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December 18, 1969 Mr. Maynard Jackson Vice- Mayor Elect HS Forsyth Street, N. W. Atlan ta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Jackson: As you know, the Atlanta Urban Corps is a student program now operating throu gh the Mayor's office. The program is designed to offer students an avenue f or constructive community service while expanding the relevance of their colle ge education. The program has operated successfully since June, but is now acing a very uncertain future. The Atlanta Urban Corps is being caught in the squeeze of the change of City Administrations. For six and one-half months, (since June 16, 1969), the City of Atlanta allocated 76,000 for the operation of the Urban Corps. This money helped p ay the compensation of City interns p lus administra t ion c osts. In tota l , the pro gram involved 300 students i n 196 9. We we re a s ked to pl an and document an expanded and imp roved p rogram f or f iscal year 1 9 70. Of a total budge t of $650 ,00 0, the Ci t y was asked to allocat e 139,000 fo r admi n istra tion and City interns. The total p ro gram was de signed to include 660 students, of whi ch 220 will work f or Ci t y dep artments. Mr. Milton Farris has deci ded to allocate 40, 00 0 to pay both ma tching costs and administr a tion. The matching c osts al one wi ll amoun t to some $38 , 000, if our plans develop as they should . Obv iously, t h is wil l le ave l it t le to operate an effective prog r am . Unfortunately, Mr. Farris is v iewi ng t he program on l y i n dol lar terms . I fee l he has overlooked s ome i mportant conside r ations conce rning the Urban Cor ps. He has fai led t o gr asp the importance of a meaningfu l re l ationship between the needs of t he City and the potent ials of the student community . It is wasteful to disregard the motivations, energies and abilities of the area students . We have p l ans and procedures to produce an effective 1970 program to bui l d upon the documented success of our 1969 effQrts. However, this serious budget cut, which represents only 28.5% of our original requ st and merely 6\ 9 f t he total progr m cost , threatens to destroy the possibiliti of the Urban Corps . �Mr. Maynard Jackson December 18, 1969 Page 2 In real terms, the Urban Corps needs at least $50,000 for program administration. I am asking for your personal intervention before the budget is passed to correct this situation. Mr. Dan Sweat will be glad to discuss the program with you, and is able to illustrate the benefits of the Atlanta Urban Corps. Of course , I am available and we lcome the opportunity to discuss the matter with you at any time . Sincerely , Ken Millwood Director KM:sz �