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I 1968 YOUTH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT to THE MAYOR of ATLANTA Subnitted by THE ATLANTA CHILDREN and YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL Robert M. Wood, Chairnan John W. Cox, Executive Director �I NTRODUCTION This report is a suonary review of work done by various agencies, or ganizations, individuals and branches of governoent Feder al, State and Local i n the 1968 Youth Oppor tunity Prograra. In late Januar y 1968 Vice Pr esident Hubert Hunphrey, Chai rman of the President's CoClfili.ttee on Youth Opportuni ty invited the city of Atlant a to a special oeeting in Washington, DnC. The overall purpose of thi s oeeting wa s to provide activi ties for dis advantaged Youth in the areas of Ebployoent, Recreation and Education o AtJ.anta began .i oraed~.atdy t o pJ.o..n and coord inate prograos for youth act ivi ties using a 11 ava ila ble ~·es ou1·ce.s ~ Feder.al a s sistance ;,.rac gi ven to he lp Atlanta get it's prograos for yout h underway . This assistanc e i:::1cluded a $30 , 000 planning grant froo the Depar t oent of Housing and Urban DG"vel opoento Thc::;c planning f unds were utili zed by t he Atlanta Chi l dren and You:.:h Se:r:vi ce s Council, the of ficial coordinating agency for t ha ci ty o::2 !'. tlc.1ctan The s t aff of th'3 Atlan~a. Ch:i.ld _·.m and Yout h Services Council was a~s igned the respons i bili ty f or br oad coordina tion of the entire Yout h Oppor t unity Prograo. The prograo ,1as designed by ~pril 1968 and iopleoented in J une 1968 . Meober s of the s t aff are: J ohn Wn Cox , Executive Director L c·;·: ir. F o Di.d dns Te:r:::y Allen St2ve Fox ORGANIZATION Responding t o the Vice President 1 s request the city of Atlanta, at the request of Mayor Ivan Allen, Jrn, established the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity. Out of this Council caoc sub~coooittees t o deal with the problens. These are: 1. Enployoent .. Mr • Charles Stora, Lockheed Corp., Georgia 2. Recz-eation ~ Mrc H.'.lrry Helton, YMCA 3c Educatir:n ~- Mrs . Betty Cantor, B'na.i B' rith 4~ Pu~Hcity .. Mi2s Ann Cobb, Shell Oil Coopany 5, Spec:.2.l Events ~ Nro Steve Fox The effectivenesc of th0se coooittees as well as the entire Youth Opportunity Prograo is doc,xie:cted in the proceed:;.ng pages. There were two additional coaoittees: 1. Juvenile Delinquency - Mr. Janes McGovern 2. Individual and Casework Services~ Mrs. Edith Hanbrick Mrs. Marian Ford �1 PLANNING The 1968 Yout h Oppoi:'tun::.ty Prograo was coordinated by the Atlant<l Children and You t-·h SE':;:vices Co:mcilo This council is Perving as staff · to the Met:::opolitan Youth Opportunity Council. It is cooposed of app"". roxioately ffi agend.P.:: and organizations. The Mayor of the city of Atlanta serves as general chairoan of the Youth Opportunity Prograo. The Board of Directors of the Atlanta Children and Youth Se.rv:i.ce.:; Council serves as the Executive Connittee of the .. Youth Opportunity Progrso, The representatives of the various participating ag~;:ici.es nnd or gr.nir.:ations serve as the oeobers of the Youth Opp,,. or tUi.1ity Progr an~ Early in 1968 the Ch~iman of the Atlanta Children and Youth Services s e nt corH:spond enc~ t o e,: c,:.:::y agency in the Metropolitan Atlanta area, in~ viting thc:o to pa r ::icip<-1.1:·~ in the Youth Opportunity Prograo. Correspond'"'. ence ·u as also seut t o i !ld:;.1,·.i.ch.!-:. ls and resid ents inviting then to participate. Mo:.:·e t h;:n 8.'J ~~"-:-;.c :L e.~ a nd oany individuals and businesses indi~ cated th~y would partic ipate. Every p::,~dcip.:~:;.t :::::.cl or-g::-.,:1._:;~tion tald.ng part in the Youth Opportunity Pr ograo- wsre j_nvol\;,~d :!.::. t i, ~ pL:::-1nin 3 p ::: oce:s s . Several exploratory neetings were held e :.::i:rl y i.:1 1 9S G ~t ~vh5.ch v arious coonittees and sub-coooittees were fol."oed. Mo;~-=, t ~1a ·n "/;; p 1.:::.:..:.::!.:'..::..g r.icet:1.ngs ,;.~er e held. At these nee tings, the following activ :i. t i e n ·,:.ve!'2. u,.1d or~'.sken~ 1. 2, 3. 4, s. .-:s tabli.2 hoe-:::.t es t a b lis h r:i2:1 t establis hoe.n-: establisho Qnt establ i s ho?.n t Jf of of of of p'.!:osrao pl."iorities cr:-ipJ.oynent sub~coooittee

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e:i.uc::i.tion sub~coooittee g eogra phical sub-cor:u:;iittce I n 2dcit i o::1 , Eco:io~ic Opp o~ t unity Atianta, Inc., IDA Neighborh~od Service CentP.rs, '.;;he U:1ited A:_Jpea l l\.gencie s 0 a nd the Atlanta Youth Congress ·held s ev t:::ra l o eet i n g2 .::nd confa~rcnc e s wi t h their participants and oeobers to as c ":\r t a in t hoi:i:: needs and i nterests" Th0 prinary pla n~ing r e sponsibilities for the 1968 prograo were assur;:ied by: 1, E. O.Ao~ Inc3 (~onounity Ser vices Departoent) 2. E. O,A., I nc, CNAc~s 3 o United Appea :!. AgenciE's 4 . 'Ihe Pa:cks .r:.nd R2creation Depart oent 5 . The .At l a nt.::i. Ch:i.ldre:1 and Yout h Serv i c es Counci l 6. ':he Atlanta Public Schools Other agenciE'.S p articipating in p l anning wer e: 1. The G orgia .St2.te Eoployoent Services 2 ~ \ii'.O?.: Tiad j_o StQtio::1 3 , '2:he F€.1e::.·:1 l &:8C'. ttive Board 4 o -::1e City P.:-·.:::s:::,,,n'-"l Depc.rt:oe.n t 5. :r::w r ~tic::al AlJ.::.;::i_,-:c o f Bu::: inessoen 6, -::1'2! f.t:! ..::.;.,:: t ::::. PubJ.