Box 3, Folder 17, Document 78

Box 3, Folder 17, Document 78

BRIEF HISTORY OF EOA

THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

On August 20, 1964, the President of the United States signed
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, (Public Law 88-452).
This act mobilized the human and financial resources of the
entire country to help the nation’s poor help themselves by
giving them OPPORTUNITIES — opportunities for education
and training, for employment, and for better methods of living
in present day America.

While this legislation was still pending, Atlanta and Fulton
County officials began making plans to ensure prompt action
for over 160,000 underpriviledged citizens in this area. The
result was a joint resolution passed on August 19, 1964, by the
Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta and
the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County,
creating a community action board to receive and administer
federal Economic Opportunity funds. Because of this timely
planning, Atlanta and Fulton County received one of the first
OEO grants to an urban area on Noyember 23, 1964.
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ach year thousands of people move to Atlanta from farms and
villages. Many are unequipped to cope with the demands of
urban living. These new arrivals, as well as thousands of families
already living here, are trapped by the cycle of poverty, unem-
ployment, disease, ignorance and public dependence. Many who
most need the help offered by public and private organizations
concerned with their welfare are not aware of the services or are
not able to take the basic steps necessary to obtain them. Often
they are unable to read street or bus signs, fill out applications
or follow written instructions. In short, they are unable to help
themselves.

To reach these people and help them become self-sufficient,
EOA has established neighborhood service centers in 14 low-
income areas of Atlanta and Fulton, Gwinnett and Rockdale
Counties. Through these 14 centers EOA provides employment
counseling, social services and numerous self-help programs.

Seventeen local agencies help administer these programs, under
contract to EOA. Other agencies, though not funded by EOA,
also place representatives in EQOA neighborhood centers or coope-
rate by providing services to individuals referred to them by EOA.

Residents of areas served by the 14 centers participate in plan-
ning EOA programs through 200 neighborhood block clubs, 14
Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Councils, A Citizens Central Ad-
visory Council and the EOA Board of Directors, one third of
which is composed of low-income representatives. Through this
Participation, people learn to identify common problems. As new
leadership emerges, they assume responsibility for finding solu-
tions to many of these problems.

Representatives to EOA committees are elected once a year
through democratic elections held in the neighborhoods. More
than 12,000 people voted for 1968 representatives in 200 neigh-
borhood block elections. In 1967, 11,500 people voted in 194
block elections. In 1966, the first such elections, 2,000 people
voted in 11 polling places.

EOA is not a financial aid program. It offers opportunities, a
hand up instead of a hand out. It is an experimental program,
searching for new approaches to old and complex problems.
Acting as a catalyst, it has brought numerous changes in old
methods and attitudes. The success of these changes will be
measured by the continued development of a self-sufficient,
aware and responsible citizenry, so essential for the growth and

survival of Metropolitan Atlanta.

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tatistics in this report cover the period from January 1965 through
December, 1967.

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EOA PROGRAMS

ATLANTA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 688-1494

Director: Mrs. Doris C. Bridges

A comprehensive manpower program to recruit, train and place
2,500 hardcore unemployed and underemployed persons in
permanent employment.

Persons included in the program reside in the following five
target areas: Sum-Mec, Pittsburgh, West End, Price and NASH-
Washington.

ACTION: From August 14 through December 1967, 704
people were placed in orientation and pre-vocational training
programs and 687 people were placed on jobs or in on-the-job
training programs.

ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION
AND SERVICE CENTER

Georgia Department of Education,
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
1599 Memorial Drive, S.E.
378-7591

Mr. Cantey Gordon

Administering Agency:

Address of Program:
Telephone:
Director:

A centralized service to diagnose and evaluate work potential
and training needs of difficult cases and to follow up job
progress. It serves all agencies cooperating with EOA programs.

ACTION: From May, 1966, through December, 1967, 1,983

people were accepted for evaluation, 1,452 completed the evalua-
tion phase and 605 finished training and were employed.

DAY CARE — FULL YEAR HEAD START

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 525-4266

Director: Mrs. Gloria S. Gross

Ten day care centers provide supervised care, enrichment and
education for 725 children of working parents. The centers are
open 11 hours a day, five days a week, all year. Approximately
1,759 children have attended day care centers since the first
one began operation in April 1965.

DAY CARE — FULL YEAR HEAD START CENTERS

Antioch North Day Care Center (50 children)
540 Kennedy Street, N.W.

Telephone: 523-4862

Director: Mrs. Mary Ray

Bowen Homes Day Care Center (Gate City Association)
(100 children)

1060 Wilkes Circle, N.W.

Telephone: 799-1170

Director: Mrs. Frances Wyatt
College Park Civic & Educational Center (35 children)
407 West Harvard Street, College Park, Georgia
Telephone: 766-4456

Director: Mrs. Eloise Thomas

East Point Child Care Center (24 children)
1147 Calhoun Avenue, East Point, Georgia
Telephone: 767-4404

Director: Mrs. DeVern Howell

Fort Street Kiddie Korner (100 children)
562 Boulevard, N.E.

