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CITY FINANCED SUMMER JOBS'., FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS 1 6°21 Using the round fi gure $ lOODOOOp the F~de~al 1ini rnum of ( ppr,mimate) openings i s d erived., Time h~s not permitted an exh~ustive survey of all Ci ty d epa..1:tm~rats, d · visions i s e ct i on.j 9 and sites o The openings belc:.H'I indicate that the locating 0£ 100 j cbs is not ~€ally difficult = sc reening, placem nt D c o uns ialing and t Ea i.ing being rnuch more 0 dema nding ., Every effort would be ,ade to m~ke into p ermanent employees all who b e come eligible ., Hope t ·or success in this should be rea listic ( 10""25% ) and p zov i s i on made for. program cont inua nce fo!: those still i neligible at the end 0£ t he summer ., Placing a 5 a ll number of hard c ore u nemployables 16=22 i n eac11 City De p a rtmen t o r d ivision i c not t he most efficient wa), e Due to va c a tions i ndividua l work f orces tend t o be sma l l i~ summer stretching c '..\'tper i e 11ced h elp even f urt e r to ke ep up ·ivi th wot.'k demands o Consequentl y even l ess tha n usua l t ime (a nd i nclina tion ) i s available £or any sort 0£ on=th-2°job t1:~lining and n eces sary cou nsel ing ., Too, i f t he wo.r k unit adj u s ts p a ce and p roccdul'e to .fit t h..:! n e ~ employee ( s )

Of the 589 s uzilmer p -aople e mploye d l as t (' 61 ) s umme rJ 4l6 we :re Ci ty .fina nced and inc lude d !>u ch as 31 lifegt..\ards , 59 locker 0 attendant s ~ 27 swi mm ing pool L'm.nage rs and 50 o.r so recrea tion l ead e r s ., The Pa rks Dep.".\rt, en t pVrns approx ' mat'<?ly the s an~ n uuner of placements this yca. r in s i.milar pt"o9ra1,is .. �2 anothr:~r adj us t ment becomes necessary nt t he end of t he s ummer .. ~ ore efficient way is to put all or as many as possible A temporary ( summer. ) employees in seasonal j obs o r to work with auxilia ry City operations . Examples of these are "Camp Wilderne ss" and the Atlanta Beautification Corps , bot h d escribed b elcw . By departments : a.. Par ks lo Plans have b een s ubDitted fo r the empl oyment of 300 youths as recreat ion assistant s ( youth l eaders ) e 2. Camp Wil derness : A p r-ogra.:m which v,m.tld utilize f.rorn 25 to 100 y outhsomal c o r temG1l e = i n g ii:ound cleaning~ building r epair t ate . at a site on La k~ Allat oona, . Employees c ould b e t ransp orted back a.nd for th e ...ch d EJ.y or, as f ac ilities b e come availa.ble , every fiv e da y s . Pa rt of the time c ould be spent in recreati on o 3. Twelve ( minimum ) zoo aides =rnal e or f ema l e= to replace a nd s u pplement p risoners o In s ur,1mer this number could b e i:1creased. Duties to include l ight g rounds mai nt e nance , b tiilding cus todia l work , g uide s2rvice , p rotection and c a re fo r younger children. Successful p erfo.r.r;~.?\nc:c leads t o promot ion to z oo att e n tlz-1nt . �3 4o S everal greenhouse aides a nd 6 =10 custodi a l workers (male or f emale ) at the golf c ourses and parks for. grounds clean up o bo Traffic Engine~~ing : Six males year round t o per£orrn light l abor at th~ S ign_ Shop a nd on the s treet ., 1\'lo ma!!~·· at t he S i gnal Shop t o s erve a s elect rician he.Lp exs a nd perform mode:rate l abor dutiez o Six ma les ( r·; ell screened ) to s m:ve aG t x-a.f.fic checkers o Tv,o .females (weJ.! screened ) to p i'ovi.cte cle rical h eip in the engineeri ng division ., c., Munieipa..l Garage : Four male s t o lea :n1 and p m~f o:r:rn s emi.,ski.Ued worko do Sanita t i on : The Atl.a.,ta Beautific,~ tion Corps ( ABC ) n ~ is divide d i nto three grot,ps wi tn a tota l of about SO workers and f oremen& Bee use 0£ its tight b ut £ le" i blc o r g a ni.:rn.tion its g r~i t h potentia 1 ° allrnving adequate t ime- i s i nfinite~ At present it cou!d absorb 1 8°24 y oung ,1orke:rs who would have th-- bcncf it o f c1t c;~oc i a tion with stable , more ma. tu.re r1orkers., ECA hcts o romoise d an e ,:1,1:ly i ncrease in ABC a.U.otment \'Jhich could a l so inc rease n u..'Ubar ot City finance d wo1·k ers t o 35 Ol" mo.i:'e . 0 t tV.! 1'he a dvent of spring b rings t ne p ossibil ity o t more <l1versified activities by ABCagrass , flowers , shrubs• whicn increases interes t as wel1 as r~sponsiui.1ity • . , �eo S treets : 12° 20 exp ressway shoul der clean°up woir.ke rs ( males or younger t emnles ) to b e t ied in with the p resent operat i on i n tha t fo City Wide ~ 5al0 c ounselo rs to screen p counsel. p t rain anrl g encl'a.lly over ee the wo:cke r:s hi red in this operation and those i n the - Ne ighborho o d Yo.u t h Co r ps expansion ( cf Mr s o Th ompson ' § report ) o I t i s obviou s that if t he mm1e y b e comes avai l able more than enough slots c an be fo·nd to provide meaningful wor.k to ha rd c or.e unempl oyables o Onl y in sev<~ r al in stanc es is any real t a lent or s ophistication requi red, a nd a ll offer l a dde r o r lateral p r omotioftal possibility in a year round p:cog ra.rn o Edward Go Farrow �