~.c: U.bYG,:::-y 7.. '::h~ P..tJ 2::, t:-::i. Art::, C-:>·.:ncil 8. '2hG G2.org;.:: t.r t :: Connir,;:i ion 9. '.;:hG Of.C.c - o f City ~r.:-v kcn Coordina tion 10. The Unit,:,.d 1\;?pE.3.l Casc.';JO?~k Ag<',n cies 11. ~he D-2:~.::.lb C:::,-uc,.ty Eralz.h Depnrtraent 12 0 The FuJ.ton Co ..mty l-k.2.lth Departoent 13. EJ.:10r y t.:n ~.ven i ty 14. Atlanta Univ<: ·;-:-s ity 15. C~.a:r.k CoJ.1.egc 16. Moreho~~e CollcgP. 0 - �2 17 . 18 . 19~ 20 , 21~ 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Spelr;ian College Metro-Coooission for Crio e and Delinquency Fulton County Medical Society Grady Hospital (M&l Project) The Christian Co~ndtl of Atlant~ The NAACP The Atlanta Urban League The Junior Chaober of Co~ erce The Shell Oil, Co. The Lilles, Battle and Neal Public Relations Firo The Atlanta Police Depar toent (Crioe Prevention Bureau) The Atlanta Youth Congress All a gencies and individuals requesting funds for the Youth Opportunity Prograo were asked to suboit a proposal to the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity for approval under OEO and Youth Opportunity Progr ao guidelines. A screening coDDittee was then organized to evaluate the proposed prograos. The coornittee personnel were representative of the total coDrJunity, i.e., Youth Agencies, Private Agencies, Public Agencies and individuals froo the coonqnities to be served. The proposals subnitted for funding were presented to the Connunity Services Departoent E.o.A., Inc. by the screening cor.u:iittee. The Coanunity Services Departoent developed, under the guidelines (OEO and Youth Oppor tunity Prograo) all prograos subo itted. The total package of proposals was then subo itted to OEO-Washington f or approval. Included in the planning process were the several surveys and studies oa de to assess the needs of Atlanta's youth and the gaps in services to oeet these needs. The followin g priorities wer e establis hed: I. PROGRAM PRIORITIES A. Enp loyoent 1. Youth 14-21 years of a ge 2. Poor youth B. Recr ea t i on 1. Recreational a c tivities of older youth dur ing evening hours 2. Coweunity organized a t hletics and ac t ivities 3. Organized athletic activi ties fo r i nner city youth c. Education 1. Reoedial prograns i n poverty schoo ls 2. Tutorial and study help prograos 3. Cultural enrichoent progr aos 4. Make-up programs f or children attending half-day clasnes 5 . Socially, acadeoically and nentally retarded youth 11. AGE PRIORITIES A. Uneoployed poor youth 16-21 B. Socially and acadeoically·retarded youth 6-13 C. Delinquent and potentially delinquent youth 14-21 D. Culturally deprived youth of all ages E. Cot:10unity services and leadership developoent aoong youth 14-21 Each subnitted proposal dealth with t he priorities listed above. As well as other needs in the city of Atlanta . These activities, for the ooot part cons tituted the oajor portion of the 1968 Youth Opportunity Prograo planning process . The adoinistrative cost involved in the planning were borne by E.o.A., Inc. and the Atlanta Children and Youth Services Council. The r;iany experiences encountered in the planning of this year's Youth �3 Opport unity Prograo necessitates the following recoooendations; 1. That planning for the 1969 Youth Opportunity Prograo begin now at the Neighborhood level. 2. That i oprovenents be nade on sooe coordination at the neighborhood level aoong the various agencies concerned. 3. That the city appropriate to the council a soall fund for hiring local coordinators froo March-June (part-tine) froo June-Septenber (fulltine). 4. That the Youth Council be strengthened and expanded and that it be given authority and sanction by participating agencies to carry out the necessary activities to effect i nptenentation of various prograos. 5. That the planning and adoinistrative staff of the Youth Opportunity ' Progran be nore clos.e ly related to the executive officers of the Youth Opportunity Progran, Atlanta Children and Youth Services Council or the agency so designated. 6. That all prograos in the Youth Cpportunity Prograo, funded or endorsed by local resources, be reviewed and evaluated and receive a sign-off by the Atlanta Youth Congress. 7. That the type of cooperation as existed between EOA, United Appeal and the Atlanta Children and Youth Services Council serves as a prototype for all participating in the Youth Opportunity Prograo. 8. That a part of the city's and other funds be appropriated to ahe Atlanta Children and Youth Services Council for coordination. 9. That youth and indigenous residents participate oore fully and less superficial in the Youth Opportunity Prograo planning . PROGRAM COST and FUNDING It is oos t difficul t to oake a clear deteroination of the true oonetar y cos t of this pr ograo. However, the yout h coordinator estioates the total pr ogr,o cos t to be $2,127,529. A detai l ed description is as follows: Prograo Cost (Local , Sta te , Federa l ) Arts Pr ograo Priv~t e Bus iness Atlanta Public Schools* City of Atlanta Unit~d Appeal Special Funds TOTAL $1 ,300,529 75 , 000 237, 000 205, 000 300 , 000 10 . 000 $2,127,52 9 The above figures are the esti oated ca s h cost of t he year's prograo. As usual the cost in effort, tine, volunteers and other support can't be expressed in nonetar y value. However, these particular facets of the pr ograo have proved to be invaluable contributions t o prograo operatio~s.

