ~ ACTION : Opened May 2, 1966. 1, 008 c ases have been referred to th e Centers. 621 admitted for evaluation. 249 persons have been evaluated . 132 already plac ed in jobs . I I I C. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION .~ 16. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM . An education program t o serve the entire fa mily usin g neighborhood public school facilities around the clock . Adminis tered by the Atlanta Board of Educa tion , Instructional Servi ces Building , 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive , Telephone: 76 1-54 11 , Mr. Alan Koth , Dire ct or. ' ACTION: 20,964 ha ve been enroll ed in 12 schools. Approxima tely 10 ,000 more have participated in programs . The Community School budget has been reduced 82 % bec ause of Congre s s ion al budget cuts . Brown High School, 764 Pee p les Street. S. W., Telephone: 758-5050 , E d New by , Assistant Principa l. Price H igh School, 167 0 C a pitol Avenu e , S. W. , Te lephone: 622- 80 24 , Carl Hu bbard , Assistant Princip al. Wash ington High School , 45 White House Drive , S. W. , Teleph one : 755 -77 21 , J oe Drape r , As si sca nt Pr incipa l. South Fulton High School, 605 South Baya rd Street , E as t Point , Georgia , T ele ph one : 76 1-3584 , Harold Madison , Assis ta nt Prin ci pa l. �r I ' Archer High School, 2250 P erry Boulevard , N . W., Telephone : 794-1567 , Arvella L. Farmer , Assista nt Principal. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N. E . , Telephone : 522-5096 , Bennie C. Wil liams , Assistant Principal. Park s Jr. High School , 1090 Wi ndsor Street , S. W. , Telephone: 7 53 -6125, Robert J. Still , As sistant Principal. West Fulton High School , 1890 Bankhead Avenue , N . W. , Telephone : 799-31 77 , E . C. Norma n , Assistant Principal. Bethune Elementary School, 198 Norths i de Driv e , N . W. , Telephone: 524-6854, Norri s L. Hogan , Assi s ta nt Principal. Capitol Avenue Elementary School , 81i Capitol Avenue , S . W., Teleph one : 5238696 , Oba diah Jordan , Jr. , Assis ta nt Prin cipal. We sley El ementary School, 186 We s ley Avenue , N . E . , Teleph one: 378-4393 , Aaron L. Wat son , Assi s ta nt Principal. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FINANCED BY NON-EOA FUNDS Dykes H igh School, 4360 P ower s F erry Road, N . W. , Telephone : 255 -5236 , J ack Glasgow, Assistant Principal. Grant Park El ementary School, 75 0 Kalb Avenue, N. E . , Telephone: 627-5741, James Chk-Vers, Assistant Principal. 17. PROJECT HEAD START An enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-school c hildren operat ed by the Atlanta School Sys te m and seven private agencies . An applicati on is now being prepared for an 8 week program for 3,000 children to be held next summer. 5,989 c hildren have a ttended in 2 s ummers . Atlanta Board of Education , Instructional Servic..es Building, 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive , Telephone: 76 1-5411, Mis s Frances Cox , Director. 4,609 have a ttended in 2 summers. Rockdale County's Head Start Program 40 attended last s ummer . I Gwinnett County' s Mead Stan Program - ,. 240 attended last summer. Wheat Street Day Nurser:y' s Mead Start Program - 200 have a ttended i n 2 summers . ' { F ree For AH Day Nursery 's Head Start Program - 260 have attended in 2 summers . Hinsley Temp le Day Nurser:y's Hea d Start Program - 120 have a ttended in 2 ~I summers. ~ I Berean Junior: Academy's Head Sta rt .~ t Program - 240 have a ttended in 2 s ummers . ., 18. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION In s truction in reading and wri ting for adtdts over 18 yea rs of age who are unable t o function on an eighth grade educational level , to improve their: employment potenti al. Administered by vhe Atlanta Board of Educa tion , 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive, Telephone: 76 1-5411, Ext. 206, Mr. Alan Koth a nd Dr. Cuntis Hen s on , Coordinator s . ACTION: 48 classe s for 900 parti1, 27 3 p eople c ipa nt s a re in s e ss ion. have already pa rticipated. 19. UPWARD BOUND A pro ject to re duc e th e drop -out rate of 11th a nd 12th gra ders with a bility by pro viding remedi a l a nd interest cl as se s and encouragin g them to s et goa ls for further education a ft er high s ch ool. ACTION : Morehouse College, 223 C hestn ut Stree t , S . W. , Te lephone: 577- 150 5, Dr. Ar thur Ban ks , Director. 150 enro ll e d a t pr esent , 228 las t year. Emo ry University, Emory Universi ty Campus , Emory Uni versity, Te leph one: 377-24 11 , Ext. 7546, Mr. Louis Becker:, Director. 49 e nrolled at present, 50 last year. Morri s Brown Coll ege, 642 Hunter St., N. W. , Telephone : 577 -2628, Mrs. Vivian McGee , Director. 91 enrolled at present , 100 last year. �r..,. ' ..,.. 1 " ~... - ~ - - - ~ ... -·-..-....,..,11""'-........,..-._..,.....'!'T"T'Tl~;>:1"'"1l'I!'--...:,;;~-...---, I' During the winter , s tud e nts par t1c1pate in Saturday morning cl asses a t the colleges and a re tutored by f.?rogram assis ta nts. During the summer , s tude nts live a nd s tudy on the college campuses . Morris Brown a nd Morehouse held 8 week programs a ncl J;: mory held a 6 week pr,ogram last s ummer. SimilaF programs a re pla nned for next year. I Three years ago , a pre-coLlege demon s tration project , one of six in the country, was conducted by Moreh ouse Co llege for 370 s tudents. Results from chis project helped pave th e way for the na tionwide program , Project Upwa rd Bound. I f ~-'I'\ I D. OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 20. SOCIAL SERVICES Social Ser, vice Supervisor, s a nd sta ff are located in each Neighborhood Service C enter to provide help w ich hea lth , education a nd famil y problems. ACTION: Counselors ha ve held 33 ,049 interviews at the Neighborh ood Servic e Cente rs. 21 . DAY CARE SERVICE Sup e rvi s e d c a re for children in ord er to re lease pare nt s fo , jo b tFa inin g a nd ,job opportuni ti es . 10 pro,j eccs are rn o p erat ion c a nng for 7 10 ch~ldre n . An t ioch ...North Day Ca re Ce nter (50) 540 K e nnedy Street , N . W., Tel e phone: 523 -4861 . Mr s . Mary Ray , Direc t or. Bowen Homes D ay Care C e nt e r (G a te C ity Association) (100) - 1060 Wi l kes Cir,cle , N .W. , Tel e phone: 799 -11 70 , Mrs. Fnance s Wy att, Direc tor. Co ll ege P a rk C i vic & E duc a tiona l Cen fil (35) - 407 Wes( Harvard Strieec, C ollege P a rk , Geo,gia , Telephone: 766-4456 , Mrs. Elois e Thoma s , Director. C hildren ' s C enter o Metropolitan .A clanca Eamily D a y Car.e (35) - 725 L a wto n Street , S. W., Telephone : 75 3-6101 , Mrs. Dori s Ha rtle y , Cas e Worker . East J? oinc Child Care Center (24) H 47 Calhoun Avenue , East P oint , Georgi a , Telephone: 767-4404 , Mrs. · De Vern Howell , Directo r. . South Side Day Ca re Cen ter (120) - 80 2 I/P ryor Street , S.W . , Telephone: 577-2640 , Mr. Hlenry J.. Furlow, Directo . Grady Homes 1':Iomes Tenant Bell Stree t , S. Mr,s . Elizabeth Day Care Center (Grady: Associ a tion) (90) - 100 E. , Telephone : 522-1595, R. Carcei; , Di r,ector. Gate Ci ty at St . Paul ' s (Gate C i ty Association) (36) - . 15 40 P ryor Ro ad , S. W. , Tele phone: 622-97 11 , Mrs . Barbar,a Marcin , Direc tor. Fort Street K iddie Korner 000 ) - 572 !Boulevard , N.E . Telephone: 876-9 279 Mis s Yhonn a Career , Directo r . Tabern a cle Ba pt.ist CbuF..C ( 120) - 47 5 Boulevard , N. E., Tele ph on e: 8 76-1779 Mrs. Mattie Bruce , Di rector. 22. LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ':;J M)'W A centra l Legal A s sis t ance C e nte r £ina nc ed by E.O .A. , is pre s ently ope.,rating in the F ulton Co un ty C ourt ffi ous e . 2 additio nal c enters a re planned for lowinc ome neighborhoods. All lega l c as e s fo r E.O .A. target are as will be r,eferne d to ome of th ese thr,ee centers . The progr,am wi ll handle civil ca ses a d provide representa tion a nd coun s e li ng fo.Ir preliminary criminal hea rin gs . Admi n i s tere d by the Legal Aid Soci ety: of Atlan· ta , 136 Pry or St., S.E. T e l. 524-5811 Mrs . Nancy Cheves , General Coun s e l. ACTION : Under the pre viou s E .O . A. Lega l As sis ta nce Progra m, Lega .A id la wyers work ed i n Ne ighborhood ervice Centers part- ti me . L egal A'd lawyers s erved a tota l of 17, 324 cases a nd dosed 2,376 court cas e s. 23. CRIME PREVENTION ff Po lice work in e a ch Neighborhood Ser vi ce C ente r to become friends with re s id en ts and hel uhem with t heir, probl e ms . T hi s progra m was developed by nh e Atla nta Police Depart ment following �~~lll'IP.lm,:;-1'.lra~~-T...,.;.-;,--~~--,,,..,a,i~'"~""'P:•"'f!!llllll""'"""'._,.,,_.:,,..,~-..,.,.,,'t.~,--· ;:, t llj l I t a rec ommendatio n o f th e Ctime Co mmi s sion. It is th e first program 0£ i t s kind in th e c ountry . Atlanta P olic e Department , 82 Dec a tur Street , Tel e phone: 522-7363 , Lt. C. E. Wrig ht and Lt. C. Dixon , Offi cer s in C harge . ACTION: Sin c e Ja nua ry, 1966, poli c e officers have been worki ng in E . 0 . f · _ eighborhood Service C ente rs . T hey have communicacred with ov er 90, 000 people . These off ic ers a ttended 176 me e tings on o ff-duty tim e , go t 306 drop outs back .in school and h e lped 58 har,d sh ip cas es . Th e y supervise numer;ous yo uth act1v1t1es an d d ubs a nd get youths i nvolved in Neighbo rhood Yo uth Corps, Job Corps , Communi ty Schoo) and Req:eation Programs . 11he office,rs and their Centers a re : Officer Gambell , NASH-Washington ; Offace.r Lyons , Price and Sum-Mee; Officer. Cardell , Central City; Officer J ob nson , Northwes t ( Perty Homes); Officer Nello ms, Edgewood ; Officer Graham, Northeast; O{f~cer Owens, West End. 24. PLANNED PARENTHOOD Fam,ily planning servic e administereel by the p Qanned Parentb ood .Associatio n of the Atlanta Area, 31 08 Piedmont Rioad , N. E . , Telephone: 233-4493 , Mrs. J ulian Freedman Acting Director. ACTION : Over 2,193 individua l s served . 3 Family '.Planning Clin ics in operation: Be~hlehem Community Center Clinic , 9 McDonough Boulevard , Telep hone: 627-0176 (Mo nda y evenings),; PeFI;y Homes Clinic,, 1660 Drew Drive, N . W., Apartment 756, Telepho ne: 355 '8 278 (Wednesday evenings); and John 0 . Ohiles Homes, 435 Ashby £tree S . W., Te~ephone: 755-4228, (Thursday even ii;igs) . 25. MUL Tl SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED ,. Recreation, social services and day eare for families Living in the three High - ···- •• "I·~·' J . •/, '-' •:, • , , ., rise ap artment buildin g s for · the a ged built by the Atla nta Publi c Hou s· ng Authori ty. f:.t: ,, ' Pro gram adminis tered by Senior C itizen Services of Metropolita n Atlanta , foe . , 120 Ma rietta Stre et , N . W. , T e le ph one : 77-3828 , Mr. A . . Horvath , Di rect or . ·~-' ·, wt -~ ,.. ' ~I I .If,~ ',:1 • ~',.,• "' I ACTION : A r:oca l of l , 794 famil y uni t s aue being serv ed in the A ntione Graves C e nter , 126 Hilli ard Street , N. E . , Telephone : 577 -li9 0; the J oho 0. Chi les Cent er;, 43 5 As hby Street , S. W., Teleph on e : 753-4084; and the P almer Hous e , 43 0 T ech wood Drive , N . W. , Te lephone: 873-3453 . he ,A tla nta tlepartmen t o arks and Recrea tion i s providi ng r,ec.reatio n speciatiists under contract to provide co mpreh ensiv e rec rea tio n progra ms. T h e Fl!l lton Cou nty Departmer;ic of Family a nd Children Seuvices provides a fuU-cime rep resentative i n ea c h Cen t er by agi;.ee menc. The Fulton County I?ubl~c Rea.1th Departmen t provides a health ma intena nce program i n each Cen ter by agreement . 26.PROJECT ENABLE Gr.o l!lp education ,fo low-inc ome parents to i.ncuea se motivacion for se lf -hel p . Commun ity a nd pensooal problems ate identified a nd become th e ta rget for a c tion. Administered by the Atlanta Ur. ban League, Inc . , 239 Auburn Avenue , N.,E . , Mrs. Lillian Clark Director , Telephone: 52 2-8839 . ACTION : Seven groups wi th a tota l o 167 parents have comp l e rred their dis c ussio ns . There have been 238 referra ls to other agei;i ies fo r ~e~p . 1,069 people have been interviewed . A. leadership traiQing phase wiU s ta!t soon . 27. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A pro<>:.im co provide tnaining and supervisio n of local volu nteers who supplement services of the E.0 .A. professional staff. VoJuoceens a re drawn from all a reas oF the c ~cy, inclrudin . 0 . .A. .' �target areas. Administered by the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc . , Glenn [B uilding , 120 Marietta Strieet, N. W. , Jfelephone: 577-2250 , Mrs. Elinor Metzger, Director. ' ...... ACTION: 46 volunteers trained and ser,ving. Volunteers are placed in Neighborhood Service Centeris, Community Schoo.lis , Communiuy Centers , Planned Parench,ood Centers , St. Joseph's Hospital, Senior Citizens Centers , and Day Care Centers. Volunteer,s include both men a nd women. lnte ues ced persons shou ld call the above number. New class of 33 co s tart in January will las e 6 weeks (4 weeks cl ass es plus 2 weeks on-job-training). Next cl ass starics March 20th. E. RESEARCH PROGRAMS Training and work e xperience for 500-700 hard-core , unempl oyed ouc-0£school yo uths per year, in workshop situations . Administered by BE.ES-BIZ , Inc. , a non-profit , private organization. 570 Peachtree Street, Telephone: 8735653 , Mr. Joseph Minecci , Director. ACTION : 233 were enrolled during the program. 31. PROJECT UP-LI FT Job training for, unemployed parents of dependent children operated by Fulton County Department of Family a nd Children Services at 50 Whitehall Street , Mrs . Willie Thompson , Director , Telephone: 572-2155. ACTION : Program will end by February 28th. 227 individuals are now in training. 387 have completed the course . 28. EVALUATION PROGRAM An eighteen month evaluation of Atlanta's Community Action Program. Administered by Emory Universi ty , Telephone: 377-2411 , Exe. 517, Dr. John Doby , Di.rector; Dr. Fred R. Crawford , Principa l Inve stigator. ACTION : Prelimin a ry research underway. 29. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM E.O.A. was selected for a n O .E .O . Pilot study to design and implement a data processing system to a utoma te ac counting a nd fin a nc ial wo rk. The pro ject de s igned procedures for da ta ga therin g from the Neighborhood Service Centers. Administered by Electronics Data Systems Corpora ti on, Room 8 17, 101 Marietta Street, N . W. , Te lephon e: 525 4262, exr.5 8, ·Mr. Davis Ham lin , Director. ACT ION : E .O.A.'s bud getary and payroll acco untin g department is now automated a nd usin g computers . F. DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS 30. BEES- BIZ 32. PUBLIC HEAL TH Public Health Nurses for Neighborhood Service Centers . Administered by Fulto n County Department of Public Health , 99 Bueler Street, S . E. , Telephone: 572-2927 , Mrs . Gla d ys L. Garland , Coordinator. \· ACTION : 4 nurses worked with the Neighborhood Service Ce nters . 33. HOMEMAKER SE RVICES Substitute h omemakers assumed re sponsibility for households in low-income areas during emergenc y situa ti ons. Ad ministered by Visiti ng Nurse Associa tion of Atla nt a , 1270 Techwood Drive. Telephone: 873-2683, Mrs. Mary Caldwell , Coordinator. ,, '¥ ·rt ,.. ACTION : 28 homemakers served 522 homes , a nd made 13,436 visits . 34. RECREATION CONDUCTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS ACTION : The Recreation Technician and staff of the Neighborhood Service Ce nter s organized and supervised sports , tutorial program , children' ac - ,, ..., �II t1v1t1es , swimming, basketball , baseball , teen clubs and adult activities in lowincome a reas. s ummer of 1966 . Plans for 1967 indefin ite. 38. MEDICARE ALERT 35. SUMMER RECREATION E.O.A. fin a nced summer recreation in 1966. Total attendance was 277 ,000 . The programs were administered by the City of Acla nta, (Parks a nd Recrea tion Department) , 10 United Appeal agencies a nd 3 priva te agencies. Agencies a nd depa rtments w ere: Atla nta Parks a nd Recreation Dept . Butler Street YMCA Wesley Ho use Centers Sal va tion Army Warren Memorial Boys' Club Wes t End Boys ' Club Grady Homes Boys ' Club George Washin gton Carver Boys' Club Atla nta Co uncil of Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls ' Club Apt Academy Atlanta Urban League Vine City Council 36.HOME MANAG EMENT TRAININ G E.O.A . Home Ma nage ment Techn icians a nd a ides working in Neighborhoo d Service Center s taugh t residents c ooking , sewing , housekeeping, bud ge ting , child care , hygiene, consu mer buyi ng , and facts about loans and installment buying . G. OTHERS 37. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM A program to provide schol arsh ips fo r primary and s econdary students foom under-pri viledged home s to allow them to attend s ummer school. Admini stered by the Atla nta and Fulton C ounty Boards of Education. Dr. John Ma rtin , Ass i s tant Superintendent for Instruction , 2930 Forr e s t Hill s Dr. , Telephone: 761-54 11. ACT ION : 6, 500 youths attended the E.O .A . fi nanced program during the s umme r of 1965 . Program did not operate A two month proguam. 10,697 citizens 65 y ears and o lde r were contac ted . 110 paid workers, o l der people from l owin come areas , and 117 voluntee rs explained heal th and hospital be nefits available under the new Medicare legislation and helped people app ly before the March 31, 1966 deadline. SUMMARY EOA ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS Multi-SeFv.ice Neighborhood Centers Neighborhood Youth Corps ( our-of-school progra m) Sma ll Bu s ine ss Devel o pment Center Men's Job C orp s (Recruitin g ) VISTA (Volunteers in Se rvice to America) Placement and Supervision Medicare Alert EOA PROGRAMS CONTRACTED TO OTHER AGENCIES Community Schools (Atl a nt a P ub l ic Sch oo ls) Head Sta rt Project s (Atlant a Public Schools and 7 pri va te org a ni za tion s ) Day Care Center s (private organizations) Summ er Recreation Program s (Ci ty o f Atla nta, 10 Uni ted Appeal Agencie s , 3 ot h ers) P roject BEES- BIZ (pri va te no n-profit organization) Manpower Pl ace ment Cente rs (Georgia State Employ ment Service) Emp loyment Evaluation and Service Center (Voca tion a l Rehabili ta tion) Lega l Service (Lega l Aide So ciety ) Plan ned Paren th ood (P la m1ed Parenthood Association of Atla nt a) Mult i-Service Ce nters fo r th e Aged (Senior C iti ze ns of Metropo lit a n Atl an t a, Inc.) Volunteer Task Force (Community Counc il ) Fos ter Grandparents (Senior Citizen s of .· ~,.. ,I, . ., . •-, r �,r ,., Metropolitan Atla nta, fnc .) Neighborhood Youth Corps (fn-School) (Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schoo ls) Project nable (Urban League) Public Health Services (Fulton County Health Department) Homemaker Services (Visitin g iNmse Association of Atlanta) Summe School (Atlanta ublic Schools) COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS Ii ,." ..• I . . r Proj ct 'Upl,i£c (F ulton County Department of, Family and Childrien Services) Youth Opportunity Center (Sta te £mployment Service) Col lege Work Study Programs (8 colleges) J?rojec t Upward Bound ( 3 co ll eges) Womens' Job Corps (WICS - Women in Community Service) Cr.ime Prevention (Atlanta Police Dept.) Manpower Developmen t and ]i'r;aining Act ofr 196;1 (Georgia tare Employment Ser,v.ice and Atlanta Board 0£ Education) Project Hir,e (Help Initiate Renewed Employ ment) (Georgia Scace Employment Service) Golden Age Employment Service ( Atlanta Secti on Na tion a l Council 0£ Jewis Wo men) Adu le- B as ic Educati o n (Atl a nta Boa rd of. E duca ti on~ N o longer; in operation 1966 E.O.A. BOARD OF Mr. Bo i sf.e uillet Jones , Chairm an Mrs . W. H. . (L uc y) Aiken Mr. Har,old Ben son Mrs . A. L . Benton Mr. Wi lli am L. Ca~loway Mr. Rober,t Dobbs Mr . George L. Edwards, Mr. Melvin Grantham Mr . John W. Greer Rev . Joseph L. Gr,,igg Mr . John S . Herndon Mt. Jesse Hill Rev . M. L. King , Sr. - ' I ,...,... ' Dr. J oho W. L ecsoa, Mr,. W. M. Montague , Sr. Mr. Carl P lunkecc Mr. 1ulian Sharpt;on M . A. H. Sterne Mr. Erwin Stevens MFs. Nancie Stowers Dr,. Paul D. West Mrs . LeKoy (Ann) Woodward Mrs . Mamie Wynn ' Note: The 196i EOA Board ofr Directors wim be expanded to 36 members , including 12 represen tatives of thos @ served by EOAi (one elected by each Neighborhood Advisory Council) , 12 representatives appointed by public age ncies whic hi serve the poor , and 12 represen;tat,i ves ai;ipointed by other commun ity grioups . The re presentatives ofr chose served by EOA have already been elected . They are mar,ked ** below. 12 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS ( 1967) C entral City Mrs. Doroth y Buown Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. He len Tayl or Mrs. Annie ack son Mr. Harold Ra ine s &tr. L . L . Turner Mrs. Ros ie f-:loJc Mr. T ommy Gri tfin Mr. Spen ce r Blou nt Mrs . Betty Pool Mr. Jam e s Aus tin Mrs . Nora Keyros Mus . Eve ly n Brown Mr;. Alonzo Watson Center Director Nom i nees: Mrs. Ethel Cox Mrs . Bertha Jackson Mrs . Oneda Seay Mr . B . A. (Kitchens Mr. D. A. Coley Eas t Cent ral Mrs . Mrs . Mr s . Mr - . **Mrs . Annie B . Chamber s Beatric e Wil s on ather.ine Gane Margaret Gr ;;at Sustie LaBord �Mrs . Grace Pullum Mrs . Petronia Hall Mrs. Clide Anderson Mrs. Ruby Whitfield Mrs. Ida Hermon Mrs. Pearl Williams Mrs . Willie Lewis Miss Doris Mathews Mrs. Johnnie Mosley Mr. Lewis Holmes , Sr. Mr. James Gilbert Mr. Emmitt Sowell Mrs. Fannie Woods Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Annie L. Hill Lt. L arry RePass Mrs. Mildred Perry Rev. Clarence Maddox Edgewood Mrs. Ruby N. Heard Rev . W. C. Hill Mr. Lorenzo John son Mrs. Dorothy Harris Mr. J ul ius White Mrs . Mary Mobley Mrs . Fletch er Walk er Mr. Columbus Maddox Mr. Leroy Dobbs Mrs. Maggie McMullen Mr s . Lizzie Stephens Mr. Thomas Carlton Mrs. Chari ty Smith Mrs . Cleta Mitchell Mrs . M. B. White Mrs . Mi11 ie Acree Mrs. Dorothy Adam s Mt . F red Co x M . IRoss Douthard , al ternate C enter Direc tor Nominees: Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Rufus Favons Charles Turner J ohn Gaither J ohn Cos by NASH-Wa shington Mts . Ruby McDowell Mrs . Dornth y P yrom Mrs . Do ri s Davis Mrs . Annie Sewel] Mrs . Mary Avery Mr. Ot is Cochtan Mr. James Marsh all Mrs . Joyce Burn ey Mrs. Mrs. Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Margaret Knight Alice Dixon Parialee FaulknGeneva Mack Lillian Hunt Elizabeth Harvey Jessie Miller Katie Jones C. M. Wolfe Carrie Porter Cynthia Hampton Verna Kirkland Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson Mrs . Maggie Moody Mr. Jame s Gardner Dr. Elsie Edmondson North Fulton Being organized Northwest - Perry Mrs. Ruby Hawk Mr. John Sla ton Mrs. F lo ssie Zac kery Mrs. Shirley Dowdell Mrs. Odessa Wheeler Mrs. Arie Shelm on Mr. R ay mond Morr,is Mr. Richard Feagin Mrs . Loretta Gres ha m Mrs . Vera McCoy Mrs. Margie Freeman Mrs. Bernice Hou seworth Mrs . Delores Mitchell Mr . Jessie Gascon Mrs . Garaldine Hughes Mrs . Barba ra Davis Rev. David Middlebrook Center Director Nominees: Mr. Robe rt Dobbs Mr. Bob Shaw Mrs. J osie Wynn Mr. Carey F l eming Pittsburg Mrs . Mrs. Mrs . Mrs . F lorence Alexan der Nettie Bl anton C arrie Wright Anni e Evan s �I I:' Mrs . Rosa Hammonds Mr:. John Tolbert Mrs . Marion Hood Mr. N. HI. Scott Mrs . Mammie Fleming Mr. Clarence Smith /** Mrs. Beatrice Garland Mrs. H. H. Dyer Mr. Ben Jen kins Mrs . Willie P. Tbonncon Mrs . Leonie Mester Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Sl ini a Sears Mrs . Sallie Billin gs le y Rev . Calvin Mouscon Price Mrs . Christine Bea s on Mrs. Mary F uller Rev . L. W. Hope , Sr. Mrs . Gra ce Ba r:k s dale Mrs . Olli e P owell Mrs. N eerie Bennett Mr s . Lois Wil li a ms Mr. Cha rles Da ndeo Mrs . Lena Owe ns Mr. Melvin 'B a rn es Mrs. C. M. Martin Mns . Mary F. O'Neal Rev . H . F . Gne e n Mrs. E ula ne Hous eworth Mrs . Evelyn Ba ttle Mrs . France s Th o mpson Mrs . Arthur Williams Mrs . Ru th Coffer Mr. George Bru mfi eld Mr. Gabrie l McCrary Center Director Nominee s: Mr. He nry Ph ipps Mrs . Loui se Watl ey Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. Wil liam Merritt South Fulton Mrs . Mary Lemons Mrs . Lucy Willi s Mr. J ohn Walton , Jr. Mrs . Louvenia Will iams Mrs . Alyce Price Mr. Ronald Bridges Mrs . Julie Chaney Mr. William John s on Mrs . Myrtic e Rowe / **Mr. W. T. Brooks Mrs . Susie Perkins Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Elizabeth Huggins Mr. Al fredo Callejas Mr. Milo Fisher Summerhill -Mechanicsvil Ie Rev. J . B. Mai;cin Mrs. Rosa Burney Mr. Edward J oho so n Re v . L. C. Clack Mr. Lewis Peters Mrs . Alice Hudson Mr. J oho Gresha m Mrs . Curtis McWorcher Mr. Hudson Whitsett Mrs. Evelyn Burri ss Mr s. Ann L. Childs Mr . Andrew Broo ks Mr s. Annie By rd Mr s . Li zz i e J e nnings Mr . Edward Moody Mr. Edward Grimes Mr. C. L. Walton Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Mrs . Dori s Gaston Mr s . Mattie a n s l ey Center Director No minees: Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Gu ssie L ewi s Ca therine Co lbert Leila Hancock A. L. Benton ( e l e c ted in 1966 fo r 2 year term co Board) West C entral Mr s . Doro thy Patterson Mr s . Leola Perry Mr. Walter Burton Mr. Wilkie A . Jordan Mr . Nathaniel Walker Mr . Lewis Evans Mrs . Mary Hall / **Mr. Edward Yo ung Mrs . Laura Willis Mr. John Dixon Mr. Elisha Piers Mrs . Corine Smith Mrs . Frankie Kendri ck Mi ss Nedra L. Reid Rev . K. M. Dunlap Mrs . Nellie Price Mrs. E velyn Perdu e Re v . R . Johnson �IC enter D irect o r Nom inees: fr s . WilJie Perki os Rev . Elli s L. Green ".\fr. Charl e s B. Ha rt, J r. West End Mr. B. F. Wa ldorn Mr. Ben Bens on \ !rs . Peg Brady ,\,fr. Willi am Killings wor th Mrs . Emma Jordan Mr. A. R. Phil lips Mr. F red Youn g Mrs . Gertrude McLennan Mrs . E l izabeth God bee Mrs . Maxine Abbo tt Mrs . Edna Mayo Mr . Roy Harwell Mr. Alvi n Barne r .\,!rs . Bertha Stewart .\1rs . Roxie Lipford Mr. R . C. Chinn M,s . Lucy Cas tell Mrs . D. L. Stovall Mr. Coleman Smith .\1rs . Beatrice Henderson ,\,!rs. M. U. Barnette \Jr. J. C. Dietrich ,\,!rs . Sue Bradley Mrs . C. B . Cole Mr . Jack Bagwell '-Ar. Robert Rice .\Jr . F . H. Pound \!rs . Gene John son Mrs . Ann Miller Mr . Roswell Jackson .\frs. Mary Chandler \!rs . Mary Morton C enter D irector Nominee s: ~\fr . H. D. Wi ley .\,lrs . George Longino • \lrs . Mam i e Wvnn .\!rs . Gladys Bradley Rev . Carol Tinsley l CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (1967) Executive Administrator Nominees !rs . Annie Laurie Pace .\ fr . Ralph Long Rev R . B Shorts Mr. Robe rt Blount M, s . L e nnie He s te r Mrs. Mary Morton TECHN ICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. James H. Aldredge Miss Dori s Alexa nder Honorable Iva n Allen , gr. Dr. Wa llace M. Als ton Mr. Harold N . Arnold Dr. Sa nford At wood Dr. Warren D. B ache li s Dr. P aul R . B eall Mr . Duane W. Beck Mr. G lenn E. Bennett Mi ss Catheri ne Boling Dr. J a mes J? . Brawle y Dr. R ufus E . C le men t Mr . C larence D. Cole man Mr. J ack C. Deliu s Mr. Wellborn R . Ell i s Mr. Arn o ld D. Elli son Mr. R ic ha rd Forbe s Mr. J a mes F urniss Mr. Collier B . Gladin M, . Herma n B . Guinn Mr . Joseph F . Haas Dr. James F . Ha c kney Arch bi s hop P aul J. Ha !Jina n Dr. Edwi n Harri son Mr. Richard C. Hicks Miss Re becca Ho ll ings worth Honorable Lloyd Elmo Holt Mr. William S. Howland Mr . William E . Inmon Mr. John H . J aco bs Dr. A. P . Jarrell Mr. Herbert T . Jenkin s Mr. Ma lco lm D. Jone s \fr . A Ia n F. K iepper; Mc John F . Kiser Mr. R . Earl L anders Dr . Noah Langdal e , Jr. Dr. John W. Letson Major George Marsha ll Dr. Albert E . Man ley Mr. Sam Mas se ll, Jr . Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Mrs . Frances McKay Mr . J . 0 . Moore Mr. Jack P . Nix �~ ~~TT,:-~T.~----- Mr. A. B. Padgett Mr. J . W. Pinkston Dr. Claude Purcell Mr. William Ray , Jr. Mr. M. B . Satterfield Mrs . Bruce Schaefer Mr. Opie Shelton Mr. Robert E. Shrider Mr. Robert Sommerville Mr. Douglas W. Str,onbehn Dr. Herman L . Turn er Dr. John Venable Dr. Paul 0. West Rev. Samue l W. Williams Mr. Marion Williamson Mr. John C. Wilson ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. Mr. C. 0. Emmerich Executive Director Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Operation s (and Director o f Neighborhood Services Organization) ,Ir Mr. William W. Allison Assoc iate Admini s trator for Pla nning ~ u z .• { Mr. William G. Terry Associat e Administrator for Genetal Services (and Director of Meti t System) ~ I,' IZ < .-, I \ • Mr. Luther A. Mclendon, Jr. Director of Finance .. ' ' I ,7. . • t ! } ..J I- < >I- ci OM ..Jo a:i I- M 8 w< w i:, 0:: 0:: t-o .,,w <<.!> Mrs. Wade T. Mitchell Director of Information II- <- Wl- -z a::< <...J ,;;l- o< l �ATLANTA,GEORQIA ROUTE SLIP TO: ~PA~¥~~-=---=---- FROM : Dan E. Sweat, Jr. D For your information D Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25- 4-S �CITY HALL October 1~, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmenta: liaison . MEMORANDUM To: Dr. John Letson, School Superintendent Mr. Jack Delius, General Manager, Parks Department Miss Virginia Carmichael, Recreation Director, Parks Department From: Subject: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Transfer of Summer Recreation Programs to School System Each summe r f o r the last several years, it has b e come increasingly more apparent that the de ve lopment and implementation of comp re hensive recreation programs in low income sections of the City of Atlanta is absolutely essential for the reduction of obvious factors which cause problems of juvenile delinquency and social disorders. The large-scale special recreation program this summer pro ve d conclusively the v alue of such an all-out coordinated effort. More than 125, 000 youngste rs from disadv ant a g e d commun iti e s took part in programs prov ided by 33 agencies through th e recr e ation funds made available by th e Office of Economic Opportunity, the City of Atlanta and the local ag e ncies . It was the first summer many of these boys and girls had been afford e d the opportunity to p a rticipate in sup e r v is e d r e cr e ation acti v ities.· The fact that Atlant a' exp e ri e nced a summe r of calm w ith a minimum o f frictions w hich plagued other citie s spe aks we ll for this summe r's acti v ity . �Page Two October 18, 1967 The truth of the matter is that anyone who wished to participate in organized recreation in Atlanta this year could do so within his own neighborhood. All this has strengthened my firm belief that a well planned, adequately financed and staffed summer program of recreation is vital to the supervision of our young people during the long vacation period. In order to plan, finance, and operate the desired program, every existing public facility and resource must be utilized to the maximum. All available federal aids as well as private assistance must also be incorporated into such a program. There are at present 121 elementary and 26 high schools in the City School System. All of the eleme ntary schools and all of the high schools have playgrounds or areas suitable for outdoor play adjacent to the schools. There ar e 15 gymnasiums and two sports stadiums include d in the facilities of the school system. In addition, almost all schools have auditoriums, cafeterias and other tools which should be utilized in a comprehensive summer program of recreation. The public elementary and high school is the one community facility which most directly affects the lives of the greatest number of people in a community. Virtually all youngsters between the ages 6 - 18 are unde r the supervision of teachers, cQaches and/or other school officials for nine months of the year. It seems to me that a summer recreation program which is orie nted to the school facilities would pro v ide for an orde rly and m e aningful e x tension of supe rvision for a full twelve months. To place dir e ct responsibility for summe r recreation w ith the schools w ould ena ble school officials to b e tt e r coordin at e y e ar-around school and youth activities . _Summe r school, spei!ial e nrichme nt p r ograms a n d other programs conducte d by the schools in the summer could b e a part of an overall t w elve month school plan, including r e creation . The purpos e of this m e morandum is to request that the Park s a n d Recr e a t ion D e pa r tme nt and th e School D e partme nt discuss th e feasibilit y of t r a n s fe r of sp e cial summe r re creation p r ograms - �.... Page Three October 18, 1967 particularly in low income areas - to the School Department. The special committee now preparing a five -year plan for public recreation in the City of Atlanta might also be asked to consider the potentialities of this proposal. IAJr:fy L �C TY OP .ATL~'TA CITY HALL August 21, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assis tant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison " MEMORANDUM . To: Mr. Jack Delius Miss Virginia Carmichael From: Dan S we.9-t Subject: · ~m~ ov1e - President's Commission The President's Commission on Youth Opportunity will have a photo grapher in on Wednesday to shoot pictures of the Atlanta program. The movie is actually being put together by International T e l ephone and Telegraph. l Neal Gr ego ry, from the Vice Preside nt's Offic e , requested that we assist the photo g rapher in getting the necessary shots and that if we had any color slides to be made available to the producer . for pas sible inclusion in the movie it would be h elpful. Neal had attempted to call Virginia but this was the time that she was in New York at the Summer Games . . They will l e t one of u~_ know who the photographer will be and . what time h e is expected i n. DS:fy cc: Mayor Ivan All e n, Jr . . .· . �CITY OF ATLANTA August 22, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental liaison Dear Fellow Citizen: A~cording to the school system records, I see that you may not be planning to return to school this fall. I hope that this is not the case. As chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunity Campaign, I am interested in you and your future. Our City needs you. But even more, your education is improtant to you and the skills you can develop. To stop school now is a cruel form of self-punishment. If you get a skill or receive a high school diploma, it will not only mean more money in your pocket, it will mean a better life for you. If you are not interested in going to regular academic day classes, you can attend ever.ing or day vocational - technical classes or go to evening academic or evening training classes. For your own good -- for money in your .pocket -- it is necessary that you learn a skill or get a high school diploma. There are many jobs available right now if you have the skills needed to do them. I urge you to reconsider your decision to quit school: they may be, should not keep you out of school. If you need you need answers about the school programs you can get, call System . at 761-5411, Ext. 220 or the Atlanta Youth Council at Problems, whatever help or guidance or if the Atlanta School 522-4463 1 Ext. 437. No matter what you may now feel about continuing school ,' I strongly urge you so seriously consider one of the vocational or academic programs available to you. Think of yourself and take advantage of the opportunities available to you. To quit is to be left behi nd. By the way, the Atlanta Braves and I would like to invite you to be our guest at a special "Back-to-School" game to be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. Two tickets for the night game with Pihi adelphia are enclosed and I hope that you and a friend will attend. ruly, IA:psh Enclosures (2) Mayor I van Allen, Jr. Metropolitan Atlanta Opportunity Campaign �HELP THEM HELP TJ.lfMSELVE-S YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 FOR GREATER ATLANTA ATLANTA YOUTH COUNCIL, 68 MITCHELL ST., S. W., ATLANTA 30303 Telephone 522-4463, Ext. 437 May 16, 1967 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#Rl) ATLANTA TO EXPAND PLAYLOT PROGRAt,,1 FOR 1967 (First of a series of announcements on summer recreation programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department, will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: "We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful NevJ effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of the ir homes, a( opportunity for pFe schoel children the ~f ~~r~ d J) ried types of r ecreation /£ t bo i i ' ~ h Q gJ.QBIQR t an;r sna de s under experience d personnel with outstanding assistance and support f rom youth and adults f rom the ne i ghbor hoow themse lves ." This announcement from Mayor Allen came a s the f irst in a series of inf ormation r eleases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the yout h recreation f i eld , with the coordinat i on of t he Youth Opportunity Campai gn f or 1967. .,f;~ y The Pl aylot program , begun last J une paPtiaJ.4 with f unds from the Office of Economic Opportunity , included nine s i tes at t he cl ose of last summer. These were \~ located in low-income neighborhoods , often on vacant lots which 1leased for token rental , cleared, equipped and staffed by t he Parks and Recreation Department. and - volunteers. �(#Rl-2) An average of 750 children participated in the Playlot program each of ~~ ()}: ffi.w,-,( days last summer, and that number is expected to reachJ ~ f' r [fl~ program i s expanded tox ~ ) _ .c../J sites for 1967. Of ~ 2---- e z,~ sites, 2 9 000 1as .3 .:t,wo the have buildings ~ which will insure all-weather oper ation. ~ t - The City has been acquiring these lots for t h= last several months and is · comp1 et.ion · "{f:A nearing of the initial development stage . The Playlots will be equipped with water fountains, portable toilets, climbing ~owers, swings, slides, sand boxes, '~ ) basketball goals and nets and games and athletic equipment of many types. The Playlots will be open from ___a.m. until ---·n ~ .£,;,~ from June _ __until September p.m., six daysn ~.~ 143.215.248.55 ~~ r..,p.-rr '"'-" Many of t he lots will be lighte~ and these will remain open until ___y.m. and childr en encouraged to return during the evening hours and bring their parents to participat e in games of interest to adults as well as children . "'.,·/\1~) .:A-ll of the Playlots will be provided with sprinkler heads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of children. at: v ./ v l. 2. 3. 4. V v 11/ v v v I/ v v' I,, s. 6. 7. s. 9. 10 . ll. 12 . 13. 14. Rhodes Street between Sunset & Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally St. near Richardson St. Gilliam Park on Wade 373 Thurmond Street Magnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Ave. Haygood and Crew St. 255 Dodd Avenue (House) Windsor near Richardson St. Park Ave. and Lansing, S.E. Arlington Cir ., N.W . 533 Centra~ Av_e. _ , s.w. Ladd St . off Oakland, N. W. 1 96 Savannah St ., S.E. (House ) i/ 18 . 141 Walnut St . , N. E. (l /2 House) /19 . Harper Park Site - Pool e Creek Rd ., S.E. /~Daniel ~anton P_ark ~ite., ( Mc3:rt in-Boynton, S . E .) -Y21. Perry Blvd. and Lively v 22 . Huff Rd. near Booth , N. W. ~ , f. V--- 23. Butler and Vernon Pl. , N.E. / 24. University & Hubbard , S.E • .,, .,25. Vernon a~d Fort, N. E. -V ~6 e Habershal-at Perry Blvd. Daniel between Edgewood & DeKalb Ave. ,,,,,- 1 6. i/17. V27. Playlots are located �(#Rl-3) The first four sites listed above will have portable swimming pools, donated 1'i () by the Rich Foundation and valued at $28, (for the four). They are steel support:;~lt;:u,J-- properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervise/ - - . . . . . . on wi·11 b e avai"labl e f rom _ a .m. unti·1 _y.m., swimming and swimming instructi days a week. 1 ~ Tentative plans are to relocate these fp ools in nearby school basements during the winter months, thus providing year-round swimming opportunity in these four areas. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be funded by a grant assured from the Office of Economic Opportunity. ThS~ ill bear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire another -...playlo~ sites before the ~nd of the summer and also introduce some innovations in its existing Playlot program •. ~ ( 1. Provide noon-time snacks to hundreds of 0 ~ vl t&_§;. hildren who would otherwise do without the recreation programs possible - 2. portable etc. isolated small neighborhoods could be 3. near them. 4. Possibly 5. And most hours on Sunday afternoons. expand permanent year-round program. hoped that contributions, loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens, business f irms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to add these innovations and enrich the recreation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantfans. Interested parties are asked to contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463 , extension 437. As an important phase in the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, a simple directory of summer learning, recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, deigned for each quadrant of the City, will be distributed through the Atlanta schools, recreation centers, private agencies and Neighborhood Centers prior to the close of school. �CITY OF .ATLANTA IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Sec retary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Li aison NEWS RELEASE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Special News Release Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. John Cox, Executive Director, Atlanta Youth Council Jack Delius, G e neral Manager, Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department For Immediate Release May 17, 1967 Atianta to Expand Playlot Program for 1967 (First of a Series of Announcements on Summer Recreation Programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recre~tion Department will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful new effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered varied types of recreation opportunity for children of all ages under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves. 11 11 This announcement from Mayor AHen came as the first in a series of information releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967. The Playlot progra~, begun last June and financed substantially with funds from the Office of E conomic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer. These w e re located in low-income neighborhoods, ofte n on vacant lots which were leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department and neighborhood volunteers. An average of ?St>' children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 days last summe r, and that number is expected to reach at leas t 2,000 per day as the pr ogram is expanded to more than 25 sites during the summer of 1967. Of some 26 sites that have already been selected, three have buildings which will insure all-weather operation. T he City has been locating these lots during the last sev eral months and is nearing com ple tion of the initial development of most of the Playlots. The amount and type of e quipme nt on e ach site will vary according to the size of the lot, but e quipment will include water fountains, portable t oilets, climbing towers, swings, · slides, s a n d boxes, basketball goals and nets, and games and athletic equipment of many t ype s. The Playlot s will b e ope n from 10 a. m. until dark, six days a week, from June 1st throu gh L a bor Da y, S e pte mber 4th. With the advent of Daylight Savings Time , recre ation p rogra ms can be continuous until 9 or 9:30 p. m. during the summer and children will be encoura ged to return during the e v ening hours and bring their parents to p a r ticipate in games of interest to adults as well as children. Most of the Pla ylot s w ill b e provi d e d with sprinkle r h e ads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of childre n. Playlots are a l ready developed or hav e b een planned at the following locations: �l Page Two May 17, 1967 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 . 13. 14. 15 . 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Rhodes Street between S unset and Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally Street near Richardson Street Gilliam Park on Wade Avenue 373 Thurmond Street M agnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Avenue Haygood and Crew Street 255 Dodd .Avenue (Indoor Facilities) Windsor near Richardson Street Park P..venue a nd Lansing, S. E. Arlington Cir.cle, N. W . 533 Central Avenue , S. W. Ladd Street off Oakland, N. W. 196 Savannah Street, S. E. (Indoor Facilltjes) 141 Walnut Street, N. E. (Indoor Facilities) Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Road, S. E. Daniel Stanton Park Site (Martin-Boynton, S. E.) Perry Boulievard and Lively H uff Road near Booth, N. W. Butler and Vernon Place, N. E. University and Hubbard, S. E. Vernon and Fort, N. E. Habershal at Perry Boulevard Daniel between Edgewood and DeKalb Avenue The first four sites above will have portable swimming pools, made possible by a $28, 500 donation from the Rich Foundation. The pools are steel supported, filtered, properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervis ed swimming and swimming instruction will be available seven days a week, from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m. on weekdays and from 1 p. m. until 7 p. m. on Sundays. Tentative plans are to relocate thes e pools in school basements during the winter months, thus providing the schools with an opportunity for yearround swimming instruction. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be fund e d by a grant assured from the Office of Ec;onomic Opportunity. The City will b ear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire additional Playlot sites before the end of the summer and also introduce some innovations into the existing Playlot program. It is hoped that contributions , loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens , business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to enrich the re creation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantans. Interested parties are asked t o contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, Extension 437 • .As an important phase i n the Youth Opport unity Campaign for 1967, a simple dire ctory of summer learning , recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will b e distributed through the Atlanta schools , recreation centers, p r ivate agencies and neighborhood centers prior to the close of school. # # # �CITY OF ATLANT.A CITY HALL May 15, 1967 . ' ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Honorable Richard H. Russell United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Russell: RE: Telephone conversation May 15, 1967, on Summer Recreation with Bill Jordan Enclosed is a rundown on the City of Atlanta's 1967 special sununer recreation needs in low-income neighborhoods which I discussed with Mr. Jordan in your absence this morning. You will note that the proposed 1967 summer r ecreation program budget sheet lists those projects which would b e operated by the City Government, through its Parks and Recreation Department, the Atlanta Public Schools, United Appeal .~gencies, the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Service C enters, and the Fulton C ounty programs. This $570, 119 total r e presents merely those extra summer activities which are urgently needed in the slum areas over and above thos e programs and activities which the City and the various agencies are able to do within the limits of their regular budgets. The amounts shown for the various United Appeal agencies under the "1966 Budget" column are listed to show what these agencies spent through the special summer program last year. Since EOA had not received any specific proposals from these particular agencies for this sununer 's program, these amounts were merely include d ih anticipation that these agencies would do at least as much as the y did in 1966. �Senator Russell Page Two May 15, 1967 You will note in the other attachments that we have worked very diligently with other public and private agencies as well as the business and civic community in enlisting community-wide support for our summer recreation and employment program. We have received some help through the Rich Foundation, Sears Roebuck, the Atlanta Labor Council, and other private business and civic organizations. We have also drawn funds from other critically needed programs in order to increase our activities in the disadvantaged communities. With the $570, 119 we have requested as a part of the $75,000,000 special summer appropriation requested from the Congress, we 'feel that we will be able to carry on a reas"Onable summer program for more than 160,000 young people and adults who are not economically able to provide their own. We hope that you will lend your support to this appropriations request for the City of Atlanta and other cities throughout the state and nation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:fy �PROPOSED 1967 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM .. ! April 26, 1967 I I Ij SPONSOR 1. Operation CHAMP Neighborhood Playlot Program Senior Citizens Wilderness Camp $ 89, 340 106,680 67,758 96,000 Atlanta Public Schools a. 3. (1966 Budget) City of Atlanta a. b. c. d. 2. AMOUNT Community Schools 60,000 United Appeal Agencies a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Metropolitan Boys Clubs Atlanta Urban League Butler Street YMCA Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls Club Vine City Council Wesley House Centers Salvation Army 4. Neighborhood Services 5. County Programs 63,043 ($13,000) ($14, 000) ($ 7, 311) ($ 6, 55 3) ($ 3, 434) ($ 4, 000) 5,000 24,000 ,/ 10,000 TOTAL $521,821 GRAND TOTAL $570,119 $48,298 �CITY HALL April 14, 196 7 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code ~04 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Ex ec ut i•1e Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat Subject: Your Meeting with Vice President Humphrey Cliff Henry of the U. S. Conference of Mayors telephoned me Thursday and said that the Vice President had invited the mayors of ten cities to meet with him in Washington to discuss summer · recreation needs. The Conference of M&.yors had been asked to provide information to the Vice President's Office which would show: 1. The number of new programs scheduled by these cities for the ghettos during summer 1967. 2. How much additional local money is going into these programs. 3. How much federal money is going into these programs. 4. How much additional money is needed in order to carry out the desired program_during the summer months in these areas. The following information was furnished to Mr. Henry for the consolidated report: 1. It is difficult to place a number on the programs w e anticipate . However, we ·told Mr. Henry we would carry out a Playl ot Program, which has been expanded from 7 to 21 Playlots, and that we hope to have a similar program to last year's O peration Champ provided we utilize school grounds and the larger parks . . ..;- ' �Mayor Allen Page Two April 14, 1967 ) ,. ..I · . for activities.. We hope to continue our recreation program with the elderly in the h i gh ris e public housing project and also add to the Community School recreation program during the swnmer. . l • · 2. We explained that we are providing $61,350 for the 'Playlot Program by taking from other parks programs. $48,000 had to be made up· as a result of funds cut by OEO from last year's Playlot Program. Last summer we received $145,000 from OEO for recreation programs. We have none of this at present. 3. At the present time we have no assurances of any federal money although we have applied for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for Community School recreation during the summer and Wf;. are looking for other sources of federal money. 4. To carry on the desired pro g ram for the summer we need a total of $418, 778. This would include funds for th e Playlot Program, the Sununer Recreation Program (Operatfon Champ), recreation for the elderly, Community School recreation, and funds to operate our proposed Wilderness Camp at Lake Altoona. .. ·,. The Wilde rness C a m p i s one of the most imagin a tive propo sal s w e have and would certainly fit into the overall concept of youth opportunity and recreation being pushed by the Vice Pre sident. We would a n t icipate utilizing some 800 boys durin g th e surnrne r months (100 e ach w e ek) to h e lp b e gin de v e loping our Altoona P ark prope r ty ac cordi n g to our m as t e r pla n. The y w oul d b e p a i d for a h alf d a y each d a y a·n d would ge t instr uction in wil dlife , camping, hiking, be qualified as Red Cross s~immers, etc. We think $96, 000 w ould allow us to run an adequate camp at Altoona for two months d u ring the s umm e r. I am attaching a Summary of Atl anta ' s Youth O pportunit i e s Campai gn and Summe r Recreat i on Pr o gra m for 1967. I am furni s hing you with ..,. . �;' I Mayor Allen Page Three April 14, 196 7 ' !: ' . I extra copies of this and the attzi.chments which I am sure you will want to leave with the Vice Prc:sident and his staff. Cliff Henry of the Conference of Mayors, who will probably be at the session, also would like some copies. A real interest seems to be stirring in the private secto·r with regard to youth opportW1ity, especially in employment and recreation. The attached newspaper clippings indicate some of this, especially the Jaycees effort in Summerhill-Mechanicsville with which you are familiar, and most recently the efforts of the Juvenile Delinquency Sub-Committee of the Metropolitan Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency in cooperation with the Atlanta Youth Council (see Mr. McGovern's remarks in recent address to Kiwanis Club). A lot of this appeal is being made on the premise that funds previously available from the Federal Government may not be available this summer and that more and more we must condition ourselves to greater financial and personal involvement and commitment at the local level. Certainly we would not want any announcement of emergency fed e ral grants to stifle this local initiative, therefore, this partnership idea with the private section should be a positive part of our .