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CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Apr il Hl , 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admini strative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison .MEMORANDUI'I TO : Mr . Dan E • .Sweat FROM: Johnny H. Robinson SUBJBCT : Eviction of Mr , \rJillie J . y e and Family, L. ivalkers Alley , ·S .E. Through coordination of the East Centr 1 WA Center , Reloc ation Offi ce at Bedford and Pine Project and r- ayor I s Office, Jllr . Willie J. vlylie, nine chil dren and wife have been re located at h72 Br oyle Avenue. His case will r emain in tho work load of ta st Central EOA Center in order to try to get his family relocated in public housi.ng , becaase the address where he is now located is sub - standard; but will serve the purpose ur t il we can relocate him and his fami l y in standard housing. �CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 April 14, 1967 !VAN ALLEN, JR ., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS , Adm in istrat ive As sist ant MRS . ANN M. MOSES, Execut ive Secret ary DAN E. SWEAT, JR ., Directo r of Governm ental Liai son Mfil"ORANDU11 TO :

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FR011: : Johnny H. Robinson SUBJECT: Letter From Area O Community Cl ub In The Boule vard Area As you re quested , a meeting with the Area O Communit y Club in the Boulevard area h s been s chedule a for Wednesday night , April 19, 7 : JOP.M . at the G'ast Central EOA Neiehborhood Service Cente r , loc c:ted at 486 De catur Street. Superintendent Brown has ass i ened a menber of the Crime Commission to attend t his meetinc, with me . I will forward the results of this meeting to your of f ice on the next scheduled working day . cc : 11r . Dan E. Sweat �E 0 ECONOM IC A OPP ORT UN IT Y ATLANTA , I N C. NASH-WASHI GTON NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER 247 ASHBY STREET, N. W. ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30 14 524- 2084 April 12 , 196 7 Mr . Reese Cleghorn Atlanta Journal 10 Forsyth Street Building Atlanta , Georgia Dear Mr , Cleghorn: You will never know hou much the NASH ..Washington Center appreci tes your activities and accomplishment in connection with the recreation 1 program at the Vine City Extension . The check for $200 , which you spe r headed through your generous column in the At lanta Journal and t he Trinity Presbyterian Church , is highly appreciated . Mr . Eddie Murphy and I will use the funds to the best advantage i n this area . Keep up the good work, Mr . Cleghorn ! There are many people who need to know inside their hearts what goes on in the slums , and that they re it s neighbors. We have been thrilled , since our opening on March 29 , 1965 , nth the opportunity to coordinate servi ces and opportunities in the NASH-Washington neighborhood . · It is a big job . Wi th t he help of such interested p rsorts as yourself, your church gr oup , your newspaper and others, we can do a smal l p rt tow rd tho up-rooting of the p tterns of pov rty. L)J .&.l.__p.,. . ., v ---. ,; Sine rely yours, \- ~ ' . ~ <JJ,..,---.1 Willi A. Fowlkes , Director NASH-Washington Neighborhood C nter WAF:eb cc: Mr . c. O. &om rich Mayor Ivan Allen Dr. Allison Willi s Mr. rold Brr tt �ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATL ANT A, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 April 6, 1967 Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Director of Governmental Liaison City Hall City of Atla:-ita Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dan: Reference is mad-2 to your letter of April 5 in which you requested information in certain areas of the City. I am requesting Mr. Harold Barrett, Associate Administrator for Operations, to furnish you this information as he is keenly aware of the things which are going on in these areas. Incidentally, I think you should know that we are making three efforts to come up with local recreational programs in each of our twelve target areas this suITL~er. First, we are trying to get each of the Neighborhood Service Centers to develop a program within the limits of their ability, and at the same time we are calling upon all local groups to assist. Second, Mr. Allis ,:::m is requesting assistance from a numb-2r of both public and private agencies at the overall City level. Third, the Chairman of our Board plans to discuss this matter with Sargent Shrive r with the hope that funds can be found to at least give us a program equivalent to last summer's program. �Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. - 2 - April 6, 1967 We will keep you posted and encourage you to keep us advised also. Best of luck. Sincerely yours, COE/ch �VOLUME I NUMBER 35 March 3, 1967 NEIGHBORS RAISE TUITION FOR SIX Six unemployed, unskilled women are taking an Industrial Power Sewing class at Hoke Smith Techn ica l School. Their neighbor~, advisory committee members for Economic Opportunity Atlanta , Inc's. , Price Neighborhood Service Center, raised the money to send them. The EOA-Prica Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Council , collected $250.00 to send the women to school. Neighborhood businesses, civic organizations and church e s contributed $50 . 00 . One church, the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church , where Rev. P. J. Dotson is pastor, contributed $100.00. An anonymous donor contributed another $100.00 . On e of the biggest proble~s in the Price area is that of finding employ me nt for the unskilled woman. Geoffrey Heard, Acting Director of the EOA-Price Neighborhood Service Center said, "During the month of December, our Center received over twenty -six requests for trained fe male power machine operators from five local manu fa ctur i ng companies. Our unemploy ed women wer e not trained. When we were unable to fill these requests , which would h ave helped so many of the needy women in our area, we realized that something just had to be done." Mr. Heard presented the probl e m to the re si dents of the community at the Decembe r meeti ng of the Price Citiz ens Neighborhood Advisory Council. The Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Council Manpower Committee deci ded to launch the fund raising project . Th e Committee, r ea lizin g that r a cords kept at the Center are confidenti a l , requested th e Ce nter's Social Service and Manpower De partments to se l ec t six p e rson s to pioneer th e project, from t h ei r li s t of unemployed females . They further r e ques ted that th e app licant s be screened to find th~ most n eedy women, who h a d some sewing abilities and who had been most p e r s i s t e nt in th eir job seekin g efforts. On the b as is of these requirements, six women were selected: Mesdames Minnie L . Colbert , Catr e an Fountain, Noble Grey, Sadie Parham, Eula Ma e Will iams a nd Dorothy Wortham. Th e committee gave ea ch woman t we nty - s i x do lla r s ; twenty-one do ll a r s for tuition a nd five do ll ars f or sewing e quipme nt s uch as scissors , ta pe measurers, and hem liners. The six wo me n t h e mse l v e s suggested to th e gro up tha t th e f unds be made a " r e volving fund . " Th ey plan to r ep l ace the mon ey wh e n th ey comp lete the course and get jobs , th e r e by a llowin g others to h a v e th e sa me opportun i ty . �-2- ' ' ,· ·.>: Th2 t welve week cot:rse started on January 3rct and wi ll run until March 28th. Cl asses are held"from 9 a.m; to 3 p ,. m. , five days per wee~ . Ariother class is scheduled to start in the spring. The Committee hopes t o ha v e at l east ten enroiled in it. Financial assistanc~ is not the only help these w,omen have received. The Price staff has also been successful in finding part-time empiby i. ment for them. Se ve ral are working as domestics and the others have jobs as caf eteria workers. Most of · the women are either separated or· divorced from their husbands. Each has at least three children . The women ha d to have some t y pe of employment while they went to school to sustain themselves and th eir families. They say the y don ' t mind the hard schedule now because soon they 'll be making a much b etter liv ing. "I fe el wonderful . I don't have no kind of tra i nin g and riow I'll be ab le to make somethin g of myse l f ," said a memb e r of the class, Mrs . Eu la Mae Willia ms . Another member, Mrs . Min'nie L. Colbert, said, " I ' m just so happy. All I can say is that I never knew my neighbors wer e so n i ce and would do something l ike th is for me . " Members of th e EOA-Price Neighborhood Service Center Manpower Committee are: Melvin Barnes Robert Barn2s Rev . O. L . Blackshear, Cha-i rman Thomas Goosby Lewis Newell Henry Phipps -?e nry Whiteside Rev . H. R. Green s. H. Mccrary Ge6r~e Brumfield James Dean J. T . Fagan, Di rector Manpower - ~ r ice Alfr e d -Ki mp s on Me lbo Peek L. D. Simon ,Ja mes W1lli s Rav~ w. A ~ Jacqbs

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THIS WEEK AT EOA 'MARCH · 6 : Mr. ·c . o. Emmerich will attend the Nationa l Association of Commun i t y Deve l o pme nt in Ne w York . MARCH 8: Mr . C . O. Emmerich will speak at the S t. Anne 1 s Episcopal Church, 8 : 00 p. m. MARCH 9 : Mr s. Gl o r i a Gro ss will s p e ak to the Bo ard of Wome n' s Work of t h e P resb y t er i a n Church o f th e Un i t e d Sta t es a b o ut EOA. MARCH 1 5 : Mrp . Dori s Bridges will meet with a committee fro m St . Ma rk Chur ch to discu s s a volunte er child care project . Sen ior Ci t izen Se r vices of Me t ro p o l ita n At l a nta, I n c ., will ' hold its f i rst Annua l Me e t i n g at t h e Ri v iera Motor Hote l , , 1 2 :00 p.m.

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�-3STAFF NOTES NORTHWEST~PERRY: A program to pay tribute to local community leaders is being sponsored by the Extension Area Department March 12th, at 4:30 p.m., at William Scott Elementary School. The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference wili be guest speaker. Everyone is invited. · PRICE1 A meeting of community residents was held at the Price Center on March 1st to discuss the recently proposed Comprehensive Health Program. Members of the Emory University Medical staff, participants in the proposal, led the discussion. They were Dr. Thomas Sellers, Jr., Mrs. June Gray, and Dr. William Marine. Mr. J. T. Fagan, former Manpower Dlre ctoL has been promoted to Assistant Manpower Coordinator for EOA. Mr. F. A. Humphries will take his place at Price. One of the Price community block clubs, · Area Block 2 B , from the Carver Homes area, received first place honors for table decorations and originality at the Martha Washington Tea, February 26th. The Tea was sponsored b y the Red Feather Clubs of the area. Mrs. Nettie Bennett heads Block 2 B. VISTA& Mrs. Jean Feldman, VISTA Volunteer working at the Antoine Graves Center, has sent out a call for help. Since recreation funds were cut she has few supplies. The Center has fourrewing machines, but her class need NEEDLES , THREAD, PINS and MATERIAL. If your club or church would like to help Mrs. Feldman with her project, please call her at 577-1793. DOES YOUR C~NTER HAVE· NEWS? CALL VIRGINIA BROWN, 525-4262, ext., 3940', OR MAIL TO MRS. BROWN AT 101 MARIETTA STREET , N. W., BY 10:00 a.m., THURSPAY OF EACH WEEK. �ECONOMIC OPPORTU NITY ATL ANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREE_T Bl:.DG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA=.3Ol03. . · 525-4262 ·:- . C. O. EMM E RICH AOMIN ISTR:.. TOR -:- . ! February 28, 1967 I. Mrs. Susie LaBor d 101 Bel! Street, S. E. Apartme nt 77 Atlanta, Ge o r gia Dear Mrs. LaBord: . 1· I j ! As Chairman of the Board of Dir e ctors of Econ omi c Opportunity Atlanta, Inc . , I am happy to give y ou this o ffi cial notic e of you r s e l e c t i on a s a member o f the EOA Boa rd of Dir e cto rs to r epr e s e nt the Eas t Ce ntral . Neighbo rhood Se rvic e Ce n ter a rea for the cai e n d ar year 1967. Your s e l e ction was th e result of a rec e n ~ d emo c r atic s e l e c t ion p r oce dur e among the c itizens serve d by the EOA program in your ar ea . We c ongratul ate y ou a n d wi s h f o r you f ull sat i s f a c tion in t hi s imp orta nt community activ ity . EOA Boa rd meet ings a re r egularly h eld at t wo o'clock in t he a ft e rnoon o f the third Wednes d ay each month a t EOA o ffices on t h e fourth floor of the fOl Mar i e tta S treet Building . You wi ll r ece ive furth e r in f orma tion about th e n ext meeting sche dul e d for Ma rch 1 5 . S inc e re l y y ours , ~~/fl~ Boj&eui llet J 01l>,S · _ Ch a irman , EOA · · c c: BJ : np Mayor I v a n All e n , Ci t ¥ of Atlanta v' Chairma n J am e s Al dredg e , Commi ss ion e r s o f Ro a d s a n d Re v e n u e s o f Fulton County · �• Di ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATL ANTA, l~~C. 101 MARIETTA STREE-T BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 II I C, O, EMMERICH AOMINISTRATOR February 28, 1967 ,. I i I i I l l 1 I I l . Mr. Robert Dobbs 2455 Abner Place, N. W. Atlant~, Georgia Dear Mr. Dobbs: As Chairman of the Board of Directors of E"conornic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to represent the Northwest-Perry Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection procedure among th e citize ns . serve d b y the EOA program in your area. We congratulate you and wish for you full satisfaction in this important community activity. EOA Board meet ings are regularly held at two 0 1 clock in the afternoon of the third Wednesday each month at EOA offices on the four th floor of the 101 · Marietta Street Building. You will r ece ive further information about the nex t meeting scheduled for March 15. Sincerely yours, ~ L~--/ a-~ 7 ~ u i l l e t Jon e V Chairman, EOA cc : · Mayor I van Allen, City of Atlanta / Chairman James Aldredge, Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County BJ:np C' �ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY A TL ANT A, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 _c. i 0, EMMER I CH AOMI NI STR ATOR February 28, 1967