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figure for the Public Schools does not include the cost of operating 60 schools in a special suooer project. �r I 4 EMPLOYMENT The clijor eophasis of the 1968 Youth Opportunity Prograo was youth eoployoent. A job sub-coor:Jittee ~as created to deai with this specific prograo. This coonittee studied and devised plans to register, orient, counsel, develop jobs; and place youth in jobs. The oajor objective was to provide a job for every youth seeking one. In order to deternine the nuober of youth desiring eoploynent this sunoer, approxioately 40,000 pre-job registration foros were sent to the schools, neighborhood Service Centers and other agencies. 26,000 youth indicated that they wanted soae type of suoner eoployoent. Because of this large need for jobs, coordinated job developoent prograos were i nplea ented. The resulting job placeoents by groups and agencies in lieu of coIJDittoents are as follows: JOBS FILLED JOB COMMITTED AGENCY Na tional Alliance of Businessoen 3,000 3,300 674 Sumer Recreation EOA Proposals Federal Agencies 700 590 Subsidized Jobs (NYC) Vocational Educa tion, Title I, etc . 600 2,032 Cit y of Atlant a 175 688 Fulton County 0 15 Atl anta Youth Congres s 0 200 500 5,275 7, 730 Miscellaneous (GSES) Tota l 731 The 7,730 youth eop loyed thi s s unner exceeded the conr.1ittoent by approxioately 47% . The approxioate aoount of ooney earned by youth this s uoo.er was $4,250,000 . Detail ed figures based on $600 pe r capita is as f ollows : Wage Cost Agency National Alliance of Businessoen $1,800,000 EOA 404,400 City of Atlanta Fulton County Youth Congress Misc. (GSES) 412,800 9,000 120,000 438.600 Sub-total Federal Agencies Subsidized jobs Sub-total TOTAL $3,184,800 354,000 711,200 $1;065,20.0 $4,250 ; 000 �5 / A. Butler Street YMCA - Work Incentive Der:1onstration Prograo - - - - 'Ihis project was designed to serve 100 oen between the ages of 16-21 in a work incentive prograo with the hope of eoployoent after coopletion of the project. The project lasted two weeks, and served 85 oen. B. Butler Street YMCA - Canp Ipproveo ent Project---- This eoployment prograo was designed to utilize 90 youth between the ages of 16-21. The youth were involved in three weeks of caopsite ioprovenent of the Butler Str eet YMCA's Lake Allatoona Caopsite. Activities included the winterization of existing canp structure, landscaping, and waterfront ioproveoent. It served 82 youth. c. Young Men I s Civic League, Inc. ----- This unique work-recreation project A):, A , utilize 20 outh and young adults, oale and feoale, ages 16-21, in a

r~ r_y-prograo to upgrade their connunity. Activities included cleaning str eets, /

alleys, eopty lots, and rodent control. D. ()winnett County EOA ---- A coop rehensive eoployoent, recreational and educational enrichoent prograo serving about 6,000 youth and children both nale and feoale. The project enp loyed five teen leaders to be divided aoong the four centers. Project activities included field t~ips, personal hygiene, sewing classes, classes in water and hunting safety, first aid, body care, draoa, and ousical groups. The project lasted approxinately ten weeks. E. West End Neighborhood EOA Center - - - - This eoployoent, recreat i onal and cultural enrichnent prograo was designed to serve a nuober of yout h in the area . The project eop loyed a nuober of youth to coordinate and supervise recreational a nd enrichoent prograos (a ges 17-18). Activities i nc l uded baseba ll, basketba ll, volleyball, s occer, s t or y hour, and trips. I t las ted for eleven weeks. F. Vi ne City Founda t i on - Pr oject Recr ea t i on Pl ug-In ---- This wa s a pilot eop l oyQent progr ao designe d t o u t ili ze indi genous teenage youth, ages 16- 25, to s erve as coonuni ty recreat i on orga nizers. The youth Recrea t i on Organize rs r ecruited , organi zed , pla nned, a nd s upervised ten othe r t eenager s each to provi de planned s unoer r ecr eation on a 24-hour basis. The projec t lasted fo r e l even weeks . G. WAOK Radio Station, EOA, Connuni t y Schoo ls - Junior D.J. PrograQ ---- An employnent, cultural , and coonunications program uti l izing ten junior D.J.'s froo high density areas trained in use of P.A. equipment to provide record hops for about 10 , 000 high s chool and young adults, ages 1625, during the evening hours (7: 30 - 10:00 P.M.). These hops were given in all of the 14 neighborhood Service Center areas. The project lasted four months . ~ H. Northwest Young Men Civic Association - Operation Tighten Up---- This progran designed to serve some ?_i..OOO teenage and young adults, ages 1325, in a oulti-purpose-progran. The progran eop loyed a nunber of indigenous youth and young adults. Activities included lectures, tours, youth foruos, development of youth business, general sports (in-door and outdoor), and creative games. Northwest Perry EOA Center - "Sock It to Me" --H An eoploynent project p,J designed to serve 1,000 r.iale and feoale youth, ages ranging from 13- 25 f -,~ l �6, in an intensive prograo of training and counseling. Lead teenagers and professionals worked with teenagers who have no work history as "peer" Group Counselors. The project lasted approximately twelve weeks. Pittsburg Neighborhood E0A Center---- This pilot program was designed to utilize youth in a community beautification program, as well as provide manpower for existing recreational facilities. The project eoployed twenty oa les., a ge 15-20 9 in the Beautification Prograo, six fe1,;1ale team managers, age 14-20, and three oale league planners to carry on itc e · eague activities. The project also provided hooeoaker training for girls 9~17. The project lasted twelve weeks. Nine men eoployed and twenty volunteers discontinued because of lack of paid supervision. K. Metropolitan Atlanta Boys' Club, Inc . ---- This cooprehensive eoployraent and recreational project atteopted to oeet the needs of 10,000 boys in severa.l Boys 'Clubs in the city, age 6-18. The project employed a nuober of youth, ages 16 .. 