Telephone: 876-9279

Director: Mrs. Yhonna Halcomb

Gate City at St. Paul’s (Gate City Association) (36 children)
1540 Pryor Road, S.W.

Telephone: 622-8951

Director: Mrs. Barbara Martin

Grady Homes Day Care Center

(Grady Homes Tenant Association) (90 children)
100 Bell Street, S.E.

Telephone: 522-1595

Director: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Carter

South Side Day Care Center (120 children)
802 Pryor Street, S.W.

Telephone: 577-2640

Director: Mr. Henry Furlow

Tabernacle Baptist Church (120 children)
475 Boulevard, N.E.

Telephone: 876-1779 r
Director: Mrs. Mattie Bruce

Vine City Child Development Center (50 children)
168 Griffin Street, N.W.

Telephone: 525-4419

Director: Mr. Joseph Gross

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

Administering Agency: EOA and Georgia State Employ-
ment Service

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.

Telephone: 688-9491

Director: Mr. Aaron Alderman

One Georgia State Employment Service Manpower Counselor
is located in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide job
placement and referrals to other services.

ACTION: Since March 1965, employment counselors located
in neighborhood centers have placed 9,891 individuals on jobs;
6,218 individuals in training programs such as MDTA, Job Corps
and Neighborhood Youth Corps, and made 21,356 referrals.
Counselors have conducted 37,859 initial interviews and 102,615
total interviews. Of all individuals coming to EOA neighborhood
centers, 72% wanted jobs.

FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT

Administering Agency: Senior Citizen Services of
Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
Address: 120 Marietta Street, N.W.

Telephone: 577-2474
Director: Mrs. Georgie O. Miller

A program to provide children in institutions with adult affec-
tion and companionship while also giving older citizens a chance
to be employed in a useful, personally satisfying job.

ACTION: Forty-one men and women over sixty years of age
are employed to work with children at three institutions. Each
grandparent is responsible for two children. Since February
1966, 196 older people have participated in the program.

INSTITUTIONS
Carrie-Steele Pitts Home

Fulton County Juvenile Court
Grady Memorial Hospital

HEAD START — SUMMER

Administering Agencies: Eight (see below)
Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 525-4266

Director: Mrs. Gloria S. Gross

A summer enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-
school children operated by the Atlanta School System and
seven private agencies.

Head Start classes have provided cultural enrichment for a total
of 8,989 children during the last three summers.

Atlanta Public Schools 6,909 children have attended
761-5411 Ext. 233 in 3 summers.

Berean Junior Academy 360 children have attended
758-4831 in 3 summers.

Free For All Day Nursery
525-6371

Gwinnett County Public Schools
963-9248

Hinsley Temple Day Nursery
524-8146

Rockdale County Public Schools
483-4713

Sullivan - Mitchell Academy
799-1261

Wheat Street Day Nursery
525-4621

JOB CORPS — MEN'S

360 children have attended
in 3 summers.

480 children have attended
in 2 summers.

180 children have attended
in 3 summers.

80 children have attended
in 2 summers.

90 children have attended
in 1 summer.

300 children have attended
in 3 summers.

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 577-2855 Room 313
Director: Mr. Wilbert Solomon

Job training for out-of-school, unemployed boys aged 16 through
21. EOA is responsible for recruiting and screening male Job
Corps applicants from Atlanta and Fulton, Cobb, Clayton,
Fayette, Douglas, DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett counties,

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ACTION: Since January 1965, 2,012 boys have been sent to
training centers throughout the country. 301 have been pro-
cessed and are awaiting assignments. 277 boys have graduated.
A new recruiting quota of 1,560 boys has been received for the
current year.

(See also “Job Corps — Women’s” page 8 .)

LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The Atlanta Legal Aid Society
136 Pryor Street, S.E.
524-5811

Mr. Michael D. Padnos

Mrs. Nancy S. Cheves

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Project Director:
General Counsel:

NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICES

Bellwood Legal Services Center

Address: 717 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 523-2528

Managing Attorney: Mr. Eugene Taylor
Assistant Attorney: Mrs. Evelyn Fabian

Northwest Branch Legal Services Center

Address: 1839—C Hollywood Road, N.W.
Telephone: 799-8336

Managing Attorney: Mrs. Colquitt McGee

Law Clerk: Mr. Samson Oliver

Sum-Mec Legal Services Center

Address: 65 Georgia Avenue, S.E.
Telephone: 524-7982

Managing Attorney: Mr. Robert B. Newman
Assistant ‘Attorney: Mr. Howard Simmons

Another legal services center is operated by Emory University.

Emory Neighborhood Law Office

Address: 447 Parkway Drive, N.E.
Telephone: 874-1948
Director: Frederick S. LeClereq

All legal cases from EOA target areas are referred to the down-
town office or one of the four neighborhood centers. The
program also offers legal education and includes a research and
reform unit and a special litigation unit. Two additional
neighborhood offices will be opened in 1968.