~pproach and plans. For example: The $59,000 grant requeste d under Title I to fund Co~munity . School s for summer 1967 will provide programs in 12 sch~ols. Programs are actually needed in 6 additional schools, and efforts are being made now to secure local support from the private sector to help in this effort. The Neighborhood Playlot Program cannot stand still at 21 Playlots and even if the $106, 680 sho uld b e forthcoming to fund this program, its e x panding needs will require help from the private sector. We are making an appeal to h e lp in providing needed equipment, noon time snacks, porta ble swimming pools, etc., for this program, an:d there are strong indications that the private sector will respond. i: .. I �Mayor Allen Page Four April l ·~, 196 7 '. The Wilderness Conservation-Recreation Proposal would depend greatly upon the help and material support of public and private agencies, business, civic clubs, etc., in providing necessary equipment and consultant assistance. Private citizens, groups, churches, etc., are indicating an evergrowing awareness of the tremendous need for more and better youth programs, in hard-core slum areas and in the mor·e affluent neighborhoods, as indicated by the project of the Wieucca Road Baptist Church (see clipping). To sum it up, we do not want to give the impression that we expect Washington to solve all our problems nor do we want local support to be squelched by the sudden availability of emergency federal funds. We need help from both directions. In conclusion, we should make a strong appeal that if help is forthcom_ing, let it come soon, while there is time to plan, to recruit personnel and to develop maximum cooperation between the various agencies involved and the private sector. DS:fy ., ' 'I I 1: �., . SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we conside·r of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: I • 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for · summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are · planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recr_eation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966', through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreatioh programs: 1. .! The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot p e r day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two I ' 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ" providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25, 000 · which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instructio,n from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a ,. l j l ' I the recreation program for senior dtizens three high rise public housing comple x es for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has bee:ri made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot"Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot ______Pr_ogragi so that it offers a real "day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children · each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89,340 . In addition we feel that we cannot fail to n;ieet the very real recreation and a vocational needs of our senior citizens . · It must be pointed out that these n eeds do not end w ith the close of summer' as senior citizens are not r eturning to school and other activities. Therefore, w e feel that the senio r citizen p r ogram must be on a year - :roun:d bas i s or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We w ould like to operate this program on a year round bas i s at an estimated cost of $67 , 758. �! ,- .. Page Three I . I ' ! For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity £qr young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for _this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer j_ob opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e·quipment and consultant personnel. I I ·1 • J : I ' ' ' .. I _ 'I l ! I i Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer - hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation r esources . Our community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation· of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicati_ng programs offered through our regular City P ·a rks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for ' both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages . ' Total cost of r ecreation needs for 1967 - $418, 778. ! i ! 0 �'I ' i I ' ! l FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 I .I' i, I l I l! I I i : The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign . Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the id e al vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. I. April 26: Memorandum w ill go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Departme nt of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed _a pplications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center w hen school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons w hich use a "teaser approach" to g e nerate interest in Youth Opportunity Week . They· simply say "I Am" in response to the s logan "B e a Summe r Sw ing'e r " , which appears on the poster and other mat e rial. _ d. C omic book s d ev elope d b y U . S . Depa r tment of Labo r as par t of the Y outh Opportuni ty C a mpai gn k i t . ,. I I 1 i 1 I 3. M a y 4: C omi c . book s w ill be d i st rib ut e d th r o ugh juni o r a nd senior h o me -r ooms a n d s tr on g anno un c ement mad e of Y o uth O pp o rtunit y We e k , M a y 8 - _15. " 4. · -Mai 8 : Empl oyment applic a ti on fo r ms ~ilI be · made· 0 �l. ! iI ., Page Two 'i I available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunte er work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and d i scuss these w ith the counsel or. Counselors w ill have informati on on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. ! I : j : I I 1 I • . I i I ! i ' I j.j Since m a ny youth who need to be r e ache d by this program are school drop-outs , thi s information w ill a l s o be dissemi nate d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. .; . News media w ill be provided with full in_f ormation, suggestions for special programming,public serv ice announcement tapes and slides. B. The camp aign will m ake a strong a p p eal to the priva t e secto r to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. I' I A mail c a mpaign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area will consist of: l I 2. C. a. Initi al m a iling fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing fro m Y o uth Oppo r tuni t y C e nter, o ffering inc e ntive o f a Braves b ase b all ti cke t (similar to 1966 pro gram) for each summer job mad e a v a ila ble to youth News r e l ease s w ill g o to A tlant a C hambe r of C omme r ce , b us i n ess and civi c ass oc iat ions , n e ws me dia , . e t c. , s p elling out t h e w h ol e c ampa ign but making special appeal t o empl oye r s . Three con c urr e n t s u rveys are invento rying our recreat i on res o urces and prelimina ry findings indicat e urg e n t nee d for ex panded recreation o pport unitie s . The s e surv eys are: 1. CIP ove r a ll R ec r eat i on Surve y, now in fir s t d raft for m. ~I • �Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta Youth Council. I; I . . I / ' I. j '. i i '. I. I D. Through ne w s media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many w ays 'a s possible. j; ,/ �\ :· _.;->,:.·, .., . ,. 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YeA,e • • ! ~Nt) - • • • • - • -·-··- . . .. . . .. ,., . , -- --· - ----- - ·-· ---- . • • •• • • • •• • • - • • •• • •• . -. - --·-- . - . . - ·. . .. - · -···--- - ·-·-·- -- ·· - · · · ---- -- -·- - --· -.. · ·- - ·- -- -·. -- - --- ·- . - . .... . . . -- -_·.... ..... . . ..... .. ...·.. · .... !,· A1-1-owJ:J1Jc£.s . ... 3/-3, 3~:2.., EMPJ.-Ot/~E . 'llCNE Frrs .. . -· ... ..... . ·····~··-···- ·-·-··· -~ ...:.. ...~~·-' · -~ S, I. . -· ·· -· . ·· - -· - ·- -·- -·- -········ - - --·- . 1. - . - -- ·----·- · - - -·. ·.· ··· -- .. - . .. .. . . -- . . -- - • �··. TME COMMUNiTV sc,-!OOL where krnmq 't livinq meet h'mq wh'LCh concernsITStheCONCERN: l h [d [ welfare of its c i ren and fami ies . even;t OUTDOOR EDUCATION conser-'vatwn. comm · t·ton. n t t .l.f. _b.e.a.u.t·f .l . ..Lea h ome ubeauttfi.cafLon . com.rnu.nlf'1 't school pa,k and. -rec,Pafion e_lanninq commu.m_t'f..,.schoo~ fund-ral..sLnq pro;ect-s commu.ntiCf cou.nclls · field trips ,. HOBBY AND INTEREST GROUP.S . bir-d watchers- rock hounds qarden clubs chess a.nd check~rs · · · flower arranqers . stamp collectors · s ortsmen's clubs ollce- al clu.bs hers· frat hers· clubs boost-e r:S clubs service club ,·ambor-ees INDUSTRIAL., HOME_ART~ . auto mechanics electronics homemaking business ect.ucati.on commu.n.itlj healt:h 12.arent education hatr dressLnq charm schools CQU NSEU NG- :LG.1.!.W.AtiC..E.. home caffs '-{OUf h ore-school P.roqra,m .sen ior citizens, proqra.ms . urork proqra..rrl..S 1 I,'-,.--'\,' · PTA. p,roqrams dent~l care f?.rograms · for u.nderpnvileqed + accelerafed . conPerences-works hops-cl inics �THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY CONHUNITY SCHOOL PROGR;\1,f I . I. The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past I: twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which .I attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire cormnunity . I :' Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours 1: ! J of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities · on Saturdays. With advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with,wholesome recreational activities. ·1 Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent cormnunity where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and ·educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years: Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the cormnunity, there were several problems prevalent which were cormnon to each community. Some of the pr,oblems most cormnon were: I 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. S. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything • I 1 ' .i I about it was missing. Several other factors influence,d the need for cormnunity education J i: which would establish effective cormnunications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the cormnunity. In each community the educational level c,f the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. · Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied. All of the social ills were prevalent in the community without a conserted effort to eliminate them. �-2i l. i With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of I . i: I . education implemented the Cormnunity School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year.  ;. I ; 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, l I : and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and cormnunity lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the cormnunity by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which cormnunity action programs were focusing attention. j I· I ! These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not permit the operation of the SUIIIlller Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of ou'r summer program ~966, we anticipate . h wi' 11 invo . 1vet h e yout h in . eac h o f our TW.~ V2- cormnun1t1es · · . a program wh ic thi:Pt-e~ With the total school facilities at our disposal, recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months. Some of the enrich- ment activities for boys and girls will include: •. 0 �. -3' i : !: • j Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Haking Camping Trips Leather Craft .. i I . ! ' . Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: li . Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor ·; ' . ' Bicycle Hikes Sw:inrrning Basketball Baton and Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Connnunity I . j 1 School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our connnunity schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six .additional schools seek local support for their existence this sunnner. For the continuation of the connnunity school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city co~unities. I . last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. i Ii '. l .' ) ' It would be possible for each school to acconnnodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities . . The connnunity schools stand ready to accept this challenge . The Future The continuation of the Connnunity School Program in Atlanta is vital .t o the continued growth and development of our city. The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible. We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of connnunity education with September, 1967 beginning our third. goals , Financial assistance is necessary to accomp~ish these �II' i ' CONMUNITY SCHOOLS i' i' i ' !; 1' I ' ·. : i . ' ' . Archer Comrmmity School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Bethune Community School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 52'1-6854 Brown Community School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Dykes Community School 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal 255-8696 James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St . , N. E. Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Robert Still, Assistant Principal 753-6125 Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 South Fulton Community School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Harold }fadison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Washington Community School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. Bennie Williams, Assfatant Principal 522-5096 . Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal . 378-4393 E. ·c. Nonnan, Assistant Principal 799-3177 .. . I , SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM ' I j i ' ! I I j j I; I Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Ba s s High School '; ' '. 0 1 Keef e High School jw-4/13/67 , ..:.- �, fight foverllJ, s~~m.Are©JS To IE~se Cn-ime--}AtGoven1 . . I I 1 ! I ·I ! By DAYID NORDAN The new director of the revised Metropolitan Atlanta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency has called on Atlantans to help alleviate poverty and slum conditions which he said are at the root of the city's crime problem. . . . . . .. - . . . . . .. . ISears Roebuck for donatinP- four "The crime problem is a portrait of a failure on the part of society," Mr. McGovern said. James L. McGovern, an FBI "It breeds not in a vacuum but veteran who was named to head in a cess pool-poverty, the lack the commission in J anuary, said that any crime fighting efforts are futile unless these conditions are altered. I j: Mr. McGovern reported that 21 play lots were erected in I ' I I 'j 1\IR. l\IcGOVEHN said he spent 26 years with the FBI, but that only recently, after becoming director of the crime commission, did he really become fully aware of the importance of preventive measures in fighting crime. He lauded the work of the parent of the ?lfetropolitan Commis. sion, the Atlanta Crime Com. mission, which he said delivered the same conclusions as the Pr e s i d e n t's Commission on Crime and Delinquency several months before the national study group made its report. He made his remarks at a meeting of the Atlanta Kiwanis -. Club which he urged to join with other civic groups to help provide recreational facilities in areas of the city where riots occurred last summer. I I of opportunity, poor health and · portable swimming pools f~r the ~o forth ." . areas and urged the Kiwanians to consider financing the filter- "Remove these conditions," he ing system for at least one of said, "and you will reduce crime." · the pools as a project. I He also urged the Kiwanians, almost 100 percent employers, to reconsider hiring policies and , not arbitrarily refuse to employ I a man who has a criminal rec-,1 ord. I deprived areas of the city after the outbreaks last year but that the Atlanta Parks Department does not have a budget large enough to maintain and improve them. . . He said they and other citizens could do much to combat I crime individually through small i efforts such as locking automo-, biles, doors, reporting offenses ! to police and ma!i.ing themselves 1 available to police as witnesses 1 when needed. HE S AID the recreational areas were built with the help of federal funds, but the funds are not available this year. I The commission director cited .,. �.Clubs' Aid / A§lied .for Crime Pa:1.cl C~1icf I Talks to l\.lwamans : The executive director of the Metropolitan Atlanta C r i m e . Commission appea led to civic ,:;'; ~_..,':'v.{-7:_':-;] clubs Tuesday /)',' '·.::. _· / . :·:] to help equip ,·",¥ -,, ,. -' ,, · 1 and support ~??.:- :r.-'"r.···, :";-:}:• , play lots and '-,\,,'--rq;~~t~;~;fr other summer ·/\.: ·· _:: f </ recreation pro- I l ' ' .-  ,,.( 'y JJ_/ \::J: r,-.·v • _:.:~~,-.,, ., ·,. ·,y,·:t/~,. . . . ... , . . Y : gra~s f o_ r youngsLers in slum areas. h. ; ·J a m e s L. \ ,U l McGovern, who ): \r, ]heads the .ice~-,.143.215.248.55 , p e r m a n ent metropolitan co mmissio n that grew out of the Atlanta Crime Commiss ion's lengthy study and report last year , said the City Parks departmen t will attempt to operate the play lots out of the regular budget if no federal funds can be found , but said that city funds are not adequate for the program. He told the Atlanta Kiwanis Club th at Sears Roebuck and . Co. had donated four portable 1 pools for the summer program , I and urged them to consider fi- 1 nancing a $170 filt er system for I one of the pools as a club proj- 't ' I . ect. McGovern said that if they . will support the program, there are enough civic clubs in Atlanta, if each took a small pr?ject, to provide playground equipment fo r some of the lots and provide chartered buses for special trips, such as to the zoo. I · "We're entering the summer. r You are aware of the conditions last summer, and the unrest," McGovern told the club. "You have a vested interest in eliminating . the conditions and the federal money that was m a d e available on an emergency basis last year is not a\·ailable this year." The new crime commission official, who was agent of the Federal Bureau of Im}s~igation I for 26 years, added, ·\\ e tend to think of crime only in terms of the courts and law enforce- , ment agencies, rather than as a portrait of the failure of society, a lack of employment opportunity and educat ion, of di·s ease and misery." "Every sun·ey I've e\·er read recognizes crime breeds in depressed areas," he sa:d. "To eliminate it, we must eliminate depressed conditions. We must also have adequate en fo ,cement by qualified person nel and we must pay for it. Anything that is going to bring crime u n d e r j control is going to cost money./ It's a community problem and i every member of the communi- 1 ty must give his support-bo th',· services and fin ancial." He also urged. the club mem- 1 bers as employers to consider . whether their employmen t practices should " arb itrarily eliminate all with past crir.1inal records and urged them to " be- 1 come individual crime prevent-,· ers." an I �:--.. .: - . -·· - -·- .-- --:' ·.: ·- · SMALL 5Ufv1S CAN DO A LOT At font Do-Gooders 0t11 the Assernbly line By REESE CLEGHORN . OUT AT THE Ford plant in Hapeville, John W. Brown and seven of his buddies on the assembly line are earning more than they have ever made before, and they are thinking they ought to help some others who have been left behind. Their average pay is about $137 a week. Before he got this · job three years ago, John Brown, who is 30 years old and the father of two, was a delivery man for a furniture store, at $75 a week. · t~   .~~;r~ t:1}:~,~:;,:1: 143.215.248.55E: {/$.~ have formed a club and assessed themselves $5 ~ ·:J ~'.:'» A1 a month to further its ends, which are, general- ,d:.. --- '\ ·1·1 ly speaking, to do some good \\ith youth in the ' ~ - .~, slums. \_ .·---/ They have sponsored some athletic activi-.....,._, ties. Now they are planning an all-day barbecue -,/ on May 27 in Vine City to raise money for sponsoring baseball teams there, possibly through the Little League organization, which mostly is for people who are better off and whiter than those in Vine City. "We used to live in an apartment on West End Avenue," Mr. Brown says. "Once we moved to Vine Street I saw how these kids were living, how they had nothing. i\'ly wife works at the telephone company and I have a good job, so we decided we ought to help do something. "We're moving out of Vine City pretty soon, to a house that ·. is a lot better. But we decided we're going to try to come back _ and help as often as we can. "Right now, our club wants to raise enough money to have · a real sports program for the kids. And we'd like to tell them to stay in school, and show them something a lot of them don't - know-that if they'll try, they can get good jobs later on, too." THAT IS A S:.IALL list; representing a much longer one, of some of the urgent needs in Atlanta's slums at this moment. You may break it down further. For instance, $4.70 would buy : the shuffleboard needed in Vine City's ne w-unequipped recreation center, or $11.25 \\·ould buy the two footballs, or $2.00 would ' buy the 10 pounds of clay dough needed for the smaller children. Right now there is a big question about whether needs such as these will be met by private response. Government is not filling them. People who have 5aid all along that they are in favor of the goals of this or that government pc)\·erty program but don't like to see the go,·ernment do everything-they are not filling the needs, either. • •• • LOOK AT \HfAT HAS happened in Atlanta. Last summer, the poverty program was beginning to reach into the slums. Then came the big reduction in federal funds for Economic Opportunity Atlanta. l\Iany poverty-area programs were eliminated. For instance, last summer there was $89,000 for opera tion of more than 35 centers where children were brough t into iD· trarnural sports ; picked up for trips to the Atl anta Zoo, the Capitol and Stone :.\fountain ; and otherwise thrust into a broa der exposure to the world and to responsive adults than many of them had ever seen before. . . .. · • • • THIS YEAR THERE IS i'.'\O money for that. This time, also, there is no money for pre-school program5 and day care centers in some areas where they are mo5t needed. That is the situation. Because of what has gone before and because many of the needs now have been defined and some of the means for meeting them have been tested, small amounts of money can go straight to the mark. · THIS LITTLE CLUB is one of a number of organizations now ·moving, in a small way, into the gap left by a century of neglect of the slums. It and others have found that a small amount of money can do a lot. . If a small amount of money could be found right now, slum· children could have intramur al sports, go to a summer camp, or be taken to a zoo this summer. If more small amou nts could be found, Vine City could rent the old but improva ble building it badly needs for a supervised recreation center and get its tutorial program under way for high school students who now are at the drop-out level. The pitifully limited pre-school program for Summerhi!lM~chanicsville could be expanded for at least three days a week. Summerhill's younger children could have a good day care center, and openings to the world that would come with it. SO?lfE OF IT IS Co:\11.'.\G, but only from a few sources . The Atlanta Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has sent $3,000 to the City of Atlanta so its parks and recreation departm ent can renovate a camp at Lake Allatoona and send poor children there this swnrner. An organiza tion of family campers has sent $1,000 for: the same purpose. The Rich Foundation has put up $28. 500 to buy portable pools for the city's playlots in the slums. A church is buying the equipment for a recreation center and financing some counseling for teen-agers. The Atlanta Jaycees are helping in the slums. But a mighty gap remains as pri\·ate organizat ions begin to move toward parts of the city that have been neglec ted. Wanted: Do-Gooders. • • • d' 0 �o· u ,1( r$2-=7 o~. - I "'n .)_ ·v \. ~ ~ I i 'I ' I · lI . ! An anonymous donor has giv- : 1~61. has a full schedule o[ recen the Wieuca Road B a p tis t ! reationa l activities at tl;e church Church of Atlanta $230,COO to ; which attracts hundreds of peobuild an activities building and . ple each week. · has give~ an additio~al $40,0CO A graduate of Sylvan High to establish scholarships ~o ~?u; Isch O O i, Mr. Ward attended cat~ _Young m~n considei rn" Southern Tech and the UnivcrChnstian_recreat10n as a career. !sity of Georgia and was grad~The W1euca Church Wednes- · ated from G e o r g i a State day night voted to accept the ! Co!leae. gift which came from a wealthy: " . . . Christian layma n of Atlanta who ' The Rev. _Mi · Seif sa!? Thur _srefuses to be ide ntified.  ?ay that his people v.-!11 ?e?m . . . . · 1mmed1ately to draft butlding St1pulatrng that the ,butldrn_g be Iplans for the center. He adder! named for _R?be rt \\ a rd .. di rec- that the erection of the buildin-r tor of Chnst1an Recreatwn at '! will not in any way deter 0; the Second-Ponce de Leon Eap- . , . . rIS t Chu re h, th e dOno l. said his I rnter,ere with the church s . 1 plans alreadv under way to two sons ha ve been engaged m I · . · .· lthe recreationa l proaram at the erect a sanctuary, \~h1ch ,\Ill !Second-Ponce de L~on Church J seat a!mos: 2,000 ~eJ.ple, and a which already has an activities, new educatwnal buibmg._ _ , building. The church, started m 19:)4 as a m1ss10n of the Second · HE SAID it was his apprecia- Ponce de Leon Church, expects tion for l\Ir. Ward which led him the entire building program to tc, make the gift to the Wieuca cost about $2 million. · Road Church. Rev. William L. Self. pastor en the Wieuca Road Church, said , the donor said he hoped to per- 1 petuate this kind of ministry . I He had sus(gested that as soon : as it is finan cially able, the ' Wieuca Road Church s h o u Id build a similar recreation center for some other church in the · Atlanta area . Mr. Ward, 33-year-olcl native 'Atlantan who came to the Second-Ponce de Leon Church from Capitol View Baptist Church in ! '. I, i . I !i , I I l 0 . �. I I I, ~ -. .. _,.... ... ·· -· . -. ·_-: - ' -. -:-:---:-· •.;.- "·· . Sclioo-z-·Will Soon, Be Out School vacation is but eight weeks away, so it is heartening to learn that this year Atlanta isn't likely to be caught flat-footed in providing recreation for children in poverty neighborhoods. We remember that last summer a crash program was needed after schools were out and that it wasn't until well into the summer before even minimum recreation programs were under way in many of these areas. But this year we've got a head start. City Parks Director Jack Delius plans to operate 21 "playlots," three times as many as last summer. However, he is going to have a hard time staffing these small playgrounds and operat- ing other programs because federal .antipoverty funds that helped support them last year have run out. If these funds aren't restored, the problem addresses itself to local government, churches, private businesses and civic groups. Already there are encouraging signs that 1 our sommw1ity will answer this challenge. More churches are giving money and time to impoverished neighborhoods. The Rich Foundation made a generous contribution for < portable swimming pools. The Atlanta Variety Club has opened an area at Lake Allatoon~. for use by slum . children. Other groups are helping and more help will be needed. 0 �CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 April 20, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS , Adm ini strative Assistant MRS , ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR ., Director of Govern mental Liai son TO: Mayor I van Allen, Jr . FROJ.'i : Johnny H. Robins on s1rnJECT : Meeting VJith Area O Community Club (Boulevard Area) The meeting revolved around the idea of better police prote ction for this area . The citi zens of this area were c ompl aining about the way the teen - agers were conductinp; themselves in this neighborhood, by doing such things as loafinr,, gambling on the street, loud cursing, mugging and robbing . It was explained to them that they had a responsi bility to the community by assisting the ? olice Department in preventing these kind of things by tryin to work with the parents of these kids in an effort to curtail this situation . Lieutenant Perry and Officer Grah am assured them that they would offer all the ssistance they could, but the idea of a walkinr, police man at this ti,.1e would be impossible, due to the shortage o-'- manpower . The conclusions the citizens reached are as fol lowing : 1. To inform the police o fic ial s when ,r ups were loafing on the str2et during schoo l hours . 2 . Try to work with parents of these tecn- azers by pointing up their re sponsibilities to them . 3. Assist the E.O. A. Center in recruiting those 16 - 21 years of age for Hci f:".hl.Jorhood Youth Corps and Job Corps . �SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we consider of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster I s summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a IO% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recreation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966, through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreation programs: 1. The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot per day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ 11 providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25,000 which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instruction from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a the recreation program for senior citizens three high rise public housing complexes for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has been made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in ope ration for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot Program so that it offers a real "day camp 1 ' opportunity for 1, 869 children each day throughout the summer will be $106,680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89, 340. In addition we feel that we cannot fail to meet the very real recreation and avocational needs of our senior citizens. It must be pointed out that these needs do not end with the close of summer, as senior citizens are not returning to school and other activities. Therefore, we feel that the senior citizen program must be on a year-round basis or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We would like to operate this program on a yearr ound basis at an estimated cost of $67,758. �Page Three ., ' For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and v ocational opportunity for young men ages 16 through 21. W e feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for .this project and that the proj e ct could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer job opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwe st of Atlanta and which we hope by swnme r 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would b e under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week s ummer period. The estimated cost of .operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include a ll of the e quipment and mate rial necessary, but we would hope to get wide -spr ead support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e ·q uipment and consultant personnel. Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summe r hinge s on continuation of our community schools as r ecre ation r esour ces . Our community school program has reque sted $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation of nineteen community schools this swnmer. While in no way duplicating programs offered through our regular City Parks and Recreation D e partment, but rath e r working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum pote ntial of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and e nri c hment typ e programs for both boys and girls of e lementary and high school ages. Total cost of recreation n ee ds for 1967 - $418,778. ~· �I. FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign. Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the ideal vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. 1. April 26: Memorandum will go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Department of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed applications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center when school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons which use a "teaser approach" to generate interest in Youth .Opportunity Week. They simply say "I Am" in response to the slogan "Be a Summer Swinger", which appears on the poster and other material. d. Comic books developed by U. S. Department of Labor as part of the Youth Opportunity Campaign kit. 3. May 4 : Comic _books will be distributed through junior and senior home -rooms and strong announcement made of Youth Opportunity Week, May 8 - 15. 4. May 8 : Employment application forms will' be made -~· �Page Two available through junior and senior home -rooms and students urged to consider the w hole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunteer work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and discuss these w ith the coun s elor. Counselors will have information on summer school and basic recreation programs and w ill refer volunteers to the H e ad Start volunte er r e cruiters. Since many youth who need to be re a che d by this prog r a m a r e s chool drop-outs , this informa tion w ill a l so b e disse m i nat e d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. News media will be prov ided with full information, suggestions for special pro g rammin g ,public servic e announcement tape s and slides. B. The cam p a i gn w ill m ake a s tron g app eal to the p r i vat e s e cto r t o pr ovide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summe r 1966. 1. 2. C. A mail cam paign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area w ill cons i s t of: a. I nitial mailing fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bo r b. Mailing from Atlan t a Youth C ouncil c. Mailing fro m Youth O p p o r tuni ty C ent er, o ffering incentiv e of a Brav e s b aseball t icket (s i m il ar t o 1966 p r o gram) for each s u mmer job made availa ble to youth New s releases w ill go to A tl anta C hamb e r o f C ommer c e, business and civi c associ a ti ons, news media , etc. , spelling out t h e whole campaign but making special appeal to empl oyers . Three conc u rrent surv eys are inventorying our re c reation res o urces and preliminary findings indicate urgent need for e x panded recreation · opportunities. These surveys are: 1. CIP overall R ecr e ati on Survey, now in first draft form. �Page Three D. 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, . etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recre ation surv e y be i ng conducte d by Atlanta Youth Council. 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I, 11:z- 3 ,,,, Elj)lllPMc1.rr AN"l> GAM£~ .. .. . /;'J<?cA/S'f;. /f!)M/NIS1RFJTIVE 8')3 . - . - . .. .. ..... - - ... . . -· 8, ()3:2J . - . . - ·-·· -· ... . .. ··- ·--- ··- -· -· ·-····· · .. fft , . ,7, 7S3 t/-11S . /$ aov~~s ltN ltNNV/l t.. 1>11,e11x1:> J? .. · · ········ -·.... r '. . / ER O~ 1r.Q f1Y PROGRltM or /tN1) 7'/IIS ~NE. YaA.e . ~ .... -,--r.o"~i.,-, ]JVJ>GG-r �Tii E COMMUN ITV SCHOOL vkre lmrnmq 't li-uinq meet ·.·. even;th'mq wh.LCh· concernsITStheCONCERN: J h [d f welfare of i(s c i ren and faml .ies OUTDOOR EDUCATION conser-vatwn.. commun<t.11. _b eautiticatLon _ . home beautlfLcation comm.undt.t "t school park and r-ecrPafwn e._lann.inq commu..nd:~.,. schoo~ fund- ra.is-L nq pro/ects communt-t'1 cou.nclls · field trips G..QUNSELING- :t GUIDANCE_ home ca{ls lfOUfh urork proqfcuri..S pre-school P,roqra.,m .sen tor citizens• proqra.ms t t ! I PTA. p,roqr-ams dent<rl ca.re I I conPer-ences- works 'hops-clinics ·1 · . ero9rams for u.n.derpnvileqed..,. accelerafed I '· I HOBBY AND INTEREST GROUe-S~ bir-d watchers- I rock hounds I qarden clubs chess a.nd. checkt:?rs stamp collectors flow Pr arranqers s ortsmen'.s clubs olice- al clubs he rs·ftathers' clubs boost-e r's clubs .service club Jamborees INDUSTRIAL-r HOME, ART~ auto mechanLCS electronics homemaking . business educatLon communitlj health ear~nt education hair dr-es stng charm schools THE Af!IS_ drama.tics crafts drawi.nq Raintin.q vocal music t n.strum ental must.'c., commercial a..rl:.s ballet- �THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY co~~IUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire community. Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities · on Saturdays. \vith advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with wholesome recreational activities. Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent community where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and · educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years. Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the community, there were several problems prevalent which were common to each community . Some of the pr,oblems most connnon were: 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. 5. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything about it was missing . Several other factors influenced the need for connnunity education which would establish effective communications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the connnunity. In each connnunity the educational level of the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied . All of the social ills were prevalent in the connnunity without a conserted effort to eliminate them. ~- �I . -2- With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of education implemented the Conununity School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year. 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and conununity lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the community by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which conununity action programs were focusing attention. These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not pennit the operation of the Sununer Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of our summer progr.µn 1966, we anticipate "tLN .Q._I Ve,, a program which will involve the youth in each of our t h i ~ communities . With the total school facilities at our disposal , recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months . ment activities for boys and girls will include : Some of the enrich- �-3- Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Making Camping Trips Leather Craft Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: Bicycle Hikes Swinnning Basketball Baton a.nd Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Community School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our community schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six additional schools seek local support for their existence this summer. For the continuation of the community school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city communities. Last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. It would be possible for each school to accommodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities. The community schools stand ready to accept this challenge. The Future The continuation of the Community School Program in Atlanta is vital to the continued growth and development of our city . The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible . We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of community education with September , 1967 beginning our third. goals . Financial assistance is necessary to accomp~ish these �COMHUNITY SCHOOLS Archer Commw1i ty School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Bethune Cormnunity School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 52 ,1 -6854 Brown Community School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Dykes Community School --: 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Jack Glasgow,,Assistant Principal 255-8696 Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St., N. E. James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 Bennie Williams, Assistant Principal 522-5096 Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Robert Still, Assistant Pri~cipal 753-6125 Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 South Fulton Cormnunity School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Harold Madison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Washington Community School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal 378-4393 West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. E. ·c. Nonnan, Assistant Principal 799-3;1.77 SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Bass High School 0 1 Keefe High School ' jw-4/13/67 ' �Fight Poverty, Slum ArelCis To E©Jse-Crome==McGovern By DAVID NORDAN The new director of the revised Metropolitan Atlanta Com-mission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency has called on Atlantans to help alleviate poverty and slum conditions which he said are at the root of the city's crime problem. Sears Roebuck for donating four of opportunity, poor health and · portable swimming pools for the 50 forth." areas and urged the Kiwanians "Remove these conditions," he to consider financing the filtering system for at least one of said, " and you will r educe crime." · the pools as a project. "The crime problem is a portrait of a failure on the part of society," Mr. McGovern said. James L. McGovern, an FBI "It breeds not in a vacuum but veteran who was named to head in a cess pool- poverty, the lack the commission in January, said that any crime fighting efforts are futile unless these conditions are altered. He made his remarks at a meeting of the Atlanta Kiwanis Club which he urged to join with other civic groups to help provide r ecreational facilities in areas of the city where riots occurred last summer. Mr. McGovern reported that 21 play lots were erected in deprived areas of the city after the outbreaks last year but that the Atlanta Parks Department does not have a budget large enough to maintain and improve them. HE SAID the recreational areas were built with the help of federal funds, but the funds are not available this year. The commission director cited MR. McGOVERN said he spent 26 years with the FBI, but that only recently, after becoming director of the crime commission, did he really become fully aware of the importance of preventive measures in fighting crime. He lauded the work of the parent of the Metropolitan Commission, the Atlanta Crime Commission, which he said delivered the same conclusions as the P r e s i d e n t's Commission on Crime and Delinquency several months before the national study group made its r eport. He also urged the Kiwanians, almost 100 percent employers, to reconsider hiring policies and not arbitrarily r efuse to employ a man who has a criminal record. He said they and other citizens could do much to comba t I crime individually through small efforts such as locking automo- 1 biles, doors, reporting offenses to police and m aking themselves available to police as witnesses when needed. I �ClulJs' Aid / Aslieil .for I Recreatio1i "We're entering the summer. You are aware of the conditions last summer, and the unrest," McGovern told the club. "You have a vested interest in eliminating the conditions and. the federal money that was m a d e available on an emergency basis last year is not available this year." The new crime commission official who was an agent of the Federai Bureau of Investigation for 26 years, added, "We tend to think of crime only in terms of the courts and law enforcement agencies, rather than as a portrait of the failure of society, a lack of employment opportunity and education, of di·sease and misery." "Every survey I've e\·er read recognizes crime breeds in depressed areas," he said. "To eliminate it, we must eliminate depressed conditions. We must also have adequate enforcement by qualified personnel and we must pay for it. Anything that is going to bring crime u n d e r control is going to cost money. It's a community problem and every member of the community must give his support-both services and financial." He also urged the club members as employers to consider whether their employment practices should '·arbitrarilv" eliminate all with past crin1inal records and urged them to "become individual crime prevent- . ers." 1 Crime Panel Chief Talks .to Kiwanians The executive director of the Metropolitan Atlanta C r i m e . Commission appealed to civic )\~·~· TI"~;1:·,'~W clubs Tuesd~y '(143.215.248.55;~.~\Jj~··'~f¼J ;~nle:po 143.215.248.55 16:56, 29 December 2017 (EST): ',D' ";.~{$ other ?<.t.r_"°":x summer · f:~ f:i·jf i recrea tion pro; . ~ ii:'; •· grams for . ' ..., ""t{::/ youngsters in 1 ~ \;:;f{~1sl~: :eea:. \N.' lL_ /J McGovern, hea ds L. who the ' 'il!~c.;';•ern 1 p e r m a n ent metropolitan comm1ss1on that grew out of the Atlanta Crime Commission's lengthy study and report last year, said the City Parks department will attempt to operate the play lots out of the regular budget if no federal funds can be found, but said that city funds are not adequate for the program. He told the Atlanta Kiwanis Club that Sears Roebuck and Co. had donated four portable pools for the summer program, and urged them to consider financing a $170 filter system for one of the pools as a club project. McGovern said that if they will support the program , there are enough civic clubs in Atlanta if each took a small project, t~ provide playground equipment for some of the lots and provide chartered buses for special trips, such as to the zoo. ,i \ •. �SMALL SUMS CAN DO A LOT At ford, Do-Goode i's cm the Assembly lim:i By REESE CLEGHORN OUT AT THE Ford plant in Hapeville, John W. Brown and seven of his buddies on the assembly line are earning more than they have ever made before, and they are thinking they ought to help some others who have been left behind. Their average pay is about $137 a week. Before he got this job three years ago, John Brown, who is 30 years old and the father of two, was a delivery man for a furniture store, at $75 a week. · He is doing much better now because some job opportunities have opened for Negroes. He and seven Negro friends on the assembly line have formed a club and assessed themselves $5 a month to further its ends, which arc, generally speaking, to do some good with youth in the slums. They have sponsored some athletic activities. Now they are planning an all-day barbecue on May 27 in Vine City to raise money for sponsoring baseball teams there, possibly through the Little League organization, which mostly is for people who are better off and whiter than those in Vine City. "We used to live in an apartment on West End Avenue," Mr. Brown says. "Once we moved to Vine Street I saw how these kids were living, how they had nothing. My wife works at the telephone company and I have a good job, so we decided we ought to help do something. "We're moving out of Vine City pretty soon, to a house that . is a lot better. But we decided we're going to try to come back and help as often as we can. "Right now, our club wants to raise enough money to have a real sports program for the kids. And we'd like to tell them to stay in school, and .show them something a lot of them don't know- that if they'll try, they can get good jobs later on, too." • * • THIS LITTLE CLUB is one of a number of organizations now moving, in a small way, into the gap left by a century of neglect of the slums. It and others have found that a small amount of money can do a lot. If a small amount of money could be found right now, slum children could have intramural sports, go to a summer camp, or be taken to a zoo this summer. If more small amounts could be found, Vine City could rent the old but improvable building it badly needs for a supervised recreation center and get its tutorial program under way for high school students who now are at the drop-out level. The pitifully limited pre-school program for Summerhi!IM~chanicsville could be expanded for at least three days a week. Summerhill's younger children could have a good day care center, and openings to the world that would come with it. ... THAT IS A SMALL list; representing a much longer one, of some of the urgent needs in Atlanta's slums at this moment. You may break it down further. For instance, $4.70 would buy 1 the shuffleboard needed in Vine City's new-unequipped recreation center, or $11.25 would buy the two footballs, or $2.00 would 1 buy the 10 pounds of clay dough needed for the smaller children. Right now there is a big question about whether needs such as these will be met by private response. Government is not · filling them. People who have said all along that they are in favor of the goals of this or that government poverty program but don't like to see the government do everything-they are not filling the needs, either. * * LOOK AT WHAT HAS happened in Atlanta. Last summer, the poverty program was beginning to reach into the slums. Then came the big reduction in federal funds for Economic Opportunity Atlanta. Many poverty-area programs were eliminated. For instance, last summer there was $89,000 for operation of more than 35 centers where children were brought into intramural sports; picked up for trips to the Atlanta Zoo, the Capitol and Stone Mountain; and otherwise thrust into a broader exposure to the world and to responsive adults than many of them had ever seen before. • THIS YEAR THERE IS NO money for that. This time, also, there is no money for pre-school programs and day care centers in some areas where they are most needed. That is the situation. Because of what has gone before and because many of the needs now have been defined and some of the means for meeting them have been tested, small amounts of money can go straight to the mark. • * * SOME OF IT IS COMING, but only from a few sources. The Atlanta Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has sent $3,000 to the City of Atlanta so its parks and recreation department can renovate a camp at Lake Allatoona and send poor children there this summer. An organization of family campers has sent $1,000 for the same purpose. The Rich Foundation has put up $28,500 to buy portable pools for the city's plciylots in the slums. A church is buying the equipment for a recreation center and fin ancing some counseling for teen-agers. The Atlanta Jaycees are helping in the slums. But a mighty gap remains as private organizations begin to move toward parts of the city that have been neglected. Wanted: Do-Gooders. �$270,000 To '\lVieuco.1 C~ ~J rcl1 An anonymous donor has giv- 11961 , has a full schedule of recen the Wieuca Road B a p t is t Ireational activities at tl~e church Church of Atlanta $230,GOO to which attracts hundreds of peobuild _an activities_~uilding and I pie each week. has give~ an add1~10~al $40,000 A graduate of Sylvan High to establish schola1sh1ps ~o e?u- sch O O I, Mr. Ward attended cat~ _young m~n considermg Southern Tech and the UniverChnst1an _recreat10n as a career. sity of Georgia and was grad~The W1euca Church Wednes- ated from G e o r g i a State day night voted to accept the College. gift which came from a wealthy 1 . . . Christian layman of Atlanta who / The Rev. _Mt. Self sa,? Thut _srefuses to be id entified. ?ay th ~t his people Will begin . 