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- - -,;;;;.-============--=======;;,;;,.~~""""~........,-~---·------- ----------------~----BRIEF HISTORY OF EOA . EOA PROGRA~.1S THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ATLANTA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT 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 th.e 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 OE~ to an urparrarea on Noyember 23, 1964. .:C M <-v+, ~ ..., eJ h o c.,,J, /.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, unemployment, 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 neighborhoord service centers in 14 lowincome 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 EOA neighborhood centers or cooperate by providing services to individuals referred to them by EOA. Residents of areas served by the 14 centers participate in planning EOA programs through 200 neighborhood block clubs, 14 Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Councils, A Citizens Central Advisory Council and the EOA Board of Directors, one t hird 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 solutions 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 neighborhood 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 se lf-sufficient, aware and responsible citizenry, so essential for the growth and survival of Metro olitan Atlanta. Statistics in this report cover the period from January 1965 through December, 1967. Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 688-1494 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-Mee, Pittsburgh, West End, Price and NASHWashington. 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. ACTION: ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER Administering Agency: Address of Program: Telephone: Director: Georgia Department of Education, Vocational Rehabilitation Division 1599 Memorial Drive, S.E. 378-7591 Mr. Cantey Gordon 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. From May, 1966, through December, 1967, 1,983 people were accepted for evaluation, 1,452 completed the evaluation phase and 605 finished training and were employed. ACTION: DAY CARE - FULL YEAR HEAD START Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 525-4266 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. Approx imately 1,759 ch ildren have attended day care centers si nce the first one began operation in April 1965. DAY CARE - FULL Y EAR 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 3 "--~-~---~---~~-~------~-~~-~~---·--------------------:---------l �College Park Civic & Educational Center (35 children) 407 West Harvard Street, College Park, Georgia Telephone: 766-4456 Director: Mrs. Eloise Thomas A program to provide children in institutions with adult affection and companionship while also giving older citizens a chance to be employed in a useful, personally satisfying job. East Point Child Care Center (24 children) 1147 Calhoun Avenue, East Point, Georgia Telephone: 767 -4404 Director: Mrs. DeVern Howell 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. Fort Street Kiddie Korner (100 children) 562 Boulevard, N.E. 876-9279 Telephone: Director: Mrs. Yhonna Halcomb INSTITUTIONS Carrie-Steele Pitts Home Fulton County Juvenile Court Grady Memorial Hospital Gate City at St. Paul's (Gate City Association) (36 children) 1540 Pryor Road, S.W. Telephone : 622-8951 Director: Mrs. Barbara Martin HEAD START - SUMMER Grady Homes Day Care Center (Grady Homes Tenant Association) (90 children) 100 Bell Street, S. E. Telephone: 522-1595 Director: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Carter Administering Agencies: Address: Telephone: Director: South Side Day Care Center (120 children) 802 Pryor Street, S.W. Telephone: 577-2640 Director: Mr. Henry Furlow Head Start classes have provided cultural enrichment for a total of 8,989 children during the last three summers. Vine City Child Development Center (50 children) 168 Griffin Street, N.W. Telephone : 525-4419 Director: Mr. Joseph Gross EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Address: Telephone: Director: EOA and Georgia State Employment Service 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 688-9491 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 MOTA, 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. Address: Atlanta Public Schools 761-5411 Ext. 233 6,909 children have attended in 3 summers. Berean Junior Academy 758-4831 360 children have attended in 3 summers. Free For All Day Nursery 525-6371 360 children have attended in 3 summers. Gwinnett County Public Schools 963-9248 480 children have attended in 2 summers. Hinsley Temple Day Nursery 524-8146 180 children have attended in 3 summers. Rockdale County Public Schools 483-4713 80 children have attended in 2 summers. Sullivan - Mitchell Academy 799-1261 90 children have attended in 1 summer. Wheat Street Day Nursery 525-4621 300 children have attended in 3 summers. JOB CORPS - MEN'S Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Administering Agency: Eight (see below) 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 525-4266 Mrs. Gloria S. Gross A summer enrichment program for culturally deprived preschool children operated by the Atlanta School System and seven private agencies. Tabernacle Baptist Church (120 children) 475 Boulevard, N. E. Telephone: 876-1779 Director: Mrs. Mattie Bruce Administe ring Agency: 577-2474 Mrs. Georgie 0. Miller Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 577-2855 Room 313 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 applicant s from Atlanta and Fulton , Cobb, Clayton, Fayette, Douglas, DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnet t counties. Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. 120 Marietta Street, N. W. 4 I �Antione Graves Center ACTION: Since January 1965, 2,012 boys have been sent to training centers throughout t he country. 301 have been processed and are awaiting assignments. 277 boys have graduated. A new recruiting quota of 1,560 boys has been received for the current year. l\ddress: Telephone: 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 neighborhoods where the facilities are located. (See also "Job Corps - Women's" page 8 .) LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Administering·Agency: Address: Telephone: Project Director: General Counsel: The average daily attendance is 389. The Atlanta Legal Aid Society 136 Pryor Street, S. E. 524-5811 Mr. Michael D. Padnos Mrs. Nancy S. Cheves NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS Administering Agency: Address: Coordinator of Inner City Centers Coordinator of Outer City Centers NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICES Bellwood Legal Services Center Address: Telephone: Managing Attorney: Assistant Attorney: 717 Marietta Street, N.W. 523-2528 Mr. Eugene Taylor Mrs. Evelyn Fabian 1839-C Hollywood Road, N.W. 799-8336 Mrs. Colquitt McGee Mr. Samson Oliver Sum-Mee Legal Services Center Address: Telephone: Managing Attorney: Assistant Attorney: 65 Georgia Avenue, S.E. 524-7982 Mr. Robert B. Newman Mr. Howard Simmons Emory Neighborhood Law Office 486 Decatur Street, S.E. Telephone: Director: All legal cases from EOA target areas are referred to t he downtown office or one of the four neighborhood centers. The program also offers legal education and includ es a research and reform unit and a special litigat ion unit. Two additional neighborhood offices will be opened in 1968: 872-2445 Mr. Edd ie Neyland Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center 1723 Boulevard Drive, S.E. Telephone: Director: Extension Area Manager: MUL Tl-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED 378-3643 Miss Charlene Wharton Mr. Coll ins Hastings Gwinnett County Neighborhood Service Center 225 Perry Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia Telephone: 963-9700 Director: Mr. Gene Johnson Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. 577-3828 Mr. A. E. Horvath NASH-Washington Neighborhood Service Center 247 Ashby Street, N.W. Telephone: Director: John 0 . Chiles Cent er 435 Ashby Street, S.W. 755-577 1 524-2084 Mr. William A. Fowlkes Eagan Homes Extension Area Center Palmer House Center Address: Telephone: 577-1735 Mr. George Dodd East Side Community Extension Center Since July 1965, attorneys have served 29,738 cases and have reopened 1,301 cases. 6,175 cases were completed after court act ion. Address: Telephone: 873-6759 Miss Margaret Ajax Mrs. Lucy Guthrie 547 Hunt St reet, S.E. Telephone : Extension Area Manager: ACTION: Telephone: Executive Director: Mr. George Williams-873-6759 East Central Neighborhood Service Center 447 Parkway Drive, N.E. 874-1948 Frederick S. LeClercq Administering Agency: Mrs. Sujette Crank-522-5792 Central City Neighborhood Service Center 840 Marietta Street, N.W. Telephone: Director: Extension Area Manager: Another legal services center is operated by Emory University. Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. All EOA services are brought to low-income families through 14 neighborhood service centers located in poverty areas. Employment counseling,social services and a variety of self-help programs are available at the centers. In addition, staff members help residents form neighborhood block organ.izations, deal with neighborhood problems and develop leadership ability. Each year, residents of EOA target areas vote in neighborhood elections to choose their representatives to EOA committees and the EOA Board of Directors. Northwest Branch Legal Services Center Address: Telephone: Managing Attorney: Law Clerk: 126 Hilliard Street, S.E. 577-1793 97 Chestnut Street, N.W. Telepho ne: Extension Area Manager: 430 Techwood Drive, N.W. 873-3453 5 523-3186 Mr. Maurice Pennington �Vine City Extension Area Center 141 Walnut Street, N.W. Telephone: 523-5137 Extension Area Manager: Mr. Maurice Pennington ACTION: 440 work posit ions are provided. Since Augu st 1965 4,033 have participated in the program. I See also Neighborhood Youth Corps (In-School program) page 