ACTION: Since July 1965, attorneys have served 29,738 cases
and have reopened 1,301 cases. 6,175 cases were completed
after court action.

MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED

Senior Citizen Services of
Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
577-3828

Mr. A. E. Horvath

Administering Agency:

Telephone:
Executive Director:

John O. Chiles Center
Address: 435 Ashby Street, S.W.
Telephone: 755-5771

Palmer House Center
Address: 430 Techwood Drive, N.W.
Telephone: 873-3453

Antione Graves Center
Address: 126 Hilliard Street, S.E.
Telephone: 577-1793

Health maintenance, adult education, recreation, transportation,
counseling, information, referrals and volunteer services for 764
individuals living in three high rise apartment buildings for the
elderly constructed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, plus
approximately 3,000 elderly individuals who live in the neigh-
borhoods where the facilities are located.

The average daily attendance is 389.

NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Coordinator of Inner

City Centers Mrs. Sujette Crank—522-5792
Coordinator of Outer

City Centers Mr. George Williams—873-6759

All EQOA services are brought to low-income families through 14
neighborhood service centers located in poverty areas. Employ-
ment counseling, social services and a variety of self-help programs
are available at the centers. In addition, staff members help
residénts form neighborhood block organizations, deal with
neighborhood problems and develop leadership ability. Each year,
residents of EOA target areas vote in neighborhood elections to
choose their representatives to EQOA committees and the EOA
Board of Directors.

Central City Neighborhood Service Center
840 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Director:

Extension Area Manager:

873-6759
Miss Margaret Ajax
Mrs. Lucy Guthrie

East Central Neighborhood Service Center
486 Decatur Street, S.E.
Telephone:

Director:

577-1735
Mr. George Dodd

East Side Community Extension Center
547 Hunt Street, S.E.
Telephone:

Extension Area Manager:

872-2445
Mr. Eddie Neyland

Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center
1723 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Telephone:

Director:

Extension Area Manager:

378-3643
Miss Charlene Wharton
Mr. Collins Hastings

Gwinnett County Neighborhood Service Center
225 Perry Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Telephone: 963-9700
Director: Mr. Gene Johnson

NASH-Washington Neighborhood Service Center
247 Ashby Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Director:

524-2084
Mr. William A. Fowlkes

Eagan Homes Extension Area Center
97 Chestnut Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Extension Area Manager:

523-3186
Mr. Maurice Pennington
Vine City Extension Area Center

141 Walnut Street, N.W.

Telephone: 523-5137

Extension Area Manager: Mr. Maurice Pennington

North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center

27 Oak Street, Roswell, Georgia

Telephone: 993-3795

Acting Director: Mr. George Adams

Northwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center
1927 Hollywood Road, N.W.

Telephone: 799-9322

Director: Mr. Howard Jefferson

Pittsburgh Neighborhood Service Center
993% McDaniel Street, S.E.

Telephone: 523-1577
Director: Mr. Sam Baxter

Price Neighborhood Service Center

1127 Capitol Avenue, S.W.

Telephone: 522-5792

Director: Mrs. Pauline M. Clark

Rockdale-Conyers Neighborhood Service Center
929 Commercial Street, Conyers, Georgia
Telephone: 483-9512
Director: Mrs. Sarah M. Starr

South Fulton Neighborhood Service Center
2735 East Point Street, East Point, Georgia

Telephone: 767-7541
Director: Mr. James Callan
Extension Area Manager: Mr. Hubert Murray

Summerhill-Mechanicsville Neighborhood Service Center
65 Georgia Avenue, S.E.
Telephone: 577-1351
Director: Mr. Daniel Brand
Extension Area Managers: Mrs. June Sammons

Mr. Richard Rembert

West Central Neighbrohood Service Center
2193 Verbena Street, N.W.

Telephone: 799-0331
Director: Mr. Amos Parker
Extension Area Manager: Mr. Oscar Trent

West End Neighborhood Service Center
727 Lawton Street, S.W.

Telephone: 753-6101
Director: Mrs. Sarah Zimmerman
Extension Area Manager: Miss Penny A. Blackford

NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS
(Out-of-School program)

Administering Agency: EOA

Address of program: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 688-6232

Director: Mr. Henry Pace

A job training and employment program for out-of-school,
unemployed youths aged 16 through 21. 146 public and non-
profit Atlanta agencies provide 154 work locations and 440
positions. Return to school is encouraged.

ACTION: 440 work positions are provided. Since August 1965
4,033 have participated in the program.

See also Neighborhood Youth Corps
(In-School program) page 8 .

PARENT AND CHILD CENTER

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 525-4266

Acting Director: Miss Anne Ingram

EOA has received a planning grant to design an Atlanta Parent
and Child Center. It is a pilot demonstration project designed
to provide services to low-income families in the Edgewood
area with children under three years of age or those expecting
a baby.

One of thirty-six such projects throughout the country, the

PPC program emphasizes planned parenthood, household skills,
parent-child relationships and the use of community facilities.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Administering Agency: The Planned Parenthood
Association of the Atlanta Area

Address: 118 Marietta Street, N.W.