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Mr. Edward Young 2279 Hill Street, N. W. Atlan ~a, Georgia I ii Dear Mr. Young: I As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to represent the West Central Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection procedure among th e citizens served by the EOA program in your area. We congratulate you and wish for you full satisfaction in this important community activity. EOA Board meetings are regularly held at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Wednesday each month at EOA offices on the fourth floor of the 101 Marietta Street Building. You will receive furth e r info rmat ion about the next meeting schedul ed for March 15. Sincere ly yours, <4~9~ Boi s,?eu illet Jon e s Chairman , EOA cc : Mayor Ivan Al l en, City of At lant a v-1 Chairman J ames Aldredge, Commissioners of Roads and Revenu e s of Fulton County BJ:np . �D ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 . I _C, 0, EMMERICH .

ACMINISTRATOR February 28, 1967 .: Ii Mrs. Beatrice Garland 1011 srhi th Street, s. I Atlanta, Georgia w. iI Dear .r,µ-s. Garland: As Chafrman of the Board of Directors of Efonomic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to represent the Pittsburg Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection procedure among the citizens served by the EOA program in your area~ We congratulate you and wish for you full satisfaction in this important community activity. EOA Board meeting s are regularly held at t wo o'clock in the afternoon of the third We.dnesday each month at EOA offices ·on the fourth floor of the 101 Marietta Street Building. You will receive furth e r information about the nex t meeting scheduled for March 15. Sincerely yours, Chairma n, cc : Ma y o r I van Al l e n, City of Atl a nt a / Chai r ma n J ames Al dredge, Commis s ioner s of Roads and Revenues of Ful t o n County BJ:np ,,. �: D ' ' .

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. i 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C. O. EMMERICH AOMINISTR'ATOR February 28, 1967 I . I t I I l l i i! l I Mr. Leroy Dobbs 1603 Dixie Street, S. E. #D Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Dobbs: As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to repres ent the Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection proc e dure among th e citizens served by the EOA program in your area. We congratulate you and wis h for you full satisfa ction in thi s impor tan t community activity. EOA Board meetings are regularly held at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Wedne sda y e a ch month at EOA offices on the fourth floor o f the 101 Mar i e t ta Str eet Building. You will r e c e ive f urth e r in f orma t i on ab o ut the n e x t meeting s chedul e d for Ma rch 15. Sinc e rely yours, c f ~ / ) £ ~· Boisfeuillet J orft: Cha irma n, EOA c c: Ma yor I van All e n, Ci ty o f At l anta./ Chai r ma n J ames Al d redg e , Commi ss ione r s of Roa d s a nd Re venu e s of Ful t on County BJ : np ,. �• ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG • . ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C:. O. • EMMERICH AOMINISTRATOR February 28, 1967 Mrs. A. L\- Benton 162 Lamar Street, Atlanta, Georgia s. E. Dear Mrs. Benton: As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Oppor~unity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your selection as a member of _the EOA Board of Directors to represent the Sum-Mee Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection procedure among the citizens served by the EOA program in your area . . We congratulate you and wish for you full satisfaction in this importa nt community activity. EOA Board meetings are regularly held at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Wedne sday each month at EOA offices on the fourth floor of the 101 Mari e tta Street Building. You will r e c e i ve fu r th e r in f ormat ion about the n ext meeting s che dul e d for Ma rch 15. Since r e ly yours, 4 / Bo ¥ fe u i lle t J o~ Cha i rman, EOA cc: ~a-J . · Mayor I v a n All e n, Ci ty o f Atl anta / Cha irman J a mes Al dr e dge , Commi ss i oners of Roa d s a nd Re v e nu e s o f Fu lton County BJ:np ,. �t. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C:, 0, EMMERICH ADMINISTRATOR February 28, 1967 Mrs. Etl el Cox 851 Hampton Street, N. W. Atlanta, Ge orgia Dear Mrs. Cox: As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your sel e ction as a member of the EOA Board of Director s to repr esent the Central city Neighborhood S ervice Ce nter area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the r es ult of a recent democratic selection proc edur e among the citi zens served py the EOA program in your area. We congratulate y ou and wish for you full satisfaction in this important community activity . EOA Board meetings are regularly held at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Wednesday each month at EOA offices on the fourth floor of the 101 Mari e tta Street Building. You will rec e ive furth er informa tion about the n e x t meeting schedul e d fo r Ma rch 15. S incerely yours , 4 ::7 ~ff~ Bi s fe uill e t J o~e s Chairman, EOA cc: BJ: np Mayo r Iva n All e n, City of Atla nta / Cha i rman J a mes Al d redg e , Commi ss ione r s o f Roa ds a n d Re v e nu es o f Ful ton County �ECONOMIC OPPO RTUNITY ATL ANT A, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 _i C. O. EMMERICH ADMINISTRATOR February 28, 1967 Mr. Erwin Stevens 799 Par ~ons Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Stevens: As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this-official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to represent the Nash-Washington Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection procedure among the citizens served b y the EOA program in your area. We cong ratulate you and wish for you full satisfaction in this important community activity. ·· ' " EOA Board meetings a re regularly held at two o'clock in the aft e rnoon of th e third We dn es d ay each month at EOA offices on the fourth floor of the 101 Ma rie t ta Stree t Building. You will rec e ive furth e r information about the nex t meeting scheduled for Ma rch 15. Sincer.e l y yours 6 ~ aL, ~ ~, q ~z I Bo i sfe uill e t J o~s t Chairman , EOA cc : Mayor I van All en, City o f At l anta v' Chairman J ames Al dredge, Comm i ssioners of Roads and Reven ues o f Ful ton County BJ:np . �·A - l-1 c. o. ECO NOMIC OP PORTUNITY ATL AN T A, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 EMME~ICH ADMINISTRATOR I i I March 1, 1967 w~!T. Mr. Brooks 2151 Stanton Circle East Pbint, Georgia I . I Dear Mr. Brooks: ,I As chl irman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlan~a, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your ~election as a member Gf the EOA Board of Directors to represent the South Fulton Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a rec e nt democratic s e lection proc e dure among the citizens ser v ed by the EOA program in your area. We congratulate you and wish you full satisfact ion in this impor t a nt community activity. EOA Board meetings are r e gularly held at t wo o'clock in the aft e rnoon of the third Wednesday each month at EOA offices on the four t h floor of the 101 Marietta Street Building. You will receive furth e r informa tion about the n ext meeting scheduled for Ma rch 15. Sinc e rely yours, cc : BJ :np Mayor Ivan Al len, City of At lanta / Chairman J ames Al dredge, Commissione r s o f Roads an d Revenu es of Ful ton County �ECONOMIC OPPO RTU NITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 .; C. O. EMMERICH ADMINISTRATOR . l' · March 1, 1967 Mr. Robert Barnes 408 Bow~n Circle, S. W. #2 Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Barnes: .~ I As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this· official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to represent the Price Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent democratic selection procedure among the citizens served by the EOA program in your area. We congratulate you and wish you full satisfaction in this important community activity. EOA Board meetingp are regularly held at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Wednesday each month at EOA offices on the fourth floor of the 101 Marietta Street Building. You will r e ceive furth e r information about the nex t meeting scheduled for March 15. Sincerely yours, ~g:~ . . Boi s/4 illet Jone s ·· . {/ Chairman, EOA cc : Mayor I van Al l en, Ci ty of Atlanta ,/' Chairman James Al dredge, Commissioners of Roads a n d Revenues o f Fulton County BJ:np ,., �[.l ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATL ANT A, INC. 'l . I • I 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 ! i 525-4262 ! . I .! I C:,. 0. EMMERICH ADMINISTRATOR I .j ! March 1, 1967 l. Mr. H. Wiley 1220 Beecher Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Wiley: As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., I am happy to give you this official notice of your selection as a member of the EOA Board of Directors to represent the West End Neighborhood Service Center area for the calendar year 1967. Your selection was the result of a recent d emocratic selection procedu re among the citizens served b y the EOA program in your area. We congratulate you and wish you full satisfaction in this important community activity. EOA Board meetings are regularly h e ld at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third Wednesday each month at EOA offices on the fourth flo or o f the 101 Marietta Stre et Building. You will rec e ive furth e r informa tion about the n e xt meeting scheduled.for March 15. Since rely yours , Bois Chairman, EOA cc: Mayo r Ivan All e n, City of Atl a nta . / Chairman J a mes Al dred g e , Commi ssion e rs o f Ro a d s and Re v e n u e s o f Ful ton County BJ : np .. �FULTONCOUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES CouNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG. 165 Central Ave., S. W. imnrANi1'$ 3,0~Al 967 Adminis trative Office MR. WELLBORN R, ELLIS Administrator MR. GILBERT G, DULANEY Deputy Adminatrator o. i1 · rio ~e~utive Ad nistr tor Eoo ic Opportunity Atlant, Ina . 101 arietta .;.tr t uilding tlanta, G orgia 30303 Mr . Charle ar • E rich, l . efer pplicants/r cipient of Public iata.ce to tho e or nisat1on ho ould cc pt r pons bili~y for their pl ce nt in job opportun1t1 s . �• dharl so. ~ rich ebruary 20, 1967 - 2- Also, bile I per on lly in accord th hat I nderstand the purpos s and oals ot the proposed project are, I h v cons id rabl doubt s to the 1-sd of imple nting · nd ltin efi et1 t progr nvi io·:ied if s JG is planned for !lplo ntation durin only a oompara.tively short riod of t · without d f inite co itt - nt fro requir d Fe ral authorities for c tinuing required financial. support over a period o.r several year • Bas d on my p t xp ri nc and ob &rvati.on, I f-ranlc.ly am. becomin "le ey nd doubtful" to th! a visibility of either pl.~m lng or r tin "q11ickie" pro"'r th t ldom t p s t plannin, and in1ti l i 1 nt tion t ge before the u.re discontinued or funds r daced. Very truly your , ' llbor As 1 n. Elli nietr tor ceaf' bee: James H. Aldredge , Chair man Ful ton County Commi ssi oner s Ivan Allen , Jr ., Mayor V City of Atlanta Alan F. Kiepper , County anager Fulton County Dr . John w. Lets on , Superintendent Atlanta School System Mrs . Bruce Schaeffer, Director State Department of Family and Children Services Duane Beck, Director Community Council Atlanta Area �J'anuar y 30, 1967 Mrs . Le ter R . Hasty, Pre s i de nt Palmer House Ce nte r Council Apartme nt 801-C 430 Tec:hwood Drive, N. W. Atlanta, Geo.i-gia Dea~ Mr.s . Hasty: May I a ccept your letter regarding the era~ cl es for· the senior c ·nz ns at the Palmer Hou e. y 1 ur you that the city ha ~ n ev ~ action po.$ iblc to ve .t he funds ,:e tored to Economic Opportunity Atlant , Inc. Thi pro ram continu to have our uppo.rt. Sine r ,e ly yours, I n Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJr/br �Apt. 801-C 430 Techwood Drive, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Mayor I van Allen City Hall 68 Mitchell Stree t, Atlanta, Geo rgia s. W. Dear Mayor Allen: We the residents of t he Pal me r Hous e a r e very thankful and happy to be living here . It se ems to give ev eryone a feeling of independence a nd f reedom, We find that t e recrea tion which has been provided is educatio nal, good therapy, en t er t a inment, fine fellowship a nd a social life which ma ny ould not f ind livi ng among peopl e outside. In our crafts class e s, not only have we ma de many interesting items

