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April 4 , 1969 MEMORANDUM To : Conc erned Partie s From: Sam William, Project Di re cto r , Atla n t a U:rban Corp s Subject: Urban Corps St tua Tuesday, April 1, Sam Willi ams assumed p o sition of Urban Corps staff director , salaried by Southern Reg i onal Educ ti.on Board and "loaned" to the Atl anta Youth Council. Most of the first week was pent in taking inv ntory of vari ous phases of the Urban Co:rps . The most immedi ate problem is £inane • A sm 1 dministrative fund was don ted by SREB and D n Sweat, A sist nt to the Mayor . Pr sent inv ntory 0£ work study funds vailable this summer for Urban Corps is 138 tudent positions t 80% cost. All of th s are not firm commitments . VIS T will finance 25 interns at full co t . Ml' . Bill R msay nd Ch rl s Sw et are vi iting fin nci 1 id offic s of Atl.a.nt colleg s in an effort to "squeeze" mote ofi .. campus work study funds free . Fund r ising from private soui-ees i und r w y with no results as yet. A busw. sm n ' s lunch on i scheduled for Apt'il Z4 in an effort to g t fund commitments . A !Uhd :r lsing group ha be n establish d under the le d r hip of Bill Adams of G Ol'gia T ch. r w y. It a.pp_ ar that the city c cc pt t le t 100 tud nt . D finit job lots will b defined the w k of April 11 in city dep rtrn nt • City flnanc:tng nd dminl tr tion will be xplain d in m~ ting of d p rtm.ent h · d April 8. A city int rn dev loping t m will vi it each department during the w k. Definition of job op nings i und Internship d velopment of non .. f d r l non-city g ncies will b April 8. lniti 1 contacts and r quests fo~ 158 int tl'ns born th ha• b en handled by Terry Allen. Student t ms will mowe cl rly d fln each int•rn r quest dur~g th next o w ek nd hop · fully m k n _w contacts in oth r ag nci r �Page Two April 4 , 1969 F deral agencies have agreed to participate as much as possible. One hundred of their summer interns will attend Urban Corps otient tion meetings and ou:r development teams will visit fede:ra.l agencies to help them in choosing certain intern slots. Feder 1 interns will be chosen and placed by federal agencies by merit of their civil service examination scores. Coopet tion this ye r is hopefully aimed at some placement system of Urban Corps interns in future years . Joe Kimmins h s been loaned part-time from the Pea c e Corps Regional Office and will be assisting on intern development. Diane Wilson, a Spelman gradu te, ha.s been hired full time to assist in internship develop .. ment. Russ Caldwell work work part-time in program dev lopment and is on loan from the Geotgia Municipal League. Full time secretaries re badly need d. Urb n Corp offic s will open the week of April 11. The add!'es will be 30 Courtland Str et, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. No phones re install d yet but c Us may b ref :rred to the Atlanta Youth Council Office. Student recruitm.ent will b gin throu.gh financial aid offices in ach coll g the week of Ap:ril 18. Mayor Allen will mak a formal announc ment of the city's particip tion Api-U 9. Brochures d cribing the Urb n Corp will b prix>.t d the we k of April 11. The Bo rd of Tru t e will me t April 18 and th Bo rd of Director will s re olutlo.n. and pprov minutes so th IRS will gi- nt u t x exempt t tue for don tions. me t April 17 to p Exact e timate on numb :r of int rns is impossibl t thi time. No work be.g inning d t h b n t. Th most 1mpottant f ct is th t th Urban Cotps i live nd struggling to get on its l g . L rg thanks to: Bill R ms y, SREB Dan Sweat, City Hall JHch Speer~ Geof 1 T c:h Th Atl nta Con tttution and a.n endle U t Thls memo la not fo'l' publication. SW :ly �