1 t· th t th b .1d. b 1mmcd1ately to draft buJ!drng St 1pu a 1ng a e u1 mg c I f . ti1 t . H dd d named for Robert Ward , direc- Pans ot . c _cen eL e a \, tor of Christian Recreation at that the e_1 ect10n of the b~11ldm~ r.ot m any way · de,er ot th e Secon d-P once de Leon Bap- will · c · h ti I h' rt Ch h th d "d h" mter,erc w,t 1e c1urc s t~o 50 ~;\~ve iee~n~t~g~~ed pl ans already under _way ~o the recreation al program at the erect a sanctuary, which m!l ' Second-Ponce de Leon Church seat a!mos~ 2,000 peo_ple, and a which already has an activities new educat10nal bu1ldrng._ ~ building. The church, started m 19v4 as a mission of the Second HE SAID it was his apprecia- Ponce de Leon Church, expects tion for Mr. Ward which led him the entire building program to to make th e gift to the Wieuca cost about $2 million. Road Church. Rev. William L. Self. pastor o'i th e \Vieuca Road Church, said the donor said he hoped to per- 1 petuate this kind of ministry. , He had suJgested that as so.on as it is fin ancia lly able , the 1 Wieuca Ro;:id Church s h o u I d build a similar recrea tion center for some other church in the Atlanta area . . Mr. Ward , 33-year-old nat ive I Atlanta n who came to the Second-Ponce de Leon Church from 1 Capitol View Baptist Church in i~ I -· �School vacation is but eight weeks away, so it is heartening to learn that this year Atlanta isn't likely to be caught flat-footed in providing recreation for children in poverty neighborhoods. We remember that last summer a crash program was needed after schools were out and that it wasn't until well into the summer before even minimum recreation programs were under way in many of these areas. But this year we've got a head start. City Parks Director Jack Delius plans to operate 21 "playlots," three times as many as last summer. However, he is going to have a hard time staffing these small playgrounds and operat- .. ing other programs becau~e federal antipoverty funds that helped support them last year have run out. If these funds aren't restored, the problem addresses itself to local . government, churches, private businesses and 1 civic groups. Already there are encouraging signs that 1 our c:ommunity will answer this challenge. More churches are giving money and time to impoverished neighborhoods. The Rich Foundation made a generous contribution for < portable swimming pools. The Atlanta Variety Club has opened an area at Lake Allatoona for use by slum children. Other groups are helping and more help will be needed. �Atlanta I s Urban Beautification Program Summary Total Cost of Activities - 1967 Grant ~equested • $1,696,750.00 762,891.00 Application filed March 31, 1967. Letter of Consent authorizing the City to make expenditures for any activity identified in its Urban Beautification Application received April 3, 1967. Main points of five year Urban Beautification Program, 1967-1971: 1. Renovation and development of twe nty six parks. Special emphasis was placed on park playgrounds and spray pools in or adjacent to poverty areas. 2. Private downtown street beautification programs will be executed by Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. and the Peachtree Center Association. 3. Street tree planting proposals are included for most of Atlanta's major thoroughfares as well as code enforcement areas. 4. The Atlanta Housing Authority will plant street trees and shrubs for screening at Capitol Homes, Grady Home s, Carver Homes and Perry Homes. 5. Development of two Civil War memorial sites will be built to commemorate the Battle of Ezra Church and the Battle of Atlanta. These will be similar to the Peachtr ee Battle M emorial on Collier Road. 6. Lands cap e development and ground s renovation around public buildings , such as C ity Hall, Fire Stations, Libraries, Reservoirs and Pumping Stations is also included in the program 7. The School Department w ill initiate a n ew program of landscape renovation which will eventu ally improve the g r ounds of every school in the Atlanta Public School Sys t e m. 8. The Tree O r dinanc e , a propose d Underground Utility O r dinance and Sign and Billboard O rdinance are included in the Urban Beautification P rogram to encourage the r e moval of ugly featur e s which would impair the City's Urban B e autific ation Prog ram. 9. T h e City will b e res p ons ible fo r the increase d maint enance c ost of t he Beautification Program as w e ll as developing a maintenance program. �CITY OF .ATLANTA CITY HALL April 4, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admini strative Assist ant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Li aison MEMORANDUM T o: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: / Dan Sweat f;r{_ Y ou can see from the attached memo from Pe ggy Baker . that we a r e exhausting every possibility for assistance in m eeting our summer r ec r eation needs. I w ill keep you advised on the progress we are making. DS: fy �. ~1.: \ ~'f,~· 1~~emoto: }~;/ ~ L /\iP 6t"' / Q:\ F~om: April 4, 1967 Dan Sweat PB Regarding meeting ~sterday with FEB, I discussed the possibilities with Jack and Virginia and here are the areas of agreement: (Memo from Jack will follow) 1. They will prepare Operation Champ program for submission to HEW for possible funding under family yand children services. Jack will contact you for names and titles of contacts. 2. I will ask Community Relations Commission and Community Council to provide feed-back that will be pertinent to the need for above program during summer of 1967. Please advise if you want me to do this. 3. Since personnel and equipment are the big needs to operate the Neighborhood Playlots effectively, Jack and Virginia will review: a. Their personnel requ irements to determine if they can use additional personnel through NYC, etc. I don't think we can get summer help through AIEP (USEP) since this program is to develop mong-term job opportunities. b. Their equipment need s for such items as portabl e ise chests, portable shelters (tarpaulins), etc., that are needed on Playlots. 4. They will explore how Playlot progra m can be further enhanced to provide more of a day-camp experience, w1th mo re a rt s , c raft s , et c . In connect 1 on with this , I am contacting Boy Sc outs, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls and asking each to develop a schedule to have a team visit each Playlot one or more times during the summer for the purpos _ of talking to boys and girls about their prog rams and putting on meaningful demonstrations of opportunities available in their programs . They seem interested in doing some thing like this. 5. They seem enthusiastic about possibly having a summer development program at the undeveloped Allatoona site to: a. Be~in preparing this site for use as a campsite in b. Provide emp loyment opportunities through the NYC (here again I doubt if the AI EP could be used here, unless the jobs lead on to something more perma nent). c. In addition, by providing outdoor employment, this could be a meaningfu l camping substitute for these young people. 1908. �A T C . .,. r-.:-,v. ...L. - ,-- - - ..LL.: - - - ___ ..J.!.-.~J. -· .~7p; - . _..J..-. . CITY HALL J anu a ry 3 0, 196 7 ATLANTA, C A . 30303 Tel. 522·'-4Gj f\rea Code t,04 IVAN ALLEN, J R., MAYOR R. Ef,RL LANDERS, Admir.i strat,ve Assi_stan t MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DANE. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORAN DUM o : Participants of t h e January 4 , 1967 Pro g r am':P lanni n g C onference at C ity H a ll From: D a n S we at ( \ ( { ) I,, . r \~ v/· v ! / \· :{. ~ (c/ 1 \ / O n Janua ry 4 , y o u m e t with me and other local , S tate and F ederal G overnment officials and private agency repres e ntatives to di scu ss the need and d es ir e to pr epa r e a summe r program for the employment and recreation of young p e~ple , particularly i n Atlanta ' s l ow i ncome neighborhoods . At that time we di s cu s s ed the various fa c e ts o f p r eparation of such a program and assigned the coordination to the Atlanta Youth C ouncil. The Atlanta Youth Council is in the process of effecti ng change s in its a dministrative organiza tion and a n e w E x ecu tive Dir e ctor will be employed with in a few days. Fo r thi s r eason, th e re might have be en s o me d e l ay in following up on ou r initial meeting. Many individuals and groups have g one forward with their indepe ndent investigations a nd conside r a tions of how they might best be able t o participate in such a program and I w ould urge that this be continued p e ndi ng the e mployment o f the E x ecutive Dir ector of the Youth C ouncil. �P age Two J an u a r y 3 0, 19 6 7 I n the n-i.c a n t i 1n e , any r c c ornmcndations, sugges ti o ns , q u esti on s or othe r inf o r rnati o n w hic h you would like to p a ss a long y ou m ay feel fre e to fo rwa rd to th e Youth C ouncil i n Room 120 1 - B i n C ity H a l l. We w ill t ry t o maintai n so rn.e follo w u p i'.n t h e i n t e r im. T h ank s agai n for your co nc e i·n a nd h e lp . · ', ·, DS: f y � 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, GEORGIA FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ your information 0 Please refer to the attached correspondence and -make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-5 �ATLANTA, GE:O R OIA ROUTE SLIP TO:h.CD4~ FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ F o r your information 0 Please refer to the a ttac he d correspondence and -make the n ecessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attach ed . FOR M 25- 4-S �ATLANTA,GEO .. GIA ROUTE SLIP TO: - -M ~Iac.-;;y~o-r_I~-~r~a~n~ A ~J~J~e~n~,~J-r_,~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROM : J.H.Robinson [xJ For your informa tion 0 Please refer to the a ttached correspondence and ma ke the necessary reply. D Advise me the s tatus of the attac hed . FORM 25 -4- R �2 Year Progress Report 101 MAR!El'TA STREET , N . W, , ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 ., . T ELEP HONE: AREA CODE ( 404) 525-4262 C. 0. Emmerich Ex e cutiv e Adminisbrator OPPORTUNITY IN ATLANTA '. Durin g the p as t t wo y e a r s Atl a nt a's Community Acti on Erogr am h as move d with grea t spee d . Th o u sands of citi zen s and ma ny agen ci e s a nd organizati on s have partici pa te d in pl a nn in g , deve lopin g a nd fin an c ing th is multi- servic e opportun i ty pr.ogra m fo r Atl a nta's low- inco me citizens. In two years: 14 Multi-service Neighborhood Service Centers have been es tab Ii shed, More than 20,000 adults and youths have been placed in jobs and job training, Nearly 39,000 individuals have participated in basic, remedial and enrichment education courses, and More than 55,000 individuals have received family services. Due to Cong res s iona l red uctio n s i n the 1967 Economi c Opportuni ty budge t for the na tion, Atla nt a's progra m h as s uffered a 40% r,edu ction in £unds p lu s the de letio n of s i x services. E .O .A. is now seeking loca l reso ur ces co he lp restore these vita l services and re bui ld its program. E.O .A. s ervices can be d ivided i nt o s ix ca cegor,ie s : OPPORTUNITIES FOR: A. Neighborhood Services through 14 Neighborhood Service Centers 8. Employment and Job Training C. Education D. Social Services E. Research ... J anuary, 19 67 and : F. Discontinued Programs Each proj ec t or conbracled se rv ic e of E. 0 . A . is su,ppo,ted by a citizens adv isory counc i l of w hioh at leaJs t J/ 3 mus t be peoe le servec/J by th e program . . ' . A. OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 1. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION (Not e : All figur es in this repor rep resen t up to two ye ars work, de pending on how long th e rP rojec ha.s been es tab lis hed.) All E .O.A. servic es a re brought co low-inc ome fa mili es th ro ug h 14 Ne ig hb o rhood Service Ce ocer,s locate d in p over.cy ar.eas. A s ma ll s ta ff loca ted a t 101 Marietta St r,eet , N. W. , p la ns an d d irec ts th e progra m a nd coo rdi na tes services with loca l age ncies . All 14 Cen te rs were es ta bli s hed du rin g th e firs t cwo year,s. Scaff membe rs a t th ese ce nt e rs have condu cted 33, 049 i nte rv iews. H eadqua rc er,s : 101 Ma ri e tta Str,ee c, N. W., Telephone 525-4262, Mr. H aro ld E. Barr e tt , Dirsector. CENTERS IN OPERATION ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY ~¥ ' �East Centra l Neighborhood Service Center 486 Dec atur, Street, S. E. Mt. Geonge Dodd , iDiue ctor Telephone: 577-17 ~5 Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center 1723 Boulevard Duive , S.E. Mr. Sa muel Russell , Diirecto r, Telephone : 378-3643 NASH-Washington Neighborhood Ser. Cen . 247 Ashby Stteet , N . W. Mr. William A. Fowlkes, Ditector, Telephone: 52 4-2084 North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street , Roswell , Georgia Mr. J . W. Stone , Director Teleph one : 993 -3795 No rthwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center 1927 Holl ywood Ro ad, N. W. Mr. Robert Btaonin g, Director TelephoAe: 799-9322 Pittsburg Neighborhood Service Ce nt e r 993½ 1 le Da niel Street, S. W. Ir. Levj Tetrill , Directo r Telephone: 523 -1 511 Price Ne ighborhood Serv ic e Ce nte r 1127 Capitol Avenue, S. E. Mr. Geoffrey Heard, Acting Diuector Te lephone: 522-5792 So. F ulton Neighbo rhoo d Se rvi ce Ce nter 2735 East Point St. , East Point, Georgia Mr. Clint Rodgers, Director T e lephon e: 767-7541 Sum mer hi lt-Mechanic s vi lie Ne ighbo rhood Servi c e Center 65 Georgia Ave nue , S. E . Mrs. Omie Dixon, Acting Director Telephone: 577-1351 Gwinnett County Offi c e Pike and Clay ton Stree t s Lawrenceville , Geo rgia Mr. Gene Johnson , Coordinator, Telephone: 963 -9700 Ro c kdale-Co nyer s Office 929 Commercial St. , Conyers , Georgia Mr. Sidney Herring , Coordinator Telephone: 483 -9512 ELECTIONS: One of the most important opportunities E .O.A . offers is that of resident participation. For the fiust time low-income citizens ha ve come together in neighborhood orga niz a tions , block clubs and adv isory councils to consider their need s and to assi s t E.O .A. in planning programs to help meet the se needs. There have been 2,672 nei ghborh ood meetings . Average monthly attendance for a ll E.O .A. advi s ory committees is 2, 250 peop le. In 1966 elections were held for the first time to choose representatives of low-incom e ar eas to serve on neighborhood and city-wide E.O.A. advisory committees . New Elections for 1967 represe nta ti ves have just been completed in 11 Neigh borh ood Center areas . (N. Ful ton is s t ill being organized) . 194 lowinc o me neigh borhood block organizations a nd 11 ,528 people have participated in the 1967 elections . More than 500 lowincome citizens are serving a s bl ock cap t ai ns and elected represent a tives . We s t End Nei ghborhood Serv ic e Cent er 725 L awton Street , S. W. Mr . Jame s Hester , Director Telephone: 753 -6101 Each block organi zation chose one representative to serve on its Neighborhood Center's advisor y comm i ttee . THE CITIZENS EIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL. Each CNAC selected three representatives to serve on a city-w ide committee , THE CITIZE NS C ENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL , plu s one repre s entative to serve on the E .O.A . BOARD OF DIRECTORS. This gives 12 repres entatives of the po or , 1 3 of the total members hip . o n the Bo a rd o f Directors. ADJOINING COUNTIES J. H. Calh oun . As s i s ta nt Directo r for Communitr De vel opment , 10 1 Marietta St ., N. W. , T e leph one : 525 -4262. West Central Neighborhood Se rvice Center 2193 Verbena Street, N- W. Mr. A. A. Frnmholtz , Director Telephone: 799-0331 �,•tk~~.i •'•'~· i~t,t' >• I I ' -. ' f' ' ,• ,,._: • I ', \.,,1 1-~li ,,,, ""· • I -,~-j' f /.,... '- , j I ,e. d • ..., ' ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY F•82 ATLANTA, INC. F•79 Neighborhood Serv ice Areas ---, A. WEST END G. EDGEWOOD B. NASH-WASHINGTON H. NORTHWEST (P. H.) C. PRICE I. D. J. CENTRAL CITY SOUTH FULTON WEST CENTRAL E. SUM-MEC K. F. NORTHEAST L. NORTH FULTON PITTSBURG (Gwinnett County ond Rockdale County areas not shown on map) �r, NEIGHBORHOOD AIDES: E. o. A. has tr ained and e mploy ed indigenous residents of low-income neighborh oo ds to assis t wi th center , age ncy a nd c ommun ity work. Aides have vis ited ove r 10 3,225 homes i n doo r-to-door c ase- find i ng a nd have ser ved over 37, 049 ind ividua l s on a conti nu in g basis . 4. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (In-School) ..... '. .. •· ,. ' , ',,. 2. VISTA (VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA) '-./ .4, ,, .• 0 . A dome s t i c P eace Corps pro vidi ng a 1de s , teache r s , co un s e l ors a nd a dv isors for, th e War on P o ve rty . Hea dq ua rte r s a t 01 Ma rie tta Stre e t , N. W. , Mr. Da v id Damman n , Dinec tor , VIST A Volunteens , Te l ephone: 525 -4262 . I I••-~ ACTION : 5 Vo lunte e r s ha v e been a ss ign ed to Atla nta fo r, one y ear. 25 of th e s e a re pres e ntl y work in g i n E. O .A . tanget a re a s . 1"h e o th er 29 a re e xp e cted during th e next few mo nth s. 11. as t year Atl a nt a h a d 32 Vl ST A Vql un teers . B. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING r " '- . ' '* • 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE On e Manp ower Coun se lor, is l oc a te d in ea ch Ne i ghborh ood S ervi ce C en ter to pnov id e jo b p la c ement a nd referral s to oth er, se r vices. Adm ini s te re d by Georg ia Sta te Empl oy me nt Service , 101 Marietta Sn eet , N . W. , Telep hone: 525-4262 . Ma np ower P rog ra m Spec i a list , Mr. Don Brya nt . ACTION : 33,627 i ndiv idu a ls h ave rece ived e mp lo yme nt c oun se lin g. 87% of th ese we re un emp l oy ed a t th e time of coun sel in g a nd mos t of th e remaining 13% we re under-empl o yed. 6, 16 1 ind ividu a ls have beem p la ced in job s . Hundr eds o f othe rs h a ve bee n pl a c e d in E .0. A. tra mm g programs for yo ut h s. Th e r, e mai nd e r a re receiv in g tr,a ining , educ atiio n , co un s eling o r oth e r s e rivice s in preparat ion for empl oyme nt o r a re m the proce ss of bein g p la ced. >11~ ·I,,. (;1,~ ~-' ,1, T rain in g a nd empl oy me nt of tow- i ncome high ,s ch oo l y outh s in the .t} tl a m a F ul ton Co unty Sch ool Systems to pro vide wori k experience a nd mon e y to e nable them to nem a in in sch oo l. /4. dminis tered by t he Atla nt a a nd Fulton C ounty Bo ar-ds of Ed uc a tion a t 10 1 Mari e tta Stre e t , N . W. , T e) epb o ne : 525 -1886; Mns . Alice Washin g ton , Coo rdi nato r. ACTION: 650 s tude nt s now e mpl o yed in th e pub li c s chools . Mo re t han 2, 500 yo uth s hav e p a rt ic i pa ted si nc e th e beginni ng . 5. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUT H CORPS (Out-of-School) A job tra in in g and e mpl oy me nt pro gram £o r out-of-sc hool un e mplo ye d yo uth s aged 16 th ro ugh 21. 57 ubli c a nd non-prnfi t Atl anta a genc ies pro vide 150 wo rk lcx:atio n s and 620 pos itions. Return t o s ch oo l is e n co l!l raged. Ofiface a t 68 Spri ng S treet , N . W. " Telephone : 577-1 904 , Mr. He nry F a c e , Dire ct or, . ACTION: 62 0 posi ti on s, an e avail a ble . 6 10 yo u th s a re em pl oy e d . 3-;'5 have returned to s ch oo l. 224 have acNearl y c epted full -time e mplo yme nt . 3, 000 y ou ths have part ic i pa ted since the beginning . 6. YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER Opera ted by the Georgia S ta te Employment Serv ic e to conc e ntriate on the employ ment ne eds of y outh s aged 16' th ro ug h 21, with e mpha sis o n co unsel ing , tes tin g , a nd re ferral t o other agen cie s for remedia l edl'lcat ion or tr aining . 522 Wes t Pe a chtree Street . Mr. A . \\, _ Seag ers , Dire c tor . T e lep hone : 8 -09 ~L ACT ION : 82, 000 have been ii nter\(ie w ed. 5, 735 yo uths hav e b eer.J p~ace a in full -time jo b s . 30,000 ha ve been re " fe rred to jo b s a nd ot her agen c ies . '"' \ . �7. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ' . tere d by Senio r Citizen Serv:i c e-s of Mettop olita n Atla nta, Inc. , 120 Marie tt a Stree t, N. W. , Room 7 19 , Te lephone : 577 -2474, Mrs. Caro lyn F r ench , P roj ec t Director. ,, ' ~ .. f<,._ A center co s creen prospec ti v e l oan appliic atio n s a nd to pro vide assis ta nc e in the man a g e ment and de ve lopment of sm a ll busi ness e s . 101 Mariett a Street , N . W. , Te lephone: 577 -33 15 , Dr. Merl e C . P a tterson , Director. ACTION : 850 individual s ha ve been inter vie wed or counseled. 33 loans to talli ng $ 322,000 hav e been approv e d and gra nte d . 3 eight-week semi na r s ha ve bee n c onducted in l ow-income n ei ghborho ods . 8. COLLEGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM P art time empl oyme nt t o ke e p youth s from l ow-in come fa milies in c ollege.. ACTION : Program approved fo r eigh t co lleges : Clark College, 60 pre s eml y . I l em pl oy ed , 60 previousl y emp loye d , no position s available ; Emory University, 69 pre s ently employ ed , 14 pre viously employed , 20 avai lable pos1tions ; Georgi a State College, 25 presentl y e mpl oy ed, 21 prev iously employ ed, 12 pos ition s avada bl e; Georg ia Institute of Technologr, 28 presently emplo ye d , 10 previously empl oy ed , 30 po s i t ion s ava il able ; Morehouse College, 201 pre s ent.Ly employed , 192 pre vious ly empl oy ed , 15 positions availa ble ; Morr i s Brown College, 134 presently employed, 125 previously employ e d , no po s ition s avail able ; Og lethorpe Univers ity, 35 pre se ntly employed, 20 previous ly employ ed , no positions available; a n d Spelman College, 40 presently employed , 100 pre viously employed , no posit.ions available . 9. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT A program to provide children in ins titution s with adult affection and comnion s hip while al s o giving older citize n s a cha nce to be employ ed in a us eful , person a lly sati s fying job . Adminis - ACTION : 36 men and wo men , plus 4 s ubs ti tutes, tra in ed a nd serv in g a t Grady Hospita l (3 0), F ul to n C ounty J uveni le Court (4) a nd Catrie-Stee le :Pitt s Hon:i e (2). ' '• '• ' 1,1 10. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE OLDER WORKER (50 plu s) ••• An i ndepe nde nt program admin is t'ened by th e Go lde n Age Emp loyment Serv ice of the Atlan t a Se c t ion , Nati on al Co uncil of Je wis h Women , 793 Piedmont Ave nue , 1N. E . , Te leph on e: 875 -944 3, Mrs . Naomi Met zger , Exe cutive Dir:.e c to r. ACTION : 969 indiv id ua l s ha ve bee n pl a ced in jobs. There ha ve be en 1,740 jo b applic at ions and 3, 028 reque s ts fo r app licants from busin e s ses. ,. 11. MDTA The Ma npower Dev elopmen t a nd Tr a ining Act of 196 2 pFovides jo b traJnin g for ne e ded ski ll s . Ad mini s tered by th e Gemg ia State Employ me nt Seuvic e and he Atla nta Boa rd of E duc a ti on . Office s at Atl a nt a Indu s tria l E mployment Offi c e , 61 Trinity Avenue , S. W. , T e leph one : 524 -24 11. ACTION : 5, 104 in di v idua l s ha v e been tra ined. A new Contract has bee n re ceived to tra in 200 peo ple be twee n F ebruary 13, 1967 a nd March 31 , 1968 in group s o f 45 in 8 oc 12 week train ing programs . Anoth e r 100 experienced bu une mp loyed workers will rec eive On 'il;he Jo b tra in in g . MOTA classes wi.rn tra in fot s uch jobs as hos tess, waitress, waiter , bus boy , bus g:id, chef , short order grill man , specialist cook , combinatjon cook , salad girl , kitchen helpeu and snack bar hoste ss. Additiona l training contracts are expected soon . Classe s now in progress are welding (20), bfrick layiing (20), production machine ( 20), de s ign technician at Lock - ' '• ',,, ,; �~ . ( ' ' heed (20), licensed pnactical nur:se (40), re fr esher course for regiscened nurses (20) . I 12. PROJECT HI RE (Help I nitiate Renewed Employment) An eml?loyment service for the o lder worker (50 and above) . Administered by the Georgia Sta te Employ ment Service . 136 Marietta Street, N. W. , Su.ice 200, Teleph one: 524-6844 , Mr,s. Mal L. Dna ke , Dire c tor. "' ACTION : Program has been operating under t he auspi c es of Georgia State Employment Service since August 1 , 1966. (For,merly under auspices of Golde n Age Emp loyment Service.) 217 individuals h ave been p laced , 761 have been counse led , 684 have been re ferred to jobs. 13. MEN ' S JOB CORPS J ob tra iAin g for out-of-school , un· employ ed boys aged 16 through 21. E.O . A . is resp on s ible for recruiting and sc reeni ng Job Corps applicants for At· lama , Fulton , Cobb , Clayton, Fayette, Douglas , DeKalb , Rockdale a nd Gwinnett Counties . He adq ua rters at 118 Marietta Street , Telephone : 577 -2855 , Mr. Sam Bax tt:r , J ob Cor,p s Coordin a tor. ACTION : 1, 210 boy s sen t to train ing centers throughout the country . 87 proce ssed appLicant s awa itin g assignments . 6 1 boys have grad u ated . A new recruitin g quota of 1,400 boys has been recei ved . 14. WOMEN 'S JOB CORPS Job training for o ut-of- s chool , unemployed girls aged 16 through 21. Recruitin g handled by WICS , 136 Mar:ietta Street, N. W. , 3rd Fl oor , Telephone : 524-540 3, Mrs . Je a n Wea ver , Project Director. ACTION : 75 girl s are in training centers through out the Unit ed St ate s . 16 have graduated . 15. ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER A centralized service , the first of its kind in the country , to diagnose and evaluate work potential and tra ining needs of difficult cases a nd to follow up job progr.ess. It serve s all agencies cooperating m E.O. A. programs. The Vocational Reh a bilita ti on Division operates the Center at 1599 Memorial Drive , S.E. , Telephone: 378 -7591 , Mr. Cantey Gordon , Director. .. I I ~ ACTION : Opened May 2, 1966. 1, 008 c ases have been referred to th e Centers. 621 admitted for evaluation. 249 persons have been evaluated . 132 already plac ed in jobs . I I I C. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION .~ 16. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM . An education program t o serve the entire fa mily usin g neighborhood public school facilities around the clock . Adminis tered by the Atlanta Board of Educa tion , Instructional Servi ces Building , 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive , Telephone: 76 1-54 11 , Mr. Alan Koth , Dire ct or. ' ACTION: 20,964 ha ve been enroll ed in 12 schools. Approxima tely 10 ,000 more have participated in programs . The Community School budget has been reduced 82 % bec ause of Congre s s ion al budget cuts . Brown High School, 764 Pee p les Street. S. W., Telephone: 758-5050 , E d New by , Assistant Principa l. Price H igh School, 167 0 C a pitol Avenu e , S. W. , Te lephone: 622- 80 24 , Carl Hu bbard , Assistant Princip al. Wash ington High School , 45 White House Drive , S. W. , Teleph one : 755 -77 21 , J oe Drape r , As si sca nt Pr incipa l. South Fulton High School, 605 South Baya rd Street , E as t Point , Georgia , T ele ph one : 76 1-3584 , Harold Madison , Assis ta nt Prin ci pa l. �r I ' Archer High School, 2250 P erry Boulevard , N . W., Telephone : 794-1567 , Arvella L. Farmer , Assista nt Principal. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N. E . , Telephone : 522-5096 , Bennie C. Wil liams , Assistant Principal. Park s Jr. High School , 1090 Wi ndsor Street , S. W. , Telephone: 7 53 -6125, Robert J. Still , As sistant Principal. West Fulton High School , 1890 Bankhead Avenue , N . W. , Telephone : 799-31 77 , E . C. Norma n , Assistant Principal. Bethune Elementary School, 198 Norths i de Driv e , N . W. , Telephone: 524-6854, Norri s L. Hogan , Assi s ta nt Principal. Capitol Avenue Elementary School , 81i Capitol Avenue , S . W., Teleph one : 5238696 , Oba diah Jordan , Jr. , Assis ta nt Prin cipal. We sley El ementary School, 186 We s ley Avenue , N . E . , Teleph one: 378-4393 , Aaron L. Wat son , Assi s ta nt Principal. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FINANCED BY NON-EOA FUNDS Dykes H igh School, 4360 P ower s F erry Road, N . W. , Telephone : 255 -5236 , J ack Glasgow, Assistant Principal. Grant Park El ementary School, 75 0 Kalb Avenue, N. E . , Telephone: 627-5741, James Chk-Vers, Assistant Principal. 17. PROJECT HEAD START An enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-school c hildren operat ed by the Atlanta School Sys te m and seven private agencies . An applicati on is now being prepared for an 8 week program for 3,000 children to be held next summer. 5,989 c hildren have a ttended in 2 s ummers . Atlanta Board of Education , Instructional Servic..es Building, 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive , Telephone: 76 1-5411, Mis s Frances Cox , Director. 4,609 have a ttended in 2 summers. Rockdale County's Head Start Program 40 attended last s ummer . I Gwinnett County' s Mead Stan Program - ,. 240 attended last summer. Wheat Street Day Nurser:y' s Mead Start Program - 200 have a ttended i n 2 summers . ' { F ree For AH Day Nursery 's Head Start Program - 260 have attended in 2 summers . Hinsley Temp le Day Nurser:y's Hea d Start Program - 120 have a ttended in 2 ~I summers. ~ I Berean Junior: Academy's Head Sta rt .~ t Program - 240 have a ttended in 2 s ummers . ., 18. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION In s truction in reading and wri ting for adtdts over 18 yea rs of age who are unable t o function on an eighth grade educational level , to improve their: employment potenti al. Administered by vhe Atlanta Board of Educa tion , 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive, Telephone: 76 1-5411, Ext. 206, Mr. Alan Koth a nd Dr. Cuntis Hen s on , Coordinator s . ACTION: 48 classe s for 900 parti1, 27 3 p eople c ipa nt s a re in s e ss ion. have already pa rticipated. 19. UPWARD BOUND A pro ject to re duc e th e drop -out rate of 11th a nd 12th gra ders with a bility by pro viding remedi a l a nd interest cl as se s and encouragin g them to s et goa ls for further education a ft er high s ch ool. ACTION : Morehouse College, 223 C hestn ut Stree t , S . W. , Te lephone: 577- 150 5, Dr. Ar thur Ban ks , Director. 150 enro ll e d a t pr esent , 228 las t year. Emo ry University, Emory Universi ty Campus , Emory Uni versity, Te leph one: 377-24 11 , Ext. 7546, Mr. Louis Becker:, Director. 49 e nrolled at present, 50 last year. Morri s Brown Coll ege, 642 Hunter St., N. W. , Telephone : 577 -2628, Mrs. Vivian McGee , Director. 91 enrolled at present , 100 last year. �r..,. ' ..,.. 1 " ~... - ~ - - - ~ ... -·-..-....,..,11""'-........,..-._..,.....'!'T"T'Tl~;>:1"'"1l'I!'--...:,;;~-...---, I' During the winter , s tud e nts par t1c1pate in Saturday morning cl asses a t the colleges and a re tutored by f.?rogram assis ta nts. During the summer , s tude nts live a nd s tudy on the college campuses . Morris Brown a nd Morehouse held 8 week programs a ncl J;: mory held a 6 week pr,ogram last s ummer. SimilaF programs a re pla nned for next year. I Three years ago , a pre-coLlege demon s tration project , one of six in the country, was conducted by Moreh ouse Co llege for 370 s tudents. Results from chis project helped pave th e way for the na tionwide program , Project Upwa rd Bound. I f ~-'I'\ I D. OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 20. SOCIAL SERVICES Social Ser, vice Supervisor, s a nd sta ff are located in each Neighborhood Service C enter to provide help w ich hea lth , education a nd famil y problems. ACTION: Counselors ha ve held 33 ,049 interviews at the Neighborh ood Servic e Cente rs. 21 . DAY CARE SERVICE Sup e rvi s e d c a re for children in ord er to re lease pare nt s fo , jo b tFa inin g a nd ,job opportuni ti es . 10 pro,j eccs are rn o p erat ion c a nng for 7 10 ch~ldre n . An t ioch ...North Day Ca re Ce nter (50) 540 K e nnedy Street , N . W., Tel e phone: 523 -4861 . Mr s . Mary Ray , Direc t or. Bowen Homes D ay Care C e nt e r (G a te C ity Association) (100) - 1060 Wi l kes Cir,cle , N .W. , Tel e phone: 799 -11 70 , Mrs. Fnance s Wy att, Direc tor. Co ll ege P a rk C i vic & E duc a tiona l Cen fil (35) - 407 Wes( Harvard Strieec, C ollege P a rk , Geo,gia , Telephone: 766-4456 , Mrs. Elois e Thoma s , Director. C hildren ' s C enter o Metropolitan .A clanca Eamily D a y Car.e (35) - 725 L a wto n Street , S. W., Telephone : 75 3-6101 , Mrs. Dori s Ha rtle y , Cas e Worker . East J? oinc Child Care Center (24) H 47 Calhoun Avenue , East P oint , Georgi a , Telephone: 767-4404 , Mrs. · De Vern Howell , Directo r. . South Side Day Ca re Cen ter (120) - 80 2 I/P ryor Street , S.W . , Telephone: 577-2640 , Mr. Hlenry J.. Furlow, Directo . Grady Homes 1':Iomes Tenant Bell Stree t , S. Mr,s . Elizabeth Day Care Center (Grady: Associ a tion) (90) - 100 E. , Telephone : 522-1595, R. Carcei; , Di r,ector. Gate Ci ty at St . Paul ' s (Gate C i ty Association) (36) - . 15 40 P ryor Ro ad , S. W. , Tele phone: 622-97 11 , Mrs . Barbar,a Marcin , Direc tor. Fort Street K iddie Korner 000 ) - 572 !Boulevard , N.E . Telephone: 876-9 279 Mis s Yhonn a Career , Directo r . Tabern a cle Ba pt.ist CbuF..C ( 120) - 47 5 Boulevard , N. E., Tele ph on e: 8 76-1779 Mrs. Mattie Bruce , Di rector. 22. LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ':;J M)'W A centra l Legal A s sis t ance C e nte r £ina nc ed by E.O .A. , is pre s ently ope.,rating in the F ulton Co un ty C ourt ffi ous e . 2 additio nal c enters a re planned for lowinc ome neighborhoods. All lega l c as e s fo r E.O .A. target are as will be r,eferne d to ome of th ese thr,ee centers . The progr,am wi ll handle civil ca ses a d provide representa tion a nd coun s e li ng fo.Ir preliminary criminal hea rin gs . Admi n i s tere d by the Legal Aid Soci ety: of Atlan· ta , 136 Pry or St., S.E. T e l. 524-5811 Mrs . Nancy Cheves , General Coun s e l. ACTION : Under the pre viou s E .O . A. Lega l As sis ta nce Progra m, Lega .A id la wyers work ed i n Ne ighborhood ervice Centers part- ti me . L egal A'd lawyers s erved a tota l of 17, 324 cases a nd dosed 2,376 court cas e s. 23. CRIME PREVENTION ff Po lice work in e a ch Neighborhood Ser vi ce C ente r to become friends with re s id en ts and hel uhem with t heir, probl e ms . T hi s progra m was developed by nh e Atla nta Police Depart ment following �~~lll'IP.lm,:;-1'.lra~~-T...,.;.-;,--~~--,,,..,a,i~'"~""'P:•"'f!!llllll""'"""'._,.,,_.:,,..,~-..,.,.,,'t.~,--· ;:, t llj l I t a rec ommendatio n o f th e Ctime Co mmi s sion. It is th e first program 0£ i t s kind in th e c ountry . Atlanta P olic e Department , 82 Dec a tur Street , Tel e phone: 522-7363 , Lt. C. E. Wrig ht and Lt. C. Dixon , Offi cer s in C harge . ACTION: Sin c e Ja nua ry, 1966, poli c e officers have been worki ng in E . 0 . f · _ eighborhood Service C ente rs . T hey have communicacred with ov er 90, 000 people . These off ic ers a ttended 176 me e tings on o ff-duty tim e , go t 306 drop outs back .in school and h e lped 58 har,d sh ip cas es . Th e y supervise numer;ous yo uth act1v1t1es an d d ubs a nd get youths i nvolved in Neighbo rhood Yo uth Corps, Job Corps , Communi ty Schoo) and Req:eation Programs . 11he office,rs and their Centers a re : Officer Gambell , NASH-Washington ; Offace.r Lyons , Price and Sum-Mee; Officer. Cardell , Central City; Officer J ob nson , Northwes t ( Perty Homes); Officer Nello ms, Edgewood ; Officer Graham, Northeast; O{f~cer Owens, West End. 24. PLANNED PARENTHOOD Fam,ily planning servic e administereel by the p Qanned Parentb ood .Associatio n of the Atlanta Area, 31 08 Piedmont Rioad , N. E . , Telephone: 233-4493 , Mrs. J ulian Freedman Acting Director. ACTION : Over 2,193 individua l s served . 3 Family '.Planning Clin ics in operation: Be~hlehem Community Center Clinic , 9 McDonough Boulevard , Telep hone: 627-0176 (Mo nda y evenings),; PeFI;y Homes Clinic,, 1660 Drew Drive, N . W., Apartment 756, Telepho ne: 355 '8 278 (Wednesday evenings); and John 0 . Ohiles Homes, 435 Ashby £tree S . W., Te~ephone: 755-4228, (Thursday even ii;igs) . 25. MUL Tl SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED ,. Recreation, social services and day eare for families Living in the three High - ···- •• "I·~·' J . •/, '-' •:, • , , ., rise ap artment buildin g s for · the a ged built by the Atla nta Publi c Hou s· ng Authori ty. f:.t: ,, ' Pro gram adminis tered by Senior C itizen Services of Metropolita n Atlanta , foe . , 120 Ma rietta Stre et , N . W. , T e le ph one : 77-3828 , Mr. A . . Horvath , Di rect or . ·~-' ·, wt -~ ,.. ' ~I I .If,~ ',:1 • ~',.,• "' I ACTION : A r:oca l of l , 794 famil y uni t s aue being serv ed in the A ntione Graves C e nter , 126 Hilli ard Street , N. E . , Telephone : 577 -li9 0; the J oho 0. Chi les Cent er;, 43 5 As hby Street , S. W., Teleph on e : 753-4084; and the P almer Hous e , 43 0 T ech wood Drive , N . W. , Te lephone: 873-3453 . he ,A tla nta tlepartmen t o arks and Recrea tion i s providi ng r,ec.reatio n speciatiists under contract to provide co mpreh ensiv e rec rea tio n progra ms. T h e Fl!l lton Cou nty Departmer;ic of Family a nd Children Seuvices provides a fuU-cime rep resentative i n ea c h Cen t er by agi;.ee menc. The Fulton County I?ubl~c Rea.1th Departmen t provides a health ma intena nce program i n each Cen ter by agreement . 26.PROJECT ENABLE Gr.o l!lp education ,fo low-inc ome parents to i.ncuea se motivacion for se lf -hel p . Commun ity a nd pensooal problems ate identified a nd become th e ta rget for a c tion. Administered by the Atlanta Ur. ban League, Inc . , 239 Auburn Avenue , N.,E . , Mrs. Lillian Clark Director , Telephone: 52 2-8839 . ACTION : Seven groups wi th a tota l o 167 parents have comp l e rred their dis c ussio ns . There have been 238 referra ls to other agei;i ies fo r ~e~p . 1,069 people have been interviewed . A. leadership traiQing phase wiU s ta!t soon . 27. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A pro<>:.im co provide tnaining and supervisio n of local volu nteers who supplement services of the E.0 .A. professional staff. VoJuoceens a re drawn from all a reas oF the c ~cy, inclrudin . 0 . .A. .' �target areas. Administered by the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc . , Glenn [B uilding , 120 Marietta Strieet, N. W. , Jfelephone: 577-2250 , Mrs. Elinor Metzger, Director. ' ...... ACTION: 46 volunteers trained and ser,ving. Volunteers are placed in Neighborhood Service Centeris, Community Schoo.lis , Communiuy Centers , Planned Parench,ood Centers , St. Joseph's Hospital, Senior Citizens Centers , and Day Care Centers. Volunteer,s include both men a nd women. lnte ues ced persons shou ld call the above number. New class of 33 co s tart in January will las e 6 weeks (4 weeks cl ass es plus 2 weeks on-job-training). Next cl ass starics March 20th. E. RESEARCH PROGRAMS Training and work e xperience for 500-700 hard-core , unempl oyed ouc-0£school yo uths per year, in workshop situations . Administered by BE.ES-BIZ , Inc. , a non-profit , private organization. 570 Peachtree Street, Telephone: 8735653 , Mr. Joseph Minecci , Director. ACTION : 233 were enrolled during the program. 31. PROJECT UP-LI FT Job training for, unemployed parents of dependent children operated by Fulton County Department of Family a nd Children Services at 50 Whitehall Street , Mrs . Willie Thompson , Director , Telephone: 572-2155. ACTION : Program will end by February 28th. 227 individuals are now in training. 387 have completed the course . 28. EVALUATION PROGRAM An eighteen month evaluation of Atlanta's Community Action Program. Administered by Emory Universi ty , Telephone: 377-2411 , Exe. 517, Dr. John Doby , Di.rector; Dr. Fred R. Crawford , Principa l Inve stigator. ACTION : Prelimin a ry research underway. 29. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM E.O.A. was selected for a n O .E .O . Pilot study to design and implement a data processing system to a utoma te ac counting a nd fin a nc ial wo rk. The pro ject de s igned procedures for da ta ga therin g from the Neighborhood Service Centers. Administered by Electronics Data Systems Corpora ti on, Room 8 17, 101 Marietta Street, N . W. , Te lephon e: 525 4262, exr.5 8, ·Mr. Davis Ham lin , Director. ACT ION : E .O.A.'s bud getary and payroll acco untin g department is now automated a nd usin g computers . F. DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS 30. BEES- BIZ 32. PUBLIC HEAL TH Public Health Nurses for Neighborhood Service Centers . Administered by Fulto n County Department of Public Health , 99 Bueler Street, S . E. , Telephone: 572-2927 , Mrs . Gla d ys L. Garland , Coordinator. \· ACTION : 4 nurses worked with the Neighborhood Service Ce nters . 33. HOMEMAKER SE RVICES Substitute h omemakers assumed re sponsibility for households in low-income areas during emergenc y situa ti ons. Ad ministered by Visiti ng Nurse Associa tion of Atla nt a , 1270 Techwood Drive. Telephone: 873-2683, Mrs. Mary Caldwell , Coordinator. ,, '¥ ·rt ,.. ACTION : 28 homemakers served 522 homes , a nd made 13,436 visits . 34. RECREATION CONDUCTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS ACTION : The Recreation Technician and staff of the Neighborhood Service Ce nter s organized and supervised sports , tutorial program , children' ac - ,, ..., �II t1v1t1es , swimming, basketball , baseball , teen clubs and adult activities in lowincome a reas. s ummer of 1966 . Plans for 1967 indefin ite. 38. MEDICARE ALERT 35. SUMMER RECREATION E.O.A. fin a nced summer recreation in 1966. Total attendance was 277 ,000 . The programs were administered by the City of Acla nta, (Parks a nd Recrea tion Department) , 10 United Appeal agencies a nd 3 priva te agencies. Agencies a nd depa rtments w ere: Atla nta Parks a nd Recreation Dept . Butler Street YMCA Wesley Ho use Centers Sal va tion Army Warren Memorial Boys' Club Wes t End Boys ' Club Grady Homes Boys ' Club George Washin gton Carver Boys' Club Atla nta Co uncil of Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls ' Club Apt Academy Atlanta Urban League Vine City Council 36.HOME MANAG EMENT TRAININ G E.O.A . Home Ma nage ment Techn icians a nd a ides working in Neighborhoo d Service Center s taugh t residents c ooking , sewing , housekeeping, bud ge ting , child care , hygiene, consu mer buyi ng , and facts about loans and installment buying . G. OTHERS 37. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM A program to provide schol arsh ips fo r primary and s econdary students foom under-pri viledged home s to allow them to attend s ummer school. Admini stered by the Atla nta and Fulton C ounty Boards of Education. Dr. John Ma rtin , Ass i s tant Superintendent for Instruction , 2930 Forr e s t Hill s Dr. , Telephone: 761-54 11. ACT ION : 6, 500 youths attended the E.O .A . fi nanced program during the s umme r of 1965 . Program did not operate A two month proguam. 10,697 citizens 65 y ears and o lde r were contac ted . 110 paid workers, o l der people from l owin come areas , and 117 voluntee rs explained heal th and hospital be nefits available under the new Medicare legislation and helped people app ly before the March 31, 1966 deadline. SUMMARY EOA ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS Multi-SeFv.ice Neighborhood Centers Neighborhood Youth Corps ( our-of-school progra m) Sma ll Bu s ine ss Devel o pment Center Men's Job C orp s (Recruitin g ) VISTA (Volunteers in Se rvice to America) Placement and Supervision Medicare Alert EOA PROGRAMS CONTRACTED TO OTHER AGENCIES Community Schools (Atl a nt a P ub l ic Sch oo ls) Head Sta rt Project s (Atlant a Public Schools and 7 pri va te org a ni za tion s ) Day Care Center s (private organizations) Summ er Recreation Program s (Ci ty o f Atla nta, 10 Uni ted Appeal Agencie s , 3 ot h ers) P roject BEES- BIZ (pri va te no n-profit organization) Manpower Pl ace ment Cente rs (Georgia State Employ ment Service) Emp loyment Evaluation and Service Center (Voca tion a l Rehabili ta tion) Lega l Service (Lega l Aide So ciety ) Plan ned Paren th ood (P la m1ed Parenthood Association of Atla nt a) Mult i-Service Ce nters fo r th e Aged (Senior C iti ze ns of Metropo lit a n Atl an t a, Inc.) Volunteer Task Force (Community Counc il ) Fos ter Grandparents (Senior Citizen s of .· ~,.. ,I, . ., . •-, r �,r ,., Metropolitan Atla nta, fnc .) Neighborhood Youth Corps (fn-School) (Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schoo ls) Project nable (Urban League) Public Health Services (Fulton County Health Department) Homemaker Services (Visitin g iNmse Association of Atlanta) Summe School (Atlanta ublic Schools) COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS Ii ,." ..• I . . r Proj ct 'Upl,i£c (F ulton County Department of, Family and Childrien Services) Youth Opportunity Center (Sta te £mployment Service) Col lege Work Study Programs (8 colleges) J?rojec t Upward Bound ( 3 co ll eges) Womens' Job Corps (WICS - Women in Community Service) Cr.ime Prevention (Atlanta Police Dept.) Manpower Developmen t and ]i'r;aining Act ofr 196;1 (Georgia tare Employment Ser,v.ice and Atlanta Board 0£ Education) Project Hir,e (Help Initiate Renewed Employ ment) (Georgia Scace Employment Service) Golden Age Employment Service ( Atlanta Secti on Na tion a l Council 0£ Jewis Wo men) Adu le- B as ic Educati o n (Atl a nta Boa rd of. E duca ti on~ N o longer; in operation 1966 E.O.A. BOARD OF Mr. Bo i sf.e uillet Jones , Chairm an Mrs . W. H. . (L uc y) Aiken Mr. Har,old Ben son Mrs . A. L . Benton Mr. Wi lli am L. Ca~loway Mr. Rober,t Dobbs Mr . George L. Edwards, Mr. Melvin Grantham Mr . John W. Greer Rev . Joseph L. Gr,,igg Mr . John S . Herndon Mt. Jesse Hill Rev . M. L. King , Sr. - ' I ,...,... ' Dr. J oho W. L ecsoa, Mr,. W. M. Montague , Sr. Mr. Carl P lunkecc Mr. 1ulian Sharpt;on M . A. H. Sterne Mr. Erwin Stevens MFs. Nancie Stowers Dr,. Paul D. West Mrs . LeKoy (Ann) Woodward Mrs . Mamie Wynn ' Note: The 196i EOA Board ofr Directors wim be expanded to 36 members , including 12 represen tatives of thos @ served by EOAi (one elected by each Neighborhood Advisory Council) , 12 representatives appointed by public age ncies whic hi serve the poor , and 12 represen;tat,i ves ai;ipointed by other commun ity grioups . The re presentatives ofr chose served by EOA have already been elected . They are mar,ked ** below. 12 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS ( 1967) C entral City Mrs. Doroth y Buown Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. He len Tayl or Mrs. Annie ack son Mr. Harold Ra ine s &tr. L . L . Turner Mrs. Ros ie f-:loJc Mr. T ommy Gri tfin Mr. Spen ce r Blou nt Mrs . Betty Pool Mr. Jam e s Aus tin Mrs . Nora Keyros Mus . Eve ly n Brown Mr;. Alonzo Watson Center Director Nom i nees: Mrs. Ethel Cox Mrs . Bertha Jackson Mrs . Oneda Seay Mr . B . A. (Kitchens Mr. D. A. Coley Eas t Cent ral Mrs . Mrs . Mr s . Mr - . **Mrs . Annie B . Chamber s Beatric e Wil s on ather.ine Gane Margaret Gr ;;at Sustie LaBord �Mrs . Grace Pullum Mrs . Petronia Hall Mrs. Clide Anderson Mrs. Ruby Whitfield Mrs. Ida Hermon Mrs. Pearl Williams Mrs . Willie Lewis Miss Doris Mathews Mrs. Johnnie Mosley Mr. Lewis Holmes , Sr. Mr. James Gilbert Mr. Emmitt Sowell Mrs. Fannie Woods Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Annie L. Hill Lt. L arry RePass Mrs. Mildred Perry Rev. Clarence Maddox Edgewood Mrs. Ruby N. Heard Rev . W. C. Hill Mr. Lorenzo John son Mrs. Dorothy Harris Mr. J ul ius White Mrs . Mary Mobley Mrs . Fletch er Walk er Mr. Columbus Maddox Mr. Leroy Dobbs Mrs. Maggie McMullen Mr s . Lizzie Stephens Mr. Thomas Carlton Mrs. Chari ty Smith Mrs . Cleta Mitchell Mrs . M. B. White Mrs . Mi11 ie Acree Mrs. Dorothy Adam s Mt . F red Co x M . IRoss Douthard , al ternate C enter Direc tor Nominees: Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Rufus Favons Charles Turner J ohn Gaither J ohn Cos by NASH-Wa shington Mts . Ruby McDowell Mrs . Dornth y P yrom Mrs . Do ri s Davis Mrs . Annie Sewel] Mrs . Mary Avery Mr. Ot is Cochtan Mr. James Marsh all Mrs . Joyce Burn ey Mrs. Mrs. Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Margaret Knight Alice Dixon Parialee FaulknGeneva Mack Lillian Hunt Elizabeth Harvey Jessie Miller Katie Jones C. M. Wolfe Carrie Porter Cynthia Hampton Verna Kirkland Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson Mrs . Maggie Moody Mr. Jame s Gardner Dr. Elsie Edmondson North Fulton Being organized Northwest - Perry Mrs. Ruby Hawk Mr. John Sla ton Mrs. F lo ssie Zac kery Mrs. Shirley Dowdell Mrs. Odessa Wheeler Mrs. Arie Shelm on Mr. R ay mond Morr,is Mr. Richard Feagin Mrs . Loretta Gres ha m Mrs . Vera McCoy Mrs. Margie Freeman Mrs. Bernice Hou seworth Mrs . Delores Mitchell Mr . Jessie Gascon Mrs . Garaldine Hughes Mrs . Barba ra Davis Rev. David Middlebrook Center Director Nominees: Mr. Robe rt Dobbs Mr. Bob Shaw Mrs. J osie Wynn Mr. Carey F l eming Pittsburg Mrs . Mrs. Mrs . Mrs . F lorence Alexan der Nettie Bl anton C arrie Wright Anni e Evan s �I I:' Mrs . Rosa Hammonds Mr:. John Tolbert Mrs . Marion Hood Mr. N. HI. Scott Mrs . Mammie Fleming Mr. Clarence Smith /** Mrs. Beatrice Garland Mrs. H. H. Dyer Mr. Ben Jen kins Mrs . Willie P. Tbonncon Mrs . Leonie Mester Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Sl ini a Sears Mrs . Sallie Billin gs le y Rev . Calvin Mouscon Price Mrs . Christine Bea s on Mrs. Mary F uller Rev . L. W. Hope , Sr. Mrs . Gra ce Ba r:k s dale Mrs . Olli e P owell Mrs. N eerie Bennett Mr s . Lois Wil li a ms Mr. Cha rles Da ndeo Mrs . Lena Owe ns Mr. Melvin 'B a rn es Mrs. C. M. Martin Mns . Mary F. O'Neal Rev . H . F . Gne e n Mrs. E ula ne Hous eworth Mrs . Evelyn Ba ttle Mrs . France s Th o mpson Mrs . Arthur Williams Mrs . Ru th Coffer Mr. George Bru mfi eld Mr. Gabrie l McCrary Center Director Nominee s: Mr. He nry Ph ipps Mrs . Loui se Watl ey Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. Wil liam Merritt South Fulton Mrs . Mary Lemons Mrs . Lucy Willi s Mr. J ohn Walton , Jr. Mrs . Louvenia Will iams Mrs . Alyce Price Mr. Ronald Bridges Mrs . Julie Chaney Mr. William John s on Mrs . Myrtic e Rowe / **Mr. W. T. Brooks Mrs . Susie Perkins Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Elizabeth Huggins Mr. Al fredo Callejas Mr. Milo Fisher Summerhill -Mechanicsvil Ie Rev. J . B. Mai;cin Mrs. Rosa Burney Mr. Edward J oho so n Re v . L. C. Clack Mr. Lewis Peters Mrs . Alice Hudson Mr. J oho Gresha m Mrs . Curtis McWorcher Mr. Hudson Whitsett Mrs. Evelyn Burri ss Mr s. Ann L. Childs Mr . Andrew Broo ks Mr s. Annie By rd Mr s . Li zz i e J e nnings Mr . Edward Moody Mr. Edward Grimes Mr. C. L. Walton Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Mrs . Dori s Gaston Mr s . Mattie a n s l ey Center Director No minees: Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Gu ssie L ewi s Ca therine Co lbert Leila Hancock A. L. Benton ( e l e c ted in 1966 fo r 2 year term co Board) West C entral Mr s . Doro thy Patterson Mr s . Leola Perry Mr. Walter Burton Mr. Wilkie A . Jordan Mr . Nathaniel Walker Mr . Lewis Evans Mrs . Mary Hall / **Mr. Edward Yo ung Mrs . Laura Willis Mr. John Dixon Mr. Elisha Piers Mrs . Corine Smith Mrs . Frankie Kendri ck Mi ss Nedra L. Reid Rev . K. M. Dunlap Mrs . Nellie Price Mrs. E velyn Perdu e Re v . R . Johnson �IC enter D irect o r Nom inees: fr s . WilJie Perki os Rev . Elli s L. Green ".\fr. Charl e s B. Ha rt, J r. West End Mr. B. F. Wa ldorn Mr. Ben Bens on \ !rs . Peg Brady ,\,fr. Willi am Killings wor th Mrs . Emma Jordan Mr. A. R. Phil lips Mr. F red Youn g Mrs . Gertrude McLennan Mrs . E l izabeth God bee Mrs . Maxine Abbo tt Mrs . Edna Mayo Mr . Roy Harwell Mr. Alvi n Barne r .\,!rs . Bertha Stewart .\1rs . Roxie Lipford Mr. R . C. Chinn M,s . Lucy Cas tell Mrs . D. L. Stovall Mr. Coleman Smith .\1rs . Beatrice Henderson ,\,!rs. M. U. Barnette \Jr. J. C. Dietrich ,\,!rs . Sue Bradley Mrs . C. B . Cole Mr . Jack Bagwell '-Ar. Robert Rice .\Jr . F . H. Pound \!rs . Gene John son Mrs . Ann Miller Mr . Roswell Jackson .\frs. Mary Chandler \!rs . Mary Morton C enter D irector Nominee s: ~\fr . H. D. Wi ley .\,lrs . George Longino • \lrs . Mam i e Wvnn .\!rs . Gladys Bradley Rev . Carol Tinsley l CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (1967) Executive Administrator Nominees !rs . Annie Laurie Pace .\ fr . Ralph Long Rev R . B Shorts Mr. Robe rt Blount M, s . L e nnie He s te r Mrs. Mary Morton TECHN ICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. James H. Aldredge Miss Dori s Alexa nder Honorable Iva n Allen , gr. Dr. Wa llace M. Als ton Mr. Harold N . Arnold Dr. Sa nford At wood Dr. Warren D. B ache li s Dr. P aul R . B eall Mr . Duane W. Beck Mr. G lenn E. Bennett Mi ss Catheri ne Boling Dr. J a mes J? . Brawle y Dr. R ufus E . C le men t Mr . C larence D. Cole man Mr. J ack C. Deliu s Mr. Wellborn R . Ell i s Mr. Arn o ld D. Elli son Mr. R ic ha rd Forbe s Mr. J a mes F urniss Mr. Collier B . Gladin M, . Herma n B . Guinn Mr . Joseph F . Haas Dr. James F . Ha c kney Arch bi s hop P aul J. Ha !Jina n Dr. Edwi n Harri son Mr. Richard C. Hicks Miss Re becca Ho ll ings worth Honorable Lloyd Elmo Holt Mr. William S. Howland Mr . William E . Inmon Mr. John H . J aco bs Dr. A. P . Jarrell Mr. Herbert T . Jenkin s Mr. Ma lco lm D. Jone s \fr . A Ia n F. K iepper; Mc John F . Kiser Mr. R . Earl L anders Dr . Noah Langdal e , Jr. Dr. John W. Letson Major George Marsha ll Dr. Albert E . Man ley Mr. Sam Mas se ll, Jr . Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Mrs . Frances McKay Mr . J . 0 . Moore Mr. Jack P . Nix �~ ~~TT,:-~T.~----- Mr. A. B. Padgett Mr. J . W. Pinkston Dr. Claude Purcell Mr. William Ray , Jr. Mr. M. B . Satterfield Mrs . Bruce Schaefer Mr. Opie Shelton Mr. Robert E. Shrider Mr. Robert Sommerville Mr. Douglas W. Str,onbehn Dr. Herman L . Turn er Dr. John Venable Dr. Paul 0. West Rev. Samue l W. Williams Mr. Marion Williamson Mr. John C. Wilson ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. Mr. C. 0. Emmerich Executive Director Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Operation s (and Director o f Neighborhood Services Organization) ,Ir Mr. William W. Allison Assoc iate Admini s trator for Pla nning ~ u z .• { Mr. William G. Terry Associat e Administrator for Genetal Services (and Director of Meti t System) ~ I,' IZ < .-, I \ • Mr. Luther A. Mclendon, Jr. Director of Finance .. ' ' I ,7. . • t ! } ..J I- < >I- ci OM ..Jo a:i I- M 8 w< w i:, 0:: 0:: t-o .,,w <<.!