21, to plan and develop prograos for areas served. Summer activities included group clubs, dancing, cooking, music appreciation, puppetry, photography, nrt, desk help, handicrafts, drama, ceramics, and Wood work. The project lasted approximately twelve weeks. L. Wesley Coomunity Centers - Expanded and New Services---- This educational, employoent, recreational, and cultural program designed to oeet the needs of boys and girls 6-21. Progran activities included a six-week training prograos for 11th and 12th grade, including craft skills, canp skills, so as to be able to work with so~ ller children in caop situations. The project lasted for ten weeks. -.-.., M. l -\ v ~. 5 i~u_,, r Suo-Mec Neighborhood EOA Center---- A comp rehensive emp loynent, recreational, educational and cultural project serving 5,000 youth, oales and females, of all ages, in the Surn··Mec area. Activities included· tutorial, typing, fi l mstrips , draoa, counseling, field trips, etc. N. Dekalb YWCA - Job Preparation Prograo ---- An eoployoent program designed to serve 25 teenage girls, 16-18 years of age, and training and counseling in going about getting a job. The program lasted for seven months. o. Rent-A-Kid~--- This unique eoployoent project was designed to provide enployQent for youth on a contratual bases. It operated in the West End area and served a large nuober of youth. P. Mobile Job Recr uiter---- This enploynent progran was designed to decent r alize emp loymen t facilities c It consisted of a bus traveling throughout the c ity t aki ng jobs to youth; and it served nany a large nunber of youth . 0 I The a bove to ta l does not include the nany youth hired by pr i vate c i tizens in various job s lots. Atlanta is es pecta lly proud of t he s uccess of thi s yea r 's job program. However, many d i fficulti es occured wh i ch haope r ed the t ot al effort and prevented it froo being more successful. To overcone these difficulties in the future, the following recoooendations are offered; 1. That the employment s ervices be designated the official and only agencies responsible for screening, placement and job developnent for the Youth ~ _.,. 11 Jle ur �7. Opportunity Prograo. Such recomra~rtdation I:J.eans that ~t ieastt 94o//,, of the eoployoent services efforts will be put into job developI:J.ent, 5% in placeQent and 1% in sc r eening . 2. That the Youth Opportunity Progtao's effortl be teported froo all other adI:J.inistrative operations. 3. That a full tine job developoertt person be hired to wot k exclusively and all year round on sunoe~ ahd Youth Opportunity Prograo jobs~ 4. That the pre-registration of youth for Guoner jobo be elimnated. 5. That the National Alliance of Businessnen not be the official agency for handling the Sur.rr:1er Job Prograo even though their participation will be solicited~ 6. That direct hires by Federal and private organizations without prior screening by the eoployoent services be elioinated or not counted as a recruit for the Youth Opportunity Progran. If such recoi:rrnendation is followed the probleo of being occured of not hiring poor, inner city and/ or o inor ity youth will be greatly oinimized . 7. That a job corporation be foroed in order to provide o ore jobs for youth under 16. 8. That laws relating to youth eoploynent be car efully read, revised and changed wher e neces s ary so that youth nay obtain jobs. 9. Tha t non-profit priva te and public a gencies increase their hi r ing of youth. 10. That t he prob l eo of t rans por t a t i on to j obs in outlyi ng a r eas be r eoedied and realistically dea lt with . 11. That the Youth Opp ortunity Caopaign work toward conne c ti ng t he s ituation in which the s tate hired few if any youth during the s uooer to work i n State Parks , Hospitals, Highways and ot her s uch Departments . 12. That Departoents o f City governroont other t hnn the Parks and Sanitary Departments i ncrease their hiri ng of oinori ty youth , i.e., Atlanta Housing Authority , Hospital Authority, Public Library , e tc . 13. That oore effort be nade in teaching youth job s eeking, j ob getting, etc. 14. That t he subsidized jobn be doubled in Atlanta, EDUCATION The najor ope rating educat ional prograns were suDfiler schools operated by t he Atlanta Systeno A fee was cha rged for these schoo la; however, no needy child was denied admission t o s uorne.r school because of noney . PTA's and other.. coonunity groups promoted attendance of suQOer school for children needing renedial work. OBJECTIVES: 1. To provide needed renedial and tutorial prograns for youth; �8. OBJECT!VES cont ' d 2. To provide vocatinnal informati on ~µd ~ducntional activities needed by youth to enter into the labor fo t~e; 3. To allow cr eativ~ and inh~vati~e hducatioh~i prograns not possible during the wintet' months; 4. To allow coupling of education, enploynont, culture and recreation; 5. To offP.r prograoo and couraon not generally available to poor youth during the regular school year. SfECIFIC GOALS: 1. To provide curnmer r 0m~dial·prQgraor. for 2,024 stud~nta; To pr0vide tutori~l servic~s for 1,362 otudcnts; 3. To providr. vocation~l, technical, dnd occupational information for 2,185 students; 4. Tq provide enrichment and advance programs for 1,000 students; 5. To provide creative and experimental program~ conbining eq, loyment, enrichment, recreational and occupationa l information for needy stud~nts; 6. To launch an int~naivc back"to-ochool effort to g~t 2,500 studont~ to retur n t o ochool in th~ f a ll; 7. To ~s~iGt neody high school gr a duates t o obtain scholdrs hi p~ 4nd tuit i~n Qid to continue thei r education , ~i ving spec i a l a tt~ntion to "hi gh ris k" gr adua t 1C?a ; B. To nssio t t he ~chool and comnunity i n mee ting the ~p~ci al neede of s t uden ta wit h th~ apccial personal, social and oconomic probl em.,. Publicly-Spons o~ed Educat i onal Proj ects The pub l icly-spons ornd pr ojects cons i s t of s i x school~ which op@n 12 hours daily and 6 days each week, concen t rating on ba~ic education snd oduca tiona l progr ans . Th~ number of youth attending the various schoel~ w~re as f ollowa : School sxsts_e: Number of Youth Atl~nta Public School s 12 ,090 Fulton County School Syoteo 2·, 900 Total-- ~--~-- ~- -------~ 14 , 900 Thia total does not include the children and youth that participated in the varir.us cducati0n and recreation prograrruJ opcratP.d by the Board nf Education. Mor-n