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the Senior Citizens Gif t Sh0p . Th is has he lped to i ncrease the sma ll incomes 1hich s o many r e c e i ve. Now, we understa nd our c l asse s wi ll be discont inued beca us e the Economic Opportunity At l anta through Senior Citizen Servic es of Metropolitan Atlanta, In c ~ lacks money ~o provide fin a ncing eKperi enc ed instruc tors and ma t-r i a l . We see ma ny s ad fa ces a nd hear dis a ppoint ne t exp ressed as ·,,e r ea lize what is ,3.bout t o happe. We need to f ind o ther sourc e s of fu nd s . Therefore, we come to 1/'1/U for hel p i. n this matt e r. We feel this to be s o very impor tant ·. to the lo ety Senior Citizens who without this guidanc e and inst ru ction of t n rema ins a lone in his or her room. Is t here a nything you can do? Respectful l y,

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~ ~7,/~ Presi d-rmt Palme r House Cente r Council �January 9, 1967 Mr. C . 0 . Emmerich Admini trato:r· E.conoxnic Opportunity Atla IOl rietta. St.reet ding Atlanta, Geozg· ·, Inc. Dear Charlie: ThaJlk y ry muc · for yOlU' letter of D ,cember 30th a gg tio ccmtalned therebl. I am ng thia p th C rl S rland, P, ra 1 Directo • S lT IAJr:am cerely, Allen, Jr. �ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C, 0, EMMERICH A0MINl5TRATOR December 30, 1966 CONFIDENTIAL Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: As we reach the close of 1966, I would like to take this means of expressing my appreciation for the leadership you are giving to Atlanta and for the help and encouragement you have extended to EOA in its effort to fight poverty. I sometimes feel that you have a thankless and lonely job, but when you measure the effect in making Atlantg a great city, I am sure that you are pleased. Please permit me to point out a real problem which might be better solved without fund allocations. We have noticed many ads in our local papers seeking employees and at the same time, the city does have a small degree of unemployment and perhaps a large degree of under employment. Much is being done to correct this problem and for this we are all grateful. However, I would like to encourage you to call on your staff and department heads to help offer part of the solution to the real problem. I believe it could be done b y presenting four suggestions for their review and action. Satisfactory employment is considered by many as the best tool in fighting poverty. "The United States must learn to make better use of (1) unskilled workers, (2) older persons, (3) women, and (4) the mentally retarded, if economic growth is to continue;" says Commerce Secretary John T . Connor . �Mayor Allen - 2 - December 30, 1966 If the City Administration (the department heads and personnel officer) could keep in mind the employment facet of our local problem, much might be accomplished. As an e x ample, you might wish to suggest four avenues or approaches which the department heads could consider: Number 1. A greater use of Negro employees in all levels of each of the cities services. Statistics show that Atlanta cannot erase its poverty until the manpower pool of Negro men and women can share equal employment opportunities in both private and Federal agencies. I am aware much h a s already been done by some of the departments; however, this is not enough, if we are going to erase poverty in our city. According to the 1966 Human Resources Survey in Atlanta's low income areas, 83% of the available labor force are Negroes; 65% of the , labor force are Negro Women. Number 2 . The lowering of job qualifications in at leas t six percent of the jobs in most of the city departments would allow many presently unqualified individuals to enter the city services. In order to insure success, department heads would most likely find it necessary to provide on-the- job training or some form of in-service train ing for this group of employ ees . Continued success would demand that these jobs not be dead end jobs . 1. Based on the recent Human Resources Survey 25% of Negro males and 26% of Negro females h a v e le s s than a Gramma r Sch ool Edu cation. 2. 64% or 2/3 of the Negroes su r vey ed h a d n ot c omp le t e d High School. Numbe r 3. A gr e a t u s e of n o npro f e ssio n al s as assistants to pro fessi o na l s in all areas o f the city s e r vice wo uld certainly h e lp us to place many d e servi ng Atlantans in our city emp l oyme nt . While this is not a new c onc e pt, since it has b een tried by both private �Mayor Allen - 3 - December 30, 1966 and by city departments, it has not yet been accepted to the point which we can expect the desired results. EOA has employed over 300 such workers, and we are happy to report that our results have been most gratifying, and we think most successful. 1. 83% of Negro females who reported earnings in the Human Resources Survey earned less than $3,000.00. 2. 56% of Negro men who reported earnings earned less than $3,000.00. Number 4. A greater employment of women, especially Negro women, would be most helpful to Atlanta's War on Poverty. Without this effort, Atlanta's program will be unsuccessful. 1. 2/3 of all applicants visiting the Neighborhood Centers for employment assistance were females. 2. Of those surveyed in the Atlanta Human Resources Survey, women made up 89"/4 of the available labor market. Negro women made up 65% of this available work force. Frankly, I cannot tell you how to get these four things done , but I feel certain if top administration of the city will support these four suggestions , they will be agreeably surprised h ow middle management will be able to augment these ideas and mak e them wor k. Th e reason EOA would lik e to see these ide as put i nto p r act i c e is b eca use i t does n ot add to our cost of fig h ting pov e rty, b ut i t offers a r eal s olution to many of our disadv antaged . I f EOA c an be o f h e lp in ref er ring ind i v i d uals t o th e empl oy ment o ffic e , we will b e glad t o ass i st . S i nce r e ly y o urs , C . O. Emmerich COE/np �ROBE R T SARGENT SHRIVER, JR. December 20, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: I should like to express my warmest personal thanks for your fine support of the legislation for the Office of Economic Opportunity which was recently approved by the Congress. Although the amount appropriated will not permit us to do all we would like to do or should do in Fiscal Year 1968, the passage of the legislation with our programs and mandate intact constitutes a significant victory not only for the poor, but for all Americans. During the, uncertain period of legislative debate your concern and expression of approval for the programs were of great value . I am convinced Congress would not have acted so favorably without the strong voice of local public officials who a.re most knowledgeable of the results of the war on poverty. Your continued interest, and suggestions to us, can do much to assure OEO's continued success. My best personal wishes for a. fine Holiday Sea.son and a. good year ahead. Sincerely, �November 6, 1967 Mr. Bradley H . Patterson, J r . Executive Director The National Advisory Council on Econom ic Opportunity 1016 Sixteenth Street, N . W. Washington, D. C. 20036 Dear Mr. Patterson: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding the use of m y views concerning the Economic Opportunity programs . You certainly have my permission to make that letter public. Sin1:erely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJr/br �T HE NAT IONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 101 6 SI X TEE N TH W ASHI N G TO N , ST R EET N , W . D,C , 20 0 3 6 November 2, 1967 Dear Mayor Allen, Last Nay, Chairman Leibman wrote to you on behalf of the Council asking for your views concerning the programs carried on under the Economic Opportunity Act, and you gave us a helpful answer. The ranking minority Member of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, Congressman William H. Ayres, has just written the enclosed letter. Since the Chainnan's ori ginal request to you was for your personal' and candid suggestions and proposals", he and I feel an oblig ation to protect the privilege of your correspondence by seeking your permission be f ore we release your response to the Congressman , or before we even indicate that you were one of our respondents. If you have no objection to the release of your letter, you may wish to sen d Congressman Ayres a copy of it directly or authorize me t o do so here. 11 Would you let me know your wishes so that I may respond to Congres sman Ayres' inq uiry? The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 �_ WIL.L IAM H. AYRES COM M ITTEES: EDUCATION AND LABOR VETERANS• AFFAIRS 14TH P : STFLJ::T, OHIO <ttongress of tbe ffiniteh $tates ~ou.se of l\epresentatibes mlas-bingtott, ~ .<le. October 13, 1967 Mr. Morris I . Leibman Leibman, \Jilliams, Bennett, Baird and Minnou 208 South LaS a lle Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Dear l~. Le ibman: In your capacity as Chairma n of the Nati onal Advisory Council on Poverty, I understand that you r ecently directed l etters to numerous public officials a t all l evels of gove rnment and or ganizations seekin 6 t he ir views on the Har on Pover t y . ,....__ In my work ,-1 ith the Education and Labor Commi ttee, I am likewis e trying to keep up with all a spects of the Poverty program . Hy i mmed iate interest lies in the a rea of the role of, and coordination wi t h , the states in the administration of t he program . I t occurred to me that t he r esponses to your inquiry , perhaps from Gove rnors and/or others , might ha ve cont ai ned smJc enli gh t enin~ information on t he subjec t of state part i c ipation . If your staff has compiled the results of your inquiry or if there i s a ny information you h ave regarcl i n~ sta t e part ic ipation which I could be f ur ni shed , I would be most grat efu l. Best pe rsona l regard s ,

�EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT !; CITY OF PROVIDENCE .. RHODE ISLAND . MAYOR JOSEPH A. DOORLEY, JR. November 4, 1967 Dear Ivan: I have been informed by members of my own Congressional delegation, who f ully support the concept of the poverty program , and from other numerous sources that the a 1thoriza tion bill for the Office of Economic Opportunity is ~n for "rough sledding" and a s one newspaper source said "a real bloodletting". Needless to say I do not nave to tell any munici pal chief executive what this will mean to the programs under way i n his oity . 1 It i s not my i ntent i on to be gored to death without witnes s ing the bull in a ction . I urge those of you who share my concern t o j oin me in Washingt on t his week s o t hat we can properl y demonstrat e our i nteres t . I may be contacted ~t my office on Monday or at t he Congressional Hotel in Washington on Tuesday, · Wednesday and Thursday. truly Yt,urs,

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Jr, Ma.7 or of Providence �EMILY AND ERNEST WOODRUFF FOUNDATION SUITE 210, PEACHTREE CENTER BUILDING 230 PEACHTREE STREET, N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 October 3, 196 7 BOISFEUILLET JONES PRESIDENT Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: Thank you for your letter of September 28 enclosing a copy of your correspondence with Congressman Blackburn concerning the EOA program. W e shall, of cours e , be happy to supply Congressman Blackburn with the information concerning EOA, which he has requested. Sincerely, �September 22, 1967 Mr. Sar ent Shriver Director Office of Economic Opportunity W bin ton, D . C . Dear Sargent: After our telephone convers tion e rlier in the I have follo ed up on everal parties that you me to con ct. eek. ed I ve talked t Senator Talmad1e and BW .Jourdon, Senator Ru ell• top aid • I m w · ting telephone call from Senator Ru U. I e com.munic th the Pre ident of the Atl ta C ber of Commerce, and he • officially ritten tore R\18 ,ell d Talmadge and Repreaentat ive Fletcher Thomp on and Ben Bl ckburn, a per the ttach letter. I m in communication with the G orgi Mmdci A aociation in effort to get theN full endorsement. I ve ' o ed M yor Georg S ken of A guata d talked with hl.m per onally. He greed to rite th Se tor• pre entativea Bob Ste d lllott Hag or of my l ai nm t you S cerely, l IA.Jr:a cc:: r. Louis H. r n All , Jr. ae euda, ant me to • �THIS SAME LETTER SENT TO: Representative F.ietcher Thompson Senator Richard B. Russell Senator Herman E. Talmadge September 21, 1967 Honorable Ben B. Blackburn, III 1019 Longworth House Office Building W· shington, D. C. 20515 Dear Ben: It i my under tsnding that hearings b in hortly in the Senate on the budget requ st of the Offic of Economic Opportunity. The tlant Ch ber of Comnerce urg s you to consider f ~or bly this appropriation wh n t t comes before you. We have n opportunity to view t clo er n e the re ults obt inod from programs of con0111ic Opportunity Atlant, Inc. , the Atlant r a agency carryin out th poverty program, and , ber have be n invalu bl gins de through th s num rous The any activities of BOA nd it d lg te gencies in t hr h ve b en a jor f ctor in creating nd intaining climat under which w could all work to rd solutions o tu l c nity probl s. lt i our hop and belief v ilable through poverty pro r ad ducation hr nd training nd throu bout th country, will ny of thos preeontly dependent on w lfar to b come self-suet inin , t xp yio citizen. Under 11 of th circ st nc a, we beli ve th t th ount bing p nded by 0 throu hr ut th countr-y, together with th loc l tchin funds, nt inv s nts that will p y rich dividend• tn y r to C e• . I ttaehing a briefs ry of th pro r hich ha e fun d throu h O sine J nuary, 1965 and I hope you will find to revi thi• ~ cord of ace lia nt. b • inc r ly your, ,/?::fft. ' /,' /frb be e: I I Mayor Ivan Allen~ Mr. Opie L. Shelton Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones �EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506 (Jllll(Jl~TIJNITY September 19, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor of Atlanta City Ha.11 Atlanta., Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: It was certainly a. pleasure to have ha.d the opportunity to talk with you on the telephone yesterday. I passed your kind and gracious remarks concerning OEO's programs on to Mr. Shriver and he is most appreciative. Your endorsement of OEO's legislation gives us much encouragement and will be most meaningful for a continued success in the yea.rs a.head. Hoping to see you in the very near future, in the meantime, if our office can be of service, please do not hesitate to call. Again, may I thank you for your wonderful support. With warm personal regards. I am. Sincerely yours, ~ Louis H. Ritter Liaison Officer �ECONOMIC OP PORT UMITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS A brief summa ry of programs fund ed through Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. from Janu ary 1965 to July 19 67