Telephone: 523-6996

Director: Mrs. Julian Freedman

Bethlehem Community Center Clinic
9 McDonough Boulevard

Telephone: 627-0176
(Thursday evenings 6—9 p.m.)

Downtown Clinic Vine City Clinic

118 Marietta Street, N.W. 558 Magnolia St., N.W.
Telephone: 523-6996 Telephone: 523-8112
(Friday evenings 6—8 p.m.) (Friday evenings 6—9 p.m.)

East Point Clinic

2735 East Point Street

Telephone: 767-7541

(Tuesday evenings 6—9 p.m.; 2nd and 4th
Saturdays in the month, 10—12 a.m.)

John O. Chiles Homes

435 Ashby Street, S.W.
Telephone: 753-4228
(Thursday evenings 6—9 p.m.)

Perry Homes Clinic

1660 Drew Drive, N.W., Apt. 756
Telephone: 355-8278
(Monday-Wednesday evenings 6—9 p.m.)

A family planning service.

ACTION: The program, under contract with EOA, has served
6,231 individuals from January 1966 through November 1967.
Five neighborhood family planning clinics plus the downtown
clinic are in operation.




PRICE AREA HEALTH CENTER

Administering Agencies: Fulton County Medical Assoc.
Emory Univ. School of Medicine

Temporary Address: 1070 Washington Street, S.W.

Telephone: 688-1350

Directors: Dr. William Marine

Dr. Calvin Brown
Permanent address will be 1039 Ridge Avenue, S.W.

A new health center will provide complete medical services,
except hospitalization, for 22,000 low-income people living in
the Price neighborhood. The Fulton County Medical Society
is the delegate agency and Emory University will operate the
program. The program will cooperate with all other health and
planning agencies within Metropolitan Atlanta.

Temporary services will be available June 1, 1968. Full opera-
tion will begin on November 1, 1968. ~

SUMMER RECREATION
Call Mr. Harold Barrett at 525-4266 for information.

City-wide recreation programs were conducted in the summers
of 1966 and 1967 by EOA, the City of Atlanta, 10 United
Appeal Agencies and 14 other private agencies. The total 1966-67
attendance at summer recreation programs was 377,000. A large
1968 program is planned.

VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA)

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: ; 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 577-3195

Director: Mr. Johnny Popwell, Jr.

A domestic Peace Corps of volunteers assisting low-income
neighborhood residents with education, community organiza-
tion, recreation, counseling, health, legal assistance, employment
and other specialized programs.

ACTION: Fifty-four VISTAs are currently working with EOA

neighborhood centers and other agencies. Since July 1965, 101
VISTAs have worked with EOA,

COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION

Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education
Address: 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W.
Telephone: 761-5411 Ext. 206

Directors: Mr. Alan Koth

Mr. Joe Fuller
Dr. Curtis Henson

Instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic for adults over

18 years of age who are unable to function on an eighth grade
level, to improve their employment potential.

COLLEGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM

Part-time employment program to keep youths from low-income
families in college.

PARTICIPATING COLLEGES:

Clark College

Emory University

Georgia State College

Georgia Institute of Technology
Morehouse College

Morris Brown College
Oglethorpe University

Spelman College

COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education
Address: 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W.
Telephone: 761-5411

Director: Mr. Alan Koth

An education program to serve the entire family using neighbor-
hood public school facilities around the clock. The program
was financed by EOA until the 1967 budget reductions.

Eleven Community Schools are still in operation. Five (Brown,
Price, Washington, Archer and Howard) offer academic credit —
toward a High School diploma. Credit courses are also offered
at Bass High School.

Archer High School, 2250 Perry Boulevard, N.W.
Telephone: 794-1567
Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal

Bethune Elementary School, 220 Northside Drive, N.W.
Telephone: 524-6854
Norris Hogans, Assistant Principal

Brown High School, 764 Peeples Street, S.W.
Telephone: 758-5050
Stephen Vernarsky, Acting Assistant Principal

Capitol Avenue Elementary School, 811 Capitol Avenue, S.W.
Telephone: 523-8696
Obadiah Jordan, Jr., Assistant Principal

Sammye Coan Middle School, 1550 Boulevard Drive, N.E.
Telephone: 377-1748
Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal

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 Chivers, Assistant Principal

Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N.E.
Telephone: 522-5096
Joel Dinkins, Acting Assistant Principal

Price High School, 1670 Capitol Avenue, S.W.
Telephone: 758-8024
Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal
Washington High School, 45 White House Drive, S.W.
Telephone: 755-7721
Robert H. Wilson, Assistant Principal

West Fulton High School, 1890 Bankhead Avenue, N.W.

Telephone: 799-3177
E. C. Norman, Assistant Principal

CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU

Agency: The Atlanta Police Department
Address: 82 Decatur Street, S.E.
Telephone: 522-7363
Officers in Charge: Capt. O. W. Jordan

Lt. C. Dixon

A. A. Harris

Policemen work in each EOA neighborhood service center to
become friends with residents and help them with their prob-
lems. The program, the first of its kind in the country, was
developed by the Atlanta Police Department. All new policemen
are assigned to the program for their first few months of duty.