that 20,000 you.th participatr-,d in programs and activities operated in th~ 60 schools which were operated by the Atlanta Public School~. The City of Atlanta Board of Education provided a t~tal of $205,677.00 for scholarships. An -additional amount was rnnde available for ~ub~idies and individuals participating in the summer school program. �9 Sone of the tutorial and study-help prograrJS operated in the Youth Opportunity Progran are as follows: a. Cabba getown Recreation/Work Youth Center: This progran was designed to involve 50-100 oales and feoales i n and out of school, ages 12-21, in a progran of recreation, eop loyraent, education, and cultural enrichment activities as field trips, caoping , tutorial, etc. The project lasted for twelve weeks and served 100 youth per day. b. Central YWCA - Job Exploration for Teen Teaos: This enployoent, educational and recreational progran utilized 40-50 youth in a six week training program to work with various children's prograos (ages 5-11), including playgrounds, tutoring, story telling, etc. A group of ten teens (ages 15~17) and a young adult leader worked as a teao in areas . The project lasted -f or approxioately seven weeks, and served 14 youth per day. c • . Butler Street YMCA - Education and Enploytlent: A work~study setlinar con'" ducted a t . resideht canp _for twelve high school graduates f t oo poverty backgr ounds. The activity of the senih~~s consisted of inforoation that was applicable to college entran~~• discussion on curtent sociai events, etc, lhe project lasted for w e i ve weeks snd ser ved io youth per day i d~ ~ e. &Jory University - Division of Librarianship: Story-telling Courses This educational prograo was designed to provide efficiency for a Story Teller used during the sur;:u:;ier in various recreation prograns. The project provided twelve courses utilizing 20 enrollees for an eight week period. Sun- Mee Neighborhood EOA Center - Mechanicsville Suooer Project: This progr ao operated out of the Pryor Str eet School. It provided recrea~ t ion and educat i on needs during the suoner nonths . A large anount of youth of t he area were hir ed.. The project lasted for three months and ser ved 300 youth per day. In addition t o the above prograns other pr i vate organi zations oper ated tutorial and study~help progr aos ~ The Anti-Defornation Lea gue o f B'nai B' r i t h ope ra ted a tutorial proj e ct in the Perry Hones Area. An i n ter-agency projec t working with high absenteeiso f anilies, including 130 you t h f roo these f aoilies operated in the Perry Hones Area. Saint Vincent de Paul Church oper ated a tutorial project in the Perry Hon es Area . The Third Arny op erated a f ull and comp rehensive prograo i n t he Poole Creek Area which included educa tion , recreation , tuto ring a nd special events. The Arts and were perhaps the ting projects in the Atlanta Arts large variety of Cultural activities of the At lanta Youth Opp ortunity Prograo raost cooprehensive of any city with cooparable groups operaall sections of the city . The oeobers and associates of Council as well as the Georgia Arts CoCll!lission offered a prograos and activiti es to Atlanta's youth. In addition �• 10 the Atlanta public schools, the Parks and Recreation Department and EOA offered cultural activities. The various arts and other groups offering programs and services were as follows: Phyllis Wheatley YWCA ~ Project A Twilight Enricho.ent Prograo ---."".. _'l;hio cultural, recreational, educational, group guidance and leadership developoent project was designed to help youth enrich their social and spirit• ual lives in the Vine City, Siopson, Beckwith, Fair and Walnut Street areas o The project attenpted to help 45 pre~teens (6-12) and 35 teenagers (13-16). The specific activities included day camp activity. The project lasted approxioate ly eight weeks and served 155 youth per day. Central City EOA ~ 02,eration~- ~ ··~~ .. This is an enploynent, recrc~tional, cultural, and educational prog:rao which served 500 oales and feoalee, .ages 5-25, in and out of school , in a conprehensive prograo of recreation and cultural activities, including diversified playground prograns, field trips, crafts, dramatics, dance, group discussion, etc, _The project lasted eleven weeks. The Church of the Master, United Presbyterian USA ..... __ This progra9t was, a recreational, educational and cultural enrichoent prograo serving youth in arts and crafts , lectures (sports, cocial topics, current events), field trips, tutorial prograos, dancing, games, sports, and counseling services. The project lasted approxioutely eight weeks, Ruth Mitchell Dance Coopany ~ Dance Instrnction in Modern Jazz Ballet-143.215.248.55 This recreational, educational, and cultural progran was designed to utiii~ ze youth, ages 9~15, in providing classes in Modern Jazz Ballet, in pre- _ pnration for a prograo presented by t~e youth. This pro ject lasted for ten weeks. · Acadeoy Theatre - Project Circus -·"" A recreational, educational, a11d cultural prograo designed to utilize sooe 50 youth throughout Atlanta who were trained in theatre and dranatic techniques, The Acadeny pro- _ duced five showo (Circus) per week for a six week period. The Theatre handled 180 kids per perforoancee Theatre A~~ ~"-" This project produced plays which wa-r e presented on n nobile theatre facility to four · EOA target areas.. The. project served nnd enployed youth and young adults, and lasted for_ eight weeks. There were two photography pi·oj ects operated in the Youth Opportunity Prograo. One wos financed by a loca l group through Clark College and the YMCA, and the other was financed by the Georgia Arts CorJrJission. These proj-1':cts served 30 youth weekly. Arthur Harris, Pretident of Sttipto, contribut~d 1,500 dollars to begin nn art prograo, Thir. prograra was succeasfully sustained. It l asted fron July 3 to Septeober 3. The Briggs Gallery bponsored art contests for the under~privileged. prize as well as a ponsible scholarship was awarded the winnero A Leroy Neinan, Playboy Magazine Art Director, cane to Atlanta on a no salary basis to conduct an art school for the poor people, t �[, • 11 --u Workshops. Inc. This project- provided nuober of plays for