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During th e past t wo and one-half years Atlanta's community action progr am has moved with great spe ed . It has, in many ways, become a model for the nation. Th ous ands of Atlanta citizens and many agenci es and organizations have particip a ted in planning the variety of opportunity programs now available. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS Twelve multi-servic e neighborhood c e nt ers have b een established in Atlanta and Fulton County. Two additional c e nters serve families in Gwinn e tt and Rockdal e counties. The 14 neighborhood cent e rs ha ve held a total of 116,203 intervi ews . Employme nt couns e lors located in neighborhood c e nters pl a ced 7,630 individuals in jobs, not including Job Corps, Ne ighborhood Youth Corp~ etc. Of th e centers' total intake, 72% wanted jobs. Social Service workers have made 71,938 referral s to put families in touch with agencies offe ring appropriate help, in a:idition to th e numerou s cas es completed at the n e ighborhood c e nters. Resid en t Participation: Two democratic elections hav e b een con du ct ed t o select r ep r esentatives of low-income n eighbo rh oods for EOA commi tt ees. Nea rly 12,000 p eop l e voted in the 19 67 EOA elections. Approximately 10,000 people participate in 200 block organizations and other EOA committees. More th a n 500 low-income citiz e n s are serv ing as elected block captai ns and representatives to neighborhood c e nt er advisor y councils, a city - wide adv isory council and t he EOA Board o f Dir ec t ors. On e -thir d of th e EOA BDard of Dir ectors is composed of low-income cit izens. Neighborhood Services Aides: Low-income r esidents of n e ighborhoods served by EOA have been trained and em~loy ed by EOA to assist wi th its programs. Ai d es (21 4 before 1967 budge t reductions , ..._! �-2- 145 now) have conta cted 124,004 families to discuss opportunities available through EOA. They have provided continued contact with 53,697 famili e s. Aides also assist with community organization and the work of the neighborhood centers. CHILD DEVELOPMENT Summer Head Start classes hav e provid e d cultural enrichment for 3,000 children each of the last three summers. Nine Day Care Centers provide supervised recreation and enrichment for 700 children of working parents. C01"1MUNITY SCHOOLS Twelve Community Schools have provided education and enrichment in the afternoons and evenings for a total enrollme nt of 70,482. Funds for this program were cut 82% because of 1967 budget reductions. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School Program) Eighty-nine agencies are cooperating to provide jobs for approximately 650 youths. In two and one-half years 3,620 youths have participated in the program. Another 3,000 youths have participated in a Ne ighborhood Youth Corps program for high school students administer e d by the Atlanta Public Schools. JOB CORPS EOA recruits boys from an eight county area for the Job Corps. To date, 1,654 have been accepted for Job Corps training, 658 are known to be employed or in the military service. Recruiting for the Wome n's Job corps is handled by WICS. To date, 270 girls have b e en accepted for training. LEGAL ASSISTANCE Attorneys from the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, under contract with EOA, have s e rved 21,502 cases and ha v e closed 2,760 court cases. PLANNED PARENTHOOD The Plann e d Par e nthood As s ociation , unde r c o ntract with EOA, has se r ved 4 , 184 indi v iduals. . . -;! �-3- FOSTER GRANDPAREN'ES DEMONSTR..~TION PROJECT Forty-one me n and women over 60 years of age are employed to work with children at thre e institutions. PROJECT ENABLE Ove r 300 low-income p a r e nt s h ave p ar ticipa t e d in a group discussion progr a m de s ign e d to incr ea s e motivation for self-help . .MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE. AGED Recr ea tion, s ocia l s e rv ices a n d d ay ca re a r e b e ing provi ded f o r a t ota l of 1,7 94 fa~i l y u ni t s in t h r ee apar t men t buildi n gs for the aged. ATL._~ TA EMP LOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER This i s a c e ntr ali ze d ser vic e , th e fi rs t of it s k i nd in the country, t o di a gnose a n d e v a luate wo rk p o t e nti a l a n d training n eeds of difficult cas e s. Appro x imate ly 40% of tho se who ha ve b een evaluate d are now employed. SUM~IER RECREATION City-wi d e r ecr ea t ion p rogra ms we re con d u cted in th e summe rs of 1966 and 1967 with fun d s fr om OEO. The total 1966 attenda nc e .at i umme r r~cr e ation programs was 277,000. ATL._~TA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM Th is i s a n e w pro g r a m d es i g n ed to pla c e 2 , 500 con s i stently un e mp l oyed or un deremploye d peo pl e in jobs or tr a ining during the n ext yea r. Appro x ima t e l y 70 Atl an t a b u s in esses a nd soc i a l a gen cies have volun t eere d to remove u nnecessary entry l eve l job qua l ifications so tha t n e wl y t rain e d p e opl e might be c ome e mployed. Ma ny busin esses wil l a l s o coope rate in t rain i n g e nro ll ees . PRI CE AREA HEALTH CENTER A n ew h eal th c e nt er will provide comp l e t e me dica l s e rvic es , ~xce pt h o sp itili~at i o;, : for 22 , 000 l ow-in come p eopl e living in th e Pric e n e ighborhood: Th e Fulton County Me dica l Assoc i ati on , Emory Unive rsi t y Schoo l of Me dic i ne and 1 5 o t her h e a l th a nd planning agencies are coope r a ting with EOA to estab l ish t h e c e nter . �-4- VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE More than 200 loc a l volunteers have b een trained and p l aced in 19 locations to assist with Atlanta's war on poverty. VOLUNTEERS IN SERVI CE 'I'O AMER ICA (VI STA) Forty-two VISTAs work with EOA. DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS Due to Congr ess ion a l requctions in 1 967 OEO funds the following progra ms were delet ed : Bees-Bi z : job tra~nin g for unemployed, out-of-school you th s . Small Business Development Ce nt e r: closed as of July 31, th e Center int erv iewe d and counseled 850 indi viduals , approved 300 lo ans tot a lin g $326,225. Home Man age me nt Training: cl asses and demon s trations by qualifi e d p erso nn e l to t ea ch cooking, budg e ting, s ew ing, child car e , hygien e , consume r buying, hou se-keeping. Neighborh ood Cen t e r Recreation Pro g ram s : qualified p e rsonn e l help ed r es id e nts develop neighborhood recreation programs. Homemake r S erv ic es : substitute home ma kers were provided for low-income households during emergencies . Public Hea lth Program: four Public Health nurses worked with EOA neighborhood service cent ers . ADDITIONAL INFORM..ATION Fifty-on e loc a l ag e ncies hav e contract s with EOA to administ e r EOA program s . Total community support, including both cash and non-cash contributions, repr e s e nts 19½'/4 of all program s coming unde r the 7' appro x imat e l y $17,000,000 CAP umbr e ll a . Ca sh contributions. from the city and county governments total $137,744. in 1 96 7 . ·_-EOA employs 427 p eop l e (145 Aides an d 282 regular employees ). Before 1967 budget reductions EOA emp lo yed 574 people (214 Aides and 3 60 re g ul ar employees). �-5- The City of Atlanta has placed four city employees, called City Services Coordinators, in EOA neighborhood centers. 'l'he Fulton County Commissioners have authorizE'!d decentralized voter registration at EOA n e ighborhood ceriters and have trained and deputized 65 EOA employees as a s sistant registrars. More than 1000 people registered to vote at EOA neighborhood cent e rs the first month this program was in operation. · The Atlanta Police Department has placed 10 Crime Prevention Officers in EOA neighborhood centers. Numerous other agencies, as well as businesses, churches, civic clubs and private citizens are cooperating with EOA in a wide variety of projects. �- __ ________ -.:, September 5, 1967 Mrs . Robert L. Hoyt , Pres i den t Church Women United in Geor g i a 2262 Meadowval e Dr i ve , N. E . Atlanta, Georgia 30329 Dear Mrs. Hoyt: Mayor Ivan Allen has re f erred your le t ter t o us and I am delighted to see the inter est you have in the area of employment. Economi c Opportunity Atlanta, Inc . has a number of programs now in operation which contain most of the components mentioned in your letter and the Denver article. 'rhe Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program will provide jobs for unemployed men and women in s uch capacities as yardmen, foo d handlers and other capacities. I am enclosing a prospectus on the program for your information. Sincerely yours, William w. Allison Acting Executive Admini tr a t or WWA/l tg En c l osure cc: Mayor Ivan Allen / �• ATLANTA CONGfNTRATEO EMPLOYMENT PROGR~M Re vi s~d Copy J u l y 1 1 2, 1 967 �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., proposes a comprehensive manpower program to place as quickly as possible in jobs or training positions, 2,500 hardcore unemployed persons residing within the following target areas of the city: (1) Pittsburg, (2) (5) West End. Price, (3) Nash-Washington, (4) Summerhill-Mechanicsville, The Program will be called the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program (ACEP). 1• PROGRAM COMPONENTS The Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program shall bring together the resources of public and private agencies in a comprehensive approach to the problems of unemployment: A. Contractor Economic Opportunity Atlanta is the prime contractor for ACEP and will assume responsibility for the coordination and implementation of the objectives of the entire program. B. Recruitment Through 5 multi-purpose Neighborhoo? Service Centers in the target area, EOA's staff will recruit and provide supportive services for all participants. In addition EOA job coaches will provide a continuous follow-up relationship with the enrollee. The House of USE will utilize its special recruitment techniques to bring into ACEP hard-to-reach adolescents and young adults who are culturally disadvantaged and deliquency prone. The House of USE will coordinate its job development, testing, counseling, placement and post-placement efforts with the work of the employment service personnel in the Neighborhood Service Centers and pre-vocational training centers. C. Job Referral • The Georgia State Employment Services has been sub-contracted to provide basic employment services to ACEP. These services include: intensive job placement, counseling, and evaluation. The Georgia State Employment Service will solicit jobs, screen applicants, provide transportation of appl~cants to jobs, prepare MDTA applications and have the direct responsibility of providing enrollees with training allowance. GSES will also employ representatives in the pre- vocational training centers and place an additional employment counselor in each of the 5 Neighborhood Service Centers. �- DP 2 - Job Or ientat ion and Preparation One of t h e requireme n t s o f the pro g r am is t he intr odjction of t he chroniccally unemp l oyed person to t he Worl d of Work in a manner which will devel op his confide nce . The Corrmunity School Program and t he Di vis i on of Vocationa l Education through t he Atlanta Sc hool System wi l l provide 6 - 1 2 week s of vocational orientation training which wi ll incl ude bas i c and remedial education, s k ill traini ng, and work a dj ustment a ctiviti es . MDTA al l owances will be paid in the ori entation perio·d. The State De p a r t me n t o f Education , Division of Vocat ion al Re h abi litati on, und e r a con t r a c t with EOA wil l provide inte n s ive evaluation t h rou g h t h e Atl anta Employment Eval uation and Service Ce nter. E. Job Pl a ceme nt and Training Whe r ever poss ible, it i s antic i p a ted t h at e nrollees will be p lac e d dir ectly Under the Manpowe r De ve lopme nt and Train i ng Act, t he Vocat ion a l on jobs . Educat i on Di vision t hro u gh the At l anta Board of Ed ucation, will pro vide regul a r i nstit u tio nal tra ining , on-the- job training, and coupled (in stitutional and on- the -j ob c ombine d) trai n i ng . For this pha s e of the program the private sector h a s committed over 5 00 job s, and ant icipated a number of additi ona l j ob o pportuniti es e Unde r the New Careers Pro gr am EOA wi ll ac t as pri n cipa l a gent f or t h e d e v e l opme n t of s ub- nrofessiona l p o s itions . This program is an a tte mpt to impleme n t a new conceptin e mp l oyment fo r the poo r in that i t places them i n new f i e l ds of e mployment such as educ ation, recreati on and we lfare as aid es and ass is tants . Under the Spe c ial Impact Pro j ect , EOA wi l l c ontract with t h e Ci t y of Atl a n t a in a s pecia l proj ec t , t h e At lanta Beau t i fic a t ion Corps , to e mploy c h r onic a lly une mpl oye d p e r son s . This p roj e ct wi ll h a ve as its p rime ob j e c tive the phys ica l i mprovement of the ACEP target a r e a . Eligible persons will work under the coordinati on and s upe rvision of departments i n t h e c i ty government . The Ne ighbo rhood Yo u t h Corps , one of EOA' s e xistin g progr ~~s , will d e ve lop NYC s lots sole l y for ACEP . A s tron g t r ain ing compone n t with g ood p ossib i lities for p ermanent p lacement wi ll b e incl ude d i n t h i s p rogram . II . ACEP PERSONNEL Admi n i s t r a t ion EOA 1 Di r ecto r 2 Assistant Directors 4 Career Devel o p ers 7 Counselors 5 Technici ans STAFF 4 0 Aides and Ass i s t a nts 7 Office Staff 2 Finance Account and Payrol l ( f u ll time ) 4 Finance Staff ( part time ) �- 3 - Georgia Sta te Employme nt Service 7 Employment Service Clerks 11 Employment Service Representatives House of USE - Butl er Street YMCA 1 Director 1 Assistant Director 2 Counselors 4 Aide Coache s 1 Stenographe r 1 J anitor Atlanta School System 2 Supe r visors 2 Curriculum Staff 9 Area Spe cia lis t s 1 5 Counsel or s 18 I nstructors 16 Teachers (part time ) 4 Off±c::e .s t aff 1 Pensonnel ·-Director · .Cpart tirrie) 1 Sta t J1s t :i.cian 1 Payroil >Accountant New Career s - EOA 1 2 13 11 1 1 Assis t ant Dire ctor of Training Car eer Deve lopers Tra ine r s and as sis tants Off i ce Staff Supervisor Buyer (part time ) Atl anta Employme nt Evalua tion and Service Center (12% of time ) 6 Supervisors 1 Staff Officer 3 Counselors 1 Phys ician 1 Nurse Ps yc hologist Finance Staff Office Staff 1 Caseworker 1 Evaluator l 3 8 NYC 1 1 5 1 Coordina tor Secretary Rectuiters Record Clerk 5 2 1 1 Counsel ors Stenographers I n t ake Worker J ob Development & Pl acement �- 4 - II. A. ENROLLEE ELIGIBILITY Georgia State Employment Service The GSES will solicit jobs, screen applicants, prepare MDTA applications and provide basic employment services to ACEP. Ih order to be eligible for ACEP: 1. 2. 3. 4. B4 one must be a resident of the target area one must be in the poverty range one must be unemployed and underemployed Aides now employed by EOA in additional 1,2,3 above are also eligible for the New Careers Program House of USE The House of USE will recruit approximately 500 culturally disadvantaged and deliquent-prone youth ages 16-21. C. Atlanta School System The Atlanta School System will probide 6-i2 weeks of pre-vocational orientation and t5aining for all ACEP enrollees, with the exception of those who are directly placed. D. Atlanta Employment Evaluation and Service Center The AEESC will provide intensive evaluation for approximately 250 ACEP clients, when such proves necessary. E. On-the-Job Training Whenever possible, enrollees will be placed directly on jobs. However, MDTA will place apporximately 750 youths and adults in on-the-job training positions for a period of 18-24 weeks; 250 on OJT-Coupled training for a period of 30-32 weeks; and 500 in institutional training positions for 8-11 weeks. F. New Careers The New Careers Program will place 250 ACEP enrollees into new fields of employrnsnn~ The creation of new entry level jobs in Human Service fields that have maximum prospect for advancement. Go Special Impact Special Impact will hire approximately 50 chronically unemployed persons to work in community beautification programs in their own area. H. NYC The NYC will develop 250 new job training slots for ACEP enrollees, 16- 21 . This program wilLlast for a period of 6 months with eventual job placement. 1\ �-5- ACEP BUDGET SPECIAL IMPACT Federal EOA Administration Staff Costs Operational Costs TOTAL Administration Non-Federal Total .4.7., 85.7 13,236 61,093 J.2.,00.0 none 12,000 59,857 13,236 73,093 155 ,750 372,127 98,545 566,422 none 60,000 none 60,000 155,750 312,127 98,545 626,422 Atl anta Employmen t Evalua tion Service center Enrollee Costs 4,000 Sta ff Costs 55 , 193 Ope ration a l Costs 73,965 TOTAL Evaluation Center 133,158 none none 18 ,000 18,000 4,000 55 ,193 91, 965 151,158 House of USE - But ler St. YMCA Enrollee Costs Staf f Costs Ope r a tional Cos t s TOTAL House of USE 1,000 36,321 13,513 50,834 none 8 ,000 4 ,000 12,000 1 ,000 44 ,3 21 17 , 513 62 , 834 168,670 none 168 , 670 none 20, 000 20, 000 168 , 670 20 ,000 188,670 980,177 122,000 1,102, 1 77 EOA Operation Supportive Services Enrollee Costs Staff Costs Operational Costs TOTAL Operation City of Atl ant a Enrolle e Cos t s Staff Cos ts TOTAL At l ant a TOTAL SPECIAL IMPACT MDTA Ge orgia Stat e Employme nt Service Enrolle e Allowances Staff Costs Operational Cos t s TOTAL GSES 590, 262 1 20,906 1,195 71 2,363 none none none none 590, 262( 1 20,906 1, 1 95 71 2 ,363 At l anta School Sy stem St aff Cos t s oPerat i ona l Cos t s TOTAL Schools 393., 474 465 , 652 859, 126 none none none 393 , 474 465 , 652 85 9 ,1 26 �ACEP Budget Page 2 . .. . . . . . . . Federal On-The-Job- Training Trai ni ng Direct Costs TOrAL OJT TOTAL MDTA Non-Federal To tal 400,000 28,511 428,511 none

