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l FEDERAL COLLEGE i/ORK STUDY PROGRAM The Foderal College Work Study Program (CV/SP) was established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to "stimllate and promote the part time employment of students 9 particularly students from low income families 9 in eligible institutions who in need of the earnings from such emplo,ment to pursue courses of study at such instituionso" are Section 444 (a) (1) or t he Hichor Ed:lcation Act of 1965 (as amended) provides 9 in part D that students employed under C\1SP may \'/Ork 8 11 o o in the public interest for a public or private non-profit orcanizationo" An examination of the loc;:Lsl.ative history clearly establishes the intention or Conaress to encourace Urban Corps-type procramso Collece financial aid officerG detorrnina elic;ibility of students usinG c;u1del1nes furnished by HoEo~o The bulk of funds is used for on campus employment such as library asm.stants 9 bookstore and ca feteria student employeeso Collecos may contract with aGencies for their work study funds to be used by their studentso CUSP funds may pay up to So;S of the students s, \l.ary m. th the ac;ency paying the remainder o The Atlanta Urban Corps has contacted all Atlanta ar~a colleces and most t'11.thin this reci ono Tentative a~reements \71.t h financial aid officors total approximately 200 ffOrk-study dtudent slots at 80% rundingo 1968 national appropria tion for CWSP ttas approx:imately $22 rnjJJ i ono Atlanta area colleGes received approximtely 0 $580 , 000o �aATLANTA URBAN COF.PS PUBLIC RELATIONS As a newly formed program the Urban Corps is dependent for its image development on a good public relations departmento The impact that the Urban Corps will have on the city of Atlanta will be made through its program of 11 self-sello 11 Therefore 9 a public relations director has been apf()intedD and t e job of presenting the Urban Corps to Atlanta and keeping the proeram in the public eye is underwayo At present a newsletter 1£ being drawn up which will come from the general office and be sent to those students and non · students who are workinG closely with the proGram 9 eogo Board of Trustees» College Relations Boardo The newsletter \T.l.ll attempt to serve as an inter department information sourco for the Urban Corpso In connection \'11th tho on-campus student recruitment development,public relations is workinc on a student brochure which explai.ns the Urban Corps in short paragraph formo These brochures m.ll be printed and distributed amonr; the nine participating, Atlanta Cal?lpuseso It is hoped that as the public relations area develops we \7111 have the ·Atlanta Urban Corps on the tongues or television and radio announcers, in the columns or the Atlanta papers and perhaps on several billboards throughout the cityo Contact work in this area 1s being madeo �