recreational prograos throughout the city. 500 young people have participated in this prograr:i.. Another project working in support of the Educational and Cultural aspect of the Youth Opportunity Prograo was the Back-to-School Project. The Atlanta Schools, the Youth Council, EOA and Connunity Chest agencies launched an effort to get youth to return to school. This effort took place beginning in August, 1968. Approxinately 3,000 school dropouts and potential dropouts were contacted and urged to· renain in or return to school. Many of these contacts were on a person-to-person basis. It is estinated that approxioateiy 30,000 children and youth were involved in various types of reoedial, advanced, and special educational prograos, including foroal suooer school. · Upwards of 50 , 000 di sadvantaged children and youth participated in the 225 educational prograos"· In addition to the regular sunner prograo, several special prograns were provided under Title I and III EASA by the Atlanta and Dekalb County Boards of Education. The Education aspect of the Youth Opportunity Prograo generally operated effectively. However , sane specific probleos did occur. In order to prevent their reoccurance in the future the recorn:iendations following are offered; 1. That fornal and infernal aspects of the education prograr:i. be operative up to the last week of August, thereby elio inating confusion. 2. That oore afternoon and evening reoedial prograos for older working teena gers be operated duri ng the sur:ner oonths. 3. ~hat private and parochia l s chools be urged to participate in the You th Opportunity Prograo by of f ering prograns, scholarships, personti.el, etc . to inner city youth . 4. Tha t t he Board of Educa t ion exp l ore t he poss i bility of find i ng citizens or youth groups under Ti tle I and other resources to ca rry out innovations and creative Educationa l Prograoso 5. That t he Voca tiona l Educa t iona l Departnent undertake creative Work- Study Prograr:is during t he suC10er to intr oduce to high s chool youth var ious voca t ional occupations. 6. That the Board of Education and t he Fulton and Dekal b Counti es Depa rtnents of Public Welfare undertake a day and r esiden t canp Prograo f or the educationally retarded ind i vidua l using a conb i na tion of State and Federa l fund s. 7. That the Board of Education support a youth operated curriculuo developnent project operated during the SUDC1e r 1969 utilizing EA.SE Act noney? 8. That the Atlanta Colleges be encouraged to identify and sponsor programs that will enable high risk, talented and/ or poor youth and ninority youth to attend college in the fall. 9. That a greater participation by private agencies in tutorial prograns be undertaken, 10. That early lines of cor:inunications by area offices and citizens be esta• �12 blished to decide what programs could best meet cooo.unity needs. 11. That e ducation orientation projects be ectablished during the suoner so that youth who are recent releaseGs froo institutions are provided -with reorientation, 12. That closer coordination between educationaand recreation prograns be undertaken. RECREATION There are approximately 500,000 children and youth in Greater Atlanta. Most of these were seeking ways to spend their suoner leisure tine. Unfortunately, the lack of recreational and informal educational programs was most acute in the poverty c0Dr.1unitiesc Realizing the great need and shortage of wholesooe recreat~onal activities yea r round, the various parks, the public schools and libra rie~, the art groups, the EOA Heighborhood Service Centers, the CoCJDunity Chest Agencies, and sever al youth groups planned approxioately 6 0 pr ojects ~ The se pr ojects coobine seve:;:al recreation, and education and eoployoen t o Many of thes e wer e youth oana ged and operated. The City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation and School Departoents, EOA, United Appeal, and several other a gencies carried the oajor responsibilities for the recreationa l prograo in the target a reas o The activ ities of these prograns varied. The r e were several priva tely""s ponsored r ecreationa l projectD. These included caop ing activitie s by the Boy Scouts, Canp Fire Girls, YMCA, YWCA, and the Bethleheo Centers. The nuober of youth served in the various caoping prograos are as follows: Day Caop Resident Cao2 AGENCY 1968 1967 1960 1967 Metropoli t an YMCA Butler Street YMCA Me tropol itan YWCA Boy Scouts Sa lva tion Arny Girl Scouts Canp Fire Girl s Wesley Hooe Atlant a Parks Depart o.ent G:1.rl s Club Boys Club Grady Girl's Club Total 681 434 Hl5 868 54 431 8072. 893~ 4440 _. 457 4010 180 754 429 200 646 70 533 - 12612 765 754 690 79 2143 430 140 1645 51 700 624 740 121 200 1463 311 150 1319 112 -900 1002 7597 7042 A significant part of the recreation prosrao is the fact that it enployed approxtoately 1,300 youth to work in various pr.ograns and activities. The Atlanta Parks and Recreation Departoent has served approxioately 525,000 youth (tu1·nstile count) in suooer recreational opportunities. In addition , a large nuober of youth have received recreational opportunities thro~gh the vurious schoo l activities . In this respect, the public agencies have far exceeded any efforts at any tine in the past in their various recreational prograos and activities. Usually, the ultioate success of any prograo depends upon the concern and �14 involvement of private groups and organizations. The vari~us pr ivate org~i-~ zations and· agencies in 4tlanta have significantly contributed to the overall suoner recreational effort.,. Many of these agencies have pr,ovided resources over and above normal expectation3. Dekalb YWCA - Kirkwood SWi!i]I'Jing Class---- This progran provided· swimming activit.ies for fifty youth ages 7-12,in school. It lasted for approx~t_ely twelve weeks. Edgewood Neighborhood EOA Center - East Lake Youth Suomer Recreation Prograt:1~~-:."'.'. This SUCJIJer recreation progran served about 500 youth of all ages.. Activities· included se·wing, crafts, staop collections, guitar lessons, piano lesSDns, dancing, wood work, nnd sports • . It lasted approxi'C'.lately nine weeks~. . . 