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400 ,000 28 ,511 428, 511 2,000,000 none 2 , 000 ,000 . i, NEW CAREERS EOA New Career s Enrollee Costs St aff Cos ts Operation a l Costs TOTAL NEW CAREERSL 769,950 182,733 47,317 1,eoo,.OOO none 110,000 none 110,000 769 , 950 292 , 733 47, 317 1,100 ,000 1,000,000 110,000 1 , 100 ,000 Ne ighborhood Yout h CorEs Out-of-School Enr ol l ee Costs 409,975 Staff Cos t s 111, 652 Operati onal Costs 68,989 TOTAL NYC 590,616 5 ,000 96,83 0 none 101,830 414,975 208,482 68 , 989 692,440 590,616 101,830 692,440 4, 570,793 333,830 4,904,623 Tot a l New Career NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS Tot al NYC GRAND TOTAL �--. ' Augu t 21, 1967 Mr • Rob rt L . Hoyt, Pre i d ut Church Women United in Georgia 2262 Me dowvale Drive, N . E . Atlanta, Georgia 30329 Dear Mrs . Hoyt: 1 am delighted that you plan to ttend the Urban Coalition meeting in Waabington this ee and l commend the Church Women for thei r aincere c c rn about our urban p.robl Thank you for sending me your augge tion bout the temporary employm.ent ide hich baa coll.8iderable merit. I am forwarding thia information to th Ee mnic Opportunity Authority, aa they ould be in aition to ive your u eati conaiderati o • Sincerely yours , Ivan Allen, Jr . ayoT lAJr/bf CC: Economic Opportunity Authority f () r (l-- �ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATL ANT A, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C, O. EMMERICH ADMINISTRATOR July 6, 1967 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Honorable Allen: I am pleased to announce that the Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center Program has been approved. Operational activities will commence soon. In the memory of Mr. Emmerich, who gave so unstintingly to the project, and on behalf of EOA, I want to express our gratitude for your assistance and cooperation, Sincerely yours, William W. Allison Associate Administrator for Program Development WWA/amm �";'. , ATLANTA UNIVERSITY i . I ..: ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314 . July 10, 1967 ·I ! SCHOOL 01" ARTS AN~ SCIENCES

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i. 10 Forsyth Street Building Atlanta, Georgia i i I_ ' . ,• t . , ~~ ' ,,;, Dear Mr. Patterson: i

Mr. Coffin's article in Monday, July 10, 1967, Constitution contains i unfqunded speculation concerning my desires in connection with the

·selection of a new E0A Director. ·

I I· I . ! There is no objection to the mentioning of my name as a possi ble~ . ·c andidate, but Mr. Coffin goes beyond the bounds of reasonable judge:ment and speculation when he indicates that I "apparently want the job. 11 The record will show that my former appointment to the program was made prior to any formal application and was accepted by me only after . pressure from the Negro community was exerted. Many people, includi ng some whites, have inquired about my availability for the position with E0A and all have received a negative reply. · It would have been an easy matter for Mr. Coffin to check with me before writing the news release. Indeed, the article gives the impression of exceeding comment and analysis; it is dangerously close to attempting to i nfluence what happens . !I .• • I I . I would appreciat e having my feelings expressed accurat ely or having this letter published in your newspaper . Sincerely yours, q;1_ ~~ ~ ~-~~ . Tilman C. Cothran, Chairman Department of Sociol ogy TCC:BK cc: I. Mr. Alex Coffin, Reporter Atlanta Constitut ion ) �July 7, 1967 Mr. Robert Dobbs, Chairman Citizens Central Advisory Council Northwest Perry Homes Representative John Hood 1927 Hollywood Road, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Gentlemen: This will acknowledge receipt of your telegram recommending Mr. Dan Sweat for the vacancy of Executive Director of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, which 1 am forwarding to Mr . Boisfeuillet Jone , Chairman of the EOA Board. W ith appreciation for yol.lr intere t, I am Sincerely your , Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJr/br �Dear Mr. Leftwich: Mr. Vaughn of Pittsburg Civic League asked rr.e to write you a letter, thanking you for coming out to see him. You will receive it later. you wLa.t a good thing it was--your coming out. I just wanted to tell You always do all you can to help but there are circumstances you don I t know any-1::hing about that made this doubly a good move. As you probably know, EOA is trying to force the City to turn Model Cities over to them. They know it is just a matter of time for EOA and want to insure keeping their jobs this way. participation". jobs at EOA. This is what is behind their charges of "no citizen John Hood is helping them because he gets votes by getting people The Center Directors in the "Model City" area are meeting with John a couple of time s a week--at the Southside Day Care Center (the EOA nursery where he has an office). They are really stirring people up against the City---the people don't know what it is all about--they just do what they are told. The latest development is that EOA Center s are working on voter r egistration---I am in charge of it here and at a staff meeting I remarked that it was hard to get people to come register in a non-election year. Terrill told me I was negltative thinking. To tell them that the aldermen and representatives in this area weren't doing • anything to protect them from Model Citie s--that this ITB ant their homes would be taken--and for them to come register so they could vote new alder~e n and r epresent at i ve ~ y.:r in next year. We really had it·- after the staff !TE eting was over--I told him I di dn't I appr e ciat e t he reference s to you, Hugh and G. D.--that he di dn't even live i"n this part of town ard we r ese nted people coming in trying to run our politics. Als o, that he didn't even know when the ele ctions would be he ld, as the next City e l ection would be in 1969. He told me that EOA was t he b iggest vote getter in the City and EOA could make or bre ak any politican because the people in the areas ser ved by EOA would vote for anybody t hey were told to . After a few more words , he threate ned �-2to fire me for disloyalty to EOA. I told him I owe d my loyalty to the City and to the City Adminis tration and if he could find an y conflict in that with the EOA operation--to go ahead. Things haven't been too pleasant since. Meantime, Eliza Paschall complaine d to Mrs. Crank , who is Terrill's Supe rvisor about the bu siness about the phone c alls--sa id she thought I should file charge s with the Community Relations that I was being discriminated against. He · jumped me about this too, but when I told him :t-'irs Paschall was not the only on e complaining about the. phone--that John Greer had compl ained to Emmerich-:--he c_almed do,-m. to in the Democratic Party, is on the board of EOA. John Greer, who I am clos e I take my complaints to him-- since this way Terrill can't claim political pressure. It is terrible the way the three r emaining white girl s are treated he r e ---but I am not going to q~i t until I get ready---where else c ould I draw a good salary for doing about an hours worl<: a day. I run the entire de partment--the re were three of us in Housing orig inally--I am the only one left and I stil l don' t hurt myse l f worki ng- -which shows how over- s t a f fe d the Cente r s are . I have good work h ab i t s , I ge t along wi t h the oth er e mployees , and I respect supe rvision--so if he fires me , he is going to have to co!TB up with some pr etty go od c harge . I have ch e cke d up and f ound th at th i s bit about t he Aldermen not he lping the • people about Model Citie s is true a.t all Ce nters--this is what the p eopl e are be ing told. My i de a of what EOA s houl d do is to work wi th t he City--but a ll t he y are doing is encour aging peop le to fi ght i t! Wh e n I hear all thi s it r e ally b urns me up . Espe c ially when t he criticism come s f rom a Vi s t a volunt eer- - all they do i s stir p e ople up. _;). I d on' t want a ny of my fr iends to get mixed up in my per s onal pr obl ems , but some t hing s hould be done about the breach EOJ! i s creating between t h e City and the people in the Nade l Citie s areas . I h ave t alked to G. D. and t old h i m t o keep in touch wit h Mr . Vaughn, Hrs . Bill ingsley and Mrs . Wright ---they are the leaders in ?j ttsburg and while t he y are · on the · Advi sory Board of · EOA-,-they are not f oo_led b y it . They all b eg _me t o stay �-3every time I threaten to quit because they say it is the only way they have to know wbat is going on. Most of·the Advisory Boards go to meetings and agree with all they hear--but not t he Pittsburg leaders. As proof of the poor com-·.u nication --rrDst people would have eone to EOA----Y~. Vaughn carr~ directly to you with his problems, and all the II street corner hanger outersn have been praising you ever since--because you bothered to come out! These· are good people in Pittsburg, if the west side negroes would not come out here stirring them up. I have good influence over all the leaders but I cannot get them to believe anything against John Hood. Something needs to be done to stop him from knocking the City however. I had so~e phone calls from some of tr~ negroes in the Democratic Party witj me-telling me i,.;hat all they had heard about the negroes "going after" the Wrens Nest until they changed their admittal policy. With Calvin Craig meeting in ·;-. re st End, I figured it would really cause trouble if the negroes started breaking out windows and storming the cb ors as they were threatening to do. I discussed t his with Irving Kaler and made the motion that t he Community Relations ask the Wrens Nest to change their policy. Don't know if this will help, but figured it would show good faith on oi..:.r part or as Helen Bullard puts our movements nact as a asprin towards helping f the headache. I really enjoyed see ing Richard Freeman in ac tion at the Comnmnity Relations n:eeting last week. Concerning this Dixie Hills rnes s , he really pinned do,m some of the people who claimed they witne s sed "police brutality"--- - when he got through --all they knew was what somebody else told them! He is really good in this job and the be st police committee chairman we have ever had. Mrs . Leftwich told all right now. rre you h ad to go back into the ho spit al- --hope you are f ee ling Take it easy, cause wecan 't get along without you. Mary Terrill backed do,m on the phone c all s---I can have i ncoming ca.l l s-- I just ca,n' t make any! �July s . 1967 Mrs . Mae W. Jowers 1918 Edinburgh Terrace. N . E . Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Dear Mrs . Jowers : Thank you for your letter concerning your recommendation of Dr. Merle C. Patterson as the new EOA Administrator. 1 am glad you have passed your view on to Mr . Jones . Sincerltly, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJr:eo �c) 1918 Edi nburgh Terrace, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30307 July 3, 1967 PERSONAL AND CO NFI DENTIAL Honorabl e I van All en, Jr. Mayor of Atla nta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen : Recalling Apr i l 26, 1967, when, as the granddaughter of the late Colonel Thomas E. Wi nn, I had t he pleasure of meeting you f or the fir st time , however, I had seen you in action i n and about Atlanta on TV in r e cent months , as well as being ever cogni zant of the manner in which y ou have handled t he ser i ous matters appertaining t o the Ci vil Rights movement in, and about in the l ong r un. t lanta. You always s eem to come out "on t op 11 On the 26th of April , I stated further that the l ate Courtland Winn, former Mayor of Atl ant a , was my grandfather 1s nephew, bei ng the son of t he Lat e Samuel Winn ( Judge ) Gwinnette County , my gr andf ather 1s brother . I never knew t hem well as I was educated i n South Carolina , but have had the family history i mbued within me for year s . I have l ived at the above addres s for over 25 years and am a resident of DeKalb Count y , fomerly Fulton, and a business and profession woman ther ein for a number of years . I n this connecti on, I had the opportunity of being one of the fir st to volunteer to work f or the Women in Community Services, Inc., Atlanta , in setting up and wor king i n the Job Corps fo r Gi r ls , f rom June , 1965 through May, 1966-- 302~ ~ hours , more or less , acc ount of COU,!l.t by Mrs . Richard c. Bunzl, President , Counci l of Jewish Women, one of t he fo ur organizat ions compr ising t he WICS, INC. Atlanta . While I did not have the time t o spend so many hours of free work, there were no other volunteers for the office work and I just could not say 11 No 11 �-2to the very dedicated Proj ect Director-- Mis s Helen Oppenlander. Nat urally, I, myself , developed a great interest in my way of helping further the cause in regard to the poverty stricke n girls who needed help. While there were not enough training Centers at the time, the Project Director, Mrs. Weaver (now Project Director) and one or two others (intermittently) held the organization t ogether until it has now r eached it 1 s present stage, and there are more centers to send t.l'E girls to for training. Further, it was my pleasure to become acquainted with and meet some of the other dedicated people interested in the program, as well as the Presi dents of the four organizations compr i sing the WIGS. In this connection, and in view of the sudden passing of Mr . Emmerich, and realizing the task of procuring the right man on which the mantle is to fall, since I have had the insi ght of workings of the Job Corps for Gi r ls-distinguished entirely from EOA, Inc. by contract w~th Mr . Schriver, I am deeply interested in, and having the satisfaction of knowing the right man who will succeed Mr. Emmerich. Having known Dr . Merle C. Patterson as my minister at Druid Hills Presbyt erian Church, where he was well regarded by all, and later of his work wi th EOA, . Inc., as Director, County -Wide Projects, under Mr. Emmerich, I took the libery of suggesting hi s name to the Chai rman of t he Board of Di rectors by telegram today, copy of which is enclosed herewit h. While I r ealize ther e are others qualified in their res:r:e cti ve entit i e s, fr om an over - all standpoint , if pr oferred and accepted, I bel i eve he would certainly be the right man for the job o I have met Dr. Cothrane, but f eel t hat if a negro is appointed i t would give the impetus of bei ng a 11 Negro Pr ogram" , when the rat i o of whit es i s 4 to l , I understand. I trust that t he Board will be able to come up wi th t he r ight deci s ion for the benefit of all concerned. Sincerely, ~nc l . !111--1· ~tvL_lo < ~i°s o Mae W. Jow s Member, At l ant a CS, INC. �CO'lFI TI ON T E L E GR A -ST R I T 1918 Edinburgh er.rac , NE t l a,nt.~> 0eTgi · Ju..ly HON. BOISFEUILL . J CHAm N c. BOARD OF DIRECTOF.S, EOA, I 2)0 R~ ~Cl-fl'REE STRElr:J.', 210 TLA~'TA, OECROIA REPHO P. TT AD N, ttSTPAT OUR O IC · MER DI CT TODAY. , t FILL THE POSl'TI , Blind copy: Dr. Patterson (Merl c.) 1461 Uorth Avenue, NE Atlanta, Georgi .3, 19t:7 �EMILY AND ERNEST WOODRUFF FOUNDATION 230 PEACHTREE STREET, N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 BOISFEUILLET JONES PRESIDENT June 28, 1967 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta 204 City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: Thanks for your counsel today. thoughts you might have. Please pass on to me any further Attached is a memorandum I have sent to members of the EOA Staff. I had to take some action to keep the wheels turning, and I think this will take care of the situation temporarily. I shall pursue the matter of a successor diligently, and will consult with the EOA Board Members informally on Friday. Sincerely, BJ /as Enclosure �ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C. 0, EMMERICH AOMINISTRATOR June 28, 1967 To: EOA Staff Members Mr. Emmerich's death is a tragic shock to the entire metropolitan Atlanta community. His concern for his fellowman, his superb administrative skill, his seemingly inexhaustible vitality, and his full commitment to the activities for which he was responsible combined to make him a truly effective leader. The Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta share with the staff and all those who knew and worked with Mr. Emmerich a deep sense of personal loss. Officially, he can not be replaced; he can only be succeeded. In respect to his memory, all offices of Economic Opportunity Atlanta will close Thursday, June 29, at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Emmerich's funeral will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 29, in the Trinity Chapel of the A. S. Turner Funeral Home, 2773 North Decatur Road. The strong administrative organization Mr. Emmerich created, with full backing of the Board, will continue EOA activities through the three Associate Administrators in their respective fields. As customary, the senior Associate Administrator, who is now Mr. William G. Terry, will act temporarily as Administrator. Sincerely, Chairman �ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATL ANTA, IMC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 525-4262 C, 0, EMMERICH ACMINISTRATOR May 11, 1967 Mr. R. Earl Landers Mayor's Administrative Assistant City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Earl: I hope that you can attend a one-hour meeting of the Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Technical Advisory Committee on Thursday, May 25, 1967. The meeting will be held at the EOA Central City Neighborhood Service Center, 840 Marietta Street, N. w., at 2 : 00 p. m. I especially want you to see the Academy Award winning VISTA film, "A Year Toward Tomorrow." Much of this 28minute film shows one of our EOA VISTAs, Eric Metzner, working in Atlanta's Blue Heaven. In addition, William ~llison, Associate Administrator for Program Development, will give a brief report on our newest programs and proposals. I would like to hear your ideas and suggestions about these. If you find you will be unable to attend this meeting, please contact Mrs. Burnett, 525-4262, Ex t . 41 . I look fo rward to seeing you there . S incerely yours , C. 0 . Emme r ich COE:lb �,. E ){ECUTIVE O FFI ": E O F THE P RES I D12:N T SOUTHEAST REGIO lA!. OFFICE ATLANTA, GE ORGIA 30303 t i I JUN 8..' 1967 -j Mr. C.O. Emmerich 'j !. Executive Director Economic Opportunity .Atlanta, Incorporated 101 Marietta Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia For Your In:format iQl\ r, . n . ri 11 ,r;,-q 1 CH Dear Charlie: -I As you know, the Congress recently made a supplemental appro- priation of funds with a portion of the total earmarked for Summer Programs. Funds are presently available to you, and we will be glad to receive an application for the Summer Program · not to exceed $600,000 Federal Share. If additional funds are necessary for the Summer Program, such additional amounts will have to be taken from your Versatile Community Action Program allocation. 1...... .,_ If you have any questions in regard to this matter, please feel free to contact Mr. Hugh Lasseter of our staff, and he will be glad to assist you.