ACTION: Since January 1967, officers have made over 162,800
contacts, attended 339 meetings on off-duty time, and helped
176 hardship cases.

The supervising officers and their centers are:

NASH-Washington
Price and Pittsburgh

Officer Gambell
Officer Davenport

Central City Officer Cardell

Northwest (Perry Homes) Officers Smith and Bolton
Edgewood Officer Steed

East Central Officer L. Coggins

West End Officer Owens

Sum-Mec Officer Lyons

West Central Officer Johnson

EMORY EVALUATION PROGRAM

Agency: Emory University
Address: 309 Thompson Hall
Emory University
Telephone: 377-3504
Director: Dr. Fred Crawford

An eighteen month evaluation of Atlanta's Community Action
Program.

ACTION: First annual report has been filed with OEO in
Washington.

JOB CORPS — WOMEN’S

Agency: Women in Community Service,
Inc. (WICS)

Address: 730 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Telephone: 526-3297

Director: Mrs. Lois Baldwin

Job training for out-of-school, unemployed girls aged 16 through
21. At present, 208 girls are in training centers throughout the
United States and 63 have graduated.

MDTA

Agencies: The Georgia State Employment
Service and the Atlanta Board of
Education

~Address of program: 522 W. Peachtree St., N.W.

Telephone: 875-0971

Director: Mr. Lloyd Groover

The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 provides
job training for needed skills.

NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (In-School)

Atlanta and Fulton County

Boards of Education

101 Marietta Street, N.W.

524-7886 |
Mr. Eugene Wimby

Agencies:

Address of program:
Telephone:
Director:

Training and employment of low-income high school youths
in the Atlanta-Fulton County School Systems to provide work
experience and money to enable them to remain in school.

ACTION: 654 students are now employed in the public schools.
3,867 youths have participated since the beginning.

TEN CITIES

Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education
Address of program: 756 West Peachtree Street, N.E.
Telephone: 876-1571

Director: Mr. Thomas W. Hinds

Program offers the human relations approach to gaining and
maintaining ernployment. It is under the Manpower Develop-
ment and Training Act.

UPWARD BOUND

Clark College

Address: 240 Chestnut Street, N.W.
Telephone: 525-5293

Director: Dr. Carson Lee

Emory University

Address: Emory University Campus, Emory Univ.
Telephone: 377-2411 Ext. 7546
Director: Mr. Louis Becker

Morehouse College

Address: 223 Chestnut Street, S.W.
Telephone: 577-1505
Director: Mr. Mac A. Stewart

Morris Brown College

Address: 642 Hunter Street, N.W.
Telephone: 577-2628
Director: Mrs. Vivian McGee

A project to reduce the dropout 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.


YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER

Administering Agency: Ga. State Employment Service

Address: 522 West Peachtree Street, N.W.
Telephone: 875-0971
Director: Mr. Forrest Humphries

A program which concentrates on the employment needs of
youths aged 16 through 21, with emphasis on counseling, testing
and referral to other agencies for remedial education or training.

DISCONTINUED EOA PROGRAMS

BEES-BIZ

Training and work experience for 500-700 hard-core, unem-
ployed out-of-school youths per year, in workshop situations.
_ Administered by BEES-BIZ, Inc., a non-profit private organiza-
tion. 233 were enrolled during the program.

COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

An education program, formerly financed by EOA, to serve
the entire family using neighborhood public school facilities
around the clock. Now administered by the Atlanta Board of
Education. See page 7.

20,964 were enrolled in 12 schools. Approximately 10,000
more participated in programs while financed by EOA.

PROJECT ENABLE

Group education for low-income parents whose children are en-
rolled in Head Start classes, to increase motivation for self-help.
Community and personal problems were identified and became
the target for action. The project was administered by the
Atlanta Urban League, Inc.

ACTION: Eleven groups with a total of 295 parents have com-
pleted their discussions. There have been 424 referrals to other
agencies for help. 1,836 people have been interviewed. 60 persons
have been involved in leadership training. The program ended on
December 31st.

HOMEMAKER SERVICES

Substitute homemakers assumed responsibility for households
in low-income areas during emergency situations. Administered
by Visiting Nurse Association of Atlanta. 28 homemakers served
522 homes and made 13,436 visits.

HOME MANAGEMENT TRAINING

EOA Home Management Technicians and aides worked in Neigh-
borhood Service Centers, taught residents cooking, sewing,
housekeeping, budgeting, child care, hygiene, consumer buying,
and facts about loans and installment buying.

MEDICARE ALERT

A two month program. 10,697 citizens 65 years and older
were contacted. 110 paid workers, older people from low-
income areas, and 117 volunteers explained health and hospital
benefits available under the new Medicare legislation and helped
people apply before the March 31, 1966 deadline.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Four Public Health Nurses worked with neighborhood service
centers. Administered by Fulton County Department of Public
Health

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

A center to screen prospective loan applicants and to provide
assistance in the management and development of small busi-
nesses.