1 F.dgewood Neighborhood EOA Center - Kirkwood Skating Project---- A prograra to provide skating activities £or 200 youth and young acb lts, age 6~_25~ The · project employed twelve young adults froo the coonunity. The · projec.t iasted approxioately ten weeks. · · J Rockdale County EOA and Recreation Conmission ---- The project provided r ec"'.". creational, educational, and cultural activities for sooe 600 youth and young adults. The project employed 30 argct area youth to supervise the oajor ac~ t ivities as teacher aides, ground keepors, cquipnent Mnagers, and conce_s -: sion workers. Activities included sports, arts and crafts, dr ana, and act~ ting •. The proje c t l a~ted for t welve weeks. West Centra l EOA Neighborhood Cen~er 143.215.248.55-~ A recreational, educational, and cul~ tural enrichment pr ogram w.hich served app~-0xi Mtely 5,400 persons of 4~1 ages~ Activities for this program i nc1.uded i ndoor and outdoor r ecreation, arts and crafts , headstart, t rips to interesting places , neighborhood cleanups ,_ etc . The project lasted approxinat.e l y eieven weeks . &lgewood Neighborhood EOA Center ~ Su0I:1er Crash Recreation Project --.-- This unique pilot project utilized six youth from the a rea to work with men t ally retarded children. The project served 24 mentall y r etarded children by pro~ viding daily oental and physical activities . I t l asted f or nine weeks ~ Emmaus House---- A unique program designed to take 100 boys and girls of the Peoplestown-Suornerhill area to Jekyll Island f or one week in an attempt to replace a sluo setting with a oemorable experience of a world they have never known. Activities for this program included recreational activity, and counseling. After returning these youth engaged in a seven week recedial reading prograo. The project lasted for eight weeks. College Park Civic and Education Club, Inc. - -- ~ This project both recrea~ tional and educational served approximately 9,000 youth, both cale and fe~ oale o~ 11 ages that reside in low~incone coomunities. the project ut~~i~ zed ~'p, or youth as youth assis~ance and nine young adults, Activities for this program included recreation, spo-rbs, arts &nd crafts, daily.person• al hygiene, trips and excursions, ceramics and diversified playground programs. It lasted for twelve weeks~ · East Point Recreation Departoent 143.215.248.55 12:54, 29 December 2017 (EST) This .project covered the four target areas in the city. It was designed to oeet the recreational needs of 5,000 persons of all ages The. project employed eight young adult$ and youth £roe each of the area blockso Activities included sports, playground activities, arts ·and crafts, ceraoics, sewing, personal hygiene and grootrl.ng, trip:s and eK?Jrsions, teen progrataS, senior citizen's prograc, swicr.dng and pre-school • �15 pr6graos, The project lasted fo r eight weeks~ North Fulton EOA Center---- A twelve week program designed to provide recreational activities for sone 500-600 youth of both sexes, ages 8-18. The project consisted of hiring one youth worker in each local conounity to work under the local supervisor. Activities for the project consisted of softball, horseshoes, basketball, badointon, baseball, volleyball, and croquet. In addition to the various recreation projects, special activities hav.e been offered by some agencies and, organizations. The WAOK Dance Mobile has entertained and provided recreation for 14,000 youth in the Youth Opportunity Prograo. · The Book Mobile has served lD,000 youth this sur:iner. 200 youth participated in the Junior Olynpics Program. The overall efforts of the recreation program has been generally more ext enesive and oeaningful as opposed to last year's prograo. Several businesses and cf tizens have nade significant contributions to this prograc. The Atlanta Rotary Club nade available many canperships for several yout~. In addition the Atlanta Rotary Club assisted in the establishment of a Boy's Club in one of Atlanta's Poverty Areas. The cost of both of these contri butions was $14,000. In addition to regu1&r Parks facilities, sone of the additional operating facilities provided by the Parks and Recreation Departnent are as follows: Facility NUC1ber Tot Lots 73 Porta-Pools 14 The total ·c ost of the recreation progra.n for the 1963 Youth Opportunity Cciopaign was approxina.tely $1,260,300 . A description of approximately how rauch noney wa:, : spent in this coaponent is listed as follows: · AG8NCY City of Atlanta F,.OA , (Including OEO grant) Private Donations United Appeal Agencies (unfunded) Total COST $300,00.0. 60.0,000. 35.4,0Q0. s.;,oo • . $1~260,300. ." Many other 'd onations were mde to this aspect of the Youth Opportunity Progr8c for which cash value is difficult to deterninate. These donations are listed in another part of this report. The recreational aspect of the Youth Opportunity Progran has far exceeded any previous ef£<1rts. The Parks and Recreation Departoent, EOA and United A~peal agencies have provided outstanding participation and eupport~ Scee probleos did arise, however, and the following reconmendations a.re aiced at �I' 16 preventing thera in the future; I 1. That an increase in the quality and quantity of recreational activities for teenagers be provided. ?. That swinoing pools be open during sorae evenings until 10 o'clock. · 3. That churches and private agencies provide substantially nore caoperships for inner city youth. 4. That the locatins of recreational services and facilities be re•exaoined and gaps and duplication be elininated. 5. That private agencies nake better and wider use of their staff and facilities throughout the sur:iner nonths·~ 6. That closer coordination between EOA and the Parks Departoent be undertaken. 7. That funds be made available to the Recreation Departoent at the first of the Year'. SPECIAL DONATIONS The fact that the regular projects and prograas in the 1960 Youth Opportunity Prograo have operated so effectively nay be due to the various dona~ tions and contributions oade for the sunoer effort by private citizens, bus~ inesses and civic organizations and groups and federal agencies. The Federal Executive Board donated 3,000 envelopes and postage for use in the Back-to-School Project. $15,000 was donated by the Coca Cola Company, the Coca Cola Bo~t ling Coo• pany, and a private citizen for the purchase of the Show Mobile. Davison's, an Atlanta · Departoent Store, donated the printing of 40,000 resources inventories. The Montag Corporation donated raore than 300 reaos of paper and art sup• plies as a special contribution to the Youth Opportunity Program; I 'feu!