Box 21, Folder 35, Document 4

Box 21, Folder 35, Document 4

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.






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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

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