From October 1965 through July 1967 the center interviewed
and counseled 850 low-income businessmen and approved loans
totaling $326,225. Administered by EOA.

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM

In 1965, scholarships were provided for 6,500 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.

VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE

A program to provide training and supervision of local volunteers
who supplemented services of the EOA professional staff. Volun-
teers were drawn from all areas of the city, including EOA
target areas. The program was administered by the Community
Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. during its demonstration year.

ACTION: Approximately 250 volunteers were recruited, trained
and placed. Seven classes were held, both daytime and evening.
The volunteers worked for at least six months in neighborhood
service centers, child development centers, summer head start
programs, planned parenthood clinics, senior citizens centers
and community schools.


TARGET AREA POPULATION AND BOUNDARIES

Centers Bounderies Tracts Population
Central City N—Southern Railway F-6n bey aconh 9. 20,304
E—W. Peachtree F-10, F-20, F-21
S—Jet Street
W-L&N RR
East Central N—North Ave. F-17, F-18, F-19, F-27, 39,589 |
E—Moreland Ave. F-28, F-29, F-30, F-31,
S—Memorial Dr. F-32, F-33
W—Williams St. |
i |
Edgewood N—C of Ga. RR D-5, D-6 12,782 |
E—Rogers St.
S—Memorial Drive |
W—Moreland Ave. |
‘Gwinnett County Entire county 53,800
Nash-Washington N—Bankhead Ave. F-22, F-23, F-25, F-26, 38,334
E—Elliot Street F-36, F-37, F-38, F-39,
S—Greensferry Ave. & Westview Dr. F-43
W—Ashby Street
North Fulton N—Fulton-Cherokee County Line F-101, F-102, F-114, 42,943
E—Fulton-Forsyth County Line — F-115, F-116
S—Northside Drive to W. Wieuca Rd.
to Nancy Creek, Fulton-DeKalb
line to Chattahoochee River
W—Fulton-Cobb County Line
|
Northwest Perry N—Marietta Boulevard F-87, F-88 14,134 |
r E—Marietta Boulevard & |
Louisville&Nashville RR |
S—Proctor Creek |
W-—Chattahoochee River |
Pittsburg N—Cont'd W-Whitehall F-57, F-58, F-63 10,559
E—Southern Railway
S—Atlanta&W. Point RR
W—W. Whitehall |
|
Price N—Atlanta Ave. F-67, F-55B, *F-55A 21,548
E—Hill Street *F-56
S—Lakewood Ave. |
W-—South Expressway |
Rockdale County Entire county 15,700
South Fulton N—E. Cleveland Ave. F-104, F-105, F-106, 60,037
E—Sylvan Road F-107, F-109, F-110,
S—Thomas Avenue F-112
W—A&W.P. RR (S. Main St.)
Sum-Mec N—Memorial Drive F-44, F-45, F-46, F-47, 22,975
E—Primrose & Kelly Streets F-48, *F-55A, *F-56
S—Atlanta Ave.
W-—Southern Railway
West Central N—Proctor Creek, Gun Club F-24, F-83, F-84, F-86 33,449

Road, Eugenia PI. & North Ave.
E—L&N RR, Ashby St.
S—Atlantic Coast Line RR, & Hunter St.
W—Chattahoochee River






West End

TOTAL

N—Harris Homes Project

E—Whitehall Street

S—L&N Railroad

W—John White Park, S. Gordon Street

*These Census Tracts are divided between two center areas

1968 EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman
Mrs. W. H. (Lucy) Aiken
Mr. Robert Barnes
Mr. Harold Benson
Mr. W. T. Brooks
Mr. William L. Calloway
Mr, J. Otis Cochran
Mr, Lawrence Coleman
Mr. Robert Dobbs

. Mr. George L. Edwards Jr.
Mr. John Gaither

Mrs, Beatrice Garland
Mrs. Katherine Gatty
Mr. Melvin Grantham
Rev. Ellis Green

Mr. John W. Greer
Rev. Joseph L. Griggs
Mrs. Sylvia Harris
Mr. John S. Herndon
Mr. Jesse Hill

Mr. T. J. Justin

Rev. M. L. King, Sr.

CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Marked * below, plus the following
Executive Administrator Nominees:
Mrs. Gladys Bradley

Mrs. Rosa Burney

Mr. James Couch

Mr. W. A. Edge
Mr. Ralph Long
Mrs. Annie Pace

CITIZENS’ NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS

Central City Center
*Mr. James Austin
Mrs. Dorothy Brown
Mrs. Evelyn Brown
Mrs, Katie Brown
Mrs. Ethel Cox
Mr. T. J. Justus
Mrs. Ethel Mc Intyre
Mrs. Tempil Owens
Mrs. Ruth Palmer
Mr. W. A. Reynolds
Mrs. Kathryn Turner
Mr. L. L. Turner
Mr. Alonza Watson
Center Director Nominees:
*Mr. Spencer Blount
Mrs. Kathryn Turner

Conyers—Rockdale Center
Mr. Jim Baker

Mr. Leroy Bigham, Chairman
Reverend E. N. Brewer

Mr. Bobby Brisendine
Reverend William Byington
Mr. George Davis

Mr. George Edwards, Jr.
Mr. James Finlayson

Mr. Moses Green

Mr. Aubrey Harvey

Mrs. Olivia Haydel

Mr, Willie Henderson

Mr. J. T. Hicks
Mrs. Merle K. Lott
Mr. John Penn

Mr. Frank Smith
Mrs. Otis Smith
Mr. Jack Turner
Mrs. Dora Zachery

East Central
Rev. W. M. Allen
Mrs. Clide Anderson
Mrs. Alice Birdsong
*Rev. N. D. Daniel
Mrs. Jean Fryer
Miss Edith L, Grant
Mr. James Gilbert, Sr.
Mrs. Lois Harris
Mrs. Ophelia Harris
Mrs. Lila Hawkins
Mrs. Gladys Hutchinson
Mrs. Susie Labord, Chairman
*Mrs. Corine Lang
*Mr. John Mattox
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Harold Hess
Mr. Julius Pruitt
Mr. Samuel Sheats

Edgewood Center
Mrs. Fred Brantley
Mrs, Eliza. Brock

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F-41, F-42, F-59, F-60,
F-61, F-62

20,200

283,151

Mrs. Susie Labord

Dr. John W. Letson

Mr. W. H. Montague, Sr.
Mr. Michael Murphy
Mr. Carl Plunkett

Mr. Julian Sharpton

Dr. Lynn Shufelt

Mr. A. H. Sterne

Mrs, Nancie Stowers
Dr. Paul D. West

Mrs, Leroy (Ann) Woodard

Mrs. Susie Perkins
Reverend R. B. Shorts
Mr. Robert Tibbetts

Mrs. Blanche Cox
*Mrs. Rosie Harris
Mrs. Charity Hill
Rev. C. W. Hill
Mr, Lorenzo Johnson, Chairman
Mrs. Maxie Lewis
Mr. Columbus Maddox
Mr. George Malden
*Mrs. Rubye Payne
Mr. Julius White
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Rufus Favors
*Mr. John Gaither
Mr. Charles Turner

Nash-Washington Center
*Mrs. Elizabeth Barker

Mr. Otis Cochran

Mrs, Mattie Cotton

Mrs, Parialee Faulker

Mrs. Lois Ferguson

Mrs. Cathrine Greer

Mrs. Margaret Guest

Mrs. Cynthia Hampton

Rev. W. L. Houston

Mrs. Geneva Mack

Mr. James S. Wilson

Mrs, Jesse Miller

Mrs, Lena Pritchett

Mrs. Carrie Porter

Mrs. Annie Sewell
Mrs. Gladys Shaw
Mr. M. T. Sheppard
*Mr. Erwin Stevens, Chairman
Mrs. C. M. Wolfe
Center Director Nominees:
*Mr. James Gardner
Mrs. Mattie Hutchinson
Mrs. Ruby Lundy
Mrs. Maggie Moody
Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson

North Fulton Center
*Rev. Paul Abernathy
Mr. Royce Adkins
*Mr. Alonzo Allen
Mr. George Barnhart
Mr. Tom Bell
Mrs. Ophard Buice
Mrs. Doris Born
Mrs. Rupert Cartwright
Mrs. Susie Day
Rev. G. R. Hewatt
Mrs. Clyde Lafitte
Mrs. Robert McCallum
Mr. Robert McCallum
Mrs. Fannie Martin
Mrs. Judy Metcaff
*Mr. Gene Poteete
Mr. Lynn Shufelt, Chairman
Mrs, Ed. Steele
Mr, A. C. Turner
Mrs. Anne Verner
Mrs. Nelle Wilson
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. H. B. Jones
Mrs. Grace Kilgore
Mr. Horace McClusky
Mr. W. H. Scott
Mrs. Ann Standridge
Mrs. Agnes Wells

Northwest Perry Homes Center
Mrs. Azzie Brown
Mrs. Margie Freeman
Mr. Isreal Grant
Mrs. Beulah Hill
*Mrs. Ruby Hawk
Mrs. Annie Mae Hoard
Mrs. Pearline Johnson
Mrs. Elizabeth McMillian
Deacon Henry Mitchell
Mrs. Mary Rowe
Mr. John Slaton
Mrs. Arie Shelman
*Mr. Albert Smith
*Mirs. Elizabeth Strong
Mrs. Vera Travis
Mrs. Josie Wynn
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Robert Dobbs, Chairman
Mr. Robert Shaw

Pittsburgh Service Center
Mrs. Madeline Cooper
Mrs. Huston F. Dyer
Mrs, Annie Evans