> Mrs. Wade T. Mitchell Director of Information II- <- Wl- -z a::< <...J ,;;l- o< l �ATLANTA,GEORQIA ROUTE SLIP TO: ~PA~¥~~-=---=---- FROM : Dan E. Sweat, Jr. D For your information D Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25- 4-S �CITY HALL October 1~, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmenta: liaison . MEMORANDUM To: Dr. John Letson, School Superintendent Mr. Jack Delius, General Manager, Parks Department Miss Virginia Carmichael, Recreation Director, Parks Department From: Subject: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Transfer of Summer Recreation Programs to School System Each summe r f o r the last several years, it has b e come increasingly more apparent that the de ve lopment and implementation of comp re hensive recreation programs in low income sections of the City of Atlanta is absolutely essential for the reduction of obvious factors which cause problems of juvenile delinquency and social disorders. The large-scale special recreation program this summer pro ve d conclusively the v alue of such an all-out coordinated effort. More than 125, 000 youngste rs from disadv ant a g e d commun iti e s took part in programs prov ided by 33 agencies through th e recr e ation funds made available by th e Office of Economic Opportunity, the City of Atlanta and the local ag e ncies . It was the first summer many of these boys and girls had been afford e d the opportunity to p a rticipate in sup e r v is e d r e cr e ation acti v ities.· The fact that Atlant a' exp e ri e nced a summe r of calm w ith a minimum o f frictions w hich plagued other citie s spe aks we ll for this summe r's acti v ity . �Page Two October 18, 1967 The truth of the matter is that anyone who wished to participate in organized recreation in Atlanta this year could do so within his own neighborhood. All this has strengthened my firm belief that a well planned, adequately financed and staffed summer program of recreation is vital to the supervision of our young people during the long vacation period. In order to plan, finance, and operate the desired program, every existing public facility and resource must be utilized to the maximum. All available federal aids as well as private assistance must also be incorporated into such a program. There are at present 121 elementary and 26 high schools in the City School System. All of the eleme ntary schools and all of the high schools have playgrounds or areas suitable for outdoor play adjacent to the schools. There ar e 15 gymnasiums and two sports stadiums include d in the facilities of the school system. In addition, almost all schools have auditoriums, cafeterias and other tools which should be utilized in a comprehensive summer program of recreation. The public elementary and high school is the one community facility which most directly affects the lives of the greatest number of people in a community. Virtually all youngsters between the ages 6 - 18 are unde r the supervision of teachers, cQaches and/or other school officials for nine months of the year. It seems to me that a summer recreation program which is orie nted to the school facilities would pro v ide for an orde rly and m e aningful e x tension of supe rvision for a full twelve months. To place dir e ct responsibility for summe r recreation w ith the schools w ould ena ble school officials to b e tt e r coordin at e y e ar-around school and youth activities . _Summe r school, spei!ial e nrichme nt p r ograms a n d other programs conducte d by the schools in the summer could b e a part of an overall t w elve month school plan, including r e creation . The purpos e of this m e morandum is to request that the Park s a n d Recr e a t ion D e pa r tme nt and th e School D e partme nt discuss th e feasibilit y of t r a n s fe r of sp e cial summe r re creation p r ograms - �.... Page Three October 18, 1967 particularly in low income areas - to the School Department. The special committee now preparing a five -year plan for public recreation in the City of Atlanta might also be asked to consider the potentialities of this proposal. IAJr:fy L �C TY OP .ATL~'TA CITY HALL August 21, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assis tant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison " MEMORANDUM . To: Mr. Jack Delius Miss Virginia Carmichael From: Dan S we.9-t Subject: · ~m~ ov1e - President's Commission The President's Commission on Youth Opportunity will have a photo grapher in on Wednesday to shoot pictures of the Atlanta program. The movie is actually being put together by International T e l ephone and Telegraph. l Neal Gr ego ry, from the Vice Preside nt's Offic e , requested that we assist the photo g rapher in getting the necessary shots and that if we had any color slides to be made available to the producer . for pas sible inclusion in the movie it would be h elpful. Neal had attempted to call Virginia but this was the time that she was in New York at the Summer Games . . They will l e t one of u~_ know who the photographer will be and . what time h e is expected i n. DS:fy cc: Mayor Ivan All e n, Jr . . .· . �CITY OF ATLANTA August 22, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental liaison Dear Fellow Citizen: A~cording to the school system records, I see that you may not be planning to return to school this fall. I hope that this is not the case. As chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunity Campaign, I am interested in you and your future. Our City needs you. But even more, your education is improtant to you and the skills you can develop. To stop school now is a cruel form of self-punishment. If you get a skill or receive a high school diploma, it will not only mean more money in your pocket, it will mean a better life for you. If you are not interested in going to regular academic day classes, you can attend ever.ing or day vocational - technical classes or go to evening academic or evening training classes. For your own good -- for money in your .pocket -- it is necessary that you learn a skill or get a high school diploma. There are many jobs available right now if you have the skills needed to do them. I urge you to reconsider your decision to quit school: they may be, should not keep you out of school. If you need you need answers about the school programs you can get, call System . at 761-5411, Ext. 220 or the Atlanta Youth Council at Problems, whatever help or guidance or if the Atlanta School 522-4463 1 Ext. 437. No matter what you may now feel about continuing school ,' I strongly urge you so seriously consider one of the vocational or academic programs available to you. Think of yourself and take advantage of the opportunities available to you. To quit is to be left behi nd. By the way, the Atlanta Braves and I would like to invite you to be our guest at a special "Back-to-School" game to be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. Two tickets for the night game with Pihi adelphia are enclosed and I hope that you and a friend will attend. ruly, IA:psh Enclosures (2) Mayor I van Allen, Jr. Metropolitan Atlanta Opportunity Campaign �HELP THEM HELP TJ.lfMSELVE-S YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 FOR GREATER ATLANTA ATLANTA YOUTH COUNCIL, 68 MITCHELL ST., S. W., ATLANTA 30303 Telephone 522-4463, Ext. 437 May 16, 1967 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#Rl) ATLANTA TO EXPAND PLAYLOT PROGRAt,,1 FOR 1967 (First of a series of announcements on summer recreation programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department, will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: "We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful NevJ effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of the ir homes, a( opportunity for pFe schoel children the ~f ~~r~ d J) ried types of r ecreation /£ t bo i i ' ~ h Q gJ.QBIQR t an;r sna de s under experience d personnel with outstanding assistance and support f rom youth and adults f rom the ne i ghbor hoow themse lves ." This announcement from Mayor Allen came a s the f irst in a series of inf ormation r eleases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the yout h recreation f i eld , with the coordinat i on of t he Youth Opportunity Campai gn f or 1967. .,f;~ y The Pl aylot program , begun last J une paPtiaJ.4 with f unds from the Office of Economic Opportunity , included nine s i tes at t he cl ose of last summer. These were \~ located in low-income neighborhoods , often on vacant lots which 1leased for token rental , cleared, equipped and staffed by t he Parks and Recreation Department. and - volunteers. �(#Rl-2) An average of 750 children participated in the Playlot program each of ~~ ()}: ffi.w,-,( days last summer, and that number is expected to reachJ ~ f' r [fl~ program i s expanded tox ~ ) _ .c../J sites for 1967. Of ~ 2---- e z,~ sites, 2 9 000 1as .3 .:t,wo the have buildings ~ which will insure all-weather oper ation. ~ t - The City has been acquiring these lots for t h= last several months and is · comp1 et.ion · "{f:A nearing of the initial development stage . The Playlots will be equipped with water fountains, portable toilets, climbing ~owers, swings, slides, sand boxes, '~ ) basketball goals and nets and games and athletic equipment of many types. The Playlots will be open from ___a.m. until ---·n ~ .£,;,~ from June _ __until September p.m., six daysn ~.~ 143.215.248.55 ~~ r..,p.-rr '"'-" Many of t he lots will be lighte~ and these will remain open until ___y.m. and childr en encouraged to return during the evening hours and bring their parents to participat e in games of interest to adults as well as children . "'.,·/\1~) .:A-ll of the Playlots will be provided with sprinkler heads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of children. at: v ./ v l. 2. 3. 4. V v 11/ v v v I/ v v' I,, s. 6. 7. s. 9. 10 . ll. 12 . 13. 14. Rhodes Street between Sunset & Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally St. near Richardson St. Gilliam Park on Wade 373 Thurmond Street Magnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Ave. Haygood and Crew St. 255 Dodd Avenue (House) Windsor near Richardson St. Park Ave. and Lansing, S.E. Arlington Cir ., N.W . 533 Centra~ Av_e. _ , s.w. Ladd St . off Oakland, N. W. 1 96 Savannah St ., S.E. (House ) i/ 18 . 141 Walnut St . , N. E. (l /2 House) /19 . Harper Park Site - Pool e Creek Rd ., S.E. /~Daniel ~anton P_ark ~ite., ( Mc3:rt in-Boynton, S . E .) -Y21. Perry Blvd. and Lively v 22 . Huff Rd. near Booth , N. W. ~ , f. V--- 23. Butler and Vernon Pl. , N.E. / 24. University & Hubbard , S.E • .,, .,25. Vernon a~d Fort, N. E. -V ~6 e Habershal-at Perry Blvd. Daniel between Edgewood & DeKalb Ave. ,,,,,- 1 6. i/17. V27. Playlots are located �(#Rl-3) The first four sites listed above will have portable swimming pools, donated 1'i () by the Rich Foundation and valued at $28, (for the four). They are steel support:;~lt;:u,J-- properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervise/ - - . . . . . . on wi·11 b e avai"labl e f rom _ a .m. unti·1 _y.m., swimming and swimming instructi days a week. 1 ~ Tentative plans are to relocate these fp ools in nearby school basements during the winter months, thus providing year-round swimming opportunity in these four areas. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be funded by a grant assured from the Office of Economic Opportunity. ThS~ ill bear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire another -...playlo~ sites before the ~nd of the summer and also introduce some innovations in its existing Playlot program •. ~ ( 1. Provide noon-time snacks to hundreds of 0 ~ vl t&_§;. hildren who would otherwise do without the recreation programs possible - 2. portable etc. isolated small neighborhoods could be 3. near them. 4. Possibly 5. And most hours on Sunday afternoons. expand permanent year-round program. hoped that contributions, loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens, business f irms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to add these innovations and enrich the recreation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantfans. Interested parties are asked to contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463 , extension 437. As an important phase in the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, a simple directory of summer learning, recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, deigned for each quadrant of the City, will be distributed through the Atlanta schools, recreation centers, private agencies and Neighborhood Centers prior to the close of school. �CITY OF .ATLANTA IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Sec retary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Li aison NEWS RELEASE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Special News Release Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. John Cox, Executive Director, Atlanta Youth Council Jack Delius, G e neral Manager, Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department For Immediate Release May 17, 1967 Atianta to Expand Playlot Program for 1967 (First of a Series of Announcements on Summer Recreation Programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recre~tion Department will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful new effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered varied types of recreation opportunity for children of all ages under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves. 11 11 This announcement from Mayor AHen came as the first in a series of information releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967. The Playlot progra~, begun last June and financed substantially with funds from the Office of E conomic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer. These w e re located in low-income neighborhoods, ofte n on vacant lots which were leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department and neighborhood volunteers. An average of ?St>' children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 days last summe r, and that number is expected to reach at leas t 2,000 per day as the pr ogram is expanded to more than 25 sites during the summer of 1967. Of some 26 sites that have already been selected, three have buildings which will insure all-weather operation. T he City has been locating these lots during the last sev eral months and is nearing com ple tion of the initial development of most of the Playlots. The amount and type of e quipme nt on e ach site will vary according to the size of the lot, but e quipment will include water fountains, portable t oilets, climbing towers, swings, · slides, s a n d boxes, basketball goals and nets, and games and athletic equipment of many t ype s. The Playlot s will b e ope n from 10 a. m. until dark, six days a week, from June 1st throu gh L a bor Da y, S e pte mber 4th. With the advent of Daylight Savings Time , recre ation p rogra ms can be continuous until 9 or 9:30 p. m. during the summer and children will be encoura ged to return during the e v ening hours and bring their parents to p a r ticipate in games of interest to adults as well as children. Most of the Pla ylot s w ill b e provi d e d with sprinkle r h e ads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of childre n. Playlots are a l ready developed or hav e b een planned at the following locations: �l Page Two May 17, 1967 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 . 13. 14. 15 . 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Rhodes Street between S unset and Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally Street near Richardson Street Gilliam Park on Wade Avenue 373 Thurmond Street M agnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Avenue Haygood and Crew Street 255 Dodd .Avenue (Indoor Facilities) Windsor near Richardson Street Park P..venue a nd Lansing, S. E. Arlington Cir.cle, N. W . 533 Central Avenue , S. W. Ladd Street off Oakland, N. W. 196 Savannah Street, S. E. (Indoor Facilltjes) 141 Walnut Street, N. E. (Indoor Facilities) Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Road, S. E. Daniel Stanton Park Site (Martin-Boynton, S. E.) Perry Boulievard and Lively H uff Road near Booth, N. W. Butler and Vernon Place, N. E. University and Hubbard, S. E. Vernon and Fort, N. E. Habershal at Perry Boulevard Daniel between Edgewood and DeKalb Avenue The first four sites above will have portable swimming pools, made possible by a $28, 500 donation from the Rich Foundation. The pools are steel supported, filtered, properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervis ed swimming and swimming instruction will be available seven days a week, from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m. on weekdays and from 1 p. m. until 7 p. m. on Sundays. Tentative plans are to relocate thes e pools in school basements during the winter months, thus providing the schools with an opportunity for yearround swimming instruction. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be fund e d by a grant assured from the Office of Ec;onomic Opportunity. The City will b ear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire additional Playlot sites before the end of the summer and also introduce some innovations into the existing Playlot program. It is hoped that contributions , loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens , business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to enrich the re creation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantans. Interested parties are asked t o contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, Extension 437 • .As an important phase i n the Youth Opport unity Campaign for 1967, a simple dire ctory of summer learning , recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will b e distributed through the Atlanta schools , recreation centers, p r ivate agencies and neighborhood centers prior to the close of school. # # # �CITY OF ATLANT.A CITY HALL May 15, 1967 . ' ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Honorable Richard H. Russell United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Russell: RE: Telephone conversation May 15, 1967, on Summer Recreation with Bill Jordan Enclosed is a rundown on the City of Atlanta's 1967 special sununer recreation needs in low-income neighborhoods which I discussed with Mr. Jordan in your absence this morning. You will note that the proposed 1967 summer r ecreation program budget sheet lists those projects which would b e operated by the City Government, through its Parks and Recreation Department, the Atlanta Public Schools, United Appeal .~gencies, the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Service C enters, and the Fulton C ounty programs. This $570, 119 total r e presents merely those extra summer activities which are urgently needed in the slum areas over and above thos e programs and activities which the City and the various agencies are able to do within the limits of their regular budgets. The amounts shown for the various United Appeal agencies under the "1966 Budget" column are listed to show what these agencies spent through the special summer program last year. Since EOA had not received any specific proposals from these particular agencies for this sununer 's program, these amounts were merely include d ih anticipation that these agencies would do at least as much as the y did in 1966. �Senator Russell Page Two May 15, 1967 You will note in the other attachments that we have worked very diligently with other public and private agencies as well as the business and civic community in enlisting community-wide support for our summer recreation and employment program. We have received some help through the Rich Foundation, Sears Roebuck, the Atlanta Labor Council, and other private business and civic organizations. We have also drawn funds from other critically needed programs in order to increase our activities in the disadvantaged communities. With the $570, 119 we have requested as a part of the $75,000,000 special summer appropriation requested from the Congress, we 'feel that we will be able to carry on a reas"Onable summer program for more than 160,000 young people and adults who are not economically able to provide their own. We hope that you will lend your support to this appropriations request for the City of Atlanta and other cities throughout the state and nation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:fy �PROPOSED 1967 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM .. ! April 26, 1967 I I Ij SPONSOR 1. Operation CHAMP Neighborhood Playlot Program Senior Citizens Wilderness Camp $ 89, 340 106,680 67,758 96,000 Atlanta Public Schools a. 3. (1966 Budget) City of Atlanta a. b. c. d. 2. AMOUNT Community Schools 60,000 United Appeal Agencies a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Metropolitan Boys Clubs Atlanta Urban League Butler Street YMCA Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls Club Vine City Council Wesley House Centers Salvation Army 4. Neighborhood Services 5. County Programs 63,043 ($13,000) ($14, 000) ($ 7, 311) ($ 6, 55 3) ($ 3, 434) ($ 4, 000) 5,000 24,000 ,/ 10,000 TOTAL $521,821 GRAND TOTAL $570,119 $48,298 �CITY HALL April 14, 196 7 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code ~04 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Ex ec ut i•1e Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat Subject: Your Meeting with Vice President Humphrey Cliff Henry of the U. S. Conference of Mayors telephoned me Thursday and said that the Vice President had invited the mayors of ten cities to meet with him in Washington to discuss summer · recreation needs. The Conference of M&.yors had been asked to provide information to the Vice President's Office which would show: 1. The number of new programs scheduled by these cities for the ghettos during summer 1967. 2. How much additional local money is going into these programs. 3. How much federal money is going into these programs. 4. How much additional money is needed in order to carry out the desired program_during the summer months in these areas. The following information was furnished to Mr. Henry for the consolidated report: 1. It is difficult to place a number on the programs w e anticipate . However, we ·told Mr. Henry we would carry out a Playl ot Program, which has been expanded from 7 to 21 Playlots, and that we hope to have a similar program to last year's O peration Champ provided we utilize school grounds and the larger parks . . ..;- ' �Mayor Allen Page Two April 14, 1967 ) ,. ..I · . for activities.. We hope to continue our recreation program with the elderly in the h i gh ris e public housing project and also add to the Community School recreation program during the swnmer. . l • · 2. We explained that we are providing $61,350 for the 'Playlot Program by taking from other parks programs. $48,000 had to be made up· as a result of funds cut by OEO from last year's Playlot Program. Last summer we received $145,000 from OEO for recreation programs. We have none of this at present. 3. At the present time we have no assurances of any federal money although we have applied for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for Community School recreation during the summer and Wf;. are looking for other sources of federal money. 4. To carry on the desired pro g ram for the summer we need a total of $418, 778. This would include funds for th e Playlot Program, the Sununer Recreation Program (Operatfon Champ), recreation for the elderly, Community School recreation, and funds to operate our proposed Wilderness Camp at Lake Altoona. .. ·,. The Wilde rness C a m p i s one of the most imagin a tive propo sal s w e have and would certainly fit into the overall concept of youth opportunity and recreation being pushed by the Vice Pre sident. We would a n t icipate utilizing some 800 boys durin g th e surnrne r months (100 e ach w e ek) to h e lp b e gin de v e loping our Altoona P ark prope r ty ac cordi n g to our m as t e r pla n. The y w oul d b e p a i d for a h alf d a y each d a y a·n d would ge t instr uction in wil dlife , camping, hiking, be qualified as Red Cross s~immers, etc. We think $96, 000 w ould allow us to run an adequate camp at Altoona for two months d u ring the s umm e r. I am attaching a Summary of Atl anta ' s Youth O pportunit i e s Campai gn and Summe r Recreat i on Pr o gra m for 1967. I am furni s hing you with ..,. . �;' I Mayor Allen Page Three April 14, 196 7 ' !: ' . I extra copies of this and the attzi.chments which I am sure you will want to leave with the Vice Prc:sident and his staff. Cliff Henry of the Conference of Mayors, who will probably be at the session, also would like some copies. A real interest seems to be stirring in the private secto·r with regard to youth opportW1ity, especially in employment and recreation. The attached newspaper clippings indicate some of this, especially the Jaycees effort in Summerhill-Mechanicsville with which you are familiar, and most recently the efforts of the Juvenile Delinquency Sub-Committee of the Metropolitan Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency in cooperation with the Atlanta Youth Council (see Mr. McGovern's remarks in recent address to Kiwanis Club). A lot of this appeal is being made on the premise that funds previously available from the Federal Government may not be available this summer and that more and more we must condition ourselves to greater financial and personal involvement and commitment at the local level. Certainly we would not want any announcement of emergency fed e ral grants to stifle this local initiative, therefore, this partnership idea with the private section should be a positive part of our .~pproach and plans. For example: The $59,000 grant requeste d under Title I to fund Co~munity . School s for summer 1967 will provide programs in 12 sch~ols. Programs are actually needed in 6 additional schools, and efforts are being made now to secure local support from the private sector to help in this effort. The Neighborhood Playlot Program cannot stand still at 21 Playlots and even if the $106, 680 sho uld b e forthcoming to fund this program, its e x panding needs will require help from the private sector. We are making an appeal to h e lp in providing needed equipment, noon time snacks, porta ble swimming pools, etc., for this program, an:d there are strong indications that the private sector will respond. i: .. I �Mayor Allen Page Four April l ·~, 196 7 '. The Wilderness Conservation-Recreation Proposal would depend greatly upon the help and material support of public and private agencies, business, civic clubs, etc., in providing necessary equipment and consultant assistance. Private citizens, groups, churches, etc., are indicating an evergrowing awareness of the tremendous need for more and better youth programs, in hard-core slum areas and in the mor·e affluent neighborhoods, as indicated by the project of the Wieucca Road Baptist Church (see clipping). To sum it up, we do not want to give the impression that we expect Washington to solve all our problems nor do we want local support to be squelched by the sudden availability of emergency federal funds. We need help from both directions. In conclusion, we should make a strong appeal that if help is forthcom_ing, let it come soon, while there is time to plan, to recruit personnel and to develop maximum cooperation between the various agencies involved and the private sector. DS:fy ., ' 'I I 1: �., . SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we conside·r of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: I • 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for · summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are · planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recr_eation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966', through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreatioh programs: 1. .! The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot p e r day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two I ' 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ" providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25, 000 · which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instructio,n from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a ,. l j l ' I the recreation program for senior dtizens three high rise public housing comple x es for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has bee:ri made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot"Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot ______Pr_ogragi so that it offers a real "day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children · each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89,340 . In addition we feel that we cannot fail to n;ieet the very real recreation and a vocational needs of our senior citizens . · It must be pointed out that these n eeds do not end w ith the close of summer' as senior citizens are not r eturning to school and other activities. Therefore, w e feel that the senio r citizen p r ogram must be on a year - :roun:d bas i s or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We w ould like to operate this program on a year round bas i s at an estimated cost of $67 , 758. �! ,- .. Page Three I . I ' ! For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity £qr young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for _this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer j_ob opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e·quipment and consultant personnel. I I ·1 • J : I ' ' ' .. I _ 'I l ! I i Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer - hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation r esources . Our community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation· of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicati_ng programs offered through our regular City P ·a rks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for ' both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages . ' Total cost of r ecreation needs for 1967 - $418, 778. ! i ! 0 �'I ' i I ' ! l FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 I .I' i, I l I l! I I i : The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign . Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the id e al vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. I. April 26: Memorandum w ill go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Departme nt of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed _a pplications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center w hen school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons w hich use a "teaser approach" to g e nerate interest in Youth Opportunity Week . They· simply say "I Am" in response to the s logan "B e a Summe r Sw ing'e r " , which appears on the poster and other mat e rial. _ d. C omic book s d ev elope d b y U . S . Depa r tment of Labo r as par t of the Y outh Opportuni ty C a mpai gn k i t . ,. I I 1 i 1 I 3. M a y 4: C omi c . book s w ill be d i st rib ut e d th r o ugh juni o r a nd senior h o me -r ooms a n d s tr on g anno un c ement mad e of Y o uth O pp o rtunit y We e k , M a y 8 - _15. " 4. · -Mai 8 : Empl oyment applic a ti on fo r ms ~ilI be · made· 0 �l. ! iI ., Page Two 'i I available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunte er work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and d i scuss these w ith the counsel or. Counselors w ill have informati on on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. ! I : j : I I 1 I • . I i I ! i ' I j.j Since m a ny youth who need to be r e ache d by this program are school drop-outs , thi s information w ill a l s o be dissemi nate d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. .; . News media w ill be provided with full in_f ormation, suggestions for special programming,public serv ice announcement tapes and slides. B. The camp aign will m ake a strong a p p eal to the priva t e secto r to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. I' I A mail c a mpaign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area will consist of: l I 2. C. a. Initi al m a iling fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing fro m Y o uth Oppo r tuni t y C e nter, o ffering inc e ntive o f a Braves b ase b all ti cke t (similar to 1966 pro gram) for each summer job mad e a v a ila ble to youth News r e l ease s w ill g o to A tlant a C hambe r of C omme r ce , b us i n ess and civi c ass oc iat ions , n e ws me dia , . e t c. , s p elling out t h e w h ol e c ampa ign but making special appeal t o empl oye r s . Three con c urr e n t s u rveys are invento rying our recreat i on res o urces and prelimina ry findings indicat e urg e n t nee d for ex panded recreation o pport unitie s . The s e surv eys are: 1. CIP ove r a ll R ec r eat i on Surve y, now in fir s t d raft for m. ~I • �Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta Youth Council. I; I . . I / ' I. j '. i i '. I. I D. Through ne w s media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many w ays 'a s possible. j; ,/ �\ :· _.;->,:.·, .., . ,. 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HOBBY AND INTEREST GROUP.S . bir-d watchers- rock hounds qarden clubs chess a.nd check~rs · · · flower arranqers . stamp collectors · s ortsmen's clubs ollce- al clu.bs hers· frat hers· clubs boost-e r:S clubs service club ,·ambor-ees INDUSTRIAL., HOME_ART~ . auto mechanics electronics homemaking business ect.ucati.on commu.n.itlj healt:h 12.arent education hatr dressLnq charm schools CQU NSEU NG- :LG.1.!.W.AtiC..E.. home caffs '-{OUf h ore-school P.roqra,m .sen ior citizens, proqra.ms . urork proqra..rrl..S 1 I,'-,.--'\,' · PTA. p,roqrams dent~l care f?.rograms · for u.nderpnvileqed + accelerafed . conPerences-works hops-cl inics �THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY CONHUNITY SCHOOL PROGR;\1,f I . I. The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past I: twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which .I attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire cormnunity . I :' Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours 1: ! J of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities · on Saturdays. With advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with,wholesome recreational activities. ·1 Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent cormnunity where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and ·educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years: Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the cormnunity, there were several problems prevalent which were cormnon to each community. Some of the pr,oblems most cormnon were: I 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. S. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything • I 1 ' .i I about it was missing. Several other factors influence,d the need for cormnunity education J i: which would establish effective cormnunications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the cormnunity. In each community the educational level c,f the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. · Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied. All of the social ills were prevalent in the community without a conserted effort to eliminate them. �-2i l. i With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of I . i: I . education implemented the Cormnunity School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year.  ;. I ; 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, l I : and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and cormnunity lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the cormnunity by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which cormnunity action programs were focusing attention. j I· I ! These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not permit the operation of the SUIIIlller Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of ou'r summer program ~966, we anticipate . h wi' 11 invo . 1vet h e yout h in . eac h o f our TW.~ V2- cormnun1t1es · · . a program wh ic thi:Pt-e~ With the total school facilities at our disposal, recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months. Some of the enrich- ment activities for boys and girls will include: •. 0 �. -3' i : !: • j Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Haking Camping Trips Leather Craft .. i I . ! ' . Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: li . Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor ·; ' . ' Bicycle Hikes Sw:inrrning Basketball Baton and Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Connnunity I . j 1 School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our connnunity schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six .additional schools seek local support for their existence this sunnner. For the continuation of the connnunity school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city co~unities. I . last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. i Ii '. l .' ) ' It would be possible for each school to acconnnodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities . . The connnunity schools stand ready to accept this challenge . The Future The continuation of the Connnunity School Program in Atlanta is vital .t o the continued growth and development of our city. The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible. We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of connnunity education with September, 1967 beginning our third. goals , Financial assistance is necessary to accomp~ish these �II' i ' CONMUNITY SCHOOLS i' i' i ' !; 1' I ' ·. : i . ' ' . Archer Comrmmity School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Bethune Community School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 52'1-6854 Brown Community School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Dykes Community School 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal 255-8696 James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St . , N. E. Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Robert Still, Assistant Principal 753-6125 Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 South Fulton Community School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Harold }fadison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Washington Community School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. Bennie Williams, Assfatant Principal 522-5096 . Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal . 378-4393 E. ·c. Nonnan, Assistant Principal 799-3177 .. . I , SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM ' I j i ' ! I I j j I; I Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Ba s s High School '; ' '. 0 1 Keef e High School jw-4/13/67 , ..:.- �, fight foverllJ, s~~m.Are©JS To IE~se Cn-ime--}AtGoven1 . . I I 1 ! I ·I ! By DAYID NORDAN The new director of the revised Metropolitan Atlanta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency has called on Atlantans to help alleviate poverty and slum conditions which he said are at the root of the city's crime problem. . . . . . .. - . . . . . .. . ISears Roebuck for donatinP- four "The crime problem is a portrait of a failure on the part of society," Mr. McGovern said. James L. McGovern, an FBI "It breeds not in a vacuum but veteran who was named to head in a cess pool-poverty, the lack the commission in J anuary, said that any crime fighting efforts are futile unless these conditions are altered. I j: Mr. McGovern reported that 21 play lots were erected in I ' I I 'j 1\IR. l\IcGOVEHN said he spent 26 years with the FBI, but that only recently, after becoming director of the crime commission, did he really become fully aware of the importance of preventive measures in fighting crime. He lauded the work of the parent of the ?lfetropolitan Commis. sion, the Atlanta Crime Com. mission, which he said delivered the same conclusions as the Pr e s i d e n t's Commission on Crime and Delinquency several months before the national study group made its report. He made his remarks at a meeting of the Atlanta Kiwanis -. Club which he urged to join with other civic groups to help provide recreational facilities in areas of the city where riots occurred last summer. I I of opportunity, poor health and · portable swimming pools f~r the ~o forth ." . areas and urged the Kiwanians to consider financing the filter- "Remove these conditions," he ing system for at least one of said, "and you will reduce crime." · the pools as a project. I He also urged the Kiwanians, almost 100 percent employers, to reconsider hiring policies and , not arbitrarily refuse to employ I a man who has a criminal rec-,1 ord. I deprived areas of the city after the outbreaks last year but that the Atlanta Parks Department does not have a budget large enough to maintain and improve them. . . He said they and other citizens could do much to combat I crime individually through small i efforts such as locking automo-, biles, doors, reporting offenses ! to police and ma!i.ing themselves 1 available to police as witnesses 1 when needed. HE S AID the recreational areas were built with the help of federal funds, but the funds are not available this year. I The commission director cited .,. �.Clubs' Aid / A§lied .for Crime Pa:1.cl C~1icf I Talks to l\.lwamans : The executive director of the Metropolitan Atlanta C r i m e . Commission appea led to civic ,:;'; ~_..,':'v.{-7:_':-;] clubs Tuesday /)',' '·.::. _· / . :·:] to help equip ,·",¥ -,, ,. -' ,, · 1 and support ~??.:- :r.-'"r.···, :";-:}:• , play lots and '-,\,,'--rq;~~t~;~;fr other summer ·/\.: ·· _:: f </ recreation pro- I l ' ' .-  ,,.( 'y JJ_/ \::J: r,-.·v • _:.:~~,-.,, ., ·,. ·,y,·:t/~,. . . . ... , . . Y : gra~s f o_ r youngsLers in slum areas. h. ; ·J a m e s L. \ ,U l McGovern, who ): \r, ]heads the .ice~-,.143.215.248.55 , p e r m a n ent metropolitan co mmissio n that grew out of the Atlanta Crime Commiss ion's lengthy study and report last year , said the City Parks departmen t will attempt to operate the play lots out of the regular budget if no federal funds can be found , but said that city funds are not adequate for the program. He told the Atlanta Kiwanis Club th at Sears Roebuck and . Co. had donated four portable 1 pools for the summer program , I and urged them to consider fi- 1 nancing a $170 filt er system for I one of the pools as a club proj- 't ' I . ect. McGovern said that if they . will support the program, there are enough civic clubs in Atlanta, if each took a small pr?ject, to provide playground equipment fo r some of the lots and provide chartered buses for special trips, such as to the zoo. I · "We're entering the summer. r You are aware of the conditions last summer, and the unrest," McGovern told the club. "You have a vested interest in eliminating . the conditions and the federal money that was m a d e available on an emergency basis last year is not a\·ailable this year." The new crime commission official, who was agent of the Federal Bureau of Im}s~igation I for 26 years, added, ·\\ e tend to think of crime only in terms of the courts and law enforce- , ment agencies, rather than as a portrait of the failure of society, a lack of employment opportunity and educat ion, of di·s ease and misery." "Every sun·ey I've e\·er read recognizes crime breeds in depressed areas," he sa:d. "To eliminate it, we must eliminate depressed conditions. We must also have adequate en fo ,cement by qualified person nel and we must pay for it. Anything that is going to bring crime u n d e r j control is going to cost money./ It's a community problem and i every member of the communi- 1 ty must give his support-bo th',· services and fin ancial." He also urged. the club mem- 1 bers as employers to consider . whether their employmen t practices should " arb itrarily eliminate all with past crir.1inal records and urged them to " be- 1 come individual crime prevent-,· ers." an I �:--.. .: - . -·· - -·- .-- --:' ·.: ·- · SMALL 5Ufv1S CAN DO A LOT At font Do-Gooders 0t11 the Assernbly line By REESE CLEGHORN . OUT AT THE Ford plant in Hapeville, John W. Brown and seven of his buddies on the assembly line are earning more than they have ever made before, and they are thinking they ought to help some others who have been left behind. Their average pay is about $137 a week. Before he got this · job three years ago, John Brown, who is 30 years old and the father of two, was a delivery man for a furniture store, at $75 a week. · t~   .~~;r~ t:1}:~,~:;,:1: 143.215.248.55E: {/$.~ have formed a club and assessed themselves $5 ~ ·:J ~'.:'» A1 a month to further its ends, which are, general- ,d:.. --- '\ ·1·1 ly speaking, to do some good \\ith youth in the ' ~ - .~, slums. \_ .·---/ They have sponsored some athletic activi-.....,._, ties. Now they are planning an all-day barbecue -,/ on May 27 in Vine City to raise money for sponsoring baseball teams there, possibly through the Little League organization, which mostly is for people who are better off and whiter than those in Vine City. "We used to live in an apartment on West End Avenue," Mr. Brown says. "Once we moved to Vine Street I saw how these kids were living, how they had nothing. i\'ly wife works at the telephone company and I have a good job, so we decided we ought to help do something. "We're moving out of Vine City pretty soon, to a house that ·. is a lot better. But we decided we're going to try to come back _ and help as often as we can. "Right now, our club wants to raise enough money to have · a real sports program for the kids. And we'd like to tell them to stay in school, and show them something a lot of them don't - know-that if they'll try, they can get good jobs later on, too." THAT IS A S:.IALL list; representing a much longer one, of some of the urgent needs in Atlanta's slums at this moment. You may break it down further. For instance, $4.70 would buy : the shuffleboard needed in Vine City's ne w-unequipped recreation center, or $11.25 \\·ould buy the two footballs, or $2.00 would ' buy the 10 pounds of clay dough needed for the smaller children. Right now there is a big question about whether needs such as these will be met by private response. Government is not filling them. People who have 5aid all along that they are in favor of the goals of this or that government pc)\·erty program but don't like to see the go,·ernment do everything-they are not filling the needs, either. • •• • LOOK AT \HfAT HAS happened in Atlanta. Last summer, the poverty program was beginning to reach into the slums. Then came the big reduction in federal funds for Economic Opportunity Atlanta. l\Iany poverty-area programs were eliminated. For instance, last summer there was $89,000 for opera tion of more than 35 centers where children were brough t into iD· trarnural sports ; picked up for trips to the Atl anta Zoo, the Capitol and Stone :.\fountain ; and otherwise thrust into a broa der exposure to the world and to responsive adults than many of them had ever seen before. . . .. · • • • THIS YEAR THERE IS i'.'\O money for that. This time, also, there is no money for pre-school program5 and day care centers in some areas where they are mo5t needed. That is the situation. Because of what has gone before and because many of the needs now have been defined and some of the means for meeting them have been tested, small amounts of money can go straight to the mark. · THIS LITTLE CLUB is one of a number of organizations now ·moving, in a small way, into the gap left by a century of neglect of the slums. It and others have found that a small amount of money can do a lot. . If a small amount of money could be found right now, slum· children could have intramur al sports, go to a summer camp, or be taken to a zoo this summer. If more small amou nts could be found, Vine City could rent the old but improva ble building it badly needs for a supervised recreation center and get its tutorial program under way for high school students who now are at the drop-out level. The pitifully limited pre-school program for Summerhi!lM~chanicsville could be expanded for at least three days a week. Summerhill's younger children could have a good day care center, and openings to the world that would come with it. SO?lfE OF IT IS Co:\11.'.\G, but only from a few sources . The Atlanta Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has sent $3,000 to the City of Atlanta so its parks and recreation departm ent can renovate a camp at Lake Allatoona and send poor children there this swnrner. An organiza tion of family campers has sent $1,000 for: the same purpose. The Rich Foundation has put up $28. 500 to buy portable pools for the city's playlots in the slums. A church is buying the equipment for a recreation center and financing some counseling for teen-agers. The Atlanta Jaycees are helping in the slums. But a mighty gap remains as pri\·ate organizat ions begin to move toward parts of the city that have been neglec ted. Wanted: Do-Gooders. • • • d' 0 �o· u ,1( r$2-=7 o~. - I "'n .)_ ·v \. ~ ~ I i 'I ' I · lI . ! An anonymous donor has giv- : 1~61. has a full schedule o[ recen the Wieuca Road B a p tis t ! reationa l activities at tl;e church Church of Atlanta $230,COO to ; which attracts hundreds of peobuild an activities building and . ple each week. · has give~ an additio~al $40,0CO A graduate of Sylvan High to establish scholarships ~o ~?u; Isch O O i, Mr. Ward attended cat~ _Young m~n considei rn" Southern Tech and the UnivcrChnstian_recreat10n as a career. !sity of Georgia and was grad~The W1euca Church Wednes- · ated from G e o r g i a State day night voted to accept the ! Co!leae. gift which came from a wealthy: " . . . Christian layma n of Atlanta who ' The Rev. _Mi · Seif sa!? Thur _srefuses to be ide ntified.  ?ay that his people v.-!11 ?e?m . . . . · 1mmed1ately to draft butlding St1pulatrng that the ,butldrn_g be Iplans for the center. He adder! named for _R?be rt \\ a rd .. di rec- that the erection of the buildin-r tor of Chnst1an Recreatwn at '! will not in any way deter 0; the Second-Ponce de Leon Eap- . , . . rIS t Chu re h, th e dOno l. said his I rnter,ere with the church s . 1 plans alreadv under way to two sons ha ve been engaged m I · . · .· lthe recreationa l proaram at the erect a sanctuary, \~h1ch ,\Ill !Second-Ponce de L~on Church J seat a!mos: 2,000 ~eJ.ple, and a which already has an activities, new educatwnal buibmg._ _ , building. The church, started m 19:)4 as a m1ss10n of the Second · HE SAID it was his apprecia- Ponce de Leon Church, expects tion for l\Ir. Ward which led him the entire building program to tc, make the gift to the Wieuca cost about $2 million. · Road Church. Rev. William L. Self. pastor en the Wieuca Road Church, said , the donor said he hoped to per- 1 petuate this kind of ministry . I He had sus(gested that as soon : as it is finan cially able, the ' Wieuca Road Church s h o u Id build a similar recreation center for some other church in the · Atlanta area . Mr. Ward, 33-year-olcl native 'Atlantan who came to the Second-Ponce de Leon Church from Capitol View Baptist Church in ! '. I, i . I !i , I I l 0 . �. I I I, ~ -. .. _,.... ... ·· -· . -. ·_-: - ' -. -:-:---:-· •.;.- "·· . Sclioo-z-·Will Soon, Be Out School vacation is but eight weeks away, so it is heartening to learn that this year Atlanta isn't likely to be caught flat-footed in providing recreation for children in poverty neighborhoods. We remember that last summer a crash program was needed after schools were out and that it wasn't until well into the summer before even minimum recreation programs were under way in many of these areas. But this year we've got a head start. City Parks Director Jack Delius plans to operate 21 "playlots," three times as many as last summer. However, he is going to have a hard time staffing these small playgrounds and operat- ing other programs because federal .antipoverty funds that helped support them last year have run out. If these funds aren't restored, the problem addresses itself to local government, churches, private businesses and civic groups. Already there are encouraging signs that 1 our sommw1ity will answer this challenge. More churches are giving money and time to impoverished neighborhoods. The Rich Foundation made a generous contribution for < portable swimming pools. The Atlanta Variety Club has opened an area at Lake Allatoon~. for use by slum . children. Other groups are helping and more help will be needed. 0 �CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 April 20, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS , Adm ini strative Assistant MRS , ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR ., Director of Govern mental Liai son TO: Mayor I van Allen, Jr . FROJ.'i : Johnny H. Robins on s1rnJECT : Meeting VJith Area O Community Club (Boulevard Area) The meeting revolved around the idea of better police prote ction for this area . The citi zens of this area were c ompl aining about the way the teen - agers were conductinp; themselves in this neighborhood, by doing such things as loafinr,, gambling on the street, loud cursing, mugging and robbing . It was explained to them that they had a responsi bility to the community by assisting the ? olice Department in preventing these kind of things by tryin to work with the parents of these kids in an effort to curtail this situation . Lieutenant Perry and Officer Grah am assured them that they would offer all the ssistance they could, but the idea of a walkinr, police man at this ti,.1e would be impossible, due to the shortage o-'- manpower . The conclusions the citizens reached are as fol lowing : 1. To inform the police o fic ial s when ,r ups were loafing on the str2et during schoo l hours . 2 . Try to work with parents of these tecn- azers by pointing up their re sponsibilities to them . 