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g~~/ Atlanta Children and Youth Services Council ~ 1201-B CITY HALL PHONE 522-4463 - EX. 437 Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor Jerry Luxemburger, Chairman John W . Cox, Executive Director ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 Franklin W. Thomas, l st V. Chairman Mrs. Rhodes Perdue, V. Chairman Michael H. Trotter, Secretary Fletcher Coombs, Treasurer Robert M. Wood, Member at Large September 25, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Re: Atlanta Youth Council-Model Cities Proposals Dear Mayor Allen: The Board of the Youth Council has requested that I wtite you to exp~ess its concern over the Juvenile Delinquency Proposals for the Model C&ties area. In early November, 1968, Model Cities' staff contacted the Youth Council and requested that the Council submit proposals for special programs to be undertaken in the Model Cities area. You will remember that the Youth Council submitted 5 separate proposals a s a part of the Mode l Cities program. These proposals are a s f ollows: 1. Absenteeism Project 2. Central Coordination Services for Model Cities Yout h 3. Juvenil e Delinquency Prevention 4. United Youth Outreach and the Model Cities Branch of the Atlant a Youth Congress. It is my underst anding t hat these pr oj ects wer e a part of the tota l programs submitted to and approved by HUD. Last April, Jerry Luxemburger and J ohn Cox appeared before the Review Board and as I understand , questi ons were raised concer ning t he Absenteeism Project, whereupon it was decide d that this particul ar project should be operated by the Public Schools and the others were approved by the Review Board and considered to "be all right". It is my further understanding that Jerry Luxemburger met with Dan Sweat to obtain your general position concerning the Youth Council projects, at which time Jerry was informed that all these projects were approved by you except the Absenteeism Project. AN AGENCY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA �-2- The most important proposal submitted was our Juvenile Delmnquency Program. This as you remember, is the very purpose for which the Council was created. You may not know that the Model Cities area, accounting for only a fraction of the city's population of children (less than 4%) accounts for a substantial percentage (17%! of the city's juvenile delinquency. The Youth Council Board has heard that the Juvenile Delinquency Program is proposed to be deleted from the list of funded projects. We again request, as we did last spring, a hearing with respect to this and our other programs be rescinded. Very truly yours, -/ Jl ~~-ut Lc-.e__ (Mrs.) Rliodes Perdue Acting Chairman CC: Dan Sweat Jim Shimkus Johnny Johnson Everett Millican Lewis Dinkins RP:vwp �