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.. , .. . . i '. . i · .. \~' - ' . .·.~· f . • ,. '· -~.-..,i\ . r /' ,: / Toi. 522·4 463 Aroa Codo 404 DEPARTMENT OF PL A:\'?',ING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director May 18, 1967 TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Alderman Rodney M. Cook Mr. Collier B. Gladin, Planning Director 11'..r. Isadore c·':11\deub, Candeub, Fle.issig & Associates Mr. John Brown, Candeub, 7.IJ.,.,leis t ig ./ t ~s~ciates FROM: Vir. George L. Aldridge, Jr. SUBJECT: Meeting on May 12, 1967 o . (tff1\ Equal Opportunity in Housing Report On Friday May 12, 1967, the Equal Opportunity in Housing report, dated December, 1966, prepared by Candeub, Fleissig & Associates i n connection with the Community Improvement Program was discussed. T"ne f ol lowing persons were in attendance: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., Alder man Rodney H . Cook, Mr. Isador·e Candeub, President, Capdeub, Fleissig & Associates, ~..r. John Brown, Candeub, Fl eissig & Associates, Mr. Coll ier B. Gladin, Planning Director, ~nd Mr. George L. Aldridge, Jr., Community I mp rovement Program Director. T'ne following represents those are a s on which agreement was reached and which the consultant was advised to follow: l. The City requested and the consultant agreed to r ewr i te cer tain portions of the report provided the i n tegrity o f the r e port is not destroyed. To assis t the consul t an t the City agreed to provide them with t h e Planning St a f f comments used at the meeting by Ald er man Cook. 2. Th e City r equested and t he consultant ag r ee d t o incorporate obviou s change s a nd/o r trends t hat have been made or have taken pl a ce i n pub li c fa cilities and s ervices in t he Ci ty within approx i mately the las t 5 year s . The City is to pr ovid e t he c onsul tant wi th this i nformati on. 3. Interview re su l t s and material contained in the repor t were di s c~s s ed . Two alternative approaches evol ved , nei~her of wh ich achieved comple t e ag~£ement. Consequently , the 1 consultant i s advised to follow (a) or (b ) or a combination of (a) ai:id (b)'. b~low:. · . '. . ' I �May 18, 1967 -2- 4. (a) Delete the interview material from the report, but provide the City with a separate and complete supplement on the interviews and/or (b) Retain the interview material in the report but provide a blanket statement with heavy emphasis to the fact that the interview results do not necessarily agree with the facts. The tex t s houl d stress that the interview results represent opinions and discuss the dangers inherent in public opinion surveys. Additionally where the opinion and the f acts do not agree, the consultant might refer t he reader to an appropriate factual section or i llustrate. this with facts. Program Recoxranendations The City requested and the consult~nt agreed to the following: (a) Tie in the finding of facts or ·factual determinations .with the program recommendations and the approach toward solutions. (b) In addition to making the recommendations t h e report should spell out the levels or degrees within each · program recom.-nenda.tion which the City should attain within a _practical or feasible . period of time. "·· . ~ \·.- . . ,. �CITY OF ATLANT.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 April 19 , 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR ., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS , Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Lia iso n TO : · rs . Ann Hose s FROM : Johnny H. hobinson Mrs . Mary Porter Hrs . Porter case is bcin or social services . re erred to N .sh - ~·J ashin~ton ZOA Center A ter carefully reviewinf t,he case, I feel that more is involved than just havLng to move out of the Housinp Projec t , She pointed out to me that her husb nd was an alcoholic, and this indicates th2t a great amount of hjs income is going to su port his nersonal habits . ,JO therefore , I think they need services to straiEhten this matter out first, b~fore they proceed with relocation , he cause if they don ' t they will probabl y end up ·in the same predicament . �ta~• ro1 -J~h &1 AC1'6 A U,.KUt PD S EXTRA ATLANTA 41A T 1126A EDT "'4i'fOR tYAH Al.L£N CITY NIU, •ll.A 7 CNAC CHAA?._lil ~ , JOMD IIENIE1'S ELECTED l'ltOK tltE: PO\fPTY Alt.U. 10@ l IICE TO flUISTER THEIR FEfLI•s IN ttmMIOS TO THE IF.~cvrtvt OlfttOTOft OF EOA DIC 1£ ntE P£0PL£ n.£C'Tf.O F'ftotf Tit: PC\ff.ft'n AAE.A F'Ut. THAT OM S'll'.At 1$ 'nE KOST QUliLtFU:0 MN ' ,OA 'M: POSJ,TlOH 0, tXECUTl~ 0 me·r • 11£· fEf!L THA.T 1£ CM .. KAIMTAIN LOCAL MD M\TIOML ~f01'T 4$ ll'U. AS INOftEAst NATIONAL. StPPORl' OF' ntE EM Pf\OlltAtf Al() lO CONTliltut MELPIN9 TI£ PEOPU OF ATI..ANTA WE &Ille£ \'auft _,,..,_T Of' Tlt:tS JM>tWID._ IIIOl!UT DOBIS, CMJ.RIIUf ¢IMC NORntn:ST ~ tdlt$ JO• HOOD _S'TATE IIEnESElfTA~ / d:)7'/YJ . t c,11>- . 12 7 0 ( t -5 1 ) �.. I • • • j, 2 Yea r Prog re ss Re port 101 MA~IETTA STREET, N . W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 . . . T ELEPHONE: AREA CODE (404) 5 25- 4262 C. 0 . Emmer ich j anuary, 19 67 Exe culi e Admini s trator OPPORTUNITY IN ATLANTA During the past two years Atlanta's Community Action Program has moved with great speed. Thou sands of citi zens and ma ny agencies and organizations have participated io planning de veloping and financing this multi -ser_vice opport1mity progra m fo r Atlanta's low- income citizens. In two years : 14 Multi -service Neighborhood Service Centers have been establ ished, More than 20,000 adults and youths have been placed in jobs and job tra ining, Nearly 39,000 individuals have parti cipated in basic, remedial and enrichment education courses, and More than 55,000 individual s have rece ived fom i ly servic es . Due to Congre ssio na l reductjons in the 1%7 Economic Opportunity budget for the n ation, Atlanta's program ha s s uffe red a 40% reduction in funds plu s the deletion of six s e rvices . E .O .A. is now seeking loca l re sources to help re store these vital serv ices a nd r,ebuild its program. E. O . A. services can be divided into s ix categor,ies: OPPORTUNITIES FOR: A. Neighborhood Serv ice s through 14 Neighborhood Serv ice Centers 8. Employment and Job Training C. Education D. Social Serv ices E. Research . '•• and: ~.- F. Discont inued Programs Each projecli or contracted s er ic e of E.O. A . is suppo, uect by a citizens advisory counci l of which at le ast 1/ 3 musk be pe ople s e rved by th program . A. OPPORTUN ITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 1. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION ( ote : All f ig ures in this re port; repre s nt up to two years work, de pending 011 how lo1vg th e projec t has b e 11 estab lished. ) All E .0.A. service s are brought to low-income families th rough 14 Neighborhood Service Centers Loeated in poverty areas . A s mall sta H located a t 101 Ma rietta Street , N. W. , plans a nd directs the progra m a nd coordinates servi ces wi th loca l agenc ies . All 14 Centers were e s tabli shed during the first two years . Staff. member,s at nhese centers have conducted 33 ,049 interview s . Headquar,ters: 101 Mar,i e tta Street , N. W. , Telephone 5 25 -4262 , Mr. l,lar,old E . Barrett, Dir,ector. CENTERS IN OPERAT ION ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY Central City Neighborhood Serv ice Center 840 Marietta Str,eet , N .W. Mrs. Doris Bridges, Director T ~lephone: 873-6759 �East Cent ral Neighborhood Serv i ce C enter Gw i nnett County Offi ce 486 Dec a tur Street , S. E. Pike and Clayton Streets L awrenceville , Georgia Mr. Gene JohnsoLJ , Coordinator Telephone : 963 -9700 Mr. George Dodd , Director Teleph one: 577-1735 Edgewood Neighborhood Serv ice Cente r 1723 Boulevard Driv e , S.IE. Mr. Samuel Russell , Director Telephone: 378-3643 NASH -Wash ington N eighborhood Ser. Cen. 247 Ashby Street, N. W. Mr. William A. Fowlkes , Director Teleph one: 524-2084 North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street, Roswell , Georgia Mr. J. W. Stone, Director Tel eph one : 993 -3795 Northwest (Perry Homes) Ne ighborhood Service Center 1927 Holl yw ood Road , N. W. Mr. Roberst Branning , Director T e lephone: 799-9322 Pittsburg Neighborhood Service Center 993½ McDanie l Street , S. W. Mr. Levi Terrill , Director Telephone: 523 -1 577 Price N eighborhood Serv i ce C enter 112 7 Capito l Avenue, S. E. Mr . Geo ffr ey Hea rd , Acting Director Teleph one: 522 -5792 So. F ulton Neighborhood Servi ce C enter 2735 East P o int St. , East Poin t , Georgia Mr. Clint Rodger s, Direct or Teleph one: 767-754 1 Summe r hi I I-Mec hani cs vi 11 e Neighborhood Serv ice Center Rockdale-Co nyers Offi ce 929 Commercial St., Co nye rs , Georgi a Mr. Sidne y Herring, Coordinator Telepho ne: 483 -9512 EL ECTI ON S: One of the most importa nt opportunities E.O. A. offers is that of re s ident participation . For the first time low- income citizens have come together in neighborhood organizations , block clubs and advisory council s to con s ider their needs and to ass i s t E. 0. A. in pl a nning programs to help meet the se needs. There have been 2,672 neighborh ood meetings . Average monthly a ttendance for a ll E.O.A. advisory committees is 2,250 people . In 1966 elections were held for t he fir s t t ime to c hoose repre sentati ves of low -inc ome ar eas to serve on ne igh borhood and city- wide E.O.A. adviso ry committees . New Electi ons for 1967 re presentatives hav e j us t been completed in 11 Ne ighborhood Center areas . (N. Fulton is s till being organized). 194 lowinc ome neighborhood block organization s a nd 11 ,528 people have pa rticipa ted in the 196 7 elections. More than 500 lo winc ome citizens are serving as block captains a nd elec ted representatives. 725 Lawton Stree t , S. W. Mr. J a me s Hester, Director Telephone: 753-6101 Each block organiza tion chose on e representa tive to serve on it s Nei ghborhood Center's advisor y committee, TH E CITIZE S NEIGHBORHOOD AD VISOR Y COUNCIL. E a ch CNAC selected thre e represe ntatives to serve on a city-wi de committee , THE CITIZE S C EN TR AL ADVISORY COUNCIL , pl u s on e representa tive to serve on the E .O.A . BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Thi s gives 12 re pr es entati ve s o f the poor , 1 ' 3 of the t otal members hip , on th e Board of Dire c tors. ADJOINING COUNTIES J. H. Calhoun , Assistant Di re ct or for Co mmunit y Developme nt, 101 Marietta St . , . W., T e le phon e: 525-4262. 65 Georgia Avenue , S. E . Mrs . Omi e Dixon , Acting Director Teleph one: 577 -1351 West Central Ne ighborhood Service Center 2193 Ver be n a Street, N - W. Mr. A. A. Fromho ltz , Director Telephone: 799-0331 West End Neighborhood Service Center �Center Director Nomi nees: Mrs . Willie Perkins Rev. Ellis L. Green