8 . North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street, Roswell, Georgia 993-3795 Telephone: Acting Director: Mr. George Ad ams PARENT AND CHILD CENTER Northwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center 1927 Hollywood Road, N.W. Telephone: 799-9322 Mr. Howard Jefferson Director: Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Act ing Director: Pittsburgh Neighborhood Service Center 993½ McDaniel Street, S.E. Telephone: 523-1577 Director: Mr. Sam Baxter EOA has received a planning grant to design an A t lanta Parent and Ch ild Center. It is a pilot demonstration project designed to provide services to low-income families in t he Edgewood area w ith children under three y ears of age or those expecting a baby. Price Neighborhood Service Center 1127 Capitol Avenue, S.W. 522-5792 Telephone: Director: l)/lrs. Paul ine M. Clark One of t hirty-six such projects throughout t he country, the PPC program emphasizes planned parenthood, household skills, parent-child relationships and the use of commu nity facilities. Rockdale-Conyers Neighborhood Service Center 929 Commercial Street, Conyers, Georgia Telephone : 483-9512 Director: Mrs. Sarah M. St arr PLANNED PARENTHOOD South Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 2735 East Point Street, East Point , Georgia Telephone: 767-7541 Director: Mr. James Callan Extension A rea Manager: Mr. Hubert Murray Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: r Summerhill-Mechanicsville Neighborhood Service Center 65 Georgia Avenue, S.E. Telephone: 577-135 1 Director: Mr. Daniel Brand Extension A rea Managers: Mrs. June Sammons Mr. Richard Rembert The Planned Parenthood Association of the Atlanta Area 118 Marietta Street, N.W. 523-6996 Mrs. Julian Freedman Bet hlehem Community Center Clinic 9 McDonough Boulevard T elephone: 627-0176 (Thursday evenings 6- 9 p.m.) Downtown Clinic 118 Mar ietta Street, N.W. Telephone: 523-6996 (Friday evenings 6- 8 p. m.) West Central Neighbrohood Service Center 2193 V erbena Street, N.W. Telephone: 799-0331 Mr. A mos Parker Director : Extension Area Manager: Mr. Oscar T rent Vine City Clinic 558 Magnolia St., N.W. T elephone: 523-8 112 (Friday evenings 6- 9 p. m.) East Point Clinic 2735 East P.o int Street Telephone: 767-7541 (Tuesday evenings 6- 9 p.m.; 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the month, 10-12 a. m.) West End Neighborhood Service Center 727 Lawto n Street, S.W. 753-610 1 Telephone: Mrs. Sarah Z im merman Director: Extension Area Manager: Miss Penny A. Blackford John 0. Chiles Homes 435 Ashby Street, S.W. 753-4228 Telephone: (Thursday evenings 6- 9 p.m.) NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School program ) Administering Agency: Address of program: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 525-4266 Miss Anne Ingram Perry Homes Cl inic 1660 Drew Drive, N.W., Apt. 756 T elephone: 355-8278 (Monday -Wednesday evenings 6- 9 p.m. ) EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 688-6232 Mr. Henry Pace A fam ily planning service. A job training and employment program for out-of-school, unemployed youths aged 16 through 21. 146 public and nonprofit Atlanta agencies provide 154 work locations and 440 positions. Return to school is encouraged. 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. 6 �PRICE AREA HEAL TH CENTER PARTICIPATING COLLE~ES: Fulton County Medical Assoc. Emory Univ. School of Medicine 1070 Washington Street, S.W. Temporary Address: 688-1350 Telephone: Dr. William Marine Directors: Dr. Calvin Brown Permanent address will be 1039 Ridge Avenue, S.W. Clark College Emory University Georgia State College Georgia Institute of Technology Morehouse College Morris Brown College Oglethorpe University Spelman College Administering Agencies: A new health center will provide complete medical services, except hospitalization, f or 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 , COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Temporary services will be available June 1, 1968. Full operation will begin on November 1, 1968. · Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: SUMMER RECREATION The Atlanta Board of Education 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W. 761-5411 Mr. Alan Koth An education program to serve the entire family using neighborhood public school faciliti es around the clock . The program was financed by EOA until the 1967 budget reductions. 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. 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. VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA) Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 577-3195 Mr. Johnny Popwell, Jr. Archer High School, 2250 Perry Boulevard, N.W. 794-1567 Telephone: Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal Bethune Elementary School, 220 Northsid e Drive, N. W. 524-6854 Telephone: Norris Hogans, A ssist ant Principal A domestic Peace Corps of volunteers assisting low-income neighborhood residents with education, community organization, recreation, counseling, health, legal assistance, employment and other specialized programs. Brown High School , 764 Peepl es St reet, S. W. Telephone : 758-5050 Stephen Vernarsky, Acting A ssistant Principal ACTION: Fifty-four VISTAs are currently working with EOA neighborhood centers and other agencies. Since July 1965, 101 VISTAs have worked with EOA. Capitol Avenue Elementary School. 