3. Assist the E.O. A. Center in recruiting those 16 - 21 years of age for Hci f:".hl.Jorhood Youth Corps and Job Corps . �SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we consider of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster I s summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a IO% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recreation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966, through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreation programs: 1. The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot per day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ 11 providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25,000 which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instruction from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a the recreation program for senior citizens three high rise public housing complexes for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has been made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in ope ration for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot Program so that it offers a real "day camp 1 ' opportunity for 1, 869 children each day throughout the summer will be $106,680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89, 340. In addition we feel that we cannot fail to meet the very real recreation and avocational needs of our senior citizens. It must be pointed out that these needs do not end with the close of summer, as senior citizens are not returning to school and other activities. Therefore, we feel that the senior citizen program must be on a year-round basis or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We would like to operate this program on a yearr ound basis at an estimated cost of $67,758. �Page Three ., ' For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and v ocational opportunity for young men ages 16 through 21. W e feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for .this project and that the proj e ct could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer job opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwe st of Atlanta and which we hope by swnme r 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would b e under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week s ummer period. The estimated cost of .operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include a ll of the e quipment and mate rial necessary, but we would hope to get wide -spr ead support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e ·q uipment and consultant personnel. Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summe r hinge s on continuation of our community schools as r ecre ation r esour ces . Our community school program has reque sted $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation of nineteen community schools this swnmer. While in no way duplicating programs offered through our regular City Parks and Recreation D e partment, but rath e r working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum pote ntial of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and e nri c hment typ e programs for both boys and girls of e lementary and high school ages. Total cost of recreation n ee ds for 1967 - $418,778. ~· �I. FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign. Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the ideal vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. 1. April 26: Memorandum will go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Department of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed applications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center when school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons which use a "teaser approach" to generate interest in Youth .Opportunity Week. They simply say "I Am" in response to the slogan "Be a Summer Swinger", which appears on the poster and other material. d. Comic books developed by U. S. Department of Labor as part of the Youth Opportunity Campaign kit. 3. May 4 : Comic _books will be distributed through junior and senior home -rooms and strong announcement made of Youth Opportunity Week, May 8 - 15. 4. May 8 : Employment application forms will' be made -~· �Page Two available through junior and senior home -rooms and students urged to consider the w hole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunteer work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and discuss these w ith the coun s elor. Counselors will have information on summer school and basic recreation programs and w ill refer volunteers to the H e ad Start volunte er r e cruiters. Since many youth who need to be re a che d by this prog r a m a r e s chool drop-outs , this informa tion w ill a l so b e disse m i nat e d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. News media will be prov ided with full information, suggestions for special pro g rammin g ,public servic e announcement tape s and slides. B. The cam p a i gn w ill m ake a s tron g app eal to the p r i vat e s e cto r t o pr ovide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summe r 1966. 1. 2. C. A mail cam paign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area w ill cons i s t of: a. I nitial mailing fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bo r b. Mailing from Atlan t a Youth C ouncil c. Mailing fro m Youth O p p o r tuni ty C ent er, o ffering incentiv e of a Brav e s b aseball t icket (s i m il ar t o 1966 p r o gram) for each s u mmer job made availa ble to youth New s releases w ill go to A tl anta C hamb e r o f C ommer c e, business and civi c associ a ti ons, news media , etc. , spelling out t h e whole campaign but making special appeal to empl oyers . Three conc u rrent surv eys are inventorying our re c reation res o urces and preliminary findings indicate urgent need for e x panded recreation · opportunities. These surveys are: 1. CIP overall R ecr e ati on Survey, now in first draft form. �Page Three D. 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, . etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recre ation surv e y be i ng conducte d by Atlanta Youth Council. 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I, 11:z- 3 ,,,, Elj)lllPMc1.rr AN"l> GAM£~ .. .. . /;'J<?cA/S'f;. /f!)M/NIS1RFJTIVE 8')3 . - . - . .. .. ..... - - ... . . -· 8, ()3:2J . - . . - ·-·· -· ... . .. ··- ·--- ··- -· -· ·-····· · .. fft , . ,7, 7S3 t/-11S . /$ aov~~s ltN ltNNV/l t.. 1>11,e11x1:> J? .. · · ········ -·.... r '. . / ER O~ 1r.Q f1Y PROGRltM or /tN1) 7'/IIS ~NE. YaA.e . ~ .... -,--r.o"~i.,-, ]JVJ>GG-r �Tii E COMMUN ITV SCHOOL vkre lmrnmq 't li-uinq meet ·.·. even;th'mq wh.LCh· concernsITStheCONCERN: J h [d f welfare of i(s c i ren and faml .ies OUTDOOR EDUCATION conser-vatwn.. commun<t.11. _b eautiticatLon _ . home beautlfLcation comm.undt.t "t school park and r-ecrPafwn e._lann.inq commu..nd:~.,. schoo~ fund- ra.is-L nq pro/ects communt-t'1 cou.nclls · field trips G..QUNSELING- :t GUIDANCE_ home ca{ls lfOUfh urork proqfcuri..S pre-school P,roqra.,m .sen tor citizens• proqra.ms t t ! I PTA. p,roqr-ams dent<rl ca.re I I conPer-ences- works 'hops-clinics ·1 · . ero9rams for u.n.derpnvileqed..,. accelerafed I '· I HOBBY AND INTEREST GROUe-S~ bir-d watchers- I rock hounds I qarden clubs chess a.nd. checkt:?rs stamp collectors flow Pr arranqers s ortsmen'.s clubs olice- al clubs he rs·ftathers' clubs boost-e r's clubs .service club Jamborees INDUSTRIAL-r HOME, ART~ auto mechanLCS electronics homemaking . business educatLon communitlj health ear~nt education hair dr-es stng charm schools THE Af!IS_ drama.tics crafts drawi.nq Raintin.q vocal music t n.strum ental must.'c., commercial a..rl:.s ballet- �THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY co~~IUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire community. Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities · on Saturdays. \vith advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with wholesome recreational activities. Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent community where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and · educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years. Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the community, there were several problems prevalent which were common to each community . Some of the pr,oblems most connnon were: 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. 5. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything about it was missing . Several other factors influenced the need for connnunity education which would establish effective communications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the connnunity. In each connnunity the educational level of the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied . All of the social ills were prevalent in the connnunity without a conserted effort to eliminate them. ~- �I . -2- With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of education implemented the Conununity School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year. 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and conununity lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the community by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which conununity action programs were focusing attention. These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not pennit the operation of the Sununer Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of our summer progr.µn 1966, we anticipate "tLN .Q._I Ve,, a program which will involve the youth in each of our t h i ~ communities . With the total school facilities at our disposal , recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months . ment activities for boys and girls will include : Some of the enrich- �-3- Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Making Camping Trips Leather Craft Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: Bicycle Hikes Swinnning Basketball Baton a.nd Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Community School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our community schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six additional schools seek local support for their existence this summer. For the continuation of the community school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city communities. Last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. It would be possible for each school to accommodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities. The community schools stand ready to accept this challenge. The Future The continuation of the Community School Program in Atlanta is vital to the continued growth and development of our city . The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible . We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of community education with September , 1967 beginning our third. goals . Financial assistance is necessary to accomp~ish these �COMHUNITY SCHOOLS Archer Commw1i ty School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Bethune Cormnunity School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 52 ,1 -6854 Brown Community School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Dykes Community School --: 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Jack Glasgow,,Assistant Principal 255-8696 Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St., N. E. James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 Bennie Williams, Assistant Principal 522-5096 Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Robert Still, Assistant Pri~cipal 753-6125 Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 South Fulton Cormnunity School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Harold Madison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Washington Community School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal 378-4393 West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. E. ·c. Nonnan, Assistant Principal 799-3;1.77 SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Bass High School 0 1 Keefe High School ' jw-4/13/67 ' �Fight Poverty, Slum ArelCis To E©Jse-Crome==McGovern By DAVID NORDAN The new director of the revised Metropolitan Atlanta Com-mission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency has called on Atlantans to help alleviate poverty and slum conditions which he said are at the root of the city's crime problem. Sears Roebuck for donating four of opportunity, poor health and · portable swimming pools for the 50 forth." areas and urged the Kiwanians "Remove these conditions," he to consider financing the filtering system for at least one of said, " and you will r educe crime." · the pools as a project. "The crime problem is a portrait of a failure on the part of society," Mr. McGovern said. James L. McGovern, an FBI "It breeds not in a vacuum but veteran who was named to head in a cess pool- poverty, the lack the commission in January, said that any crime fighting efforts are futile unless these conditions are altered. He made his remarks at a meeting of the Atlanta Kiwanis Club which he urged to join with other civic groups to help provide r ecreational facilities in areas of the city where riots occurred last summer. Mr. McGovern reported that 21 play lots were erected in deprived areas of the city after the outbreaks last year but that the Atlanta Parks Department does not have a budget large enough to maintain and improve them. HE SAID the recreational areas were built with the help of federal funds, but the funds are not available this year. The commission director cited MR. McGOVERN said he spent 26 years with the FBI, but that only recently, after becoming director of the crime commission, did he really become fully aware of the importance of preventive measures in fighting crime. He lauded the work of the parent of the Metropolitan Commission, the Atlanta Crime Commission, which he said delivered the same conclusions as the P r e s i d e n t's Commission on Crime and Delinquency several months before the national study group made its r eport. He also urged the Kiwanians, almost 100 percent employers, to reconsider hiring policies and not arbitrarily r efuse to employ a man who has a criminal record. He said they and other citizens could do much to comba t I crime individually through small efforts such as locking automo- 1 biles, doors, reporting offenses to police and m aking themselves available to police as witnesses when needed. I �ClulJs' Aid / Aslieil .for I Recreatio1i "We're entering the summer. You are aware of the conditions last summer, and the unrest," McGovern told the club. "You have a vested interest in eliminating the conditions and. the federal money that was m a d e available on an emergency basis last year is not available this year." The new crime commission official who was an agent of the Federai Bureau of Investigation for 26 years, added, "We tend to think of crime only in terms of the courts and law enforcement agencies, rather than as a portrait of the failure of society, a lack of employment opportunity and education, of di·sease and misery." "Every survey I've e\·er read recognizes crime breeds in depressed areas," he said. "To eliminate it, we must eliminate depressed conditions. We must also have adequate enforcement by qualified personnel and we must pay for it. Anything that is going to bring crime u n d e r control is going to cost money. It's a community problem and every member of the community must give his support-both services and financial." He also urged the club members as employers to consider whether their employment practices should '·arbitrarilv" eliminate all with past crin1inal records and urged them to "become individual crime prevent- . ers." 1 Crime Panel Chief Talks .to Kiwanians The executive director of the Metropolitan Atlanta C r i m e . Commission appealed to civic )\~·~· TI"~;1:·,'~W clubs Tuesd~y '(143.215.248.55;~.~\Jj~··'~f¼J ;~nle:po 143.215.248.55 16:56, 29 December 2017 (EST): ',D' ";.~{$ other ?<.t.r_"°":x summer · f:~ f:i·jf i recrea tion pro; . ~ ii:'; •· grams for . ' ..., ""t{::/ youngsters in 1 ~ \;:;f{~1sl~: :eea:. \N.' lL_ /J McGovern, hea ds L. who the ' 'il!~c.;';•ern 1 p e r m a n ent metropolitan comm1ss1on that grew out of the Atlanta Crime Commission's lengthy study and report last year, said the City Parks department will attempt to operate the play lots out of the regular budget if no federal funds can be found, but said that city funds are not adequate for the program. He told the Atlanta Kiwanis Club that Sears Roebuck and Co. had donated four portable pools for the summer program, and urged them to consider financing a $170 filter system for one of the pools as a club project. McGovern said that if they will support the program , there are enough civic clubs in Atlanta if each took a small project, t~ provide playground equipment for some of the lots and provide chartered buses for special trips, such as to the zoo. ,i \ •. �SMALL SUMS CAN DO A LOT At ford, Do-Goode i's cm the Assembly lim:i By REESE CLEGHORN OUT AT THE Ford plant in Hapeville, John W. Brown and seven of his buddies on the assembly line are earning more than they have ever made before, and they are thinking they ought to help some others who have been left behind. Their average pay is about $137 a week. Before he got this job three years ago, John Brown, who is 30 years old and the father of two, was a delivery man for a furniture store, at $75 a week. · He is doing much better now because some job opportunities have opened for Negroes. He and seven Negro friends on the assembly line have formed a club and assessed themselves $5 a month to further its ends, which arc, generally speaking, to do some good with youth in the slums. They have sponsored some athletic activities. Now they are planning an all-day barbecue on May 27 in Vine City to raise money for sponsoring baseball teams there, possibly through the Little League organization, which mostly is for people who are better off and whiter than those in Vine City. "We used to live in an apartment on West End Avenue," Mr. Brown says. "Once we moved to Vine Street I saw how these kids were living, how they had nothing. My wife works at the telephone company and I have a good job, so we decided we ought to help do something. "We're moving out of Vine City pretty soon, to a house that . is a lot better. But we decided we're going to try to come back and help as often as we can. "Right now, our club wants to raise enough money to have a real sports program for the kids. And we'd like to tell them to stay in school, and .show them something a lot of them don't know- that if they'll try, they can get good jobs later on, too." • * • THIS LITTLE CLUB is one of a number of organizations now moving, in a small way, into the gap left by a century of neglect of the slums. It and others have found that a small amount of money can do a lot. If a small amount of money could be found right now, slum children could have intramural sports, go to a summer camp, or be taken to a zoo this summer. If more small amounts could be found, Vine City could rent the old but improvable building it badly needs for a supervised recreation center and get its tutorial program under way for high school students who now are at the drop-out level. The pitifully limited pre-school program for Summerhi!IM~chanicsville could be expanded for at least three days a week. Summerhill's younger children could have a good day care center, and openings to the world that would come with it. ... THAT IS A SMALL list; representing a much longer one, of some of the urgent needs in Atlanta's slums at this moment. You may break it down further. For instance, $4.70 would buy 1 the shuffleboard needed in Vine City's new-unequipped recreation center, or $11.25 would buy the two footballs, or $2.00 would 1 buy the 10 pounds of clay dough needed for the smaller children. Right now there is a big question about whether needs such as these will be met by private response. Government is not · filling them. People who have said all along that they are in favor of the goals of this or that government poverty program but don't like to see the government do everything-they are not filling the needs, either. * * LOOK AT WHAT HAS happened in Atlanta. Last summer, the poverty program was beginning to reach into the slums. Then came the big reduction in federal funds for Economic Opportunity Atlanta. Many poverty-area programs were eliminated. For instance, last summer there was $89,000 for operation of more than 35 centers where children were brought into intramural sports; picked up for trips to the Atlanta Zoo, the Capitol and Stone Mountain; and otherwise thrust into a broader exposure to the world and to responsive adults than many of them had ever seen before. • THIS YEAR THERE IS NO money for that. This time, also, there is no money for pre-school programs and day care centers in some areas where they are most needed. That is the situation. Because of what has gone before and because many of the needs now have been defined and some of the means for meeting them have been tested, small amounts of money can go straight to the mark. • * * SOME OF IT IS COMING, but only from a few sources. The Atlanta Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has sent $3,000 to the City of Atlanta so its parks and recreation department can renovate a camp at Lake Allatoona and send poor children there this summer. An organization of family campers has sent $1,000 for the same purpose. The Rich Foundation has put up $28,500 to buy portable pools for the city's plciylots in the slums. A church is buying the equipment for a recreation center and fin ancing some counseling for teen-agers. The Atlanta Jaycees are helping in the slums. But a mighty gap remains as private organizations begin to move toward parts of the city that have been neglected. Wanted: Do-Gooders. �$270,000 To '\lVieuco.1 C~ ~J rcl1 An anonymous donor has giv- 11961 , has a full schedule of recen the Wieuca Road B a p t is t Ireational activities at tl~e church Church of Atlanta $230,GOO to which attracts hundreds of peobuild _an activities_~uilding and I pie each week. has give~ an add1~10~al $40,000 A graduate of Sylvan High to establish schola1sh1ps ~o e?u- sch O O I, Mr. Ward attended cat~ _young m~n considermg Southern Tech and the UniverChnst1an _recreat10n as a career. sity of Georgia and was grad~The W1euca Church Wednes- ated from G e o r g i a State day night voted to accept the College. gift which came from a wealthy 1 . . . Christian layman of Atlanta who / The Rev. _Mt. Self sa,? Thut _srefuses to be id entified. ?ay th ~t his people Will begin . 1 t· th t th b .1d. b 1mmcd1ately to draft buJ!drng St 1pu a 1ng a e u1 mg c I f . ti1 t . H dd d named for Robert Ward , direc- Pans ot . c _cen eL e a \, tor of Christian Recreation at that the e_1 ect10n of the b~11ldm~ r.ot m any way · de,er ot th e Secon d-P once de Leon Bap- will · c · h ti I h' rt Ch h th d "d h" mter,erc w,t 1e c1urc s t~o 50 ~;\~ve iee~n~t~g~~ed pl ans already under _way ~o the recreation al program at the erect a sanctuary, which m!l ' Second-Ponce de Leon Church seat a!mos~ 2,000 peo_ple, and a which already has an activities new educat10nal bu1ldrng._ ~ building. The church, started m 19v4 as a mission of the Second HE SAID it was his apprecia- Ponce de Leon Church, expects tion for Mr. Ward which led him the entire building program to to make th e gift to the Wieuca cost about $2 million. Road Church. Rev. William L. Self. pastor o'i th e \Vieuca Road Church, said the donor said he hoped to per- 1 petuate this kind of ministry. , He had suJgested that as so.on as it is fin ancia lly able , the 1 Wieuca Ro;:id Church s h o u I d build a similar recrea tion center for some other church in the Atlanta area . . Mr. Ward , 33-year-old nat ive I Atlanta n who came to the Second-Ponce de Leon Church from 1 Capitol View Baptist Church in i~ I -· �School vacation is but eight weeks away, so it is heartening to learn that this year Atlanta isn't likely to be caught flat-footed in providing recreation for children in poverty neighborhoods. We remember that last summer a crash program was needed after schools were out and that it wasn't until well into the summer before even minimum recreation programs were under way in many of these areas. But this year we've got a head start. City Parks Director Jack Delius plans to operate 21 "playlots," three times as many as last summer. However, he is going to have a hard time staffing these small playgrounds and operat- .. ing other programs becau~e federal antipoverty funds that helped support them last year have run out. If these funds aren't restored, the problem addresses itself to local . government, churches, private businesses and 1 civic groups. Already there are encouraging signs that 1 our c:ommunity will answer this challenge. More churches are giving money and time to impoverished neighborhoods. The Rich Foundation made a generous contribution for < portable swimming pools. The Atlanta Variety Club has opened an area at Lake Allatoona for use by slum children. Other groups are helping and more help will be needed. �Atlanta I s Urban Beautification Program Summary Total Cost of Activities - 1967 Grant ~equested • $1,696,750.00 762,891.00 Application filed March 31, 1967. Letter of Consent authorizing the City to make expenditures for any activity identified in its Urban Beautification Application received April 3, 1967. Main points of five year Urban Beautification Program, 1967-1971: 1. Renovation and development of twe nty six parks. Special emphasis was placed on park playgrounds and spray pools in or adjacent to poverty areas. 2. Private downtown street beautification programs will be executed by Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. and the Peachtree Center Association. 3. Street tree planting proposals are included for most of Atlanta's major thoroughfares as well as code enforcement areas. 4. The Atlanta Housing Authority will plant street trees and shrubs for screening at Capitol Homes, Grady Home s, Carver Homes and Perry Homes. 5. Development of two Civil War memorial sites will be built to commemorate the Battle of Ezra Church and the Battle of Atlanta. These will be similar to the Peachtr ee Battle M emorial on Collier Road. 6. Lands cap e development and ground s renovation around public buildings , such as C ity Hall, Fire Stations, Libraries, Reservoirs and Pumping Stations is also included in the program 7. The School Department w ill initiate a n ew program of landscape renovation which will eventu ally improve the g r ounds of every school in the Atlanta Public School Sys t e m. 8. The Tree O r dinanc e , a propose d Underground Utility O r dinance and Sign and Billboard O rdinance are included in the Urban Beautification P rogram to encourage the r e moval of ugly featur e s which would impair the City's Urban B e autific ation Prog ram. 9. T h e City will b e res p ons ible fo r the increase d maint enance c ost of t he Beautification Program as w e ll as developing a maintenance program. �CITY OF .ATLANTA CITY HALL April 4, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admini strative Assist ant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Li aison MEMORANDUM T o: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: / Dan Sweat f;r{_ Y ou can see from the attached memo from Pe ggy Baker . that we a r e exhausting every possibility for assistance in m eeting our summer r ec r eation needs. I w ill keep you advised on the progress we are making. DS: fy �. ~1.: \ ~'f,~· 1~~emoto: }~;/ ~ L /\iP 6t"' / Q:\ F~om: April 4, 1967 Dan Sweat PB Regarding meeting ~sterday with FEB, I discussed the possibilities with Jack and Virginia and here are the areas of agreement: (Memo from Jack will follow) 1. They will prepare Operation Champ program for submission to HEW for possible funding under family yand children services. Jack will contact you for names and titles of contacts. 2. I will ask Community Relations Commission and Community Council to provide feed-back that will be pertinent to the need for above program during summer of 1967. Please advise if you want me to do this. 3. Since personnel and equipment are the big needs to operate the Neighborhood Playlots effectively, Jack and Virginia will review: a. Their personnel requ irements to determine if they can use additional personnel through NYC, etc. I don't think we can get summer help through AIEP (USEP) since this program is to develop mong-term job opportunities. b. Their equipment need s for such items as portabl e ise chests, portable shelters (tarpaulins), etc., that are needed on Playlots. 4. They will explore how Playlot progra m can be further enhanced to provide more of a day-camp experience, w1th mo re a rt s , c raft s , et c . In connect 1 on with this , I am contacting Boy Sc outs, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls and asking each to develop a schedule to have a team visit each Playlot one or more times during the summer for the purpos _ of talking to boys and girls about their prog rams and putting on meaningful demonstrations of opportunities available in their programs . They seem interested in doing some thing like this. 5. They seem enthusiastic about possibly having a summer development program at the undeveloped Allatoona site to: a. Be~in preparing this site for use as a campsite in b. Provide emp loyment opportunities through the NYC (here again I doubt if the AI EP could be used here, unless the jobs lead on to something more perma nent). c. In addition, by providing outdoor employment, this could be a meaningfu l camping substitute for these young people. 1908. �A T C . .,. r-.:-,v. ...L. - ,-- - - ..LL.: - - - ___ ..J.!.-.~J. -· .~7p; - . _..J..-. . CITY HALL J anu a ry 3 0, 196 7 ATLANTA, C A . 30303 Tel. 522·'-4Gj f\rea Code t,04 IVAN ALLEN, J R., MAYOR R. Ef,RL LANDERS, Admir.i strat,ve Assi_stan t MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DANE. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORAN DUM o : Participants of t h e January 4 , 1967 Pro g r am':P lanni n g C onference at C ity H a ll From: D a n S we at ( \ ( { ) I,, . r \~ v/· v ! / \· :{. ~ (c/ 1 \ / O n Janua ry 4 , y o u m e t with me and other local , S tate and F ederal G overnment officials and private agency repres e ntatives to di scu ss the need and d es ir e to pr epa r e a summe r program for the employment and recreation of young p e~ple , particularly i n Atlanta ' s l ow i ncome neighborhoods . At that time we di s cu s s ed the various fa c e ts o f p r eparation of such a program and assigned the coordination to the Atlanta Youth C ouncil. The Atlanta Youth Council is in the process of effecti ng change s in its a dministrative organiza tion and a n e w E x ecu tive Dir e ctor will be employed with in a few days. Fo r thi s r eason, th e re might have be en s o me d e l ay in following up on ou r initial meeting. Many individuals and groups have g one forward with their indepe ndent investigations a nd conside r a tions of how they might best be able t o participate in such a program and I w ould urge that this be continued p e ndi ng the e mployment o f the E x ecutive Dir ector of the Youth C ouncil. �P age Two J an u a r y 3 0, 19 6 7 I n the n-i.c a n t i 1n e , any r c c ornmcndations, sugges ti o ns , q u esti on s or othe r inf o r rnati o n w hic h you would like to p a ss a long y ou m ay feel fre e to fo rwa rd to th e Youth C ouncil i n Room 120 1 - B i n C ity H a l l. We w ill t ry t o maintai n so rn.e follo w u p i'.n t h e i n t e r im. T h ank s agai n for your co nc e i·n a nd h e lp . · ', ·, DS: f y � 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 21, Folder 35, Complete Folder Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/87171cff25351129584e99d5cfb92cb7.pdf ac7b6797e90328d8835abb2bafb6d821 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA, GEORGIA FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ your information 0 Please refer to the attached correspondence and -make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-5 � 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 Office of the Mayor ATLANTA, GEORGIA ROUTE SLIP L \ wD he ve be FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. (For your information {_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. {_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-S  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 21, Folder 35, Document 1 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/af079c6874906c882f3a314e430214e3.pdf 529d9bf3cfac59cb632f4ee66993d3d8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA, GE:O R OIA ROUTE SLIP TO:h.CD4~ FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. ~ F o r your information 0 Please refer to the a ttac he d correspondence and -make the n ecessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attach ed . FOR M 25- 4-S � 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 ) , Offee'rf the Mayow Y | ATLANTA, GEORGIA : ROUTE SLIP vo. ba: Fad east FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. PI For your information {_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. [_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-S  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 21, Folder 35, Document 2 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/bbe0f55be2b604eafa91d207c8580802.pdf b0002f9c9f2e9223ab47d7bac35dbc85 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA,GEO .. GIA ROUTE SLIP TO: - -M ~Iac.-;;y~o-r_I~-~r~a~n~ A ~J~J~e~n~,~J-r_,~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROM : J.H.Robinson [xJ For your informa tion 0 Please refer to the a ttached correspondence and ma ke the necessary reply. D Advise me the s tatus of the attac hed . FORM 25 -4- R � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Office of the’ Mayor ATLANTA, GEORGIA ROUTE SLIP TO: Mayor Tywan Allen, Jr, FROM: J. H. Robinson x] For your information {_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. {_] Advise me the status of the attached. ff 2 Noled, —— ss FORM 25-4-R  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 21, Folder 35, Document 3 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8a9f70a960e3dbed026272d43bbc5981.pdf 89822173343cfb69a3cdeba6caa11532 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 2 Year Progress Report 101 MAR!El'TA STREET , N . W, , ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 ., . T ELEP HONE: AREA CODE ( 404) 525-4262 C. 0. Emmerich Ex e cutiv e Adminisbrator OPPORTUNITY IN ATLANTA '. Durin g the p as t t wo y e a r s Atl a nt a's Community Acti on Erogr am h as move d with grea t spee d . Th o u sands of citi zen s and ma ny agen ci e s a nd organizati on s have partici pa te d in pl a nn in g , deve lopin g a nd fin an c ing th is multi- servic e opportun i ty pr.ogra m fo r Atl a nta's low- inco me citizens. In two years: 14 Multi-service Neighborhood Service Centers have been es tab Ii shed, More than 20,000 adults and youths have been placed in jobs and job training, Nearly 39,000 individuals have participated in basic, remedial and enrichment education courses, and More than 55,000 individuals have received family services. Due to Cong res s iona l red uctio n s i n the 1967 Economi c Opportuni ty budge t for the na tion, Atla nt a's progra m h as s uffered a 40% r,edu ction in £unds p lu s the de letio n of s i x services. E .O .A. is now seeking loca l reso ur ces co he lp restore these vita l services and re bui ld its program. E.O .A. s ervices can be d ivided i nt o s ix ca cegor,ie s : OPPORTUNITIES FOR: A. Neighborhood Services through 14 Neighborhood Service Centers 8. Employment and Job Training C. Education D. Social Services E. Research ... J anuary, 19 67 and : F. Discontinued Programs Each proj ec t or conbracled se rv ic e of E. 0 . A . is su,ppo,ted by a citizens adv isory counc i l of w hioh at leaJs t J/ 3 mus t be peoe le servec/J by th e program . . ' . A. OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 1. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION (Not e : All figur es in this repor rep resen t up to two ye ars work, de pending on how long th e rP rojec ha.s been es tab lis hed.) All E .O.A. servic es a re brought co low-inc ome fa mili es th ro ug h 14 Ne ig hb o rhood Service Ce ocer,s locate d in p over.cy ar.eas. A s ma ll s ta ff loca ted a t 101 Marietta St r,eet , N. W. , p la ns an d d irec ts th e progra m a nd coo rdi na tes services with loca l age ncies . All 14 Cen te rs were es ta bli s hed du rin g th e firs t cwo year,s. Scaff membe rs a t th ese ce nt e rs have condu cted 33, 049 i nte rv iews. H eadqua rc er,s : 101 Ma ri e tta Str,ee c, N. W., Telephone 525-4262, Mr. H aro ld E. Barr e tt , Dirsector. CENTERS IN OPERATION ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY ~¥ ' �East Centra l Neighborhood Service Center 486 Dec atur, Street, S. E. Mt. Geonge Dodd , iDiue ctor Telephone: 577-17 ~5 Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center 1723 Boulevard Duive , S.E. Mr. Sa muel Russell , Diirecto r, Telephone : 378-3643 NASH-Washington Neighborhood Ser. Cen . 247 Ashby Stteet , N . W. Mr. William A. Fowlkes, Ditector, Telephone: 52 4-2084 North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street , Roswell , Georgia Mr. J . W. Stone , Director Teleph one : 993 -3795 No rthwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center 1927 Holl ywood Ro ad, N. W. Mr. Robert Btaonin g, Director TelephoAe: 799-9322 Pittsburg Neighborhood Service Ce nt e r 993½ 1 le Da niel Street, S. W. Ir. Levj Tetrill , Directo r Telephone: 523 -1 511 Price Ne ighborhood Serv ic e Ce nte r 1127 Capitol Avenue, S. E. Mr. Geoffrey Heard, Acting Diuector Te lephone: 522-5792 So. F ulton Neighbo rhoo d Se rvi ce Ce nter 2735 East Point St. , East Point, Georgia Mr. Clint Rodgers, Director T e lephon e: 767-7541 Sum mer hi lt-Mechanic s vi lie Ne ighbo rhood Servi c e Center 65 Georgia Ave nue , S. E . Mrs. Omie Dixon, Acting Director Telephone: 577-1351 Gwinnett County Offi c e Pike and Clay ton Stree t s Lawrenceville , Geo rgia Mr. Gene Johnson , Coordinator, Telephone: 963 -9700 Ro c kdale-Co nyer s Office 929 Commercial St. , Conyers , Georgia Mr. Sidney Herring , Coordinator Telephone: 483 -9512 ELECTIONS: One of the most important opportunities E .O.A . offers is that of resident participation. For the fiust time low-income citizens ha ve come together in neighborhood orga niz a tions , block clubs and adv isory councils to consider their need s and to assi s t E.O .A. in planning programs to help meet the se needs. There have been 2,672 nei ghborh ood meetings . Average monthly attendance for a ll E.O .A. advi s ory committees is 2, 250 peop le. In 1966 elections were held for the first time to choose representatives of low-incom e ar eas to serve on neighborhood and city-wide E.O.A. advisory committees . New Elections for 1967 represe nta ti ves have just been completed in 11 Neigh borh ood Center areas . (N. Ful ton is s t ill being organized) . 194 lowinc o me neigh borhood block organizations a nd 11 ,528 people have participated in the 1967 elections . More than 500 lowincome citizens are serving a s bl ock cap t ai ns and elected represent a tives . We s t End Nei ghborhood Serv ic e Cent er 725 L awton Street , S. W. Mr . Jame s Hester , Director Telephone: 753 -6101 Each block organi zation chose one representative to serve on its Neighborhood Center's advisor y comm i ttee . THE CITIZENS EIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL. Each CNAC selected three representatives to serve on a city-w ide committee , THE CITIZE NS C ENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL , plu s one repre s entative to serve on the E .O.A . BOARD OF DIRECTORS. This gives 12 repres entatives of the po or , 1 3 of the total members hip . o n the Bo a rd o f Directors. ADJOINING COUNTIES J. H. Calh oun . As s i s ta nt Directo r for Communitr De vel opment , 10 1 Marietta St ., N. W. , T e leph one : 525 -4262. West Central Neighborhood Se rvice Center 2193 Verbena Street, N- W. Mr. A. A. Frnmholtz , Director Telephone: 799-0331 �,•tk~~.i •'•'~· i~t,t' >• I I ' -. ' f' ' ,• ,,._: • I ', \.,,1 1-~li ,,,, ""· • I -,~-j' f /.,... '- , j I ,e. d • ..., ' ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY F•82 ATLANTA, INC. F•79 Neighborhood Serv ice Areas ---, A. WEST END G. EDGEWOOD B. NASH-WASHINGTON H. NORTHWEST (P. H.) C. PRICE I. D. J. CENTRAL CITY SOUTH FULTON WEST CENTRAL E. SUM-MEC K. F. NORTHEAST L. NORTH FULTON PITTSBURG (Gwinnett County ond Rockdale County areas not shown on map) �r, NEIGHBORHOOD AIDES: E. o. A. has tr ained and e mploy ed indigenous residents of low-income neighborh oo ds to assis t wi th center , age ncy a nd c ommun ity work. Aides have vis ited ove r 10 3,225 homes i n doo r-to-door c ase- find i ng a nd have ser ved over 37, 049 ind ividua l s on a conti nu in g basis . 4. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (In-School) ..... '. .. •· ,. ' , ',,. 2. VISTA (VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA) '-./ .4, ,, .• 0 . A dome s t i c P eace Corps pro vidi ng a 1de s , teache r s , co un s e l ors a nd a dv isors for, th e War on P o ve rty . Hea dq ua rte r s a t 01 Ma rie tta Stre e t , N. W. , Mr. Da v id Damman n , Dinec tor , VIST A Volunteens , Te l ephone: 525 -4262 . I I••-~ ACTION : 5 Vo lunte e r s ha v e been a ss ign ed to Atla nta fo r, one y ear. 25 of th e s e a re pres e ntl y work in g i n E. O .A . tanget a re a s . 1"h e o th er 29 a re e xp e cted during th e next few mo nth s. 11. as t year Atl a nt a h a d 32 Vl ST A Vql un teers . B. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING r " '- . ' '* • 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE On e Manp ower Coun se lor, is l oc a te d in ea ch Ne i ghborh ood S ervi ce C en ter to pnov id e jo b p la c ement a nd referral s to oth er, se r vices. Adm ini s te re d by Georg ia Sta te Empl oy me nt Service , 101 Marietta Sn eet , N . W. , Telep hone: 525-4262 . Ma np ower P rog ra m Spec i a list , Mr. Don Brya nt . ACTION : 33,627 i ndiv idu a ls h ave rece ived e mp lo yme nt c oun se lin g. 87% of th ese we re un emp l oy ed a t th e time of coun sel in g a nd mos t of th e remaining 13% we re under-empl o yed. 6, 16 1 ind ividu a ls have beem p la ced in job s . Hundr eds o f othe rs h a ve bee n pl a c e d in E .0. A. tra mm g programs for yo ut h s. Th e r, e mai nd e r a re receiv in g tr,a ining , educ atiio n , co un s eling o r oth e r s e rivice s in preparat ion for empl oyme nt o r a re m the proce ss of bein g p la ced. >11~ ·I,,. (;1,~ ~-' ,1, T rain in g a nd empl oy me nt of tow- i ncome high ,s ch oo l y outh s in the .t} tl a m a F ul ton Co unty Sch ool Systems to pro vide wori k experience a nd mon e y to e nable them to nem a in in sch oo l. /4. dminis tered by t he Atla nt a a nd Fulton C ounty Bo ar-ds of Ed uc a tion a t 10 1 Mari e tta Stre e t , N . W. , T e) epb o ne : 525 -1886; Mns . Alice Washin g ton , Coo rdi nato r. ACTION: 650 s tude nt s now e mpl o yed in th e pub li c s chools . Mo re t han 2, 500 yo uth s hav e p a rt ic i pa ted si nc e th e beginni ng . 5. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUT H CORPS (Out-of-School) A job tra in in g and e mpl oy me nt pro gram £o r out-of-sc hool un e mplo ye d yo uth s aged 16 th ro ugh 21. 57 ubli c a nd non-prnfi t Atl anta a genc ies pro vide 150 wo rk lcx:atio n s and 620 pos itions. Return t o s ch oo l is e n co l!l raged. Ofiface a t 68 Spri ng S treet , N . W. " Telephone : 577-1 904 , Mr. He nry F a c e , Dire ct or, . ACTION: 62 0 posi ti on s, an e avail a ble . 6 10 yo u th s a re em pl oy e d . 3-;'5 have returned to s ch oo l. 224 have acNearl y c epted full -time e mplo yme nt . 3, 000 y ou ths have part ic i pa ted since the beginning . 6. YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER Opera ted by the Georgia S ta te Employment Serv ic e to conc e ntriate on the employ ment ne eds of y outh s aged 16' th ro ug h 21, with e mpha sis o n co unsel ing , tes tin g , a nd re ferral t o other agen cie s for remedia l edl'lcat ion or tr aining . 522 Wes t Pe a chtree Street . Mr. A . \\, _ Seag ers , Dire c tor . T e lep hone : 8 -09 ~L ACT ION : 82, 000 have been ii nter\(ie w ed. 5, 735 yo uths hav e b eer.J p~ace a in full -time jo b s . 30,000 ha ve been re " fe rred to jo b s a nd ot her agen c ies . '"' \ . �7. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ' . tere d by Senio r Citizen Serv:i c e-s of Mettop olita n Atla nta, Inc. , 120 Marie tt a Stree t, N. W. , Room 7 19 , Te lephone : 577 -2474, Mrs. Caro lyn F r ench , P roj ec t Director. ,, ' ~ .. f<,._ A center co s creen prospec ti v e l oan appliic atio n s a nd to pro vide assis ta nc e in the man a g e ment and de ve lopment of sm a ll busi ness e s . 101 Mariett a Street , N . W. , Te lephone: 577 -33 15 , Dr. Merl e C . P a tterson , Director. ACTION : 850 individual s ha ve been inter vie wed or counseled. 33 loans to talli ng $ 322,000 hav e been approv e d and gra nte d . 3 eight-week semi na r s ha ve bee n c onducted in l ow-income n ei ghborho ods . 8. COLLEGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM P art time empl oyme nt t o ke e p youth s from l ow-in come fa milies in c ollege.. ACTION : Program approved fo r eigh t co lleges : Clark College, 60 pre s eml y . I l em pl oy ed , 60 previousl y emp loye d , no position s available ; Emory University, 69 pre s ently employ ed , 14 pre viously employed , 20 avai lable pos1tions ; Georgi a State College, 25 presentl y e mpl oy ed, 21 prev iously employ ed, 12 pos ition s avada bl e; Georg ia Institute of Technologr, 28 presently emplo ye d , 10 previously empl oy ed , 30 po s i t ion s ava il able ; Morehouse College, 201 pre s ent.Ly employed , 192 pre vious ly empl oy ed , 15 positions availa ble ; Morr i s Brown College, 134 presently employed, 125 previously employ e d , no po s ition s avail able ; Og lethorpe Univers ity, 35 pre se ntly employed, 20 previous ly employ ed , no positions available; a n d Spelman College, 40 presently employed , 100 pre viously employed , no posit.ions available . 9. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT A program to provide children in ins titution s with adult affection and comnion s hip while al s o giving older citize n s a cha nce to be employ ed in a us eful , person a lly sati s fying job . Adminis - ACTION : 36 men and wo men , plus 4 s ubs ti tutes, tra in ed a nd serv in g a t Grady Hospita l (3 0), F ul to n C ounty J uveni le Court (4) a nd Catrie-Stee le :Pitt s Hon:i e (2). ' '• '• ' 1,1 10. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE OLDER WORKER (50 plu s) ••• An i ndepe nde nt program admin is t'ened by th e Go lde n Age Emp loyment Serv ice of the Atlan t a Se c t ion , Nati on al Co uncil of Je wis h Women , 793 Piedmont Ave nue , 1N. E . , Te leph on e: 875 -944 3, Mrs . Naomi Met zger , Exe cutive Dir:.e c to r. ACTION : 969 indiv id ua l s ha ve bee n pl a ced in jobs. There ha ve be en 1,740 jo b applic at ions and 3, 028 reque s ts fo r app licants from busin e s ses. ,. 11. MDTA The Ma npower Dev elopmen t a nd Tr a ining Act of 196 2 pFovides jo b traJnin g for ne e ded ski ll s . Ad mini s tered by th e Gemg ia State Employ me nt Seuvic e and he Atla nta Boa rd of E duc a ti on . Office s at Atl a nt a Indu s tria l E mployment Offi c e , 61 Trinity Avenue , S. W. , T e leph one : 524 -24 11. ACTION : 5, 104 in di v idua l s ha v e been tra ined. A new Contract has bee n re ceived to tra in 200 peo ple be twee n F ebruary 13, 1967 a nd March 31 , 1968 in group s o f 45 in 8 oc 12 week train ing programs . Anoth e r 100 experienced bu une mp loyed workers will rec eive On 'il;he Jo b tra in in g . MOTA classes wi.rn tra in fot s uch jobs as hos tess, waitress, waiter , bus boy , bus g:id, chef , short order grill man , specialist cook , combinatjon cook , salad girl , kitchen helpeu and snack bar hoste ss. Additiona l training contracts are expected soon . Classe s now in progress are welding (20), bfrick layiing (20), production machine ( 20), de s ign technician at Lock - ' '• ',,, ,; �~ . ( ' ' heed (20), licensed pnactical nur:se (40), re fr esher course for regiscened nurses (20) . I 12. PROJECT HI RE (Help I nitiate Renewed Employment) An eml?loyment service for the o lder worker (50 and above) . Administered by the Georgia Sta te Employ ment Service . 136 Marietta Street, N. W. , Su.ice 200, Teleph one: 524-6844 , Mr,s. Mal L. Dna ke , Dire c tor. "' ACTION : Program has been operating under t he auspi c es of Georgia State Employment Service since August 1 , 1966. (For,merly under auspices of Golde n Age Emp loyment Service.) 217 individuals h ave been p laced , 761 have been counse led , 684 have been re ferred to jobs. 13. MEN ' S JOB CORPS J ob tra iAin g for out-of-school , un· employ ed boys aged 16 through 21. E.O . A . is resp on s ible for recruiting and sc reeni ng Job Corps applicants for At· lama , Fulton , Cobb , Clayton, Fayette, Douglas , DeKalb , Rockdale a nd Gwinnett Counties . He adq ua rters at 118 Marietta Street , Telephone : 577 -2855 , Mr. Sam Bax tt:r , J ob Cor,p s Coordin a tor. ACTION : 1, 210 boy s sen t to train ing centers throughout the country . 87 proce ssed appLicant s awa itin g assignments . 6 1 boys have grad u ated . A new recruitin g quota of 1,400 boys has been recei ved . 14. WOMEN 'S JOB CORPS Job training for o ut-of- s chool , unemployed girls aged 16 through 21. Recruitin g handled by WICS , 136 Mar:ietta Street, N. W. , 3rd Fl oor , Telephone : 524-540 3, Mrs . Je a n Wea ver , Project Director. ACTION : 75 girl s are in training centers through out the Unit ed St ate s . 16 have graduated . 15. ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER A centralized service , the first of its kind in the country , to diagnose and evaluate work potential and tra ining needs of difficult cases a nd to follow up job progr.ess. It serve s all agencies cooperating m E.O. A. programs. The Vocational Reh a bilita ti on Division operates the Center at 1599 Memorial Drive , S.E. , Telephone: 378 -7591 , Mr. Cantey Gordon , Director. .. I I ~ ACTION : Opened May 2, 1966. 1, 008 c ases have been referred to th e Centers. 621 admitted for evaluation. 249 persons have been evaluated . 132 already plac ed in jobs . I I I C. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION .~ 16. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM . An education program t o serve the entire fa mily usin g neighborhood public school facilities around the clock . Adminis tered by the Atlanta Board of Educa tion , Instructional Servi ces Building , 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive , Telephone: 76 1-54 11 , Mr. Alan Koth , Dire ct or. ' ACTION: 20,964 ha ve been enroll ed in 12 schools. Approxima tely 10 ,000 more have participated in programs . The Community School budget has been reduced 82 % bec ause of Congre s s ion al budget cuts . Brown High School, 764 Pee p les Street. S. W., Telephone: 758-5050 , E d New by , Assistant Principa l. Price H igh School, 167 0 C a pitol Avenu e , S. W. , Te lephone: 622- 80 24 , Carl Hu bbard , Assistant Princip al. Wash ington High School , 45 White House Drive , S. W. , Teleph one : 755 -77 21 , J oe Drape r , As si sca nt Pr incipa l. South Fulton High School, 605 South Baya rd Street , E as t Point , Georgia , T ele ph one : 76 1-3584 , Harold Madison , Assis ta nt Prin ci pa l. �r I ' Archer High School, 2250 P erry Boulevard , N . W., Telephone : 794-1567 , Arvella L. Farmer , Assista nt Principal. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N. E . , Telephone : 522-5096 , Bennie C. Wil liams , Assistant Principal. Park s Jr. High School , 1090 Wi ndsor Street , S. W. , Telephone: 7 53 -6125, Robert J. Still , As sistant Principal. West Fulton High School , 1890 Bankhead Avenue , N . W. , Telephone : 799-31 77 , E . C. Norma n , Assistant Principal. Bethune Elementary School, 198 Norths i de Driv e , N . W. , Telephone: 524-6854, Norri s L. Hogan , Assi s ta nt Principal. Capitol Avenue Elementary School , 81i Capitol Avenue , S . W., Teleph one : 5238696 , Oba diah Jordan , Jr. , Assis ta nt Prin cipal. We sley El ementary School, 186 We s ley Avenue , N . E . , Teleph one: 378-4393 , Aaron L. Wat son , Assi s ta nt Principal. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FINANCED BY NON-EOA FUNDS Dykes H igh School, 4360 P ower s F erry Road, N . W. , Telephone : 255 -5236 , J ack Glasgow, Assistant Principal. Grant Park El ementary School, 75 0 Kalb Avenue, N. E . , Telephone: 627-5741, James Chk-Vers, Assistant Principal. 17. PROJECT HEAD START An enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-school c hildren operat ed by the Atlanta School Sys te m and seven private agencies . An applicati on is now being prepared for an 8 week program for 3,000 children to be held next summer. 5,989 c hildren have a ttended in 2 s ummers . Atlanta Board of Education , Instructional Servic..es Building, 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive , Telephone: 76 1-5411, Mis s Frances Cox , Director. 4,609 have a ttended in 2 summers. Rockdale County's Head Start Program 40 attended last s ummer . I Gwinnett County' s Mead Stan Program - ,. 240 attended last summer. Wheat Street Day Nurser:y' s Mead Start Program - 200 have a ttended i n 2 summers . ' { F ree For AH Day Nursery 's Head Start Program - 260 have attended in 2 summers . Hinsley Temp le Day Nurser:y's Hea d Start Program - 120 have a ttended in 2 ~I summers. ~ I Berean Junior: Academy's Head Sta rt .~ t Program - 240 have a ttended in 2 s ummers . ., 18. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION In s truction in reading and wri ting for adtdts over 18 yea rs of age who are unable t o function on an eighth grade educational level , to improve their: employment potenti al. Administered by vhe Atlanta Board of Educa tion , 2930 Forrest Hill s Drive, Telephone: 76 1-5411, Ext. 206, Mr. Alan Koth a nd Dr. Cuntis Hen s on , Coordinator s . ACTION: 48 classe s for 900 parti1, 27 3 p eople c ipa nt s a re in s e ss ion. have already pa rticipated. 19. UPWARD BOUND A pro ject to re duc e th e drop -out rate of 11th a nd 12th gra ders with a bility by pro viding remedi a l a nd interest cl as se s and encouragin g them to s et goa ls for further education a ft er high s ch ool. ACTION : Morehouse College, 223 C hestn ut Stree t , S . W. , Te lephone: 577- 150 5, Dr. Ar thur Ban ks , Director. 150 enro ll e d a t pr esent , 228 las t year. Emo ry University, Emory Universi ty Campus , Emory Uni versity, Te leph one: 377-24 11 , Ext. 7546, Mr. Louis Becker:, Director. 49 e nrolled at present, 50 last year. Morri s Brown Coll ege, 642 Hunter St., N. W. , Telephone : 577 -2628, Mrs. Vivian McGee , Director. 91 enrolled at present , 100 last year. �r..,. ' ..,.. 1 " ~... - ~ - - - ~ ... -·-..-....,..,11""'-........,..-._..,.....'!'T"T'Tl~;>:1"'"1l'I!'--...:,;;~-...---, I' During the winter , s tud e nts par t1c1pate in Saturday morning cl asses a t the colleges and a re tutored by f.?rogram assis ta nts. During the summer , s tude nts live a nd s tudy on the college campuses . Morris Brown a nd Morehouse held 8 week programs a ncl J;: mory held a 6 week pr,ogram last s ummer. SimilaF programs a re pla nned for next year. I Three years ago , a pre-coLlege demon s tration project , one of six in the country, was conducted by Moreh ouse Co llege for 370 s tudents. Results from chis project helped pave th e way for the na tionwide program , Project Upwa rd Bound. I f ~-'I'\ I D. OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 20. SOCIAL SERVICES Social Ser, vice Supervisor, s a nd sta ff are located in each Neighborhood Service C enter to provide help w ich hea lth , education a nd famil y problems. ACTION: Counselors ha ve held 33 ,049 interviews at the Neighborh ood Servic e Cente rs. 21 . DAY CARE SERVICE Sup e rvi s e d c a re for children in ord er to re lease pare nt s fo , jo b tFa inin g a nd ,job opportuni ti es . 10 pro,j eccs are rn o p erat ion c a nng for 7 10 ch~ldre n . An t ioch ...North Day Ca re Ce nter (50) 540 K e nnedy Street , N . W., Tel e phone: 523 -4861 . Mr s . Mary Ray , Direc t or. Bowen Homes D ay Care C e nt e r (G a te C ity Association) (100) - 1060 Wi l kes Cir,cle , N .W. , Tel e phone: 799 -11 70 , Mrs. Fnance s Wy att, Direc tor. Co ll ege P a rk C i vic & E duc a tiona l Cen fil (35) - 407 Wes( Harvard Strieec, C ollege P a rk , Geo,gia , Telephone: 766-4456 , Mrs. Elois e Thoma s , Director. C hildren ' s C enter o Metropolitan .A clanca Eamily D a y Car.e (35) - 725 L a wto n Street , S. W., Telephone : 75 3-6101 , Mrs. Dori s Ha rtle y , Cas e Worker . East J? oinc Child Care Center (24) H 47 Calhoun Avenue , East P oint , Georgi a , Telephone: 767-4404 , Mrs. · De Vern Howell , Directo r. . South Side Day Ca re Cen ter (120) - 80 2 I/P ryor Street , S.W . , Telephone: 577-2640 , Mr. Hlenry J.. Furlow, Directo . Grady Homes 1':Iomes Tenant Bell Stree t , S. Mr,s . Elizabeth Day Care Center (Grady: Associ a tion) (90) - 100 E. , Telephone : 522-1595, R. Carcei; , Di r,ector. Gate Ci ty at St . Paul ' s (Gate C i ty Association) (36) - . 15 40 P ryor Ro ad , S. W. , Tele phone: 622-97 11 , Mrs . Barbar,a Marcin , Direc tor. Fort Street K iddie Korner 000 ) - 572 !Boulevard , N.E . Telephone: 876-9 279 Mis s Yhonn a Career , Directo r . Tabern a cle Ba pt.ist CbuF..C ( 120) - 47 5 Boulevard , N. E., Tele ph on e: 8 76-1779 Mrs. Mattie Bruce , Di rector. 22. LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ':;J M)'W A centra l Legal A s sis t ance C e nte r £ina nc ed by E.O .A. , is pre s ently ope.,rating in the F ulton Co un ty C ourt ffi ous e . 2 additio nal c enters a re planned for lowinc ome neighborhoods. All lega l c as e s fo r E.O .A. target are as will be r,eferne d to ome of th ese thr,ee centers . The progr,am wi ll handle civil ca ses a d provide representa tion a nd coun s e li ng fo.Ir preliminary criminal hea rin gs . Admi n i s tere d by the Legal Aid Soci ety: of Atlan· ta , 136 Pry or St., S.E. T e l. 524-5811 Mrs . Nancy Cheves , General Coun s e l. ACTION : Under the pre viou s E .O . A. Lega l As sis ta nce Progra m, Lega .A id la wyers work ed i n Ne ighborhood ervice Centers part- ti me . L egal A'd lawyers s erved a tota l of 17, 324 cases a nd dosed 2,376 court cas e s. 23. CRIME PREVENTION ff Po lice work in e a ch Neighborhood Ser vi ce C ente r to become friends with re s id en ts and hel uhem with t heir, probl e ms . T hi s progra m was developed by nh e Atla nta Police Depart ment following �~~lll'IP.lm,:;-1'.lra~~-T...,.;.-;,--~~--,,,..,a,i~'"~""'P:•"'f!!llllll""'"""'._,.,,_.:,,..,~-..,.,.,,'t.~,--· ;:, t llj l I t a rec ommendatio n o f th e Ctime Co mmi s sion. It is th e first program 0£ i t s kind in th e c ountry . Atlanta P olic e Department , 82 Dec a tur Street , Tel e phone: 522-7363 , Lt. C. E. Wrig ht and Lt. C. Dixon , Offi cer s in C harge . ACTION: Sin c e Ja nua ry, 1966, poli c e officers have been worki ng in E . 0 . f · _ eighborhood Service C ente rs . T hey have communicacred with ov er 90, 000 people . These off ic ers a ttended 176 me e tings on o ff-duty tim e , go t 306 drop outs back .in school and h e lped 58 har,d sh ip cas es . Th e y supervise numer;ous yo uth act1v1t1es an d d ubs a nd get youths i nvolved in Neighbo rhood Yo uth Corps, Job Corps , Communi ty Schoo) and Req:eation Programs . 11he office,rs and their Centers a re : Officer Gambell , NASH-Washington ; Offace.r Lyons , Price and Sum-Mee; Officer. Cardell , Central City; Officer J ob nson , Northwes t ( Perty Homes); Officer Nello ms, Edgewood ; Officer Graham, Northeast; O{f~cer Owens, West End. 24. PLANNED PARENTHOOD Fam,ily planning servic e administereel by the p Qanned Parentb ood .Associatio n of the Atlanta Area, 31 08 Piedmont Rioad , N. E . , Telephone: 233-4493 , Mrs. J ulian Freedman Acting Director. ACTION : Over 2,193 individua l s served . 3 Family '.Planning Clin ics in operation: Be~hlehem Community Center Clinic , 9 McDonough Boulevard , Telep hone: 627-0176 (Mo nda y evenings),; PeFI;y Homes Clinic,, 1660 Drew Drive, N . W., Apartment 756, Telepho ne: 355 '8 278 (Wednesday evenings); and John 0 . Ohiles Homes, 435 Ashby £tree S . W., Te~ephone: 755-4228, (Thursday even ii;igs) . 25. MUL Tl SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED ,. Recreation, social services and day eare for families Living in the three High - ···- •• "I·~·' J . •/, '-' •:, • , , ., rise ap artment buildin g s for · the a ged built by the Atla nta Publi c Hou s· ng Authori ty. f:.t: ,, ' Pro gram adminis tered by Senior C itizen Services of Metropolita n Atlanta , foe . , 120 Ma rietta Stre et , N . W. , T e le ph one : 77-3828 , Mr. A . . Horvath , Di rect or . ·~-' ·, wt -~ ,.. ' ~I I .If,~ ',:1 • ~',.,• "' I ACTION : A r:oca l of l , 794 famil y uni t s aue being serv ed in the A ntione Graves C e nter , 126 Hilli ard Street , N. E . , Telephone : 577 -li9 0; the J oho 0. Chi les Cent er;, 43 5 As hby Street , S. W., Teleph on e : 753-4084; and the P almer Hous e , 43 0 T ech wood Drive , N . W. , Te lephone: 873-3453 . he ,A tla nta tlepartmen t o arks and Recrea tion i s providi ng r,ec.reatio n speciatiists under contract to provide co mpreh ensiv e rec rea tio n progra ms. T h e Fl!l lton Cou nty Departmer;ic of Family a nd Children Seuvices provides a fuU-cime rep resentative i n ea c h Cen t er by agi;.ee menc. The Fulton County I?ubl~c Rea.1th Departmen t provides a health ma intena nce program i n each Cen ter by agreement . 26.PROJECT ENABLE Gr.o l!lp education ,fo low-inc ome parents to i.ncuea se motivacion for se lf -hel p . Commun ity a nd pensooal problems ate identified a nd become th e ta rget for a c tion. Administered by the Atlanta Ur. ban League, Inc . , 239 Auburn Avenue , N.,E . , Mrs. Lillian Clark Director , Telephone: 52 2-8839 . ACTION : Seven groups wi th a tota l o 167 parents have comp l e rred their dis c ussio ns . There have been 238 referra ls to other agei;i ies fo r ~e~p . 1,069 people have been interviewed . A. leadership traiQing phase wiU s ta!t soon . 27. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A pro<>:.im co provide tnaining and supervisio n of local volu nteers who supplement services of the E.0 .A. professional staff. VoJuoceens a re drawn from all a reas oF the c ~cy, inclrudin . 0 . .A. .' �target areas. Administered by the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc . , Glenn [B uilding , 120 Marietta Strieet, N. W. , Jfelephone: 577-2250 , Mrs. Elinor Metzger, Director. ' ...... ACTION: 46 volunteers trained and ser,ving. Volunteers are placed in Neighborhood Service Centeris, Community Schoo.lis , Communiuy Centers , Planned Parench,ood Centers , St. Joseph's Hospital, Senior Citizens Centers , and Day Care Centers. Volunteer,s include both men a nd women. lnte ues ced persons shou ld call the above number. New class of 33 co s tart in January will las e 6 weeks (4 weeks cl ass es plus 2 weeks on-job-training). Next cl ass starics March 20th. E. RESEARCH PROGRAMS Training and work e xperience for 500-700 hard-core , unempl oyed ouc-0£school yo uths per year, in workshop situations . Administered by BE.ES-BIZ , Inc. , a non-profit , private organization. 570 Peachtree Street, Telephone: 8735653 , Mr. Joseph Minecci , Director. ACTION : 233 were enrolled during the program. 31. PROJECT UP-LI FT Job training for, unemployed parents of dependent children operated by Fulton County Department of Family a nd Children Services at 50 Whitehall Street , Mrs . Willie Thompson , Director , Telephone: 572-2155. ACTION : Program will end by February 28th. 227 individuals are now in training. 387 have completed the course . 28. EVALUATION PROGRAM An eighteen month evaluation of Atlanta's Community Action Program. Administered by Emory Universi ty , Telephone: 377-2411 , Exe. 517, Dr. John Doby , Di.rector; Dr. Fred R. Crawford , Principa l Inve stigator. ACTION : Prelimin a ry research underway. 29. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM E.O.A. was selected for a n O .E .O . Pilot study to design and implement a data processing system to a utoma te ac counting a nd fin a nc ial wo rk. The pro ject de s igned procedures for da ta ga therin g from the Neighborhood Service Centers. Administered by Electronics Data Systems Corpora ti on, Room 8 17, 101 Marietta Street, N . W. , Te lephon e: 525 4262, exr.5 8, ·Mr. Davis Ham lin , Director. ACT ION : E .O.A.'s bud getary and payroll acco untin g department is now automated a nd usin g computers . F. DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS 30. BEES- BIZ 32. PUBLIC HEAL TH Public Health Nurses for Neighborhood Service Centers . Administered by Fulto n County Department of Public Health , 99 Bueler Street, S . E. , Telephone: 572-2927 , Mrs . Gla d ys L. Garland , Coordinator. \· ACTION : 4 nurses worked with the Neighborhood Service Ce nters . 33. HOMEMAKER SE RVICES Substitute h omemakers assumed re sponsibility for households in low-income areas during emergenc y situa ti ons. Ad ministered by Visiti ng Nurse Associa tion of Atla nt a , 1270 Techwood Drive. Telephone: 873-2683, Mrs. Mary Caldwell , Coordinator. ,, '¥ ·rt ,.. ACTION : 28 homemakers served 522 homes , a nd made 13,436 visits . 34. RECREATION CONDUCTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS ACTION : The Recreation Technician and staff of the Neighborhood Service Ce nter s organized and supervised sports , tutorial program , children' ac - ,, ..., �II t1v1t1es , swimming, basketball , baseball , teen clubs and adult activities in lowincome a reas. s ummer of 1966 . Plans for 1967 indefin ite. 38. MEDICARE ALERT 35. SUMMER RECREATION E.O.A. fin a nced summer recreation in 1966. Total attendance was 277 ,000 . The programs were administered by the City of Acla nta, (Parks a nd Recrea tion Department) , 10 United Appeal agencies a nd 3 priva te agencies. Agencies a nd depa rtments w ere: Atla nta Parks a nd Recreation Dept . Butler Street YMCA Wesley Ho use Centers Sal va tion Army Warren Memorial Boys' Club Wes t End Boys ' Club Grady Homes Boys ' Club George Washin gton Carver Boys' Club Atla nta Co uncil of Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls ' Club Apt Academy Atlanta Urban League Vine City Council 36.HOME MANAG EMENT TRAININ G E.O.A . Home Ma nage ment Techn icians a nd a ides working in Neighborhoo d Service Center s taugh t residents c ooking , sewing , housekeeping, bud ge ting , child care , hygiene, consu mer buyi ng , and facts about loans and installment buying . G. OTHERS 37. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM A program to provide schol arsh ips fo r primary and s econdary students foom under-pri viledged home s to allow them to attend s ummer school. Admini stered by the Atla nta and Fulton C ounty Boards of Education. Dr. John Ma rtin , Ass i s tant Superintendent for Instruction , 2930 Forr e s t Hill s Dr. , Telephone: 761-54 11. ACT ION : 6, 500 youths attended the E.O .A . fi nanced program during the s umme r of 1965 . Program did not operate A two month proguam. 10,697 citizens 65 y ears and o lde r were contac ted . 110 paid workers, o l der people from l owin come areas , and 117 voluntee rs explained heal th and hospital be nefits available under the new Medicare legislation and helped people app ly before the March 31, 1966 deadline. SUMMARY EOA ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS Multi-SeFv.ice Neighborhood Centers Neighborhood Youth Corps ( our-of-school progra m) Sma ll Bu s ine ss Devel o pment Center Men's Job C orp s (Recruitin g ) VISTA (Volunteers in Se rvice to America) Placement and Supervision Medicare Alert EOA PROGRAMS CONTRACTED TO OTHER AGENCIES Community Schools (Atl a nt a P ub l ic Sch oo ls) Head Sta rt Project s (Atlant a Public Schools and 7 pri va te org a ni za tion s ) Day Care Center s (private organizations) Summ er Recreation Program s (Ci ty o f Atla nta, 10 Uni ted Appeal Agencie s , 3 ot h ers) P roject BEES- BIZ (pri va te no n-profit organization) Manpower Pl ace ment Cente rs (Georgia State Employ ment Service) Emp loyment Evaluation and Service Center (Voca tion a l Rehabili ta tion) Lega l Service (Lega l Aide So ciety ) Plan ned Paren th ood (P la m1ed Parenthood Association of Atla nt a) Mult i-Service Ce nters fo r th e Aged (Senior C iti ze ns of Metropo lit a n Atl an t a, Inc.) Volunteer Task Force (Community Counc il ) Fos ter Grandparents (Senior Citizen s of .· ~,.. ,I, . ., . •-, r �,r ,., Metropolitan Atla nta, fnc .) Neighborhood Youth Corps (fn-School) (Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schoo ls) Project nable (Urban League) Public Health Services (Fulton County Health Department) Homemaker Services (Visitin g iNmse Association of Atlanta) Summe School (Atlanta ublic Schools) COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS Ii ,." ..• I . . r Proj ct 'Upl,i£c (F ulton County Department of, Family and Childrien Services) Youth Opportunity Center (Sta te £mployment Service) Col lege Work Study Programs (8 colleges) J?rojec t Upward Bound ( 3 co ll eges) Womens' Job Corps (WICS - Women in Community Service) Cr.ime Prevention (Atlanta Police Dept.) Manpower Developmen t and ]i'r;aining Act ofr 196;1 (Georgia tare Employment Ser,v.ice and Atlanta Board 0£ Education) Project Hir,e (Help Initiate Renewed Employ ment) (Georgia Scace Employment Service) Golden Age Employment Service ( Atlanta Secti on Na tion a l Council 0£ Jewis Wo men) Adu le- B as ic Educati o n (Atl a nta Boa rd of. E duca ti on~ N o longer; in operation 1966 E.O.A. BOARD OF Mr. Bo i sf.e uillet Jones , Chairm an Mrs . W. H. . (L uc y) Aiken Mr. Har,old Ben son Mrs . A. L . Benton Mr. Wi lli am L. Ca~loway Mr. Rober,t Dobbs Mr . George L. Edwards, Mr. Melvin Grantham Mr . John W. Greer Rev . Joseph L. Gr,,igg Mr . John S . Herndon Mt. Jesse Hill Rev . M. L. King , Sr. - ' I ,...,... ' Dr. J oho W. L ecsoa, Mr,. W. M. Montague , Sr. Mr. Carl P lunkecc Mr. 1ulian Sharpt;on M . A. H. Sterne Mr. Erwin Stevens MFs. Nancie Stowers Dr,. Paul D. West Mrs . LeKoy (Ann) Woodward Mrs . Mamie Wynn ' Note: The 196i EOA Board ofr Directors wim be expanded to 36 members , including 12 represen tatives of thos @ served by EOAi (one elected by each Neighborhood Advisory Council) , 12 representatives appointed by public age ncies whic hi serve the poor , and 12 represen;tat,i ves ai;ipointed by other commun ity grioups . The re presentatives ofr chose served by EOA have already been elected . They are mar,ked ** below. 12 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS ( 1967) C entral City Mrs. Doroth y Buown Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. He len Tayl or Mrs. Annie ack son Mr. Harold Ra ine s &tr. L . L . Turner Mrs. Ros ie f-:loJc Mr. T ommy Gri tfin Mr. Spen ce r Blou nt Mrs . Betty Pool Mr. Jam e s Aus tin Mrs . Nora Keyros Mus . Eve ly n Brown Mr;. Alonzo Watson Center Director Nom i nees: Mrs. Ethel Cox Mrs . Bertha Jackson Mrs . Oneda Seay Mr . B . A. (Kitchens Mr. D. A. Coley Eas t Cent ral Mrs . Mrs . Mr s . Mr - . **Mrs . Annie B . Chamber s Beatric e Wil s on ather.ine Gane Margaret Gr ;;at Sustie LaBord �Mrs . Grace Pullum Mrs . Petronia Hall Mrs. Clide Anderson Mrs. Ruby Whitfield Mrs. Ida Hermon Mrs. Pearl Williams Mrs . Willie Lewis Miss Doris Mathews Mrs. Johnnie Mosley Mr. Lewis Holmes , Sr. Mr. James Gilbert Mr. Emmitt Sowell Mrs. Fannie Woods Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Annie L. Hill Lt. L arry RePass Mrs. Mildred Perry Rev. Clarence Maddox Edgewood Mrs. Ruby N. Heard Rev . W. C. Hill Mr. Lorenzo John son Mrs. Dorothy Harris Mr. J ul ius White Mrs . Mary Mobley Mrs . Fletch er Walk er Mr. Columbus Maddox Mr. Leroy Dobbs Mrs. Maggie McMullen Mr s . Lizzie Stephens Mr. Thomas Carlton Mrs. Chari ty Smith Mrs . Cleta Mitchell Mrs . M. B. White Mrs . Mi11 ie Acree Mrs. Dorothy Adam s Mt . F red Co x M . IRoss Douthard , al ternate C enter Direc tor Nominees: Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Rufus Favons Charles Turner J ohn Gaither J ohn Cos by NASH-Wa shington Mts . Ruby McDowell Mrs . Dornth y P yrom Mrs . Do ri s Davis Mrs . Annie Sewel] Mrs . Mary Avery Mr. Ot is Cochtan Mr. James Marsh all Mrs . Joyce Burn ey Mrs. Mrs. Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Margaret Knight Alice Dixon Parialee FaulknGeneva Mack Lillian Hunt Elizabeth Harvey Jessie Miller Katie Jones C. M. Wolfe Carrie Porter Cynthia Hampton Verna Kirkland Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson Mrs . Maggie Moody Mr. Jame s Gardner Dr. Elsie Edmondson North Fulton Being organized Northwest - Perry Mrs. Ruby Hawk Mr. John Sla ton Mrs. F lo ssie Zac kery Mrs. Shirley Dowdell Mrs. Odessa Wheeler Mrs. Arie Shelm on Mr. R ay mond Morr,is Mr. Richard Feagin Mrs . Loretta Gres ha m Mrs . Vera McCoy Mrs. Margie Freeman Mrs. Bernice Hou seworth Mrs . Delores Mitchell Mr . Jessie Gascon Mrs . Garaldine Hughes Mrs . Barba ra Davis Rev. David Middlebrook Center Director Nominees: Mr. Robe rt Dobbs Mr. Bob Shaw Mrs. J osie Wynn Mr. Carey F l eming Pittsburg Mrs . Mrs. Mrs . Mrs . F lorence Alexan der Nettie Bl anton C arrie Wright Anni e Evan s �I I:' Mrs . Rosa Hammonds Mr:. John Tolbert Mrs . Marion Hood Mr. N. HI. Scott Mrs . Mammie Fleming Mr. Clarence Smith /** Mrs. Beatrice Garland Mrs. H. H. Dyer Mr. Ben Jen kins Mrs . Willie P. Tbonncon Mrs . Leonie Mester Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Sl ini a Sears Mrs . Sallie Billin gs le y Rev . Calvin Mouscon Price Mrs . Christine Bea s on Mrs. Mary F uller Rev . L. W. Hope , Sr. Mrs . Gra ce Ba r:k s dale Mrs . Olli e P owell Mrs. N eerie Bennett Mr s . Lois Wil li a ms Mr. Cha rles Da ndeo Mrs . Lena Owe ns Mr. Melvin 'B a rn es Mrs. C. M. Martin Mns . Mary F. O'Neal Rev . H . F . Gne e n Mrs. E ula ne Hous eworth Mrs . Evelyn Ba ttle Mrs . France s Th o mpson Mrs . Arthur Williams Mrs . Ru th Coffer Mr. George Bru mfi eld Mr. Gabrie l McCrary Center Director Nominee s: Mr. He nry Ph ipps Mrs . Loui se Watl ey Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. Wil liam Merritt South Fulton Mrs . Mary Lemons Mrs . Lucy Willi s Mr. J ohn Walton , Jr. Mrs . Louvenia Will iams Mrs . Alyce Price Mr. Ronald Bridges Mrs . Julie Chaney Mr. William John s on Mrs . Myrtic e Rowe / **Mr. W. T. Brooks Mrs . Susie Perkins Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Elizabeth Huggins Mr. Al fredo Callejas Mr. Milo Fisher Summerhill -Mechanicsvil Ie Rev. J . B. Mai;cin Mrs. Rosa Burney Mr. Edward J oho so n Re v . L. C. Clack Mr. Lewis Peters Mrs . Alice Hudson Mr. J oho Gresha m Mrs . Curtis McWorcher Mr. Hudson Whitsett Mrs. Evelyn Burri ss Mr s. Ann L. Childs Mr . Andrew Broo ks Mr s. Annie By rd Mr s . Li zz i e J e nnings Mr . Edward Moody Mr. Edward Grimes Mr. C. L. Walton Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Mrs . Dori s Gaston Mr s . Mattie a n s l ey Center Director No minees: Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Gu ssie L ewi s Ca therine Co lbert Leila Hancock A. L. Benton ( e l e c ted in 1966 fo r 2 year term co Board) West C entral Mr s . Doro thy Patterson Mr s . Leola Perry Mr. Walter Burton Mr. Wilkie A . Jordan Mr . Nathaniel Walker Mr . Lewis Evans Mrs . Mary Hall / **Mr. Edward Yo ung Mrs . Laura Willis Mr. John Dixon Mr. Elisha Piers Mrs . Corine Smith Mrs . Frankie Kendri ck Mi ss Nedra L. Reid Rev . K. M. Dunlap Mrs . Nellie Price Mrs. E velyn Perdu e Re v . R . Johnson �IC enter D irect o r Nom inees: fr s . WilJie Perki os Rev . Elli s L. Green ".\fr. Charl e s B. Ha rt, J r. West End Mr. B. F. Wa ldorn Mr. Ben Bens on \ !rs . Peg Brady ,\,fr. Willi am Killings wor th Mrs . Emma Jordan Mr. A. R. Phil lips Mr. F red Youn g Mrs . Gertrude McLennan Mrs . E l izabeth God bee Mrs . Maxine Abbo tt Mrs . Edna Mayo Mr . Roy Harwell Mr. Alvi n Barne r .\,!rs . Bertha Stewart .\1rs . Roxie Lipford Mr. R . C. Chinn M,s . Lucy Cas tell Mrs . D. L. Stovall Mr. Coleman Smith .\1rs . Beatrice Henderson ,\,!rs. M. U. Barnette \Jr. J. C. Dietrich ,\,!rs . Sue Bradley Mrs . C. B . Cole Mr . Jack Bagwell '-Ar. Robert Rice .\Jr . F . H. Pound \!rs . Gene John son Mrs . Ann Miller Mr . Roswell Jackson .\frs. Mary Chandler \!rs . Mary Morton C enter D irector Nominee s: ~\fr . H. D. Wi ley .\,lrs . George Longino • \lrs . Mam i e Wvnn .\!rs . Gladys Bradley Rev . Carol Tinsley l CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (1967) Executive Administrator Nominees !rs . Annie Laurie Pace .\ fr . Ralph Long Rev R . B Shorts Mr. Robe rt Blount M, s . L e nnie He s te r Mrs. Mary Morton TECHN ICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. James H. Aldredge Miss Dori s Alexa nder Honorable Iva n Allen , gr. Dr. Wa llace M. Als ton Mr. Harold N . Arnold Dr. Sa nford At wood Dr. Warren D. B ache li s Dr. P aul R . B eall Mr . Duane W. Beck Mr. G lenn E. Bennett Mi ss Catheri ne Boling Dr. J a mes J? . Brawle y Dr. R ufus E . C le men t Mr . C larence D. Cole man Mr. J ack C. Deliu s Mr. Wellborn R . Ell i s Mr. Arn o ld D. Elli son Mr. R ic ha rd Forbe s Mr. J a mes F urniss Mr. Collier B . Gladin M, . Herma n B . Guinn Mr . Joseph F . Haas Dr. James F . Ha c kney Arch bi s hop P aul J. Ha !Jina n Dr. Edwi n Harri son Mr. Richard C. Hicks Miss Re becca Ho ll ings worth Honorable Lloyd Elmo Holt Mr. William S. Howland Mr . William E . Inmon Mr. John H . J aco bs Dr. A. P . Jarrell Mr. Herbert T . Jenkin s Mr. Ma lco lm D. Jone s \fr . A Ia n F. K iepper; Mc John F . Kiser Mr. R . Earl L anders Dr . Noah Langdal e , Jr. Dr. John W. Letson Major George Marsha ll Dr. Albert E . Man ley Mr. Sam Mas se ll, Jr . Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Mrs . Frances McKay Mr . J . 0 . Moore Mr. Jack P . Nix �~ ~~TT,:-~T.~----- Mr. A. B. Padgett Mr. J . W. Pinkston Dr. Claude Purcell Mr. William Ray , Jr. Mr. M. B . Satterfield Mrs . Bruce Schaefer Mr. Opie Shelton Mr. Robert E. Shrider Mr. Robert Sommerville Mr. Douglas W. Str,onbehn Dr. Herman L . Turn er Dr. John Venable Dr. Paul 0. West Rev. Samue l W. Williams Mr. Marion Williamson Mr. John C. Wilson ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. Mr. C. 0. Emmerich Executive Director Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Operation s (and Director o f Neighborhood Services Organization) ,Ir Mr. William W. Allison Assoc iate Admini s trator for Pla nning ~ u z .• { Mr. William G. Terry Associat e Administrator for Genetal Services (and Director of Meti t System) ~ I,' IZ < .-, I \ • Mr. Luther A. Mclendon, Jr. Director of Finance .. ' ' I ,7. . • t ! } ..J I- < >I- ci OM ..Jo a:i I- M 8 w< w i:, 0:: 0:: t-o .,,w <<.!> Mrs. Wade T. Mitchell Director of Information II- <- Wl- -z a::< <...J ,;;l- o< l � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 2 Year Progress Report 101 MARIETTA STREET, N.W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303... TELEPHONE: AREA CODE (404) 525-4262 C. O. Emmerich Executive Administrator January, 1967 OPPORTUNITY IN ATLANTA During the past two years Atlanta’s Community Action Program has moved with great speed. Thousands of citizens and many agencies and organizations have participated in planning, develop- ing and financing this multi-service op- portunity program for Atlanta’s low-in- come citizens. In two years: 14 Multi-service Neighborhood Service Centers have been established, More than 20,000 adults and youths have been placed in jobs and job training, Nearly 39,000 individuals have partici- pated in basic, remedial and enrichment education courses, and More than 55,000 individuals have’ re- ceived family services. Due to Congressional reductions in the 1967 Economic Opportunity budget for the nation, Atlanta’s program has suffered a 40% reduction in funds plus the deletion of six services. E.O.A. is now seeking local resources to help re- store these vital services and rebuild its program. E.O.A. services can be divided into six categories: OPPORTUNITIES FOR: A. Neighborhood Services through 14 Neighborhood Service Centers B. Employment and Job Training C. Education D. Social Services E. Research and: F. Discontinued Programs Each project or contracted service of E.O.A. is supported by a citizens advisory council of which at least 1/3 must be people served by the program. A. OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 1. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION (Note: All figures in this report represent up to two years work, depending on how long the project has been established.) All E.O.A. services are brought to low-income families through 14 Neighbor- hood Service Centers located in poverty areas, A small staff located at 101 Mari- etta Street, N. W., plans and directs the program and coordinates services with local agencies. All 14 Centers were established during the first two years. Staff members at these centers have conducted 33,049 interviews. Headquarters: 101 Marietta Street, N. W., Telephone 525-4262, Mr. Harold E. Barrett, Director. CENTERS IN OPERATION ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY Central City Neighborhood Service Center 840 Marietta Street, N.W. Mrs. Doris Bridges, Director Telephone: 873-6759 East Central Neighborhood Service Center 486 Decatur Street, S. E. Mr. George Dodd, Director Telephone: 577-1735 Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center 1723 Boulevard Drive, S.E. Mr. Samuel Russell, Director Telephone: 378-3643 NASH-Washington Neighborhood Ser. Cen. 247 Ashby Street, N. W. Mr. William A. Fowlkes, Director Telephone: 524-2084 North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street, Roswell, Georgia Mr. J. W. Stone, Director Telephone: 993-3795 Northwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center 1927 Hollywood Road, N. W. Mr. Robert Branning, Director Telephone: 799-9322 Pittsburg Neighborhood Service Center 99344 McDaniel Street, S. W. Mr. Levi Terrill, Director Telephone: 523-1577 Price Neighborhood Service Center 1127 Capitol Avenue, S. E. Mr. Geoffrey Heard, Acting Director Telephone: 522-5792 So. Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 2735 East Point St., East Point, Georgia Mr. Clint Rodgers, Director Telephone: 767-7541 Summerhill-Mechanicsville Neighborhood Service Center 65 Georgia Avenue, S. E. Mrs. Omie Dixon, Acting Director Telephone: 577-1351 West Central Neighborhood Service Center 2193 Verbena Street, N. W. Mr. A. A. Fromholtz, Director Telephone: 799-0331 West End Neighborhood Service Center 725 Lawton Street, S. W. Mr. James Hester, Director Telephone: 753-6101 ADJOINING COUNTIES Gwinnett County Office Pike and Clayton Streets Lawrenceville, Georgia Mr. Gene Johnson, Coordinator Telephone: 963-9700 Rockdale-Conyers Office 929 Commercial St., Conyers, Georgia Mr. Sidney Herring, Coordinator Telephone: 483-9512 ELECTIONS: One of the most im- portant opportunities E.O.A. offers is that of resident participation. For the first time low-income citizens have come together in neighborhood organizations, block clubs and advisory councils to consider theirneeds and to assist E.O.A. in planning programs to help meet these needs. There have been 2,672 neighborhood meetings. Average monthly attendance for all E.O.A. advisory committees is 2,250 people. In 1966. elections were held for the first time to choose representatives of low-income areas to serve on neighbor- hood and city-wide E.O.A. advisory com- mittees. New Elections for 1967 repre- sentatives have just been completed in 11 Neighborhood Center areas. (N. Ful- ton is still being organized). 194 low- income neighborhood block organizations and 11,528 people have participated in the 1967 elections. More than 500 low- income citizens are serving as block captains and elected representatives. Each block organization chose one representative to serve on its Neighbor- hood Center’s advisory committee, THE CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL. Each CNAC selected three representatives to serve on a city-wide committee, THE CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, plus one repre- sentative to serve on the E.O.A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. This gives 12 repre- sentatives of the poor, 1/3 of the toral membership, on the Board of Directors. J. H. Calhoun, Assistant Director for Community Development, 101 Mari- etta St., N.W., Telephone: 525-4262.  SERS > EAN oN Re hn YF) ie OA ANE 16 \) Ss SYLVAN baneeenee, <> ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. Neighborhood Service Areas WEST END NASH-WASHINGTON PRICE SUM-MEC NORTHEAST am 9) O00 > G. EDGEWOOD H. NORTHWEST (P.H.) I. WEST CENTRAL SOUTH FULTON a: "eK L CENTRAL CITY . PITTSBURG . NORTH FULTON (Gwinnett County and Rockdale County areas not shown on map) NEIGHBORHOOD AIDES: E. oO. A. has trained and employed indigenous residents of low-income neighborhoods to assist with center, agency and com- munity work. Aides have visited over 103,225 homes in door-to-door case-find- ing and have served over 37,049 individ- uals on a continuing basis. 2. VISTA (VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA) A domestic Peace Corps providing aides, teachers, counselors and advisors for the War on Poverty. Headquarters at 101 Marietta Street, N. W., Mr. David Dammann, Director, VISTA Volunteers, Telephone: 525-4262. ACTION: 54 Volunteers have been assigned to Atlanta for one year. 25 of these are presently working in E.O.A. target areas. The other 29 are expected during the next few months. Last year Atlanta had 32 VISTA Volunteers. B. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOY- MENT AND JOB TRAINING 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE One Manpower Counselor is located in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide job placement and referrals to other services. Administered by Georgia State Employment Service, 101 Marietta Street, N. W., Telephone: 525-4262. Manpower Program Specialist, Mr. Don Bryant. ; ACTION: 33,627 individuals have received employment counseling. 87% of these were unemployed at the time of counseling and most of the remaining 13% were under-employed. 6,161 indi- viduals have been placed in jobs. Hun- dreds of others have been placed in E.O.A. training programs for youths. The remainder are receiving training, education, counseling or other services in preparation for employment or are in the process of being placed. 4, NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (In-School) Training and employment of low-in- come high school youths in the Atlanta- Fulton County School Systems to pro- vide work experience and money to enable them to remain in school. Ad- ministered by the Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education at 101 Mari- etta Street, N. W., Telephone: 525-7886; Mrs. Alice Washington, Coordinator. ACTION: 650 students now employ- ed in the public schools. More than 2,500 youths have participated since the beginning. 5. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School) A job training and employment pro- gram for out-of-school, unemployed youths aged 16 through 21. 57 public and non-profit Atlanta agencies provide 150 work locations and 620 positions. Return to school is encouraged. Office at 68 Spring Street, N. W., Telephone: 577-1904, Mr. Henry Pace, Director. ACTION: 620 positions are avail- able. 610 youths are employed. 375 have returned to school. 224 have ac- cepted full-time employment. Nearly 3,000 youths have participated since the beginning. 6. YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER Operated by the Georgia State Em- ployment Service to concentrate on the employment needs of youths aged 16 through 21, with emphasis on counsel- ing, testing, and referral to other agen- cies for remedial education or training. 522 West Peachtree Street. Mr. A. W. Seagers, Director, Telephone: 875-0971. ACTION: 82,000 have been inter- viewed. 5,735 youths have been placed in full-time jobs. 30,000 have been re- ferred to jobs and other agencies.  7. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER A center to screen prospective loan applications and to provide assistance in the management and development of small businesses. 101 Marietta Street, N. W., Telephone: 577-3315, Dr. Merle C. Patterson, Director. ACTION: 850 individuals have been interviewed or counseled. 33 loans to- talling $322,000 have been approved and granted. 3 eight-week seminars have been conducted in low-income neighbor- hoods. 8. COLLEGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM Part time employment to keep youths from low-income families in college. ACTION: Program approved for eight colleges: Clark College, 60 presently employed, 60 previously employed, no positions available; Emory University, 69 presently employed, 14 previously employed, 20 available positions; Geor- gia State College, 25 presently employ- ed, 21 previously employed, 12 positions available; Georgia Institute of Tech- nology, 28 presently employed, 10 pre- viously employed, 30 positions avail- able; Morehouse College, 201 presently employed, 192 previously employed, 15 positions available; Morris Brown Col- lege, 134 presently employed, 125 pre- viously employed, no positions avail- able; Oglethorpe University, 35 present- ly employed, 20 previously employed, no positions available; and Spelman Col- lege, 40 presently employed, 100 pre- viously employed, no positions avail- able. 9. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT A program to provide children in in- stitutions with adult affection and com- panionship while also giving older citi- zens a chance to be employed in a use- ful, personally satisfying job. Adminis- tered by Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc., 120 Marietta Street, N. W., Room 719, Telephone: 577-2474, Mrs. Carolyn French, Project Director. ACTION: 36 men and women, plus 4 substitutes, trained and serving at Grady Hospital (30), Fulton County Juvenile Court (4) and Carrie-Steele Pitts Home (2). 10. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE OLDER WORKER (50 plus) An independent program administer- ed by the Golden Age Employment Ser- vice of the Atlanta Section, National Council of Jewish Women, 793 Piedmont Avenue, N. E., Telephone: 875-9443, Mrs. Naomi Metzger, Executive Director. ACTION: 969 individuals have been placed in jobs. There have been 1,740 job applications and 3,028 requests for applicants from businesses. 11. MDTA The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 provides job train- ing for needed skills. Administered by the Georgia State Employment Service and the Atlanta Board of Education. Offices at Atlanta Industrial Employment Office, 61 Trinity Avenue, S. W., Tele- phone: 524-2411. ACTION: 5,104 individuals have been trained. A new contract has been received to train 200 people between February 13, 1967 and March 31, 1968 in groups of 45 in 8 or 12 week training programs. Another 100 experienced but unemployed workers will receive On The Job training. MDTA classes will train for such jobs as hostess, waitress, wait- er, bus boy, bus girl, chef, short order grill man, specialist cook, combination cook, salad girl, kitchen helper and snack bar hostess. Additional training contracts are expected soon. Classes now in progress are weld- ing (20), brick laying (20), production machine (20), design technician at Lock- heed (20), licensed practical nurse (40), refresher course for registered nurses (20). 12. PROJECT HIRE (Help Initiate Renewed Employment) An employment service for the older worker (50 and above). Administered by the Georgia State Employment Service. 136 Marietta Street, N. W., Suite 200, Telephone: 524-6844, Mrs. Hal L. Drake, Director. ACTION: Program has been opera- ting under the auspices of Georgia State Employment Service since August 1, 1966. (Formerly under auspices of Gold- en Age Employment Service.) 217 individuals have been placed, 761 have been counseled, 684 have been referred to jobs. 13. MEN’S JOB CORPS Job training for out-of-school, un- employed boys aged 16 through 21. E.O.A. is responsible for recruiting and screening Job Corps applicants for At- lanta, Fulton, Cobb, Clayton, Fayette, Douglas, DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett Counties. Headquarters at 118 Marietta Street, Telephone: 577-2855, Mr. Sam Baxter, Job Corps Coordinator. ACTION: 1,210 boys sent to train- ing centers throughout the country. 87 processed. applicants awaiting assign- ments. 61 boys have graduated. A new recruiting quota of 1,400 boys has been received. 14. WOMEN’S JOB CORPS Job training for out-of-school, un- employed girls aged 16 through 21. Re- cruiting handled by WICS, 136 Marietta Street, N. W., 3rd Floor, Telephone: 524-5403, Mrs. Jean Weaver, Project Director. ACTION: 75 girls are in training centers throughout the United States. 16 have graduated. 15. ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER A centralized service, the fitst of its kind in the country, to diagnose and evaluate work potential and training needs of difficult cases and to follow up job progress. It serves all agencies co- operating in E.O.A. programs. The Vo- cational Rehabilitation Division operates the Center at 1599 Memorial Drive, S.E., Telephone: 378-7591, Mr. Cantey Gordon, Director. ACTION: Opened May 2, 1966. 1,008 cases have been referred to the Centers. 621 admitted for evaluation. 249 persons have been evaluated. 132 already placed in jobs. C. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION 16. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM An education program to serve the entire family using neighborhood public school facilities around the clock. Ad- ministered by the Atlanta Board of Edu- cation, Instructional Services Building, 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, Telephone: 761-5411, Mr. Alan Koth, Director. ACTION: 20,964 have been enrolled in 12 schools. Approximately 10,000 more have participated in programs. The Community School budget has been re- duced 82% because of Congressional budget cuts. Brown High School, 764 Peeples Street, S. W., Telephone: 758-5050, Ed Newby, Assistant Principal. Price High School, 1670 Capitol Avenue, S. W., Telephone: 622-8024, Carl Hub- bard, Assistant Principal. Washington High School, 45 White House Drive, S. W., Telephone: 755-7721, Joe Draper, Assistant Principal. South Fulton High School, 605 South Bayard Street, East Point, Georgia, Telephone: 761-3584, Harold Madison, Assistant Principal.  Archer High School, 2250 Perry Boule- vard, N. W., Telephone: 794-1567, Ar- vella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N. E., Telephone: 522-5096, Bennie C. Williams, Assistant Principal. Parks Jr. High School, 1090 Windsor Street, S. W., Telephone: 753-6125, Rob- ert J. Still, Assistant Principal. West Fulton High School, 1890 Bankhead Avenue, N. W., Telephone: 799-3177, E. C. Norman, Assistant Principal. Bethune Elementary School, 198 North- side Drive, N. W., Telephone: 524-6854, Norris L. Hogan, Assistant Principal. Capitol Avenue Elementary School, 811 Capitol Avenue, S. W., Telephone: 523- 8696, Obadiah Jordan, Jr., Assistant Principal. Wesley Elementary School, 186 Wesley Avenue, N. E., Telephone: 378-4393, Aaron L. Watson, Assistant Principal. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FINANCED BY NON-EOA FUNDS Dykes High School, 4360 Powers Ferry Road, N. W., Telephone: 255-5236, Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal. Grant Park Elementary School, 750 Kalb Avenue, N. E., Telephone: 627-5741, James Chrvers, Assistant Principal. 17. PROJECT HEAD START An enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-school children operated by the Atlanta School System and seven private agencies. An application is now being prepared for an 8 week program for 3,000 children to be held next summer. 5,989 children have attended in 2 sum- mers. Atlanta Board of Education, Instruction- al Services Building, 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, Telephone: 761-5411, Miss Frances Cox, Director. 4,609 have at- tended in 2 summers. Rockdale County’s Head Start Program — 40 attended last summer. Gwinnett County’s Head Start Program — 240 attended last summer. Wheat Street Day Nursery’s Head Start Program — 200 have attended in 2 sum- mers. Free For All Day Nursery’s Head Start Program — 260 have attended in 2 sum- mers. Hinsley Temple Day Nursery’s Head Start Program — 120 have attended in 2 summers. Berean Junior Academy’s Head Start Program — 240 have attended in 2 sum- mers. 18. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION Instruction in reading and writing for adults over 18 years of age who are unable to function on an eighth grade educational level, to improve their em- ployment potential. Administered by the Atlanta Board of Education, 2930 For- rest Hills Drive, Telephone: 761-5411, Ext. 206, Mr. Alan Koth and Dr. Curtis Henson, Coordinators. ACTION: 48 classes for 900 parti- cipants are in session. 1,273 people have already participated. 19. UPWARD BOUND A project to reduce the drop-out rate of 11th and 12th graders with ability by providing remedial and interest classes and encouraging them to set goals for further education after high school. ACTION: Morehouse College, 223 Chestnut Street, S.W., Telephone: 577-1505, Dr. Arthur Banks, Director. 150 enrolled at present, 228 last year. Emory University, Emory University Campus, Emory University, Telephone: 377-2411, Ext. 7546, Mr. Louis Becker, Director. 49 enrolled at present, 50 last year. Morris Brown College, 642 Hunter St., N. W., Telephone: 577-2628, Mrs. Vivian McGee, Director. 91 enrolled at present, 100 last year. During the winter, students partici- pate in Saturday morning classes at the colleges and are tutored by program as- sistants. During the summer, students live and study on the college campuses. Morris Brown and Morehouse held 8 week programs and Emory held a 6 week pro- gram last summer. Similar programs are planned for next year. Three years ago, a pre-college de- monstration project, one of six in the country, was conducted by Morehouse College for 370 students. Results from this project helped pave the way for the nationwide program, Project Upward Bound. D. OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 20. SOCIAL SERVICES Social Service Supervisors and staff are located in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide help with health, edu- cation and family problems. ACTION: Counselors have held 33,049 interviews at the Neighborhood Service Centers. 21. DAY CARE SERVICE Supervised care for children in ord- er to release parents for job training and job opportunities. 10 projects are in operation caring for 710 children. Antioch North Day Care Center (50) — 540 Kennedy Street, N. W., Telephone: 523-4861. Mrs. Mary Ray, Director. Bowen Homes Day Care Center (Gate City Association) (100) — 1060 Wilkes Circle, N.W., Telephone: 799-1170, Mrs. Frances Wyatt, Director. College Park Civic & Educational Cen- ter (35) — 407 West Harvard Street, Col- lege Park, Georgia, Telephone: 766-4456, Mrs. Eloise Thomas, Director. Children’s Center of Metropolitan Atlan- ta_Family Day Care (35) — 725 Lawton Street, S. W., Telephone: 753-6101, Mrs. Doris Hartley, Case Worker, East Point Child Care Center (24) — 1147 Calhoun Avenue, East Point, Geor- gia, Telephone: 767-4404, Mrs. DeVern Howell, Director. South Side Day Care Center (120) — 802 Pryor Street, S.W., Telephone: 577-2640, Mr. Henry J. Furlow, Director. Grady Homes Day Care Center (Grady Homes Tenant Association) (90) — 100 Bell Street, S. E., Telephone: 522-1595, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Carter, Director. Gate City at St. Paul’s (Gate City Asso- ciation) (36) — 1540 Pryor Road, S. W., Telephone: 622-9711, Mrs. Barbara Mar- tin, Director. Fort Street Kiddie Korner (100) — 572 Boulevard, N.E., Telephone: 876-9279, Miss Yhonna Carter, Director. Tabernacle Baptist Church (120) — 475 Boulevard, N.E., Telephone: 876-1779, Mrs. Mattie Bruce, Director. 22. LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM A central Legal Assistance Center, financed by E.O.A., is presently operat- ing in the Fulton County Court House. 2 additional centers are planned for low- income neighborhoods. All legal cases for E.O.A. target areas will be referred to one of these three centers. The pro- gram will handle civil cases, and pro- vide representation and counseling for preliminary criminal hearings. Adminis- tered by the Legal Aid Society of Atlan- ta, 136 Pryor St., S.E., Tel. 524-5811, Mrs. Nancy Cheves, General Counsel. ACTION: Under the previous E.O.A. Legal Assistance Program, Legal Aid lawyers worked in Neighborhood Service Centers part-time. Legal Aid lawyers served a total of 17,324 cases and clos- ed 2,376 court cases. 23. CRIME PREVENTION Police work in each Neighborhood Service Center to become friends with residents and help them with their prob- lems. This program was developed by the Atlanta Police Department following  a recommendation of the Crime Commis- sion. It is the first program of its kind in the country. Atlanta Police Depart- ment, 82 Decatur Street, Telephone: 522-7363, Lt... E. Worght, and Le. C, Dixon, Officers in Charge. ACTION: Since January, 1966, po- lice officers have been working in E.O. A. Neighborhood Service Centers. They have communicated with over 90,000 people. These officers attended 176 meetings on off-duty time, got 306 drop- outs back in school and helped 58 hard- ship cases. They supervise numerous youth activities and clubs and get youths involved in Neighborhood Youth Corps, Job Corps, Community School and Recreation Programs. The officers and their Centers are: Officer Gambell, NASH-Washington; Officer Lyons, Price and Sum-Mec; Officer Cardell, Central City; Officer Johnson, Northwest (Perry Homes); Officer Nelloms, Edgewood; Officer Graham, Northeast; Officer Owens, West End. 24. PLANNED PARENTHOOD Family planning service administer- ed by the Planned Parenthood Associa- tion of the Atlanta Area, 3108 Piedmont Road, N. E., Telephone: 233-4493, Mrs. Julian Freedman, Acting Director. ACTION: Over 2,193 individuals served. 3 Family Planning Clinics in operation: Bethlehem Community Center Clinic, 9 McDonough Boulevard, Tele- phone: 627-0176 (Monday evenings); Perry Homes Clinic, 1660 Drew Drive, N. W., Apartment 756, Telephone: 355- 8278 (Wednesday evenings); and John O. Chiles Homes, 435 Ashby Street, S. W., Telephone: 755-4228, (Thursday. even- ings). 25. MULTI SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED Recreation, social services and day care for families living in the three high- rise apartment buildings for the aged buile by the Atlanta Public Housing Authority. Program administered by Senior Citi- zen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc., 120 Marietta Street, N. W., Tele- phone: 577-3828, Mr. A. E. Horvath, Di- rector. ACTION: A total of 1,794 family units are being served in the Antione Graves Center, 126 Hilliard Street, N.E., Telephone: 577-1790; the John O. Chiles Center, 435 Ashby Street, S. W., Tele- phone: 753-4084; and the Palmer House, 430 Techwood Drive, N. W., Telephone: 873-3453. The Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation is providing recreation specialists under contract to provide comprehensive recreation programs. The Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services provides a full-time representative in each Center by agree- ment. The Fulton County Public Health Department provides a health mainten- ance program in each Center by agree- ment. 26. PROJECT ENABLE Group education for low-income par- ents to increase motivation for self-help. Community and personal problems are identified and become the target for ac- tion. Administered by the Atlanta Urban League, Inc., 239 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Mrs. Lillian Clark, Director, Telephone: 522-8839. ACTION: Seven groups with a total of 167 parents have completed their dis- cussions. There have been 238 refer- rals to other agencies for help. 1,069 people have been interviewed. A leader- ship training phase will start soon. 27. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A proeram to provide training and supervision of local volunteers who sup- plement services of the E.O.A. profes- sional staff. Volunteers are drawn from all areas of the city, including E.O.A. target areas. Administered by the Com- munity Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc., Glenn Building, 120 Marietta Street, N. W., Telephone: 577-2250, Mrs. Elinor Metzger, Director. ACTION: 46 volunteers trained and serving. Volunteers are placed in Neighborhood Service Centers, Communi- ty Schools, Community Centers, Planned Parenthood Centers, St. Joseph’s Hospi- tal, Senior Citizens Centers, and Day Care Centers. Volunteers include both men and women. Interested persons should call the above number. New class of 33 to start in January will last 6 weeks (4 weeks classes plus 2 weeks on-job-training). Next class starts March 20th. E. RESEARCH PROGRAMS 28. EVALUATION PROGRAM An eighteen month evaluation of Atlanta’s Community Action Program, Administered by Emory University, Tele- phone: 377-2411, Ext. 517, Dr. John Doby, Director; Dr. Fred R. Crawford, Principal Investigator. ACTION: Preliminary research un- derway. 29. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM E.O.A. was selected for an O.E.O. Pilot study to design and implement a data processing system to automate ac- counting and financial work. The pro- ject designed procedures for data gather- ing from the Neighborhood Service Cen- ters. Administered by Electronics Data Systems Corporation, Room 817, 101 Marietta Street, N. W., Telephone: 525- 4262, ext.58, Mr. Davis Hamlin, Director. ACTION: E.O.A.’s budgetary and payroll accounting department is now automated and using computers. F, DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS 30. BEES-BIZ Training and work experience for 500-700 hard-core, unemployed out-of- school youths per year, in workshop situations. Administered by BEES-BIZ, Inc., a non-profit, private organization. 570 Peachtree Street, Telephone: 873- 5653, Mr. Joseph Minecci, Director. ACTION: 233 were enrolled during the program. 31. PROJECT UP-LIFT Job training for unemployed parents of dependent children operated by Fulton County Department of Family and Chil- dren Services at 50 Whitehall Street, Mrs. Willie Thompson, Director, Tele- phone: 572-2155. ACTION: Program will end by Feb- ruary 28th. 227 individuals are now in training. 387 have completed the course. 32. PUBLIC HEALTH Public Health Nurses for Neighbor- hood Service Centers. Administered by Fulton County Department of Public Health, 99 Butler Street, S. E., Tele- phone: 572-2927, Mrs. Gladys L. Gar- land, Coordinator. ACTION: 4 nurses worked with the Neighborhood Service Centers. 33. HOMEMAKER SERVICES Substitute homemakers assumed re- sponsibility forhouseholds in low-income areas during emergency situations. Ad- ministered by Visiting Nurse Associa- tion of Atlanta, 1270 Techwood Drive. Telephone: 873-2683, Mrs. Mary Cald- well, Coordinator. ACTION: 28 homemakers served 522 homes, and made 13,436 visits. 34. RECREATION CONDUCTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS ACTION: The Recreation Technic- ian and staff of the Neighborhood Ser- vice Centers organized and supervised sports, tutorial programs, children’s ac-  tivities, swimming, basketball, baseball, teen clubs and adult activities in low- income areas. 