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ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC.
101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
525-4262
TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS
A brief summary of programs funded through
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. from
January 1965 to July 1967
RRKKEREKEK KARKEEE
During the past two and one-half years Atlanta's community
action program has moved with great speed. It has, in many ways,
become a model for the nation. Thousands of Atlanta citizens
and many agencies and organizations have participated in planning
the variety of opportunity programs now available.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS
Twelve multi-service neighborhood centers have been
established in Atlanta and Fulton County. Two additional centers
serve families in Gwinnett and Rockdale counties.
The 14 neighborhood centers have held a total of 116,203
interviews.
Employment counselors located in neighborhood centers placed
7,630 individuals in jobs, not including Job Corps, Neighborhood
Youth Corps etc. Of the centers' total intake, 72% wanted jobs.
Social Service workers have made 71,938 referrals to put
families in touch with agencies offering appropriate help, in
aldition to the numerous cases completed at the neighborhood centers.
Resident Participation: Two democratic elections have been
conducted to select representatives of low-income neighborhoods
for EOA committees. Nearly 12,000 people voted in the 1967 EOA
elections. Approximately 10,000 people participate in 200 block
organizations and other EOA committees. More than 500 low-income
citizens are serving as elected block captains and representatives
to neighborhood center advisory councils, a city-wide advisory
council and the EOA Board of Directors. One-third of the EOA
Board of Directors is composed of low-income citizens.
Neighborhood Services Aides: Low-income residents of neigh-
borhoods served by EOA have been trained and employed by EOA to
assist with its programs. Aides (214 before 1967 budget reductions,
145 now) have contacted 124,004 families to discuss opportunities
available through EOA. They have provided continued contact with
53,697 families. Aides also assist with community organization
and the work of the neighborhood centers.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Summer Head Start classes have provided cultural enrichment
for 3,000 children each of the last three summers.
Nine Day Care Centers provide supervised recreation and
enrichment for 700 children of working parents.
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Twelve Community Schools have provided education and enrichment
in the afternoons and evenings for a total enrollment of 70,482.
Funds for this program were cut 82% because of 1967 budget reductions.
NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School Program)
Eighty-nine agencies are cooperating to provide jobs for
approximately 650 youths. In two and one-half years 3,620 youths
have participated in the program.
Another 3,000 youths have participated in a Neighborhood
Youth Corps program for high school students administered by the
Atlanta Public Schools.
JOB CORPS
EOA recruits boys from an eight county area for the Job
Corps. To date, 1,654 have been accepted for Job Corps training,
658 are known to be employed or in the military service.
Recruiting for the Women's Job Corps is handled by WICS.
To date, 270 girls have been accepted for training.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Attorneys from the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, under
contract with EOA, have served 21,502 cases and have closed
2,760 court cases.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
The Planned Parenthood Association, under contract with
EOA, has served 4,184 individuals.
FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Forty-one men and women over 60 years of age are employed
to work with children at three institutions.
PROJECT ENABLE
Over 300 low-income parents have participated in a group
discussion program designed to increase motivation for self-help.
MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE’ AGED
Recreation, social services and day care are being provided
for a total of 1,794 family units in three apartment buildings
for the aged.
ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER
This is a centralized service, the first of its kind in
the country, to diagnose and evaluate work potential and
training needs of difficult cases. Approximately 40% of those
who have been evaluated are now employed.
SUMMER RECREATION
City-wide recreation programs were conducted in the
summers of 1966 and 1967 with funds from OEO. The total 1966
attendance at summer recreation programs was 277,000.
ATLANTA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
This is a new program designed to place 2,500 consistently
unemployed or underemployed people in jobs or training during
the next year. Approximately 70 Atlanta businesses and social
agencies have volunteered to remove unnecessary entry level job
qualifications so that newly trained people might become employed.
Many businesses will also cooperate in training enrollees.
PRICE AREA HEALTH CENTER
A new health center will provide complete medical services,
except hospitilization,’ for 22,000 low-income people living in
the Price neighborhood. The Fulton County Medical Association,
Emory University School of Medicine and 15 other health and
planning agencies are cooperating with EOA to establish the center.
VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE
More than 200 local volunteers have been trained and placed
in 19 locations to assist with Atlanta's war on poverty.
VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA)
Forty-two VISTAS work with EOA.
DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS
Due to Congressional reductions in 1967 OEFO funds the
following programs were deleted:
Bees-Biz: job training for unemployed, out-of-school youths.
Small Business Development Center: closed as of July 31, the
Center interviewed and counseled 850 individuals, approved
300 loans totaling $326,225.
Home Management Training: classes and demonstrations by
qualified personnel to teach cooking, budgeting, sewing,
child care, hygiene, consumer buying, housekeeping.
Neighborhood Center Recreation Programs: qualified personnel
helped residents develop neighborhood recreation programs.
Homemaker Services: substitute homemakers were provided for
low-income households during emergencies.
Public Health Program: four Public Health nurses worked
with EOA neighborhood service centers.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Fifty-one local agencies have contracts with EOA to administer
EOA programs.
Total community support, including both cash and non-cash
contributions, represents 194% of all programs coming under the
approximately $17,000, 000 CAP umbrella.
Cash contributions from the city and county | governments
total $137,744. in 1967.
-EOA employs 427 people (145 Aides and 282 regular employees).
Before 1967 budget reductions EOA employed 574 people (214 Aides
and 360 regular employees).
The City of Atlanta has placed four city employees, called
City Services Coordinators, in EOA neighborhood centers.
The Fulton County Commissioners have authorizéd decentralized
voter registration at EOA neighborhood centers and have trained
and deputized 65 EOA employees as assistant registrars. More
than 1000 people registered to vote at EOA neighborhood centers
the first month this program was in operation.-
The Atlanta Police Department has placed 10 Crime Prevention
Officers in EOA neighborhood centers.
Numerous other agencies, as well as businesses, churches,
civic clubs and private citizens are cooperating with EOA in
a wide variety of projects.
101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
525-4262
TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS
A brief summary of programs funded through
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. from
January 1965 to July 1967
RRKKEREKEK KARKEEE
During the past two and one-half years Atlanta's community
action program has moved with great speed. It has, in many ways,
become a model for the nation. Thousands of Atlanta citizens
and many agencies and organizations have participated in planning
the variety of opportunity programs now available.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS
Twelve multi-service neighborhood centers have been
established in Atlanta and Fulton County. Two additional centers
serve families in Gwinnett and Rockdale counties.
The 14 neighborhood centers have held a total of 116,203
interviews.
Employment counselors located in neighborhood centers placed
7,630 individuals in jobs, not including Job Corps, Neighborhood
Youth Corps etc. Of the centers' total intake, 72% wanted jobs.
Social Service workers have made 71,938 referrals to put
families in touch with agencies offering appropriate help, in
aldition to the numerous cases completed at the neighborhood centers.
Resident Participation: Two democratic elections have been
conducted to select representatives of low-income neighborhoods
for EOA committees. Nearly 12,000 people voted in the 1967 EOA
elections. Approximately 10,000 people participate in 200 block
organizations and other EOA committees. More than 500 low-income
citizens are serving as elected block captains and representatives
to neighborhood center advisory councils, a city-wide advisory
council and the EOA Board of Directors. One-third of the EOA
Board of Directors is composed of low-income citizens.
Neighborhood Services Aides: Low-income residents of neigh-
borhoods served by EOA have been trained and employed by EOA to
assist with its programs. Aides (214 before 1967 budget reductions,
145 now) have contacted 124,004 families to discuss opportunities
available through EOA. They have provided continued contact with
53,697 families. Aides also assist with community organization
and the work of the neighborhood centers.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Summer Head Start classes have provided cultural enrichment
for 3,000 children each of the last three summers.
Nine Day Care Centers provide supervised recreation and
enrichment for 700 children of working parents.
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Twelve Community Schools have provided education and enrichment
in the afternoons and evenings for a total enrollment of 70,482.