811 Capitol Av enu e, S.W. 523-8696 Telephone: Obadiah Jordan, Jr., Assistant Pr incipal COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS Sammye Coan Middle School, 1550 Boul evard Dr ive, N.E. Telephone: 377-1748 Aaron Watson, A ssist ant Prin cipal ADULT BASIC EDUCATION Agency: Address: Telephone: Directors: The Atlanta Board of Education 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W. 761 -5411 Ext. 206 Mr. Alan Koth Mr. Joe Fuller Dr. Curtis Henson Dykes High School, 4360 Powers Ferry Road , N .W. Tel ephone: 255-5236 Jack Glasgow, A ssistant Pri ncipa l Grant Park Elementary School , 750 Kalb Av enu e, N .E. Telephone: 627 -5741 James Chivers, A ssistant Pr incipal Instruction in reading, wri t ing and arithmetic for adults over 18 years of age who are unable to function on an eighth grad e level , to improve their employment potential. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N .E. T elephone: 522 -5096 Joe l Din k ins, Ac t in g A ssista nt Pri ncipal COLLEGE WORK ST UDY PROGRAM Price High School, 1670 Capito l A ven ue, S.W. T elephone: 758-8024 Carl Hubbard , A ssistant Prin cipa l Part-time employment progra m t o k eep y ouths from low- income families in college. 7 �Washington High School, 45 White House Drive, S.W. MOTA Telephone: 755-7721 Robert H. Wilson, Assistant Principal Agencies: West Fulton High School, 1890 Bankhead Avenue, N.W. Telephone: 799-3177 E. C. Norman, Assistant Principal ·Address of program: Telephone: Director: 875-0971 Mr. Lloyd Groover The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 provides job training for needed skills. CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU Agency: Address: Telephone: Officers in Charge: The Georgia State Employment Service and the Atlant a Board of Educat ion 522 W. Peachtree St., N.W. The Atlanta Police Department 82 Decatur Street, S.E. 522-7363 NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS On-School) Capt. 0. W. Jordan Lt. C. Dixon A. A. Harris Agencies: Address of program: Telephone: Director: Policemen work in each EOA neighborhood service center to become friends with residents and help them with their problems. The program, the first of its kind in the count ry, was developed by the Atlanta Police Department. All new policemen are assigned to the program for their first few months of duty. Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 524-7886 Mr. Eugene Wimby Training and employ ment of low-income h igh school youths in t he Atlanta-Fulton County School Systems t o provide work ex perience and money to enable them t o remain in school. ACTION: Since January 1967, officers have made over 162,800 contacts, attended 339 meetings on off-duty time, and helped 176 hardship cases. 654 students are now employed in the public schools. 3,867 youths have participated since the beginning. ACTION: The supervising officers and their centers are: NASH -Washington Price and Pittsburgh Central City Northwest (Perry Homes) Edgewood East Central West End Su m-Mee West Cent ra l TEN CITIES Officer Gambell Officer Davenport Officer Cardell Officers Smith and Bolton Officer Steed Officer L. Coggins Off icer Owens Officer Lyons Office r Johnson Agency: Address of program: Telephone: Director: Program offers the human relations approach to gaining and maintain ing ernploy ment. It is under t he Manpower Development and Training Act. EMO RY EVA LUATION PROG RAM Agency: Address: UPWARD BOUND Emory Universit y Clark College 309 Thompson Hall Address: Telephone: Director : Emory Universit y Telephone: Dire'ctor: 377-3504 Emory University Add ress: Telephone: Director: ACTION: First annual report has been filed with OEO in Washington. Emory University Campus, Emory Univ. 377-2411 Ext. 7546 Mr. Louis Becker Morehouse College Address: Telephone: Director: JOB CORPS - WOMEN'S Address: Telephone: Director: 240 Chestnut St reet, N.W. 525-5293 Dr. Carson Lee Dr. Fred Crawford An eighteen month eval uation of Atlanta's Community Action Program. Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education 756 West Peachtree Street, N.E. 876-1571 Mr. Thomas W. Hinds Women in Community Service, Inc. (WICS) 730 Peachtree Street, N.E. 223 Chestnut Street, S.W. 577-1505 Mr. Mac A. Stewart Morris Brown College Address: Telephone: Director: 526-3297 642 Hunter Street, N.W. 577-2628 Mrs. Vivian McGee Mrs. Lois Baldwin A project to reduce the dropo ut 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. Job training for out-of-school, unemployed girls aged 16 through 21. At present, 208 girls are in training center-s throughout the United States and 63 have graduated. 