Mrs. Mamie Fleming
Mrs. Beatrice Garland

GSA ATLANTA GA 68=3554

Mrs. Annie B. Nelson
Mrs. Rosa Hammonds
Mrs. Mary Robinson
*Mr. N. H. Scott
Mrs. Willie P. Thornton
Mr. John W. Tolbert
Mrs. Annie P. Wright
*Mrs. Carrie B. Wright, Chairman
Center Director Nominees:
“Mrs. Sallie Billings
Rev. Calvin Houston

Price Center
*Mrs. Grace Barksdale
Mr. Melvin Barnes
Mrs. Mary Benning
Mr. Jessie Berry
Mrs. Charlie M. Foster
Mrs. Betty Hightower
Mrs. Helen Lowe
Mr. Gariel McCrary
Mrs. Mary Marshall
Mrs. Addie Moore
Mrs. Elizabeth Mosley
Mrs. Ceclia O’ Kelley
*WMirs. Francis O'Neal
Mrs. Mollie Parker
Mr. Henry Phipps, Chairman
Mrs. Christine Printup
Miss Rene Respress
Mrs. Marjorie Stone
Mrs. Jessie Terry
Mrs. Emma J. Watkins
Mrs. Louise Watley
Mrs. Martha Weems
*Mr. Willis Weems
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Robert Barnes
Mrs. Ollie Powell

South Fulton

Mrs. Tommie Anderson

Mr. Ronald Bridges, Chairman

Mrs. Margaret Burnett

Mr. Pau! Dorsey

Mrs. Maxcine Jackson
*Mr. Leroy Lowe

Mrs. Susie Perkins

Mrs, Myrtice Rowe

Mr. Robert Smith

Mr. John Walton, Jr.

Mrs, Louvenia Williams

Mrs, Mary Lou Williams

Mrs. Lucy Willis

Center Director Nominees:
*Mr. W. T. Brooks
*Mr. Milo Fisher

Mr. James Maddox

Sum-Mec Center

Mrs. Lucy Alexander

Mrs. Rosa L. Burney
“Mrs. Ann L. Childs

Rev. L. C. Clark

Mrs, Carrie Cox

Mr. Richard Ferguson

Rev. W. L. Finch

Mrs. Joyce Harden

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Mrs. Katherine Harris

“Mr. Arthur L. Hodges
Mr. Robert Kelly

*Mr. Jimmie Kennebrew, Jr.
Mrs. Gussie Lewis
Mr. Edward Moody
Dec. Lewis E. Peters, Chairman
Mrs. Doris Thomas
Mrs, Eva Upshaw
Mrs. Mary Vaughn
Mr. Hudson Whitsett
Center Director Nominees:
Mrs. Kathryn Gatty
Mrs. Leila Hancock
Deacon Edward James
Mrs. Marie Thomas

West Central Center
Mrs. Katie Brown
Mrs, Katie Davis
Mr. John Dixon
*Mirs. Elizabeth Hill
Mr. John Jackson
Mrs. Elora Johnson
Mrs. Dollie Jones
Mrs. Leola Perry
Mrs. Christine Phillips
*Mr. Elisha Pitts
“Mrs. Essie Powell
Mr. Buster Starr
Rev. H. H. Strong
Mrs. Ernestine Wynn
Mr. Edward Young
Mrs. Marion Young
Center Director Nominees:
Rev. Ellis Green
Mr. Charles B. Hart, Chairrnan
Rev. Pozie L. Redmond, Jr.
Mrs. Jaunita Scott
Rev. R. B. Sutton

West End
Mr. Alvin Barner
*Mrs. Hazel Bridges
Mrs. C. B. Cole
Mr. James Dillion
Father Edwards
Mrs. Carrie Jordan
Mrs. Dorothy Minter
Mr. Michael Murphy, Chairman
Mrs. Geneva Rushin
Mr. J. A. Segars
*Mrs. Kathleen Stapotsky
Mr. James Stewart
Mr. Fred Thomas
Mr. Homer Whaley
Center Director Nominees:
*Rev. Marcus Bramblett
Father Edwards
Mr. James Dillion

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C. PRICE |. WEST CENTRAL
D. SOUTH FULTON J. CENTRAL CITY

E. SUM-MEC K. PITTSBURGH

F. EAST CENTRAL L. NORTH FULTON

(Gwinnett and Rockdale County
areas not shown on map)
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BRIEF HISTORY
EOA PROGRAMS

COOPERATING INDEPENDENT
PROGRAMS

DISCONTINUED EOA
PROGRAMS

TARGET AREA POPULATION
AND BOUNDARIES

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CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY

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Deputy Director Mr. William W. Allison
Associate Administrator Mr. William G. Terry

Associate Administrator

for Community Services Mr. Harold Barrett
Director, Finance Mr. Peter Jones
Director, Purchasing Mr. O. H. Gronke

Chief of Manpower Services Mr. George C. Rodgers
Chief of Neighborhood Services Mrs. Sujette Crank

Unit Coordinator Mr. George Williams
Chief of Individual j ‘
& Family Services Mrs. Edith A. Hambrick
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