Funds for this program were cut 82% because of 1967 budget reductions.
NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School Program)
Eighty-nine agencies are cooperating to provide jobs for
approximately 650 youths. In two and one-half years 3,620 youths
have participated in the program.
Another 3,000 youths have participated in a Neighborhood
Youth Corps program for high school students administered by the
Atlanta Public Schools.
JOB CORPS
EOA recruits boys from an eight county area for the Job
Corps. To date, 1,654 have been accepted for Job Corps training,
658 are known to be employed or in the military service.
Recruiting for the Women's Job Corps is handled by WICS.
To date, 270 girls have been accepted for training.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Attorneys from the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, under
contract with EOA, have served 21,502 cases and have closed
2,760 court cases.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
The Planned Parenthood Association, under contract with
EOA, has served 4,184 individuals.
FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Forty-one men and women over 60 years of age are employed
to work with children at three institutions.
PROJECT ENABLE
Over 300 low-income parents have participated in a group
discussion program designed to increase motivation for self-help.
MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE’ AGED
Recreation, social services and day care are being provided
for a total of 1,794 family units in three apartment buildings
for the aged.
ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER
This is a centralized service, the first of its kind in
the country, to diagnose and evaluate work potential and
training needs of difficult cases. Approximately 40% of those
who have been evaluated are now employed.
SUMMER RECREATION
City-wide recreation programs were conducted in the
summers of 1966 and 1967 with funds from OEO. The total 1966
attendance at summer recreation programs was 277,000.
ATLANTA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
This is a new program designed to place 2,500 consistently
unemployed or underemployed people in jobs or training during
the next year. Approximately 70 Atlanta businesses and social
agencies have volunteered to remove unnecessary entry level job
qualifications so that newly trained people might become employed.
Many businesses will also cooperate in training enrollees.
PRICE AREA HEALTH CENTER
A new health center will provide complete medical services,
except hospitilization,’ for 22,000 low-income people living in
the Price neighborhood. The Fulton County Medical Association,
Emory University School of Medicine and 15 other health and
planning agencies are cooperating with EOA to establish the center.
VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE
More than 200 local volunteers have been trained and placed
in 19 locations to assist with Atlanta's war on poverty.
VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA)
Forty-two VISTAS work with EOA.
DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS
Due to Congressional reductions in 1967 OEFO funds the
following programs were deleted:
Bees-Biz: job training for unemployed, out-of-school youths.
Small Business Development Center: closed as of July 31, the
Center interviewed and counseled 850 individuals, approved
300 loans totaling $326,225.
Home Management Training: classes and demonstrations by
qualified personnel to teach cooking, budgeting, sewing,
child care, hygiene, consumer buying, housekeeping.
Neighborhood Center Recreation Programs: qualified personnel
helped residents develop neighborhood recreation programs.
Homemaker Services: substitute homemakers were provided for
low-income households during emergencies.
Public Health Program: four Public Health nurses worked
with EOA neighborhood service centers.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Fifty-one local agencies have contracts with EOA to administer
EOA programs.
Total community support, including both cash and non-cash
contributions, represents 194% of all programs coming under the
approximately $17,000, 000 CAP umbrella.
Cash contributions from the city and county | governments
total $137,744. in 1967.
-EOA employs 427 people (145 Aides and 282 regular employees).
Before 1967 budget reductions EOA employed 574 people (214 Aides
and 360 regular employees).
The City of Atlanta has placed four city employees, called
City Services Coordinators, in EOA neighborhood centers.
The Fulton County Commissioners have authorizéd decentralized
voter registration at EOA neighborhood centers and have trained
and deputized 65 EOA employees as assistant registrars. More
than 1000 people registered to vote at EOA neighborhood centers
the first month this program was in operation.-
The Atlanta Police Department has placed 10 Crime Prevention
Officers in EOA neighborhood centers.
Numerous other agencies, as well as businesses, churches,
civic clubs and private citizens are cooperating with EOA in
a wide variety of projects.
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