35. SUMMER RECREATION E.O.A. financed summer recreation in 1966. Total attendance was 277,000. The programs were administered by the City of Atlanta, (Parks and Recreation Department), 10 United Appeal agencies and 3 private agencies. Agencies and departments were: Atlanta Parks and Recreation Dept. Butler Street YMCA Wesley House Centers Salvation Army Warren Memorial Boys’ Club West End Boys’ Club Grady Homes Boys’ Club George Washington Carver Boys’ Club Atlanta Council of Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls’ Club Apt Academy Atlanta Urban League Vine City Council 36. HOME MANAGEMENT TRAINING E.0.A. Home Management Technic- ians and aides working in Neighborhood Service Centers taught residents cook- ing, sewing, housekeeping, budgeting, child care, hygiene, consumer buying, and facts about loans and installment buying. G. OTHERS 37. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM A program to provide scholarships for primary and secondary students from under-priviledged homes to allow them to attend summer school. Administered by the Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education. Dr. John Martin, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, 2930 Forrest Hills Dr., Telephone: 761-5411. ACTION: 6,500 youths attended the E.O.A. financed program during the sum- mer of 1965. Program did not operate summer of 1966. Plans for 1967 indefin- ite. 38. MEDICARE ALERT A two month program. 10,697 citi- zens 65 years and older were contacted. 110 paid workers, older people from low- income areas, and 117 volunteers ex- plained health and hospital benefits available under the new Medicare legis- lation and helped people apply before the March 31, 1966 deadline. SUMMARY EOA ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS Multi-Service Neighborhood Centers Neighborhood Youth Corps (out-of-school program) Small Business Development Center Men’s Job Corps (Recruiting) VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Placement and Supervision *Medicare Alert EOA PROGRAMS CONTRACTED TO OTHER AGENCIES Community Schools (Atlanta Public Schools) Head Start Projects (Atlanta Public Schools and 7 private organizations) Day Care Centers (private organizations) *Summer Recreation Programs (City of At- lanta, 10 United Appeal Agencies, 3 others) *Project BEES-BIZ (private non-profit organization) Manpower Placement Centers (Georgia State Employment Service) Employment Evaluation and Service Center (Vocational Rehabilitation) Legal Service (Legal Aide Society) Planned Parenthood (Planned Parent- hood Association of Atlanta) Multi-Service Centers for the Aged (Senior Citizens of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.) Volunteer Task Force (Community Council) Foster Grandparents (Senior Citizens of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.) Neighborhood Youth Corps (In-School) (Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools) Project Enable (Urban League) *Public Health Services (Fulton County Health Department) *Homemaker Services (Visiting Nurse Association of Atlanta) *Summer School (Atlanta Public Schools) COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS *Project Uplift (Fulton County Depart- ment of Family and Children Services) Youth Opportunity Center (State Employ- ment Service) College Work Study Programs (8 colleges) Project Upward Bound (3 colleges) Womens’ Job Corps (WICS — Women in Community Service) Crime Prevention (Atlanta Police Dept.) Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (Georgia State Employment Ser- vice and Atlanta Board of Education) Project Hire (Help Initiate Renewed Employment) (Georgia State Employ- ment Service) Golden Age Employment Service (Atlan- ta Section, National Council of Jewish Women) Adult Basic Education (Atlanta Board of Education) *No longer in operation 1966 E.0.A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman Mrs. W. H. (Lucy) Aiken Mr. Harold Benson Mrs. A. L. Benton Mr. William L. Calloway Mr. Robert Dobbs Mr. George L. Edwards, Jr. Mr. Melvin Grantham Mr. John W. Greer Rev. Joseph L. Griggs Mr. John S. Herndon Mr. Jesse Hill Revs Mol. King, Sr. Dr. John W. Letson Mr. W. H. Montague, Sr. Mr. Carl Plunkett Mr. Julian Sharpton Mr. A. H. Sterne Mr. Erwin Stevens Mrs. Nancie Stowers Dr. Paul D. West Mrs. LeRoy (Ann) Woodward Mrs. Mamie Wynn Note: The 1967 EOA Board of Directors will be expanded to 36 members, includ- ing 12 representatives of those served by EOA (one elected by each Neighbor- hood Advisory Council), 12 representa- tives appointed by public agencies which serve the poor, and 12 representatives appointed by other community groups. The representatives of those served by EOA have already been elected. They are marked **below. 12 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS (1967) Ceniral City Mrs. Dorothy Brown Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. Helen Taylor Mrs. Annie Jackson *Mr. Harold Raines *Mr. L. L. Turner Mrs. Rosie Holt Mr. Tommy Griffin Mr. Spencer Blount Mrs. Betty Pool Mr. James Austin Mrs. Nora Keyros Mrs. Evelyn Brown *Mr. Alonzo Watson Center Director Nominees: **Mrs. Ethel Cox Mrs. Bertha Jackson Mrs. Oneda Seay Mr. B. A. Kitchens Mr. D. A. Coley East Central Mrs. Annie B. Chambers Mrs. Beatrice Wilson Mrs. Catherine Gant Mrs. Margaret Grant * /**Mrs. Susie LaBord  Mrs. Grace Pullum Mrs. Petronia Hall Mrs. Clide Anderson Mrs. Ruby Whitfield Mrs. Ida Hermon Mrs. Pearl Williams Mrs. Willie Lewis Miss Doris Mathews Mrs. Johnnie Mosley *Mr. Lewis Holmes, Sr. Mr. James Gilbert *Mr. Emmitt Sowell Mrs. Fannie Woods Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Annie L. Hill Lt. Larry RePass Mrs. Mildred Perry Rev. Clarence Maddox Edgewood Mrs. Ruby N. Heard Rev. W. C. Hill *Mr. Lorenzo Johnson Mrs. Dorothy Harris Mr. Julius White Mrs. Mary Mobley Mrs. Fletcher Walker Mr. Columbus Maddox **Mr. Leroy Dobbs Mrs. Maggie McMullen Mrs. Lizzie Stephens Mr. Thomas Carlton Mrs. Charity Smith Mrs. Cleta Mitchell Mrs. M. B. White Mrs. Millie Acree Mrs. Dorothy Adams Mr. Fred Cox *Mr. Ross Douthard, alternate Center Director Nominees: Mr. Rufus Favors Mr. Charles Turner *Mr. John Gaither Mr. John Cosby NASH-Washington Mrs. Ruby McDowell *Mrs. Dorothy Pyrom Mrs. Doris Davis Mrs. Annie Sewell Mrs. Mary Avery *Mr. Otis Cochran Mr. James Marshall Mrs. Joyce Burney * /** Mr. Erwin Stevens Mrs. Lena Pritchell Mr. Edgar Hillsman Rev. L. W. Strickland Mrs. Alma Pool Mrs. Margaret Knight Mrs. Alice Dixon Mrs. Parialee Faulkner Mrs. Geneva Mack Mrs. Lillian Hunt Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey Mrs. Jessie Miller Mrs. Katie Jones Mrs. C. M. Wolfe Mrs. Carrie Porter Mrs. Cynthia Hampton Mrs. Verna Kirkland Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson Mrs. Maggie Moody Mr. James Gardner Dr. Elsie Edmondson North Fulton Being organized Northwest — Perry Mrs. Ruby Hawk Mr. John Slaton *Mrs. Flossie Zackery Mrs. Shirley Dowdell Mrs. Odessa Wheeler Mrs. Arie Shelmon Mr. Raymond Morris *Mr. Richard Feagin Mrs. Loretta Gresham Mrs. Vera McCoy Mrs. Margie Freeman Mrs. Bernice Houseworth Mrs. Delores Mitchell Mr. Jessie Gaston Mrs. Garaldine Hughes Mrs. Barbara Davis Rev. David Middlebrook Center Director Nominees: **Mr, Robert Dobbs Mr. Bob Shaw Mrs. Josie Wynn *Mr. Carey Fleming Pittsburg Mrs. Florence Alexander Mrs. Nettie Blanton *Mrs. Carrie Wright Mrs. Annie Evans Mrs. Rosa Hammonds Mr. John Tolbert Mrs. Marion Hood Mr. N. H. Scott Mrs. Mammie Fleming Mr. Clarence Smith */**Mrs. Beatrice Garland Mrs. H. H. Dyer Mr. Ben Jenkins Mrs. Willie P. Thornton Mrs. Lennie Hester Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Slinia Sears *Mrs. Sallie Billingsley Rev. Calvin Houston Price Mrs. Christine Benson Mrs. Mary Fuller Rev. L. W. Hope, Sr. *Mrs. Grace Barksdale Mrs. Ollie Powell Mrs. Nettie Bennett Mrs. Lois Williams Mr. Charles Darden Mrs. Lena Owens Mr. Melvin Barnes Mrs. C. M. Martin *Mrs. Mary F. O’Neal Rev. H. F. Green Mrs. Eulane Houseworth Mrs. Evelyn Battle Mrs. Frances Thompson Mrs. Arthur Williams Mrs. Ruth Coffer Mr. George Brumfield Mr. Gabriel McCrary Center Director Nominees: Mr. Henry Phipps *Mrs. Louise Watley **Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. William Merritt South Fulton Mrs. Mary Lemons Mrs. Lucy Willis *Mr. John Walton, Jr. Mrs. Louvenia Williams Mrs. Alyce Price Mr. Ronald Bridges Mrs. Julie Chaney Mr. William Johnson Mrs. Myrtice Rowe * /**Mr. W. T. Brooks Mrs. Susie Perkins Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Elizabeth Huggins Mr. Alfredo Callejas *Mr. Milo Fisher Summerhill-Mechanicsville Rev. J. B. Martin *Mrs. Rosa Burney Mr. Edward Johnson Rev., L. GC. ‘Clack Mr. Lewis Peters Mrs. Alice Hudson *Mr. John Gresham Mrs. Curtis McWorther Mr. Hudson Whitsett Mrs. Evelyn Burriss Mrs. Ann L. Childs Mr. Andrew Brooks Mrs. Annie Byrd Mrs. Lizzie Jennings Mr. Edward Moody Mr. Edward Grimes Mr. C. L. Walton Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson *Mrs. Doris Gaston Mrs. Mattie Ansley Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Gussie Lewis Mrs. Catherine Colbert Mrs. Leila Hancock **Mrs. A. L. Benton (elected in 1966 for 2 year term to Board) West Central Mrs. Dorothy Patterson Mrs. Leola Perry Mr. Walter Burton *Mr. Wilkie A. Jordan Mr. Nathaniel Walker Mr. Lewis Evans Mrs. Mary Hall */**Mr. Edward Young Mrs. Laura Willis Mr. John Dixon Mr. Elisha Pitts Mrs. Corine Smith Mrs. Frankie Kendrick Miss Nedra L. Reid Rev. K. M. Dunlap Mrs. Nellie Price Mrs. Evelyn Perdue Rev. R. Johnson Center Director Nominees: Mrs. Willie Perkins Rev. Ellis L. Green *Mr. Charles B. Hart, Jr. West End Mr. B. F. Waldorn *Mr. Ben Benson Mrs. Peg Brady *Mr. William Killingsworth Mrs. Emma Jordan Mr. A. R. Phillips Mr. Fred Young Mrs. Gertrude McLennon Mrs. Elizabeth Godbee Mrs. Maxine Abbott Mrs. Edna Mayo Mr. Roy Harwell Mr. Alvin Barner Mrs. Bertha Stewart Mrs. Roxie Lipford Mr. R. C. Chinn Mrs. Lucy Castell Mrs. D. L. Stovall Mr. Coleman Smith Mrs. Beatrice Henderson Mrs. M. U. Barnette Mr. J. C. Dietrich Mrs. Sue Bradley Mrs. C. B. Cole Mr. Jack Bagwell Mr. Robert Rice Mr. F. H. Pound Mrs. Gene Johnson Mrs. Ann Miller Mr. Roswell Jackson Mrs. Mary Chandler *Mrs. Mary Morton Center Director Nominees: **Mr. H. D. Wiley Mrs. George Longino Mrs. Mamie Wynn Mrs. Gladys Bradley Rev. Carol Tinsley 1 CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (1967) Marked * above Plus Executive Administrator Nominees Mrs. Annie Laurie Pace Mr. Ralph Long Rev. R. B. Shorts Mr. Robert Blount Mrs. Lennie Hester Mrs. Mary Morton TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. James H. Aldredge Miss Doris Alexander Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Dr. Wallace M. Alston Mr. Harold N. Arnold Dr. Sanford Atwood Dr. Warren D. Bachelis Dr. Paul R. Beall Mr. Duane W. Beck Mr. Glenn E. Bennett Miss Catherine Boling Dr. James P. Brawley Dr. Rufus E. Clement Mr. Clarence D. Coleman Mr. Jack C. Delius Mr. Wellborn R. Ellis Mr. Arnold D. Ellison Mr. Richard Forbes Mr. James Furniss Mr. Collier B. Gladin Mr. Herman B. Guinn Mr. Joseph F. Haas Dr. James F. Hackney Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Dr. Edwin Harrison Mr. Richard C. Hicks Miss Rebecca Hollingsworth Honorable Lloyd Elmo Holt Mr. William S. Howland Mr. William E. Inmon Mr. John H. Jacobs Dr. A. P. Jarrell Mr. Herbert T. Jenkins Mr. Malcolm D. Jones Mr. Alan F. Kiepper Mr. John F. Kiser Mr. R. Earl Landers Dr. Noah Langdale, Jr. Dr. John W. Letson Major George Marshall Dr. Albert E. Manley Mr. Sam Massell, Jr. Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Mrs. Frances McKay Mr. J. O. Moore Mr. Jack P. Nix Mr. A. B. Padgett Mr. J. W. Pinkston Dr. Claude Purcell Mr. William Ray, Jr. Mr. M. B. Satterfield Mrs. Bruce Schaefer Mr. Opie Shelton Mr. Robert E. Shrider Mr. Robert Sommerville Mr. Douglas W. Stronbehn Dr. Herman L. Turner Dr. John Venable Dr. Paul D. West Rev. Samuel W. Williams Mr. Marion Williamson Mr. John C. Wilson ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. Mr. C. O. Emmerich Executive Director Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate Administrator for Operations (and Director of Neighborhood Services Organization) Mr. William W. Allison Associate Administrator for Planning Mr. William G. Terry Associate Administrator for General Services (and Director of Merit System) Mr. Luther A. McLendon, Jr. Director of Finance Mrs. Wade T. Mitchell Director of Information ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 nn,  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 21, Folder 35, Document 4 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3faa69ff9dcbf9ff34936c0933cfbc01.pdf 36599799d18f0dc11cedafe8a84ba656 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA,GEORQIA ROUTE SLIP TO: ~PA~¥~~-=---=---- FROM : Dan E. Sweat, Jr. D For your information D Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25- 4-S � 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 Office of the Mayor ATLANTA, GEORGIA ROUTE SLIP ro: Dap (eee. FROM: Dan E. Sweat, Jr. [_] For your information [_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. [_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4-S  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 21, Folder 35, Document 5 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1e873906dc14bc70b39edb7e691236ee.pdf 9f8796cda0243cb95f739ca3f80bd6ae Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY HALL October 1~, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmenta: liaison . MEMORANDUM To: Dr. John Letson, School Superintendent Mr. Jack Delius, General Manager, Parks Department Miss Virginia Carmichael, Recreation Director, Parks Department From: Subject: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Transfer of Summer Recreation Programs to School System Each summe r f o r the last several years, it has b e come increasingly more apparent that the de ve lopment and implementation of comp re hensive recreation programs in low income sections of the City of Atlanta is absolutely essential for the reduction of obvious factors which cause problems of juvenile delinquency and social disorders. The large-scale special recreation program this summer pro ve d conclusively the v alue of such an all-out coordinated effort. More than 125, 000 youngste rs from disadv ant a g e d commun iti e s took part in programs prov ided by 33 agencies through th e recr e ation funds made available by th e Office of Economic Opportunity, the City of Atlanta and the local ag e ncies . It was the first summer many of these boys and girls had been afford e d the opportunity to p a rticipate in sup e r v is e d r e cr e ation acti v ities.· The fact that Atlant a' exp e ri e nced a summe r of calm w ith a minimum o f frictions w hich plagued other citie s spe aks we ll for this summe r's acti v ity . �Page Two October 18, 1967 The truth of the matter is that anyone who wished to participate in organized recreation in Atlanta this year could do so within his own neighborhood. All this has strengthened my firm belief that a well planned, adequately financed and staffed summer program of recreation is vital to the supervision of our young people during the long vacation period. In order to plan, finance, and operate the desired program, every existing public facility and resource must be utilized to the maximum. All available federal aids as well as private assistance must also be incorporated into such a program. There are at present 121 elementary and 26 high schools in the City School System. All of the eleme ntary schools and all of the high schools have playgrounds or areas suitable for outdoor play adjacent to the schools. There ar e 15 gymnasiums and two sports stadiums include d in the facilities of the school system. In addition, almost all schools have auditoriums, cafeterias and other tools which should be utilized in a comprehensive summer program of recreation. The public elementary and high school is the one community facility which most directly affects the lives of the greatest number of people in a community. Virtually all youngsters between the ages 6 - 18 are unde r the supervision of teachers, cQaches and/or other school officials for nine months of the year. It seems to me that a summer recreation program which is orie nted to the school facilities would pro v ide for an orde rly and m e aningful e x tension of supe rvision for a full twelve months. To place dir e ct responsibility for summe r recreation w ith the schools w ould ena ble school officials to b e tt e r coordin at e y e ar-around school and youth activities . _Summe r school, spei!ial e nrichme nt p r ograms a n d other programs conducte d by the schools in the summer could b e a part of an overall t w elve month school plan, including r e creation . The purpos e of this m e morandum is to request that the Park s a n d Recr e a t ion D e pa r tme nt and th e School D e partme nt discuss th e feasibilit y of t r a n s fe r of sp e cial summe r re creation p r ograms - �.... Page Three October 18, 1967 particularly in low income areas - to the School Department. The special committee now preparing a five -year plan for public recreation in the City of Atlanta might also be asked to consider the potentialities of this proposal. IAJr:fy L � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 October 18, 1967 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M, MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmenta! Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Dr. John Letson, School Superintendent Mr. Jack Delius, General Manager, Parks Department Miss Virginia Carmichael, Recreation Director, Parks Department From: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Subject: Transfer of Summer Recreation Programs to School System Each summer for the last several years, it has become increasingly more apparent that the development and implementation of compre- hensive recreation programs in low income sections of the City of Atlanta is absolutely essential for the reduction of obvious factors which cause problems of juvenile delinquency and social disorders. The large-scale special recreation program this summer proved conclusively the value of such an all-out coordinated effort. More than 125,000 youngsters from disadvantaged communities took part in programs provided by 33 agencies through the recreation funds made available by the Office of Economic Opportunity, the City of Atlanta and the local agencies. It was the first summer many of these boys and girls had been afforded the opportunity to participate in supervised recreation activities.. The fact that Atlanta experienced a summer of calm with a minimum of frictions which plagued other cities speaks well for this summer's activity. Page Two October 18, 1967 The truth of the matter is that anyone who wished to participate in organized recreation in Atlanta this year could do so'within his own neighborhood, All this has strengthened my firm belief that a well planned, adequately financed and staffed summer program of recreation is vital to the supervision of our young people during the long vacation period. In order to plan, finance, and operate the desired program, every existing public facility and resource must be utilized to the maximum. All available federal aids as well as private assistance must also be incorporated into such a program. There are at present 121 elementary and 26 high schools in the City School System. All of the elementary schools and all of the high schools have playgrounds or areas suitable for outdoor play adjacent to the schools. There are 15 gymnasiums and two sports stadiums included in the facilities of the school system. In addition, almost all schools have auditoriums, cafeterias and other tools which should be utilized in a comprehensive summer program of recreation. The public elementary and high school is the one community facility which most directly affects the lives of the greatest number of people in a community. Virtually all youngsters between the ages 6 - 18 are under the supervision of teachers, coaches and/or other school officials for nine months of the year. It seems to me that a summer recreation program which is oriented to the school facilities would provide for an orderly and meaningful extension of supervision for a full twelve months. To place direct responsibility for summer recreation with the schools would enable school officials to better coordinate year-around school and youth activities. Summer school, spet¢ial enrichment programs and other programs conducted by the schools in the summer could be a part of an overall twelve month school plan, including recreation. The purpose of this memorandum is to request that the Parks and Recreation Department and the School Department discuss the feasibility of transfer of special summer recreation programs - Page Three October 18,1967 particularly in low income areas - to the School Department. The special committee now preparing a five-year plan for public recreation in the City of Atlanta might also be asked to consider the potentialities of this proposal. IAJr: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 21, Folder 35, Document 6 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2a252bd8608edc48c5a67a2a8ce62330.pdf 64e33bab785a991cb7da972562fdf66c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C TY OP .ATL~'TA CITY HALL August 21, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assis tant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison " MEMORANDUM . To: Mr. Jack Delius Miss Virginia Carmichael From: Dan S we.9-t Subject: · ~m~ ov1e - President's Commission The President's Commission on Youth Opportunity will have a photo grapher in on Wednesday to shoot pictures of the Atlanta program. The movie is actually being put together by International T e l ephone and Telegraph. l Neal Gr ego ry, from the Vice Preside nt's Offic e , requested that we assist the photo g rapher in getting the necessary shots and that if we had any color slides to be made available to the producer . for pas sible inclusion in the movie it would be h elpful. Neal had attempted to call Virginia but this was the time that she was in New York at the Summer Games . . They will l e t one of u~_ know who the photographer will be and . what time h e is expected i n. DS:fy cc: Mayor Ivan All e n, Jr . . .· . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA “\ CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 August 21, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M, MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mr. Jack Delius Miss Virginia Carmichael From: Dan Sweat ae 2 “hy , % Subject: ion Recreation Movie - President's Commission The President's Commission on Youth Opportunity will have a photographer in on Wednesday to shoot pictures of the Atlanta program. The movie is actually being put together by Inter- national Telephone and Telegraph. Neal Gregory, from the Vice President's Office, requested that we assist the photographer in getting the necessary shots and that if we had any color slides to be made available to the producer .for possible inclusion in the movie it would be helpful. , : Neal had attempted to call Virginia but this was the time that she was in New York at the Summer Games. They will let one of us know who the photographer will be and .what time he is expected in. DS:fy cc: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.  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 21, Folder 35, Document 7 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/81edd7cdfd144711af472811eed9efd4.pdf 4af97e183c23e73877247d34e6f94423 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA August 22, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental liaison Dear Fellow Citizen: A~cording to the school system records, I see that you may not be planning to return to school this fall. I hope that this is not the case. As chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunity Campaign, I am interested in you and your future. Our City needs you. But even more, your education is improtant to you and the skills you can develop. To stop school now is a cruel form of self-punishment. If you get a skill or receive a high school diploma, it will not only mean more money in your pocket, it will mean a better life for you. If you are not interested in going to regular academic day classes, you can attend ever.ing or day vocational - technical classes or go to evening academic or evening training classes. For your own good -- for money in your .pocket -- it is necessary that you learn a skill or get a high school diploma. There are many jobs available right now if you have the skills needed to do them. I urge you to reconsider your decision to quit school: they may be, should not keep you out of school. If you need you need answers about the school programs you can get, call System . at 761-5411, Ext. 220 or the Atlanta Youth Council at Problems, whatever help or guidance or if the Atlanta School 522-4463 1 Ext. 437. No matter what you may now feel about continuing school ,' I strongly urge you so seriously consider one of the vocational or academic programs available to you. Think of yourself and take advantage of the opportunities available to you. To quit is to be left behi nd. By the way, the Atlanta Braves and I would like to invite you to be our guest at a special "Back-to-School" game to be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. Two tickets for the night game with Pihi adelphia are enclosed and I hope that you and a friend will attend. ruly, IA:psh Enclosures (2) Mayor I van Allen, Jr. Metropolitan Atlanta Opportunity Campaign � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLAN TA * August 22, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Dear Fellow Citizen: According to the school system records, I see that you may not be planning to return to school this fall. I hope that this is not the case. As chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunity Campaign, I am inter- ested in you and your future. Our City needs you. But even more, your education is improtant to you and the skills you can develop. To stop school now is a cruel form of self-punishment. If you get a skill or receive a high school diploma, it will not only mean more money in your pocket, it will mean a better life for you. If you are not interested in going to regular academic day classes, you can attend evering or day vocational - technical classes or go to evening academic or evening training classes. For your own good -- for money in your .pocket -- it is necessary that you learn a skill or get a high school diploma. There are many jobs available right now if you have the skills needed to do them. I urge you to reconsider your decision to quit school. Problems, whatever they may be, should not keep you out of school. If you need help or guidance or if you need answers about the school programs you can get, call the Atlanta School System.at 761-5411, Ext. 220 or the Atlanta Youth Council at 522-4463, Ext. 437. No matter what you may now feel about continuing school,’ I strongly urge you so seriously consider one of the vocational or academic programs available to you. Think of yourself and take advantage of the opportunities available to you. To quit is to be left behind. By the way, the Atlanta Braves and_I would like to invite you to be our guest at a special "Back-to-School" game to be/held on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. Two tickets for the night game with PhiZadelphia are enclosed and I hope that you and a friend will attend. very Arruly, Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Chairman Metropolitan Atlanta Youth IA:psh Opportunity Campaign Enclosures (2)  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 21, Folder 35, Document 8 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/424ca37963a2b6a520f15428db236518.pdf 1f90641a298264d6c83f41fda8cf7c41 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. HELP THEM HELP TJ.lfMSELVE-S YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 FOR GREATER ATLANTA ATLANTA YOUTH COUNCIL, 68 MITCHELL ST., S. W., ATLANTA 30303 Telephone 522-4463, Ext. 437 May 16, 1967 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#Rl) ATLANTA TO EXPAND PLAYLOT PROGRAt,,1 FOR 1967 (First of a series of announcements on summer recreation programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department, will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: "We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful NevJ effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of the ir homes, a( opportunity for pFe schoel children the ~f ~~r~ d J) ried types of r ecreation /£ t bo i i ' ~ h Q gJ.QBIQR t an;r sna de s under experience d personnel with outstanding assistance and support f rom youth and adults f rom the ne i ghbor hoow themse lves ." This announcement from Mayor Allen came a s the f irst in a series of inf ormation r eleases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the yout h recreation f i eld , with the coordinat i on of t he Youth Opportunity Campai gn f or 1967. .,f;~ y The Pl aylot program , begun last J une paPtiaJ.4 with f unds from the Office of Economic Opportunity , included nine s i tes at t he cl ose of last summer. These were \~ located in low-income neighborhoods , often on vacant lots which 1leased for token rental , cleared, equipped and staffed by t he Parks and Recreation Department. and - volunteers. �(#Rl-2) An average of 750 children participated in the Playlot program each of ~~ ()}: ffi.w,-,( days last summer, and that number is expected to reachJ ~ f' r [fl~ program i s expanded tox ~ ) _ .c../J sites for 1967. Of ~ 2---- e z,~ sites, 2 9 000 1as .3 .:t,wo the have buildings ~ which will insure all-weather oper ation. ~ t - The City has been acquiring these lots for t h= last several months and is · comp1 et.ion · "{f:A nearing of the initial development stage . The Playlots will be equipped with water fountains, portable toilets, climbing ~owers, swings, slides, sand boxes, '~ ) basketball goals and nets and games and athletic equipment of many types. The Playlots will be open from ___a.m. until ---·n ~ .£,;,~ from June _ __until September p.m., six daysn ~.~ 143.215.248.55 ~~ r..,p.-rr '"'-" Many of t he lots will be lighte~ and these will remain open until ___y.m. and childr en encouraged to return during the evening hours and bring their parents to participat e in games of interest to adults as well as children . "'.,·/\1~) .:A-ll of the Playlots will be provided with sprinkler heads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of children. at: v ./ v l. 2. 3. 4. V v 11/ v v v I/ v v' I,, s. 6. 7. s. 9. 10 . ll. 12 . 13. 14. Rhodes Street between Sunset & Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally St. near Richardson St. Gilliam Park on Wade 373 Thurmond Street Magnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Ave. Haygood and Crew St. 255 Dodd Avenue (House) Windsor near Richardson St. Park Ave. and Lansing, S.E. Arlington Cir ., N.W . 533 Centra~ Av_e. _ , s.w. Ladd St . off Oakland, N. W. 1 96 Savannah St ., S.E. (House ) i/ 18 . 141 Walnut St . , N. E. (l /2 House) /19 . Harper Park Site - Pool e Creek Rd ., S.E. /~Daniel ~anton P_ark ~ite., ( Mc3:rt in-Boynton, S . E .) -Y21. Perry Blvd. and Lively v 22 . Huff Rd. near Booth , N. W. ~ , f. V--- 23. Butler and Vernon Pl. , N.E. / 24. University & Hubbard , S.E • .,, .,25. Vernon a~d Fort, N. E. -V ~6 e Habershal-at Perry Blvd. Daniel between Edgewood & DeKalb Ave. ,,,,,- 1 6. i/17. V27. Playlots are located �(#Rl-3) The first four sites listed above will have portable swimming pools, donated 1'i () by the Rich Foundation and valued at $28, (for the four). They are steel support:;~lt;:u,J-- properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervise/ - - . . . . . . on wi·11 b e avai"labl e f rom _ a .m. unti·1 _y.m., swimming and swimming instructi days a week. 1 ~ Tentative plans are to relocate these fp ools in nearby school basements during the winter months, thus providing year-round swimming opportunity in these four areas. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be funded by a grant assured from the Office of Economic Opportunity. ThS~ ill bear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire another -...playlo~ sites before the ~nd of the summer and also introduce some innovations in its existing Playlot program •. ~ ( 1. Provide noon-time snacks to hundreds of 0 ~ vl t&_§;. hildren who would otherwise do without the recreation programs possible - 2. portable etc. isolated small neighborhoods could be 3. near them. 4. Possibly 5. And most hours on Sunday afternoons. expand permanent year-round program. hoped that contributions, loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens, business f irms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to add these innovations and enrich the recreation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantfans. Interested parties are asked to contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463 , extension 437. As an important phase in the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, a simple directory of summer learning, recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, deigned for each quadrant of the City, will be distributed through the Atlanta schools, recreation centers, private agencies and Neighborhood Centers prior to the close of school. � 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 HELP THEM HELP THEMSELVES YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 FOR GREATER ATLANTA ATLANTA YOUTH COUNCIL, 68 MITCHELL ST., S. W., ATLANTA 30303 Telephone 522-4463, Ext. 437 May 16, 1967 aks a FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#R1) Wey, ATLANTA TO EXPAND PLAYLOT PROGRAM FOR 1967 (First of a series of announcements on summer recreation programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department, will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: "We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful meu! effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered ied types of recreation opportunity for -pre-schee? children in—the—elementany_guades. under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves." This announcement from Mayor Allen came as the first in a series of inform- ation releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for pubstordiall o The Playlot program, begun last June partially with funds from the Office of 1967, Economic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer. These were Ny pl Bb located in low-income neighborhoods, often on vacant lots which leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department. and erg hoot He 0 ~volunteers, (#R1-2) An average of 750 children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 ak Lett Pay ot days last summer, and that number is expected to reach/admest 2,000%as the more thes. (iw 3. 3: i program is expanded tof2H sites for 1967. Of these @ sites, two have buildings which will insure all-weather operation, Thawy eee? The City has been pedetetke these lots for the last several months and is ’ ‘nearing completion of the initial development stage. The Playlots will be equipped ‘Y\ with water fountains, portable toilets, climbing towers, swings, slides, sand boxes, : basketball goals and nets and games and athletic equipment of many types. The Playlots will be open from _a»m. until ___P+Mes six days a week - ot hee, por from June until September *j\ Many ef the lots will be Lighted] and these will ——— ——— remain open until _sp.m, and children encouraged to return during the evening hours and bring their parents to participate in games of interest to adults as well as children. eh) os the Playlots will be provided with sprinkler heads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of children. Playlots are located at: ~“ ]. Rhodes Street between Sunset & Vine ~ 2, Merritts and Bedford ’ 3. Wylie and Tye ~ 4, Connally St. near Richardson St, « 5. Gilliam Park on Wade Y 6. 373 Thurmond Street ~ 7. Magnolia and Maple » 8, MeDaniel at Georgia Ave, 9. Haygood and Crew St. ' 10. 255 Dodd Avenue (House) * ll. Windsor near Richardson St. v 12, Park Ave. and Lansing, S.E. “ 13. Arlington Cir., N.W. te rte » 14, 533 Central Ave., S.W. froze - tpehe pew ska FE EES St Chowse-saye cr Leackeastuy tulle “16, Ladd St. off Oakla “ “17, 196 Savannah St., S.E. (House) “18. 141 Walnut St., N.E. (1/2 House) “19, Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Rd., S.E. 20. Daniel Stanton Park Site.(Martin-Boynton, S.E.) #21, Perry Blvd. and Lively “22, Huff Rd. near Booth, NeW, Cdoexa«/ “23. Butler and Vernon Pl., N.E. 9 “24, University & Hubbard, S.E. “ 25. Vernon and Fort, N.E. { ¥ 6, Habershad-at Perry Blvd. 27, Daniel between Edgewood & DeKalb Ave.  (#R1-3) The first four sites ietes above will have portable swimming pools, donated by the Rich Foundation and valued at $28 00 (for the four). They are steel supported properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. uur swimming and swimming instruction will be available from a.m. until p.m., sax days a week, Tentative plans are to relocate these #pools in nearby school basements during the winter months, thus providing year-round swimming opportunity in these four areas, | The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be funded by a grant assured from the Office of Economic Opportunity. The City will bear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City enernkd hopes to acquire/another ten~playlot \sites before the end of the summer and also intro- duce some innovations in its existing Playlot program. Lege tootsie’ 1. Provide noon-time snacks to hundreds of children who would otherwise do without ' = \, - lunch, thus~creating-more-ef-e-day-camp-éxperience. 2. Provide additional equipment which would widen the recreation programs possible ~ J 3. Provide bus trans on so children in isolated small neighborhoods could be 4, Possibly open/Ahe Playlots fom several hours on Sunday afternoons, ~. 5. And most ortant, expand this into.a permanent year-round program. hoped that contributions, Lean of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens, business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to add these innovations and enrich the recreation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantfans. Interested parties are asked to contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, extension 437, As an important phase in the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, a simple directory of summer learning, recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will be distributed through the Atlanta schools, recreation centers, private agencies and Neighborhood Centers prior to the close of school.  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 21, Folder 35, Document 9 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c8d6c84d897d9f5fa565ccbb35b787db.pdf 474583fb8c55d4818e6551fb8a81ecbd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF .ATLANTA IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Sec retary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Li aison NEWS RELEASE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Special News Release Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. John Cox, Executive Director, Atlanta Youth Council Jack Delius, G e neral Manager, Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department For Immediate Release May 17, 1967 Atianta to Expand Playlot Program for 1967 (First of a Series of Announcements on Summer Recreation Programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recre~tion Department will be more than doubled for summer 1967. This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful new effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer. The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered varied types of recreation opportunity for children of all ages under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves. 11 11 This announcement from Mayor AHen came as the first in a series of information releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967. The Playlot progra~, begun last June and financed substantially with funds from the Office of E conomic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer. These w e re located in low-income neighborhoods, ofte n on vacant lots which were leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department and neighborhood volunteers. An average of ?St>' children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 days last summe r, and that number is expected to reach at leas t 2,000 per day as the pr ogram is expanded to more than 25 sites during the summer of 1967. Of some 26 sites that have already been selected, three have buildings which will insure all-weather operation. T he City has been locating these lots during the last sev eral months and is nearing com ple tion of the initial development of most of the Playlots. The amount and type of e quipme nt on e ach site will vary according to the size of the lot, but e quipment will include water fountains, portable t oilets, climbing towers, swings, · slides, s a n d boxes, basketball goals and nets, and games and athletic equipment of many t ype s. The Playlot s will b e ope n from 10 a. m. until dark, six days a week, from June 1st throu gh L a bor Da y, S e pte mber 4th. With the advent of Daylight Savings Time , recre ation p rogra ms can be continuous until 9 or 9:30 p. m. during the summer and children will be encoura ged to return during the e v ening hours and bring their parents to p a r ticipate in games of interest to adults as well as children. Most of the Pla ylot s w ill b e provi d e d with sprinkle r h e ads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of childre n. Playlots are a l ready developed or hav e b een planned at the following locations: �l Page Two May 17, 1967 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 . 13. 14. 15 . 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Rhodes Street between S unset and Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally Street near Richardson Street Gilliam Park on Wade Avenue 373 Thurmond Street M agnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Avenue Haygood and Crew Street 255 Dodd .Avenue (Indoor Facilities) Windsor near Richardson Street Park P..venue a nd Lansing, S. E. Arlington Cir.cle, N. W . 533 Central Avenue , S. W. Ladd Street off Oakland, N. W. 196 Savannah Street, S. E. (Indoor Facilltjes) 141 Walnut Street, N. E. (Indoor Facilities) Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Road, S. E. Daniel Stanton Park Site (Martin-Boynton, S. E.) Perry Boulievard and Lively H uff Road near Booth, N. W. Butler and Vernon Place, N. E. University and Hubbard, S. E. Vernon and Fort, N. E. Habershal at Perry Boulevard Daniel between Edgewood and DeKalb Avenue The first four sites above will have portable swimming pools, made possible by a $28, 500 donation from the Rich Foundation. The pools are steel supported, filtered, properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equipment. Supervis ed swimming and swimming instruction will be available seven days a week, from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m. on weekdays and from 1 p. m. until 7 p. m. on Sundays. Tentative plans are to relocate thes e pools in school basements during the winter months, thus providing the schools with an opportunity for yearround swimming instruction. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be fund e d by a grant assured from the Office of Ec;onomic Opportunity. The City will b ear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire additional Playlot sites before the end of the summer and also introduce some innovations into the existing Playlot program. It is hoped that contributions , loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens , business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to enrich the re creation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantans. Interested parties are asked t o contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, Extension 437 • .As an important phase i n the Youth Opport unity Campaign for 1967, a simple dire ctory of summer learning , recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will b e distributed through the Atlanta schools , recreation centers, p r ivate agencies and neighborhood centers prior to the close of school. # # # � 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 He > a yf T mF c Y>+F ih /T j VT AY WTP sA IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR pe " ee y ~ R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant - Pi MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Execulive Secretary , - aS DAN E. SWEAT, JR, Director of Governmental Liaison “NEWS RELEASE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA.30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Special News ReJease Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. John Cox, Executive Director, Atlanta Youth Council Jack Delius, General Manager, Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department For Immediate Release May 17, 1967 Atlanta to Expand Playlot Program for 1967 (First of a Series of Announcements on Summer Recreation Programs) The Neighborhood Playlot program, begun last summer by the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department will be more than doubled for summer 1967, This announcement was made today by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who stated: "We are convinced that the Playlot program was our single most successful new effort in providing meaningful recreation opportunity for our boys and girls last summer, The Playlots were available to large numbers of children within easy walking distance of their homes, and they offered varied types of recreation opportunity for children of all ages under experienced personnel with outstanding assistance and support from youth and adults from the neighborhoods themselves." This announcement from Mayor Allen came as the first in a series of information releases on programs to be operated by public and private agencies in the youth recreation field, with the coordination of the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, The Playlot program, begun last June and financed substantially with funds from the Office of Economic Opportunity, included nine sites at the close of last summer, These were located in low-income neighborhoods, often on vacant lots which were leased for token rental, cleared, equipped and staffed by the Parks and Recreation Department and neighborhood volunteers, An average of 750 children participated in the Playlot program each of 66 days last summer, and that number is expected to reach at least 2,000 per day as the program is expanded to more than 25 sites during the summer of 1967, Of some 26 sites that have already been selected, three have buildings which will insure all-weather operation. The City has been locating these lots during the last several months and is nearing completion of the initial development of most of the Playlots. The amount and type of equipment on each site will vary according to the size of the lot, but equipment will include water fountains, portable toilets, climbing towers, swings, slides, sand boxes, basketball goals and nets, and games and athletic equipment of many types. The Playlots will be open from 10 a.m, until dark, six days a week, from June Ist through Labor Day, September 4th. With the advent of Daylight Savings Time, recreation programs can be continuous until 9 or 9:30 p.m. during the summer and children will be encouraged to return during the evening hours and bring their parents to participate in games of interest to adults as well as children. Most of the Playlots will be provided with sprinkler heads which transform a water hydrant into a cool shower treat for hundreds of children, Playlots are already developed or have been planned at the following locations: Page Two May 17, 1967 Rhodes Street between Sunset and Vine Merritts and Bedford Wylie and Tye Connally Street near Richardson Street Gilliam Park on Wade Avenue 373 Thurmond Street Magnolia and Maple McDaniel at Georgia Avenue Haygood and Crew Street 255 Dodd Avenue (Indoor Facilities) Windsor near Richardson Street 12, Park Avenue and Lansing, S. E,. 13. Arlington Circle, N. W. 14, 533 Central Avenue, S, W. 15. Ladd Street off Oakland, N. W. 16. 196 Savannah Street, S. E. (Indoor Facilities) 17, 141 Walnut Street, N. E. (Indoor Facilities) 18, Harper Park Site - Poole Creek Road, S. E. 19. Daniel Stanton Park Site (Martin-Boynton, S. E.) 20, Perry Boulevard and Lively 21, Huff Road near Booth, N. W. 22, Butler and Vernon Place, N. E. 23, University and Hubbard, 5. E. 24, Vernon and Fort, N. E. 25. Habershal at Perry Boulevard 26. Daniel between Edgewood and DeKalb Avenue . Oo on om & WD = Se - © - «8 The first four sites above will have portable swimming pools, made possible by a $28, 500 donation from the Rich Foundation, The pools are steel supported, filtered, properly drained and will include showers and other necessary equip- ment, Supervised swimming and swimming instruction will be available seven days a week, from 10 a.m, until 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 1 p.m, until 7 p.m. on Sundays. Tentative plans are to relocate these pools in school basements during the winter months, thus providing the schools with an opportunity for year- round swimming instruction. The cost of equipping and operating one Playlot for the summer is estimated at $3,700. A portion of this cost will be funded by a grant assured from the Office of Economic Opportunity, The City will bear the remaining cost. At the same time, the City hopes to acquire additional Playlot sites before the end of the summer and also introduce some innovations into the existing Playlot program, It is hoped that contributions, loan of physical facilities and volunteered time from private citizens, business firms, religious and civic organizations will enable the City to enrich the recreation opportunities available to thousands of young Atlantans. Interested parties are asked to contact the Youth Opportunity Campaign at 522-4463, Extension 437, As an important phase in the Youth Opportunity Campaign for 1967, a simple directory of summer learning, recreation and camping opportunities for youngsters, designed for each quadrant of the City, will be distributed through the Atlanta schools, recreation centers, private agencies and neighborhood centers prior to the close of school, #it # #  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 21, Folder 35, Document 10 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d534cf4b08cb76a16a3b49683981f7f2.pdf d329a68450939c7edc9aee4c85843ef7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANT.A CITY HALL May 15, 1967 . ' ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Honorable Richard H. Russell United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Russell: RE: Telephone conversation May 15, 1967, on Summer Recreation with Bill Jordan Enclosed is a rundown on the City of Atlanta's 1967 special sununer recreation needs in low-income neighborhoods which I discussed with Mr. Jordan in your absence this morning. You will note that the proposed 1967 summer r ecreation program budget sheet lists those projects which would b e operated by the City Government, through its Parks and Recreation Department, the Atlanta Public Schools, United Appeal .