>r,rta-Pools (portable swinning pools) were donated to the sunr;ier Youth Opportunity Prograr.i by private businesses and organizations. 'Ihey are: 1 Porta Pool 1. Ivan Allen Conpany - 2~ C & S Bank 1 Porta Pool 3. Trust Company of Georgia 1 Porta Pool 4. Rich Foundation 5 Porta Pools 5o Coca Cola Conpany 1 Porta Pool 6. Georgia Power Co. 1 Porta Pool �17 Southern Concrete Company donated a $50 caopership to the Youth Opportunity Program for under-privileged youth. Miss Rachel Bailey, private citizen donated $10.00 worth of Art supplies to the Youth Opportunity Program. 4,000 free passes to Six Flags over Georgia plus $4,000 in spending money was donated to the Youth Opportunity Prograo ·by a donor. The Atlanta Braves donated 70,000 free passes to Braves Baseball gaoes. The Atlanta Braves - Chiefs donated 180,000 passes to the Atlanta Chiefs soccer gaoes. The Coca Cola Company donated 1,000 special passes to the Atlanta Braves Baseball Clinics and gaoes. This donation included free hotdogs and c kes. Arthur Harris, President of Scripto Coopany donated $1 , 500 to begin a special Art Prograo. Frank Barracliff, a private citizen donated $100.00 worth of plywood and other lumber for use in the Youth Opportunity Program. The Atlanta Braves donated 400 free passes to the College All Star Footbal l gane as a special contr i buti on to the Youth Opportunity Prograo. The Atlanta Braves dona ted 400 f ree passes to the Atlanta Jazz Festiva l as a special contribution to the Youth Opportunity Prograo. Theatre Under t he Stars dona t ed 3,100 free passes to poor youth as a special contribut ion to the Youth Opport unity Program. Festival Cineoa donated 3,100 free passes f or youth over a s ix week peri od as a special contribution t o the Youth Opportunity Progr am. The various donations and contributions by private citizens and businesses were in part irameasurably responsibl e f or the success of t he 1963 Youth Opportunity Caopaign . s. Chandler, a private citizen donated a variety of sport and athletic equipment to the Youth Opportunity Prograt!l. Mr. Chandler's donation was utilized by the Vine City Foundation. Mr. Henry In addition to the above donations in the fora of talent and skills have been by entertainers and athletes of national faoe. Camen McRae, a national recording star, donated a concert to the Youth Opportunity Prosran. Miss McRae entertained several hundred youth for two hours. The Tans, a top recording group, donated several perforoances to the Youth Opportunity Progran. Miss Pat Lundy, a national recording star, donated several concerts to the Youth Opportunity Progran. �18 VOLUNTEERS In addition to the various donations, another crucial aspect of the Youth Opportunity Program was the volunteer program. The key to the success of the entire Youth Opportunity Program was the nuober of volunteers recruited. The oanpower needed to carry out the many activities in this program was too nuoerous to be obtained from the liraited funds available. Therefore, a rigorous effort was nade to recruit the necessary volunteers for the 1968 Youth Opportunity Progran. One thousand and one hundred Federal eoployees volunteered to perform certain activities such as, recreation, tutorial, educational, and Arts and cultural programs. More than 300 of these volunteers agreed to use their cars for transpor_ting youth to and from various locations as one-shot assignnents. Aluoinum Corporation of Ar:ierica volunteered the use of one coopany station wagon once a week. Mr. Tone Harris of Higgens, Harris and Coopany volunteered to work on Satnrdays in the Youth Opportunity Program. Mr. H. L. Selsch of Chaoblee, Georgia volunteered to coach or tutor in the Dekalb County section of Atlanta. Two hundred volunteers contacted and encouraged sane 2,500 youth drop-outs to return to school. ~olunteers from Morehouse College and geveral Federal Agencies worked in the absenteeisD pro j ect. Thirty volunteers worked in the Voluntary Probation Officers Program which operated through the Fulton and Dekalb County Juvenile Courts. The Fulton County Medica l Society (nenber physicians) volunteered free physical examinat i ons for 795 youth. An additional 340 boys received free phys i cal examinati ons at the Kirkwood Health C~nter . Eastern Air lines Stewardesses v i sited several centers i n August and gave discuss i ons and exhi biti ons on poi se, make-up and etc. INDIVI DUAL and CASEWORK SERVI CES An unwed oo t hers projec t spons ored by the Enory Medi cal School, Uni•ad Appeal Cas ework ~gencies , EOA ; Ful ton County Wel fa re Depar t nent , Community Chest of Atlanta , and the Atlant a Youth Counc il operated i n the Northwe st section of the city. Plans are now underway t o expand this prograo to include the entire Metropolitan Area . SPECIAL EVENTS Many special prograns were provided in addition to regular surnner prograns and activities. These special prograos and activities were as follows: 1. Delta Airlines - free rides for 334 poor youth �19 2. 5,000 free passes to the Cycloroma 3. Delta Airlines donated free rides to Jekyll Island for 120 youth. 4. The Air Force Association held a special event for youth at the Stadium. 5. Juan Marchal, the top Giant pitching ace, spoke to 200 youth at Suomec FDA Center. 6. In conjunction with WSB, an art exhibition was held at Lenox Square Shaping Center in July and early August. 7. Willian Curry, a professional football player and forner Georgia Tech All Anerican, gave filo lecture denonstrations at three FDA centers. 8. The Women Chanber of Cor.u:1erce gave 2 watermelon cuttings serving a total of 335 people. 9. 400 poor youth attended the Atlanta Jazz Festival free. 10. 400 poor youth attended the All Star Football gaoe free. 11. Chattalanta Games 325 youth conpeted with the youth of Chattanooga in 3 athletic events. The activities took place in Chattanooga. 12. 5,000 youth attended free the July Jubilee. �