8 �YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTE R MEDICA RE ALERT I) Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: A two month program . 10,697 citizens 65 y ears and older were con tact ed. 110 paid w ork ers, old er people from low income areas, and 117 volunteers ex plained health and hospital benefi ts availab le und er th e new Medicare legislation and helped peopl e apply before the March 31 , 1966 deadlin e. Ga. State Employment Service 522 West Peachtree Street, N.W . 875-0971 Mr. Forrest Humphries A program which concentrates on the employment needs of youths aged 16 through 21, w it h emphasis on coun se ling, testi ng and referral to other agenci es for remedial education or t raining. PUBLIC HEAL TH Four Public Hea lth Nurses worked with neighborhood service centers. Admini st ered by Fulton County Department of Public Health DISCONTINUED EOA PROGRAMS BEES - BIZ Training and work experience for 500-700 hard -core, unemployed out-of-school youths per year, in w orkshop situations. Administered by BEES-BIZ, Inc., a non-profit private organi zation. 233 were enrolled during the program. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS A center to screen prospective loan applicants and to provide assistance in the management and development of small businesses. An education program, form erly financed by EOA, to serv e the entire family using neighborhood public school faciliti es around the clock . Now administered by the Atlanta Board of Education. See page 7 . From October 1965 through July 1967 the center interviewed and counseled 850 low-income businessmen and approved loans total ing $326,225. Administered by EOA. 20,964 w ere enrolled in 12 school s. Approximately 10,000 more partici pated in programs while financed by EOA. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM PROJECT ENABLE In 1965, scholarships were provid ed for 6,500 primary and Group education for low- income parents w hose children are enrolled in Head Start cl asses, to increase motivation for se lf-help. Commun ity and personal probl em s were ident ified and became the target for action . The project w as administered by th e A t lanta Urban Leagu e, Inc. second ary students from under-privil edged homes to allow th em to attend summer school. Administered by the Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education. ACTION : El even groups w it h a total of 295 parents have com pl eted th eir discussions. Th ere have been 424 referr als to oth er agencies fo r help. 1,836 peopl e have been interview ed . 60 persons have been involved in lead ersh ip t raining. The program ended on December 31st. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A program to provide t rain ing and supervision of loca l vo lunteers who suppl ement ed services of th e EOA professi on al st aff. Volunt eers were drawn fro m all areas of the city , inc luding EOA target areas. Th e progra m was ad m inistered by t he Community Counci l of t he Atlanta Area, Inc. du r ing it s demo nstratio n year. HOME MAKE R SE RV ICES Subst itute homemakers assumed responsibil it y for households in low-i ncome areas during emergency sit uations. Admin istered by V isiting N urse A ssociation o f A t lanta. 28 ho mem akers served 522 ho mes and made 13,436 visits. ACT ION: A ppro xi mately 250volun t eerswere recruited, t rained and placed. Seven cl asses were held, both daytime and evening. The volunteers worked fo r at least six months in neighborhood service cen t ers, ch ild development centers, summer head start programs, planned parenthood clinics, senior citi zens centers and community schools. HOME MANAGEMENT TRAINING EOA Home Management Technicians and aides worked in Neighborhood Service Centers, taught residents cooking, sewing, housekeeping, budgeting, child care, hygiene, consu mer buying, and facts about loans and installment bu yi ng. 9 �TARGET AREA POPULATION AND BOUNDARIES Centers 0 Street Bounderies Census Tracts Population Central City N- Southern Railway E-W. Peachtree S-Jet Street W-L&N RR F-6, F-7, F-8. F-9 F-10, F-20, F-21 20,304 East Central N-North Ave. E-Moreland Ave. S-Memorial Dr. W-Williams St. F-17, F-18, F-19, F-27, F-28, F-29, F-30, F-31, F-32, F-33 39,589 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 Nash-Washington N-Bankhead Ave. E-Elliot Street S-Greensferry Ave. & Westview Dr. W-Ashby Street F-22, F-23, F-25, F-26, F-36, F-37, F-38, F-39, F-43 38,334 North Fulton N-Fulton-Cherokee County Line E-Fulton-Forsyth County Line S-Northside Drive to W. Wieuca Rd. to Nancy Creek, Fulton-DeKalb line to Chattahoochee River W-Fulton-Cobb County Line F-101, F-102, F-114, F-115, F-116 42,943 Northwest Perry N-Marietta Boulevard E-Marietta Boulevard & Louisville&Nashville RR S-Proctor Creek W-Chattahoochee River F-87, F-88 14,134 Pittsburg N-Cont'd W-Whitehall E-Southern Railway S-Atlanta&W. Point 'R R W- W. Whitehall F-57, F-58, F-63 10,559 Price N-Atlanta Ave. E-Hill Street S-Lakewood Ave. W-South Expressway F-67 F-558 * F-55A