~gencies, the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Service C enters, and the Fulton C ounty programs. This $570, 119 total r e presents merely those extra summer activities which are urgently needed in the slum areas over and above thos e programs and activities which the City and the various agencies are able to do within the limits of their regular budgets. The amounts shown for the various United Appeal agencies under the "1966 Budget" column are listed to show what these agencies spent through the special summer program last year. Since EOA had not received any specific proposals from these particular agencies for this sununer 's program, these amounts were merely include d ih anticipation that these agencies would do at least as much as the y did in 1966. �Senator Russell Page Two May 15, 1967 You will note in the other attachments that we have worked very diligently with other public and private agencies as well as the business and civic community in enlisting community-wide support for our summer recreation and employment program. We have received some help through the Rich Foundation, Sears Roebuck, the Atlanta Labor Council, and other private business and civic organizations. We have also drawn funds from other critically needed programs in order to increase our activities in the disadvantaged communities. With the $570, 119 we have requested as a part of the $75,000,000 special summer appropriation requested from the Congress, we 'feel that we will be able to carry on a reas"Onable summer program for more than 160,000 young people and adults who are not economically able to provide their own. We hope that you will lend your support to this appropriations request for the City of Atlanta and other cities throughout the state and nation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr: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 CITY OF ATLANTA Sl ‘ = =5 ¥ “epu2 iba ee Oo Sa CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 May 15, 1967 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Honorable Richard H. Russell United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Russell: RE: Telephone conversation May 15, 1967, on Summer Recreation with Bill Jordan Enclosed is a rundown on the City of Atlanta's 1967 special summer recreation needs in low-income neighborhoods which I discussed with Mr. Jordan in your absence this morning. You will note that the proposed 1967 summer recreation program budget sheet lists those projects which would be operated by the City Government, through its Parks and Recreation Department, the Atlanta Public Schools, United Appeal Agencies, the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Service Centers, and the Fulton County programs, This $570, 119 total represents merely those extra summer activities which are urgently needed in the slurn areas over and above those programs and activities which the City and the various agencies are able to do within the limits of their regular budgets. The amounts shown for the various United Appeal agencies under the '1966 Budget" column are listed to show what these agencies spent through the special summer program last year. Since EOA had not received any specific proposals from these particular agencies for this summer's program, these amounts were merely included in anticipation that these agencies would do at least as much as they did in 1966, Senator Russell Page Two May 15, 1967 You will note in the other attachments that we have worked very diligently with other public and private agencies as well as the business and civic community in enlisting community-wide support for our summer recreation and employment program, We have received some help through the Rich Foundation, Sears Roebuck, the Atlanta Labor Council, and other private business and civic organizations. We have also drawn funds from other critically needed programs in order to increase our activities in the disadvantaged communities. With the $570, 119 we have requested as a part of the $75,000,000 special summer appropriation requested from the Congress, we “feel that we will be able to carry on a reasonable summer program for more than 160,000 young people and adults who are not economically able to provide their own. We hope that you will lend your support to this appropriations request for the City of Atlanta and other cities throughout the state and nation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor TAJr: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 21, Folder 35, Document 11 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2677322b4badf498234a7efea004b829.pdf 1c5484df1744ea1a06975ece60a7f28d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. PROPOSED 1967 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM .. ! April 26, 1967 I I Ij SPONSOR 1. Operation CHAMP Neighborhood Playlot Program Senior Citizens Wilderness Camp $ 89, 340 106,680 67,758 96,000 Atlanta Public Schools a. 3. (1966 Budget) City of Atlanta a. b. c. d. 2. AMOUNT Community Schools 60,000 United Appeal Agencies a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Metropolitan Boys Clubs Atlanta Urban League Butler Street YMCA Camp Fire Girls Grady Homes Girls Club Vine City Council Wesley House Centers Salvation Army 4. Neighborhood Services 5. County Programs 63,043 ($13,000) ($14, 000) ($ 7, 311) ($ 6, 55 3) ($ 3, 434) ($ 4, 000) 5,000 24,000 ,/ 10,000 TOTAL $521,821 GRAND TOTAL $570,119 $48,298 � 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 PROPOSED 1967 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM April 26, 1967 GRAND TOTAL $570,119 SPONSOR AMOUNT (1966 Budget) 1. City of Atlanta a. Operation CHAMP $ 89, 340 b. Neighborhood Playlot Program 106, 680 c. Senior Citizens 67, 758 d. Wilderness Camp 96, 000 2. Atlanta Public Schools a. Community Schools 60, 000 3. United Appeal Agencies a. Metropolitan Boys Clubs 63, 043 b. Atlanta Urban League ($13, 000) c. Butler Street YMCA ($14, 000) d. Camp Fire Girls ($ 7,311) e. Grady Homes Girls Club ; ($ 6, 553) f. Vine City Council ($ 3, 434) g. Wesley House Centers ($ 4,000) h. Salvation Army 5,000 4, Neighborhood Services 24, 000 5. County Programs 10, 000 TOTAL $521, 821 $48, 298  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 21, Folder 35, Document 12 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1ba1d3c1cdd2dc0000a54512ce7cc5eb.pdf d59899ab231958078a98e1cdf1e191f8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY HALL April 14, 196 7 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code ~04 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Ex ec ut i•1e Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat Subject: Your Meeting with Vice President Humphrey Cliff Henry of the U. S. Conference of Mayors telephoned me Thursday and said that the Vice President had invited the mayors of ten cities to meet with him in Washington to discuss summer · recreation needs. The Conference of M&.yors had been asked to provide information to the Vice President's Office which would show: 1. The number of new programs scheduled by these cities for the ghettos during summer 1967. 2. How much additional local money is going into these programs. 3. How much federal money is going into these programs. 4. How much additional money is needed in order to carry out the desired program_during the summer months in these areas. The following information was furnished to Mr. Henry for the consolidated report: 1. It is difficult to place a number on the programs w e anticipate . However, we ·told Mr. Henry we would carry out a Playl ot Program, which has been expanded from 7 to 21 Playlots, and that we hope to have a similar program to last year's O peration Champ provided we utilize school grounds and the larger parks . . ..;- ' �Mayor Allen Page Two April 14, 1967 ) ,. ..I · . for activities.. We hope to continue our recreation program with the elderly in the h i gh ris e public housing project and also add to the Community School recreation program during the swnmer. . l • · 2. We explained that we are providing $61,350 for the 'Playlot Program by taking from other parks programs. $48,000 had to be made up· as a result of funds cut by OEO from last year's Playlot Program. Last summer we received $145,000 from OEO for recreation programs. We have none of this at present. 3. At the present time we have no assurances of any federal money although we have applied for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for Community School recreation during the summer and Wf;. are looking for other sources of federal money. 4. To carry on the desired pro g ram for the summer we need a total of $418, 778. This would include funds for th e Playlot Program, the Sununer Recreation Program (Operatfon Champ), recreation for the elderly, Community School recreation, and funds to operate our proposed Wilderness Camp at Lake Altoona. .. ·,. The Wilde rness C a m p i s one of the most imagin a tive propo sal s w e have and would certainly fit into the overall concept of youth opportunity and recreation being pushed by the Vice Pre sident. We would a n t icipate utilizing some 800 boys durin g th e surnrne r months (100 e ach w e ek) to h e lp b e gin de v e loping our Altoona P ark prope r ty ac cordi n g to our m as t e r pla n. The y w oul d b e p a i d for a h alf d a y each d a y a·n d would ge t instr uction in wil dlife , camping, hiking, be qualified as Red Cross s~immers, etc. We think $96, 000 w ould allow us to run an adequate camp at Altoona for two months d u ring the s umm e r. I am attaching a Summary of Atl anta ' s Youth O pportunit i e s Campai gn and Summe r Recreat i on Pr o gra m for 1967. I am furni s hing you with ..,. . �;' I Mayor Allen Page Three April 14, 196 7 ' !: ' . I extra copies of this and the attzi.chments which I am sure you will want to leave with the Vice Prc:sident and his staff. Cliff Henry of the Conference of Mayors, who will probably be at the session, also would like some copies. A real interest seems to be stirring in the private secto·r with regard to youth opportW1ity, especially in employment and recreation. The attached newspaper clippings indicate some of this, especially the Jaycees effort in Summerhill-Mechanicsville with which you are familiar, and most recently the efforts of the Juvenile Delinquency Sub-Committee of the Metropolitan Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency in cooperation with the Atlanta Youth Council (see Mr. McGovern's remarks in recent address to Kiwanis Club). A lot of this appeal is being made on the premise that funds previously available from the Federal Government may not be available this summer and that more and more we must condition ourselves to greater financial and personal involvement and commitment at the local level. Certainly we would not want any announcement of emergency fed e ral grants to stifle this local initiative, therefore, this partnership idea with the private section should be a positive part of our .~pproach and plans. For example: The $59,000 grant requeste d under Title I to fund Co~munity . School s for summer 1967 will provide programs in 12 sch~ols. Programs are actually needed in 6 additional schools, and efforts are being made now to secure local support from the private sector to help in this effort. The Neighborhood Playlot Program cannot stand still at 21 Playlots and even if the $106, 680 sho uld b e forthcoming to fund this program, its e x panding needs will require help from the private sector. We are making an appeal to h e lp in providing needed equipment, noon time snacks, porta ble swimming pools, etc., for this program, an:d there are strong indications that the private sector will respond. i: .. I �Mayor Allen Page Four April l ·~, 196 7 '. The Wilderness Conservation-Recreation Proposal would depend greatly upon the help and material support of public and private agencies, business, civic clubs, etc., in providing necessary equipment and consultant assistance. Private citizens, groups, churches, etc., are indicating an evergrowing awareness of the tremendous need for more and better youth programs, in hard-core slum areas and in the mor·e affluent neighborhoods, as indicated by the project of the Wieucca Road Baptist Church (see clipping). To sum it up, we do not want to give the impression that we expect Washington to solve all our problems nor do we want local support to be squelched by the sudden availability of emergency federal funds. We need help from both directions. In conclusion, we should make a strong appeal that if help is forthcom_ing, let it come soon, while there is time to plan, to recruit personnel and to develop maximum cooperation between the various agencies involved and the private sector. DS:fy ., ' 'I I 1: � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 April 14, 1967 Tel, 22-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Lialson MEMORANDUM To: MayorIvan Allen, Jr. ‘ From: Dan Sweat Subject: Your Meeting with Vice President Humphrey Cliff Henry of the U. S. Conference of Mayors telephoned me Thursday and said that the Vice President had invited the mayors of ten cities to meet with him in Washington to discuss summer recreation needs. The Conference of Mayors had been asked to provide information to the Vice President's Office which would show: 1. The number of new programs scheduled by these cities for the ghettos during summer1967. °- 2. How much additional local money is going into these programs, 3. How much federal money is going into these programs. 4, How much additional money is needed in order to carry out the desired program during the summer months in these areas, The following information was furnished to Mr. Henry for the consolidated report: 1. Itis difficult to place a number on the programs we anticipate. However, we told Mr. Henry we would carry out a Playlot Program, which has been expanded from 7 to 21 Playlots, and that we hope to have a similar program to last year's Operation Champ provided we utilize school grounds and the larger parks Mayor Allen Page Two _ April 14, 1967 for activities. We hope to continue our recreation program with the elderly in the high rise public housing project and also add to the Community School recreation program during the summer. 2. We explained that we are providing $61, 350 for the Playlot Program by taking from other parks programs. $48,000 had to be made up‘as a result of funds cut by OEO from last year's Playlot Program, Last summer we received $145, 000 from OEO for recreation EpSay ate We have none of this at present, 3. At the present time we have no assurances of any federal money although we have applied for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for Community School recreation during the summer and we are looking for — other sources of federal money. 4, To carry on the desired program for the summer we need a total of $418,778. This would include funds for the Playlot Program, the Summer Recreation Program (Operation Champ), recreation for the elderly, Community School recreation, and funds to operate our peeposed Wilderness Camp at Lake Altoona. The Wilderness Camp is one of the most imaginative proposals we have and would certainly fit into the overall concept of youth opportunity and recreation being pushed by the Vice President. We would anticipate utilizing some 800 boys during the summer months (100 each week) to help begin developing our Altoona Park property according to our master plan. They would be paid for a half day each day and would get instruction in wildlife, camping, hiking, be qualified as Red Cross swimmers, etc. We think $96,000 would allow us to run an adequate camp at Altoona for two months during the summer. I am attaching a Summary of Atlanta's Youth Opportunities Campaign and Summer Recreation Program for 1967. Iam furnishing you with Mayor Allen Page Three April 14, 1967 extra copies of this and the attachments which I am sure you will want to leave with the Vice President and his staff. Cliff Henry of the Conference of Mayors, who will probably be at the session, also would like some copies. A real interest seems to be stirring in the private sector with regard to youth opportunity, especially in employment and recreation. The attached newspaper clippings indicate some of this, especially the Jaycees effort in Summerhill-Mechanicsville with which you are familiar, and most recently the efforts of the Juvenile Delinquency Sub-Committee of the Metropolitan Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency in cooperation with the Atlanta Youth Council (see Mr. McGovern's remarks in recent address to Kiwanis Club). A lot of this appeal is being made on the premise that funds previously available from the Federal Government may not be available this summer and that more and more we must condition ourselves to greater financial and personal involvement and commitment at the local level. Certainly we would not want any announcement of emergency federal grants to stifle this local initiative, therefore, this partnership idea with the private section should be a positive part of our approach and plans. For example: The $59,000 grant requested under Title I to fund Community Schools for summer 1967 will provide programs in 12 schools. Programs are actually needed in 6 additional schools, and efforts are being made now to secure local support from the private sector to help in this effort. The Neighborhood Playlot Program cannot stand still at 21 Playlots and even if the $106, 680 should be forthcoming to fund this program, its expanding needs will require help from the private sector. We are making an appeal to help in providing needed equipment, noon- time snacks, portable swimming pools, etc., for this program, and there are strong indications that the private sector will respond, Mayor Allen Page Four April 14, 1967 The Wilderness Conservation-Recreation Proposal would depend greatly upon the help and material support of public and private agencies, business, civic clubs, etc., in providing necessary equipment and consultant assistance. Private citizens, groups, churches, etc., are indicating an ever- growing awareness of the tremendous need for more and better youth programs, in hard-core slum areas and in the more affluent neighborhoods, as indicated by the project of the Wieucca Road Baptist Church (see clipping). To sum it up, we do not want to give the impression that we expect Washington to solve all our problems nor do we want local support to be squelched by the sudden availability of emergency federal funds. We need help from both directions. In conclusion, we should make a strong appeal that if help is forth- coming, let it come soon, while there is time to plan, to recruit personnel and to develop maximum cooperation between the various agencies involved and the private sector. DS:fy . e4  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 21, Folder 35, Document 13 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/65a3f7fff04981ffc4a414ee6eb466b1.pdf 2e7d081645692aafe9e6970351c62e3f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ., . SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely concerned with a number of areas that we conside·r of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, recreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: I • 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for · summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are · planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. The second important phase of our campaign is summer recr_eation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966', through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreatioh programs: 1. .! The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot p e r day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. �Page Two I ' 2. An intensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ" providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89, 340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25, 000 · which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instructio,n from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was which we conducted in the elderly throughout of 36, 000 citizens at a ,. l j l ' I the recreation program for senior dtizens three high rise public housing comple x es for the summer and which had a total attendance total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improvement Program a survey has bee:ri made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta. The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed. Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot"Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot ______Pr_ogragi so that it offers a real "day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children · each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89,340 . In addition we feel that we cannot fail to n;ieet the very real recreation and a vocational needs of our senior citizens . · It must be pointed out that these n eeds do not end w ith the close of summer' as senior citizens are not r eturning to school and other activities. Therefore, w e feel that the senio r citizen p r ogram must be on a year - :roun:d bas i s or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We w ould like to operate this program on a year round bas i s at an estimated cost of $67 , 758. �! ,- .. Page Three I . I ' ! For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity £qr young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for _this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer j_ob opportunity program; and 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary e·quipment and consultant personnel. I I ·1 • J : I ' ' ' .. I _ 'I l ! I i Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer - hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation r esources . Our community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation· of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicati_ng programs offered through our regular City P ·a rks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for ' both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages . ' Total cost of r ecreation needs for 1967 - $418, 778. ! i ! 0 � 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 SUMMARY OF ATLANTA'S YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES CAMPAIGN AND SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM FOR 1967 For the third straight year and at the suggestion of the President, the City of Atlanta has formed a Youth Opportunity Campaign Task Force, this year spearheaded by the new Atlanta Youth Council. Rather than confine itself to summer job opportunities, as important as these are, Atlanta's Youth Opportunity Campaign for summer 1967 is intensely con- cerned with a number of areas that we consider of tremendous importance to our youth. Our overall program concerns itself with employment, education, tecreation and health. The summer opportunity campaign is already underway and will consist of: 1. Intensive recruitment through high school counselors for summer job applicants; 2. Recruitment for volunteers to work in Head Start Programs; 3. Dissemination of information on summer recreation opportunities of all types; and 4. Emphasis on the importance of summer school in a youngster's summer plans. Of the foregoing four points of our local program, the two most important are summer job opportunities and summer recreation opportunities. We are planning a real thrust into the private sector to achieve a 10% - 20% increase in the number of summer job opportunities available and we are already receiving considerable local support for this effort. ’ The second important phase of our campaign is summer recreation opportunities and here we are acutely aware of difficiencies which exist in hard-core slum areas of our community. During the summer of 1966, through funds made available through OEO, we were able to mount three major recreation programs: 1. The Neighborhood Playlot Program in which we cleared and put into operation seven neighborhood playlots, which served an average of 89 children per lot per day through the summer months at a total cost of $41, 422. a Page Two 2. Anintensive summer recreation program - "Operation Champ" - providing excursion and enrichment type recreation opportunities to 89, 000 participants throughout the summer months at a total cost of $89,340. Probably the most dramatic phase of Operation Champ was an intensive swimming program which was continued on into the schools for two weeks after the new school year began and which was made possible partially through an additional grant of $25,000 which was made available to us. Under this program 3, 329 children received swimming instruction from qualified teachers and some 600 were certified at various levels of proficiency. 3. Equally important was the recreation program for senior citizens which we conducted in three high rise public housing complexes for the elderly throughout the summer and which had a total attendance of 36,000 citizens at a total cost of $14, 509. In recent months under the auspices of the City of Atlanta Community Improve- ment Program a survey has been made on recreation resources available to the blighted areas of Atlanta, The first draft of this survey has been made available to us and it pinpoints where our needs are. The foremost conclusion that we draw from these findings is the urgency of repeating and expanding those programs we had last summer and adding to them some new recreational programs which are badly needed, ‘Since last summer our Neighborhood Playlot’ Program has expanded from seven playlots to a potential twenty-one which we hope to have in operation for summer 1967. The estimated cost of operating our Neighborhood Playlot ___Program so that it offers a real 'day camp" opportunity for 1, 869 children each day throughout the summer will be $106, 680. To repeat the Operation Champ Program with its wide range of enrichment opportunities for children from slum areas, we anticipate a cost of $89, 340, In addition we feel that we cannot fail to meet the very real recreation and avocational needs of our senior citizens. It must be pointed out that these needs do not end with the close of summer, as senior citizens are not returning to school and other activities. Therefore, we feel that the senior citizen program must be on a year-round basis or it ends in disappointments at the end of the summer. We would like to operate this program on a year- round basis at an estimated cost of $67, 758. Page Three For some time we have hoped to develop a conservation-recreation summer camp for the youth of Atlanta. The main object of this project would be to provide constructive athletic camping and vocational opportunity for young men ages 16 through 21. We feel that a golden opportunity is at hand for this project and that the project could be expanded to accomplish two other important purposes: 1. To provide a part-time employment opportunity in conjunction with the valuable outdoor experience as a part of our summer job opportunity program; and ~# 2. To begin preliminary clearing and development of a 450 acre wooded site which the City of Atlanta leases 45 miles northwest of Atlanta and which we hope by summer 1968 to put into operation as a regular camping facility. We envision this project would be along similar lines to successful CCC programs of the past in both administration and philosophy, and that it would be under the direction of a trained professional in forestry or some similar field. We anticipate that we can accommodate 100 boys per week for a total of 800 boys for an eight week summer period. The estimated cost of operating this camp would be $96,000 for 1967. We would like to point out that this figure does not include all of the equipment and material necessary, but we would hope to get wide-spread support from the private sector in the procurement of necessary equipment and consultant personnel. Another very important phase of our overall recreation hopes for this summer —hinges on continuation of our community schools as recreation resources. Our _ community school program has requested $59,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the operation of nineteen community schools this summer. While in no way duplicating programs offered through our regular City Parks and Recreation Department, but rather working closely in conjunction in order to achieve the maximum potential of both, the community schools would offer a wide range of athletic and enrichment type programs for both boys and girls of elementary and high school ages. Total cost of recreation needs for 1967 - $418,778.  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 21, Folder 35, Document 14 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8af9382581a5e9cf8a9f4515cf93c20d.pdf 298e76d8e3fd2f895b8208bf7fe2af02 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 'I ' i I ' ! l FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 I .I' i, I l I l! I I i : The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign . Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the id e al vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this program through the high school counselors. I. April 26: Memorandum w ill go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the program and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. May 1: Kit going to each school will contain: a. Abbreviated employment application forms for summer jobs through the State Departme nt of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed _a pplications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center w hen school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. b. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. c. Sun-burst design lapel buttons w hich use a "teaser approach" to g e nerate interest in Youth Opportunity Week . They· simply say "I Am" in response to the s logan "B e a Summe r Sw ing'e r " , which appears on the poster and other mat e rial. _ d. C omic book s d ev elope d b y U . S . Depa r tment of Labo r as par t of the Y outh Opportuni ty C a mpai gn k i t . ,. I I 1 i 1 I 3. M a y 4: C omi c . book s w ill be d i st rib ut e d th r o ugh juni o r a nd senior h o me -r ooms a n d s tr on g anno un c ement mad e of Y o uth O pp o rtunit y We e k , M a y 8 - _15. " 4. · -Mai 8 : Empl oyment applic a ti on fo r ms ~ilI be · made· 0 �l. ! iI ., Page Two 'i I available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunte er work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and d i scuss these w ith the counsel or. Counselors w ill have informati on on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. ! I : j : I I 1 I • . I i I ! i ' I j.j Since m a ny youth who need to be r e ache d by this program are school drop-outs , thi s information w ill a l s o be dissemi nate d through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. .; . News media w ill be provided with full in_f ormation, suggestions for special programming,public serv ice announcement tapes and slides. B. The camp aign will m ake a strong a p p eal to the priva t e secto r to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. I' I A mail c a mpaign to 13, 000 employe rs in the m e tro area will consist of: l I 2. C. a. Initi al m a iling fr om Sta t e D epartment of L a bor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing fro m Y o uth Oppo r tuni t y C e nter, o ffering inc e ntive o f a Braves b ase b all ti cke t (similar to 1966 pro gram) for each summer job mad e a v a ila ble to youth News r e l ease s w ill g o to A tlant a C hambe r of C omme r ce , b us i n ess and civi c ass oc iat ions , n e ws me dia , . e t c. , s p elling out t h e w h ol e c ampa ign but making special appeal t o empl oye r s . Three con c urr e n t s u rveys are invento rying our recreat i on res o urces and prelimina ry findings indicat e urg e n t nee d for ex panded recreation o pport unitie s . The s e surv eys are: 1. CIP ove r a ll R ec r eat i on Surve y, now in fir s t d raft for m. ~I • �Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled. 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta Youth Council. I; I . . I / ' I. j '. i i '. I. I D. Through ne w s media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many w ays 'a s possible. j; ,/ � 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 FACT SHEET YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN 1967 The Atlanta Youth Council is serving as the task-force for this campaign. Rather than confine this year's campaign to summer employment only, both at the suggestion of the Vice President and because the logic of his suggestion was already apparent to many here in Atlanta, our program will include employment, education, recreation and in a secondary way, health. A. Because the schools provide the ideal vehicle for selling this program to high school age youth, we have developed this Program through the high school counselors. ~ 1, April 26; Memorandum will go to counselors and principals of 26 high schools outlining the progres and asking for their enthusiastic support. 2. Mayl: Kit going to each school will contain: a. d, Abbreviated employment application forms far summer jobs through the State Department of Labor's Youth Opportunity Center, together with return envelopes for transmitting completed applications back to the Center. This early recruitment will help eliminate the logjam that occurs at the Center when school is out; it will give the less motivated youth the guidance of the counselor in taking this important first step; and it will put summer paying jobs in perspective with other types of summer opportunity. Colorful posters for display throughout schools will feature a message appealing to this age group. Sun-burst design lapel buttons which use a "teaser approach" to generate interest in Youth Opportunity Week. They simply say 'I Am" in response to the slogan ''Be a Summer Swinger", which appears on the poster and other material, Comic books developed by U. S. Department of Labor as part of the Youth Opportunity Campaign kit. 3. May 4: Comic books will be distributed through junior and senior home-rooms and strong announcement made of Youth Opportunity Week, May 8 - 15. 4, May 8: Employment application forms will be made ae Page Two available through junior and senior home-rooms and students urged to consider the whole range of summer opportunity - paying jobs, volunteer work with Head Start programs, summer school and recreation programs - and discuss these with the counselor, Counselors will have information on summer school and basic recreation programs and will refer volunteers to the Head Start volunteer recruiters. : Since many youth who need to be reached by this program are school drop-outs, this information will also be disseminated through the Neighborhood Service Centers and City recreation centers. News media will be provided with full information, suggestions for special programming,public service announcement tapes and slides. The campaign will make a strong appeal to the private sector to provide summer jobs - 10% to 20% more than summer 1966. 1. A mail campaign to 13,000 employers in the metro area will consist of: , a. Initial mailing from State Department of Labor b. Mailing from Atlanta Youth Council c. Mailing from Youth Opportunity Center, offering incentive of a Braves baseball ticket (similar to 1966 program) for each summer job made available to youth 2. News releases will go to Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, business and civic associations, news media, etc., spelling out the whole campaign but making special appeal to employers. Three concurrent surveys are inventorying our recreation resources and preliminary findings indicate urgent need for expanded recreation opportunities. These surveys are: 1. CIP overall Recreation Survey, now in first draft form. ‘Page Three 2. Inter-Agency group self-survey - Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls Clubs, Boys Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, etc. - now being compiled. | 3. Church-related recreation survey being conducted by Atlanta | Youth Council. D. Through news media special programming, etc., we hope to continue the initial motivation of a summer opportunity campaign throughout the summer in as many ways as possible.  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 21, Folder 35, Document 15 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7654834e353f55a9ea38b922041c9c07.pdf a079957113218d1daf25054381c3d563 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. \ :· _.;->,:.·, .., . ,. 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THE Summer oF 1966 (i ATLANTA, GEORGIA * _Ne1eEnBoRH00d PLayLor PRoGRAM "106,680 Summer RECREATION PROGRAM 59, 340 SENIOR CITIZENS Peoceam . .. 64,758 # TOTAL Fun>s NEEDED se “Unvce THe Nerenzorhood PLAYLOT Peocean, WE ‘PO PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMPCER OF PLAYLOTS From 7 To APPROXIMATELY 2/, ALL WW HARD- CORE POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS, IF FUNDS ARE AVAILAGLE . = . : cas se +) fe oe ‘ = Rend] eee oe eee ee ee ee rorr choca cee semen WW olee ae, . Ls ———S ee = . - . Funds NEEDED To. OPECATE THE SAME : 463,772 . ferro) - ‘Cury wk For THE Svranere oF 1966 | C7 PLayLors) SALA CTS 5 pm & ccccepccga de: Erne beste ent at nah Op ORs 72 AUTO ALLOWANCE ee a AGG RENTALS Ghat tat Batok amestisiamikabarednd 4 BROGe OPERATING SUPPLIES bea mastnadant hp Oe ee RENTAL € PURCHASE OF EpuirmenT —.—. .. 8, O87. BY MACHINERY, ERUIPMENT, 2 GROUNDS REPAIR 5,652.14 FOF ALA 9 sony: td iu ocdinmicebbeensen Stas TIT OOSS PROPOSED BUDGET FoR SUMMER, 1767 _ Cal PLayLors) SALARIES ‘ ! ; 3 $9,000.00 BVTO ALLOWANCE 50. 00 TRANSPORTATION | oapdieeiedad at acne Pep, BOR OO, RENTALS © eed 23) Fe SS Oe oe 900.00 OPERATING SUPPLIES oe M4, 6 SO, 00 RENTAL € PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT «9, 380.00 MacHinery, EeuiemenT, & Geovids FEPAIR /], 300,00 TOTAL. oy na A SS os * 106,690. 00 , . -% ‘ ; - [xERO ae * ’ Ey =. sy Kens) . —— — : __ eg, . ACTUAL ExPendiTtvees FRotM GRAnT FUNDS... . _ Aleieuortoo> PLAYLOT PROGRAM 2. 8 ie ne TRAWSPORTATION oo ey O BF AE {xeR0 “ ee 1 ‘ — = ae eo. . -Tacr . HTRAWSPORTATION = nn __... SUMMER RECREATION: FIROGRAM |... _... COPERATION cxame) Kee peat hidecthdcact. co ACTUAL ExpenditvRes From GRAUT FUND | aN 19766 ru, oe 4 a 904.66 18,685.00 8659. 99 10, 84S, 4 . Sef 297. a5 "on aisle MONEE NOve AUTO ALLOWANCE gecesi putea seen PURCHASE AND RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT CowSUMABLE SUPPL/ES e bee SALARIES SPECINL PROTECT EXPENDITURES Space Cost € RENTAL — ._.... TOTAL. © tad Anakin la aiiiatcy OSI OS . THIS PROGRAIA WAS OPERATED ON BS EXISTING Locarions IN HARD-CORE POVERTY TARGET AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. weer Ree ée . XERO) | 3 a XFRO" mares 1 OT Se = r rarer  Lie peonich. .. Recreation PRoGeam Foe THE ELderey . 4. rae IN _HiGH-Rise. Puptic House CENTERS , ; tes ' BupvgerT Summary ; SALARIES © a ai # oe SG2 Ww . || EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ___. | Sih it accor othe cep ty BOOS dyes ers al 2 _|| TRAVEL ALLOowAKCES ‘ sghe hee he GAO . TRANSPORTATION as 3, IZ a CovsumABLe Suppriures se it tS a _||Eeuepmenr and GAmes 3, 676 se Re a spec ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE aits9t, __. &, OF2% 6 BE "|| 7o7ae aden 1edbi oes oshon Catan oO, TSE THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM AND THIS BuDGEr COVERS A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. ; (e589) ° Sy = = _ fe  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 21, Folder 35, Document 16 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/07a5e7c082207253fd62f97f4c101a0a.pdf 33f4294ed0e8a15254911b4f720365b9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ··. TME COMMUNiTV sc,-!OOL where krnmq 't livinq meet h'mq wh'LCh concernsITStheCONCERN: l h [d [ welfare of its c i ren and fami ies . even;t OUTDOOR EDUCATION conser-'vatwn. comm · t·ton. n t t .l.f. _b.e.a.u.t·f .l . ..Lea h ome ubeauttfi.cafLon . com.rnu.nlf'1 't school pa,k and. -rec,Pafion e_lanninq commu.m_t'f..,.schoo~ fund-ral..sLnq pro;ect-s commu.ntiCf cou.nclls · field trips ,. HOBBY AND INTEREST GROUP.S . bir-d watchers- rock hounds qarden clubs chess a.nd check~rs · · · flower arranqers . stamp collectors · s ortsmen's clubs ollce- al clu.bs hers· frat hers· clubs boost-e r:S clubs service club ,·ambor-ees INDUSTRIAL., HOME_ART~ . auto mechanics electronics homemaking business ect.ucati.on commu.n.itlj healt:h 12.arent education hatr dressLnq charm schools CQU NSEU NG- :LG.1.!.W.AtiC..E.. home caffs '-{OUf h ore-school P.roqra,m .sen ior citizens, proqra.ms . urork proqra..rrl..S 1 I,'-,.--'\,' · PTA. p,roqrams dent~l care f?.rograms · for u.nderpnvileqed + accelerafed . conPerences-works hops-cl inics � 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 OUTDOOR EDUCATION conservation COMMUN _ everything which concern bs “= ITY SCHOOL where learning + living meet ITS CONCERN: 5 the weltare of its children and families aan COUNSELING + GUIDANCE, omeé calls youth work programs community beautification. | . pre-school program +t b home beautification | | Senior citizens’ programs community + SC ool park and recreation planning PTA. programs community + school fund-raising projects dental care community councils programs for underprivileged + accelerated conferences — works hops—dl (rcs HOBBY AND INTEREST GROU bird watchers rock hounds arden clubs chess and checkers , stamp collectors flower arrangers sportsmens clubs me Folice-pal clubs thers'+ fathers clubs booster's clubs service club jamborees ¥ _ INDUSTRIAL+ HOME ARTS auto mechantcs electronics homemakin business education community health parent education hatr dressin charm schools 4 . field tri ps RECREATION + PHYSICAL FITNESS baseball bourling bike clubs. . qymnastics dancin PS \ roller, skating r tru “basket ball swimmin titra murals THE ARTS f dramatics oe cratts ae drawin STUDIES hoal paintin anguades . Varies Sscnoa Ocal muse < creative writin . instrumental muste remed.al reading education Commercial arts math ballet scrences i library study sessions adult ‘education  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 21, Folder 35, Document 17 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a2798eea9d9b5366afce73a76711a20b.pdf 22d95e3bc15d851c698a5588193c65dc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THE ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY CONHUNITY SCHOOL PROGR;\1,f I . I. The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past I: twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which .I attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire cormnunity . I :' Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours 1: ! J of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities · on Saturdays. With advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with,wholesome recreational activities. ·1 Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent cormnunity where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and ·educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years: Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the cormnunity, there were several problems prevalent which were cormnon to each community. Some of the pr,oblems most cormnon were: I 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. S. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything • I 1 ' .i I about it was missing. Several other factors influence,d the need for cormnunity education J i: which would establish effective cormnunications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the cormnunity. In each community the educational level c,f the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. · Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied. All of the social ills were prevalent in the community without a conserted effort to eliminate them. �-2i l. i With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of I . i: I . education implemented the Cormnunity School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year.  ;. I ; 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, l I : and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and cormnunity lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the cormnunity by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which cormnunity action programs were focusing attention. j I· I ! These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not permit the operation of the SUIIIlller Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of ou'r summer program ~966, we anticipate . h wi' 11 invo . 1vet h e yout h in . eac h o f our TW.~ V2- cormnun1t1es · · . a program wh ic thi:Pt-e~ With the total school facilities at our disposal, recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months. Some of the enrich- ment activities for boys and girls will include: •. 0 �. -3' i : !: • j Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Haking Camping Trips Leather Craft .. i I . ! ' . Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: li . Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor ·; ' . ' Bicycle Hikes Sw:inrrning Basketball Baton and Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Connnunity I . j 1 School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our connnunity schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six .additional schools seek local support for their existence this sunnner. For the continuation of the connnunity school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city co~unities. I . last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. i Ii '. l .' ) ' It would be possible for each school to acconnnodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities . . The connnunity schools stand ready to accept this challenge . The Future The continuation of the Connnunity School Program in Atlanta is vital .t o the continued growth and development of our city. The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible. We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of connnunity education with September, 1967 beginning our third. goals , Financial assistance is necessary to accomp~ish these � 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 AND FULTON COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM The Atlanta and Fulton County Public Schools for the past twenty-one months have been engaged in a sound and practical endeavor which attempts to provide an educational opportunity for the entire community. Thirteen schools have participated in the program by extending the hours of the school day until ten o'clock in the evening and offering activities ‘on Saturdays. With advice from a citizens council, the activities offered provide an opportunity for each member of the family to improve himself or fulfill his leisure time with wholesome recreational activities. Each of the schools with one exception is located in an indigent community where the school has the potential to compensate for the environmental and ‘educational deficiencies that have existed for so many years. Although each community school has attempted to develop a program which would serve the needs of the community, there were several problems prevalent which were common to each community. Some of the problems most common were: 1. The image of the school was not a positive one. 2. Delinquency was common. ' 3. The dropout rate was alarming. 4. The male image was lacking in many homes. S$. Parents hesitated to participate in school programs. 6. Health problems were existent. 7. Recreational programs and playgrounds were sadly lacking. 8. The initiative on the part of the people to do anything about it was missing. Several other factors influenced the need for community education which would establish effective communications and open the doors of the school to the residents of the community. In each community the educational level of the people was quite low and their experiences in school had been unsuccessful. Many adultsneeded to master the basic skills to help them- selves and to keep up with their children. Other adults had not had the opportunity to complete high school and others had vocational interest which had never been satisfied. All of the social ills were prevalent in the community without a conserted effort to eliminate them. a mm With an awareness for the existing problem, the two boards of education implemented the Community School Program in July of 1965. Some of the purposes for implementing this program include the following: 1. To provide opportunities for school age children to participate in educational activities other than during the regular school day. This includes use of libraries; enrichment, supervised study and recreational programs during the afternoons, evening and on Saturdays, fifty-two weeks a year. 2. To provide opportunities for adults to participate in similar programs, including some pre-vocational activities, and an opportunity to improve certain saleable skills. 3. To provide an academic program for adults ranging from basic education for the illiterate and semi-illiterate to completion of high school. . 4. To make the school available for all the people in the community for programs which would develop and enhance their individual, family and community lives. 5. To provide leadership which will serve as the catalytic agent to put unity in the conmunity by bringing people together to solve their problems. Funds made available through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. made it possible for programs to be started in the target areas in which community action programs were focusing attention. These funds will be exhausted on May 31, 1967 and will not permit the operation of the Summer Program for the youth unless other financial support can be derived. Proposed Summer Program 1967 Based on the experiences of our summer eet IR ees we anticipate Vv -hirteen communities. a program which will involve the youth in each of our With the total school facilities at our disposal, recreational and enrichment activities will be offered throughout the summer months. Some of the enrich- ment activities for boys and girls will include: afc Arts and Crafts Typing For Fun Archery Ceramics Junior Homemaking Speech and Drama Doll Making Camping Trips Leather Craft Creative Dancing Reading for Fun Arithmetic for Fun Cookouts Knitting Beauty and Charm Wood Shop Science Music (band) Recreational activities will provide the following opportunities: Pee Wee Baseball Gymnastics Tennis Weight Lifting Softball Track and Field Soccor Bicycle Hikes Swimming Basketball Baton and Cheerleading Judo Volleyball Teen Dances Under the direction of the Assistant Principal for the Community School, the preceding activities will be possible in twelve of our community schools affected by federal funding. A request to fund the operation of these schools under Title I has been made while six additional schools seek local support for their existence this summer. For the continuation of the community school $59,000 has been requested while the local support for six additional sites would total $18,000. These eighteen centers would provide a vital contribution to the recreational needs in our inner city communities. Last summer over two thousand children and youth took part each day in the program at one particular school. It would be possible for each school to accommodate approximately one thousand youth daily in the recreational and enrichment activities. ready to accept this challenge. The conmunity schools stand tt The Future The continuation of the Community School Program in Atlanta is vital to the continued growth and development of our city. The school has the potential to improve the citizens of each community and in turn, help each community become the best possible. We are hopeful that we can look forward to many successful years of community education with September, 1967 beginning our third. Financial assistance is necessary to accomplish these goals.  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 21, Folder 35, Document 18 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8f9bcd4324c33a1100ef2cab01f121dc.pdf 09c63513cc95bd887acea9c0a6941036 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. II' i ' CONMUNITY SCHOOLS i' i' i ' !; 1' I ' ·. : i . ' ' . Archer Comrmmity School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Bethune Community School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 52'1-6854 Brown Community School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Dykes Community School 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal 255-8696 James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St . , N. E. Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Robert Still, Assistant Principal 753-6125 Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 South Fulton Community School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Harold }fadison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Washington Community School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. Bennie Williams, Assfatant Principal 522-5096 . Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal . 378-4393 E. ·c. Nonnan, Assistant Principal 799-3177 .. . I , SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM ' I j i ' ! I I j j I; I Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Ba s s High School '; ' '. 0 1 Keef e High School jw-4/13/67 , ..:.- � 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 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Archer Community School 2250 Perry Blvd., N. W. Bethune Community School 220 Northside Dr., N. W. Brown Conmunity School 765 Peeples St., S. W. Capitol Avenue Community School 811 Capitol Ave., S. W. Dykes Community School 4360 Powers Ferry Rd., N. W. Grant Park Community School 750 Kalb St., S. E. Howard Community School 551 Houston St., N. E. Parks Community School 1190 Windsor St., S. W. Price Community School 1670 Capitol Ave., S. E. South Fulton Community School 605 South Bayard, East Point, Ga. Washington Conmunity School 45 White House Dr., S. W. Wesley Community School 187 Wesley Ave., N. E. West Fulton Community School 1890 Bankhead Ave., N. W. Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal 794-3256 Norris L. Hogans, Assistant Principal 524-6854 Edward Newby, Assistant Principal 758-5050 Obadiah Jordan, Assistant Principal 523-8696 Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal 255-8696 James Chivers, Assistant Principal 627-5741 - Bennie Williams, Assistant Principal 522-5096 Robert Still, Assistant Principal 753-6125 Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal 627-1331 Harold Madison, Assistant Principal 761-3584 Joseph Draper, Assistant Principal 755-7721 Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal 378-4393 E. ‘°C. Norman, Assistant Principal 799-3177 SUGGESTED SITES FOR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM Murphy High School Roosevelt High School Sylvan High School Turner High School Bass High School O'Keefe High School jw-4/13/67  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 21, Folder 35, Document 19 Box 21 Box 21 Folder 35 Folder topic: Summer program | 1967