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' 21,548 Rockdale County Entire county South Fulton N- E. Cleveland Ave. E-Sylvan Road S-Thomas Avenue W-A&W.P. RR (S. Main St.) F-104, F-105, F-106, F-107, F-109, F-110, F-112 60,037 Sum-Mee N-Memorial Drive E-Primrose & Kelly Streets S-Atlanta Ave. W- Southern Railway F-44 F-45 F-46 F-47 F-48, *F-55A *F-56 ' ' ' 22,975 West Cent ral N-Proctor Creek, Gun Club Road, Eugenia Pl. & North Ave. E- L&N RR , Ashby St. S- Atlant ic Coast Line RR , & Hunter St. W- Chattahoochee River F-24, F-83, F-84, F-86 33,449 53,800 15,700 10 I. �West End N-Harris Homes Project E-Whitehall Street S-L&N Railroad 0 W-John White Park, S. Gordon Street F-41, F-42, F-59, F:60, F-61, F-62 20,200 TOTAL 283,151

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 Hil'I Mr. T. J. Justin Rev. M. L. King, Sr. 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 Mr. W. A. Edge Mr. Ralph Long Mrs. Annie Pace Mrs. Susie Perkins Reverend R. B. Shorts Mr. Robert Tibbetts CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Marked * below, plus the following Executive Administrator Nominees: Mrs. Gladys Bradley Mrs. Rosa Burney Mr. James Couch CITIZENSrNEIGHBORHOOD 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 I ntyre 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 11 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 Fau lker 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. D6ris 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 Sm ith

Mrs. Elizabeth Strong

Mrs. V era 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 ATLA N TA GA 68 - 355 4 Mrs. Annie B. Nelson Mrs. Rbsa Hammonds Mrs. Mary Robinson o

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 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: 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

Mrs. 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. Paul Dorsey Mrs. Maxcine Jackson

Mr. Leroy Lowe

Mrs. Susie Perkins Mrs. Myrtice Rowe Mr. Robert Sm ith 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 Mrs. Kathryn Gatty Mrs. Leila Hancock Deacon Edward James Mrs. Marie Thomas West Central Center Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. Katie Davis Mr. John Dixon

Mrs. 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 Edward s 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: Sum-Mee Center Mrs. Lucy Alexander Mrs. Rosa L. Burney

Mrs. Ann L. Childs

Rev. L. C. Clark Mrs. Carri e Cox Mr. Richard Ferguson Rev. W. L. Finch Mrs. Joyce Harden 12

Rev. Marcus Bramblett

Father Edwards Mr. James Dillion �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 MARIETTA STREET, N .W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 . . . T ELEPHONE : T. M. Jim Parham Executi ve Administrator F·8 2 F • 79 -- -, ' i¼.u,. 1 Neighborhood Service Areas A. B. C. D. E. F. WEST END NASH-WASHINGTON PRICE SOUTH FULTON SUM -MEC EAST CENTRAL G. EDGEWOOD H . NORTHWEST (P .H .) I. WEST CENTRAL J . CENTRAL C IT Y K. PITTSB UR G H L. NORTH F ULTON (Gwinnett and Rockdale County areas not shown on map) AREA CODE (404) 525-4262 Three Year Report 1965 - 1967 �INDEX MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1 HEADQUARTERS KEY STAFF MEMBERS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS. . Page 2 BRIEF HISTORY. . Page 3 EOA PROGRAMS. . Page 2 COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 DISCONTINUED EOA PROGRAMS . . . . . . . Page 9 TARGET AREA POPULATION AND BOUNDARIES . . . . . . . . Page 10 EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS. . Page 11 CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL . Page 11 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 HEADQUARTERS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 Marietta Street, N.W. NAME TITLE TELEPHONE Ex ecutive Admini strator Mr. Thomas M. Jim Parham 688-1012 Deput y Director Mr. William W. Allison 688-2033 Associate Admini strator Mr. William G. Terry 525-7023 A ssociate Admini strator for Community Services Mr. Harold Barrett 525-4266 Direct or, F inance Mr. Peter Jones 577 -3345 Direct or, Pu rchasing Mr. 0. H. Gronk e 688-3010 Chief of Manpower Servi ces Mr. George C. Rod gers 526-6347 Ch ief of Neigh borhood Services Mrs. Sujette Crank 522-5792 Unit Coord inat or Mr. Geo rge Will iams 873-6759 Chief of Ind ividua l & Fami ly Services Mrs. Ed it h A . Hambri ck 688-2033 Director, Public Information Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell 525-4262 2 - - -· - - - - · - · - - - ~ - - - ~ - - - - - ~ ~ - - - - J �