M r. Charles B . Hart , Jr.

West End Mr. B . F . Waldorn

Mr. Ben Benson

Mrs. Peg Brad y

.\1r . William Killingsworth

Mrs . Emma Jordan Mr. A. R. Phillips Mr . Fred Young Mr s . Gertrude McLennan !rs. Eliz a beth Godbee Mrs . Maxine Abbott Mr s . Edna May o Mr. Ro y Harwell Mr. Al vin Ba rner Mrs. Bertha Stewa rt Mr s . Roxie Lipford Mr. R. C. Chinn Mr s. Lu cy Cas tell Mr s . D. L. Stov all Mr. Col ema n Smith Mrs. Be a tric e He nd er so n Mr s . M. U. Barn e tt e Mr. J. C. Die tri c h Mr s. Su e Bradley Mrs . C. B. Co l e Mr. Ja c k Bagwel l Mr. Robert Ri ce Mr . F . H . P ound Mr s . Gene J ohn son Mr s . Ann Mill er Mr. Ros well Ja c k son Mr s . Mary Chandler

~lr s . Ma ry Mo rton

Center Director Nom inees :

Mr. H. D. Wiley

~fr s . George L o ngi n o ,t .\!r s. Mamie Wynn Mrs. Gladys Brad le y Rev. Caro l T i nsl ey ... ,,, l CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (1967) \.larked * above Plus Executive Adminis tra t or No mi nees \1 rs . Annie Laurie P ace Mr . Ralph Long Rev. R. B. Short s Mr. Robert Blount Mrs. Lennie Hes t er Mrs. Mary Morton Mr. J a me s H. Aldredge Miss Dori s Alexa nd e r Homorable Iva n Allen , Jr . Dr. Wa ll a ce M. Alsto n Mr . Harold N. Arnold Dr. Sa nford Atwood Dr. Warren D. Bachelis Dr. Paul R . Bea ll Mr. Dl'la ne W. Beck Mr. Glenn E. Bennett Mi ss Ca th erine Bo lin g Dr. Jame s P. Bra wle y Dr. Rufus E . Clemen t Mr . Clatence D. Coleman Mr. Jack C. Deliu s Mr. Wellborn R . Ellis Mr. Arnold D. Elli s o n Mr. Rich a rd Forbe s Mr. J a mes Furnis s Mr. Collier 8 . Gla di@ Mr. Herma n B . Gu inn Mr. J os eph F . Haa s Dr. Jame s F . Hackne y Archbi s hop P aul J . Ha llin a n Dr. E dwin Ha rri s on Mr. Richa rd C. Hic ks Mi ss Rebec c a Hollin g s wo rth Honora bl e Ll oy d Elm o Hole Mr. Willi a m S. How la nd Mr. Wi lli a m E . In mo n Mr. J ohn H. J a cob s Dr . A. P . J arr e ll Mr. Herbe rt T. J e nkin s Mr. Malco lm D. J one s Mr. Ala n F . Kie ppe r Mr. J oh n F . Kis e r Mr . R. E arl L ande rs Dr . Noa h L a ng da le , J r. Dr. Jo hn W. L et s on Ma jor Geo rge Mars ha ll Dr. Albe rt E . Man le y Mr . Sam Ma sse ll , Jr. Dr. Ben jam in E . Mays Mr s. Fra nce s McKay Mr. J . 0 . Moore Mr. Jack P . Nix �• ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY F· 8 2 ATLANTA, INC. Neighborhood Service Areas F•79 --·, ' ~ HAPEVILLr: \ --'®PIIL_ G. EDGEWOOD B. NASH-WASHINGTON H. NORTHWEST (P.H. ) I. WEST CENTRAL C. PR ICE D. SOUTH FULTON E. SUM-MEC F. NORTHEAST F·74 F•IOB A. WEST END J. CENTRAL CITY K. PITTSBURG L. NORTH FULTON (Gwinnett County and Rockdale County areas not shown on map) ) r �.., ,,

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\ NEIGHBORHOOD AIDES: E. 0 . A. h as trained an d employed i ndigenous re s idents of low-income neighborhoods to assist with cente r agency a nd c ommuni ty work. Aides have visit ed over 103,225 homes in door-to-door case-finding a nd have served over 37,049 individuals on a continuin g basis. ·' • .. ~ l 2. VISTA (VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA) A domestic Pe a ce Corps providing a ide s, teachers, counselors and adv is o rs for. the Wa r on Poverty . Headquarte rs a t 10 Marietta Street, N . W. Mr . Dav id Da mmann , Director 1 VISTA Volunteers , Telepho ne : 525-4262. ACTION : 54 Volunteers have been as s igned to Atlanta for, one year. 25 of the s e are pre sently working j o IE.O .A. target areas . The other 29 a re expected during the ne x t fe months. Las t year, Atla nta had 32 VI T'l\ Volunteer s. B. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOY MENT AND JOB TRAINING 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE One Manpower Counselor is lqcaced in eac h Neighborh ood Service Cen ter to provide job placement an d referrals to other services . Admini s tered by Georgia Sta te Emp loyme nt Service , 101 Mariett a Street, N . W., Te lephone : 525-4262 . Manpower Program peciali:;t, Mr. Don Bryant . ACTION : 33,627 tindi vtid ua ls have rece ived employment counse ing . 87 % of th e e were unemployed a t the time of coun seli n g aQd most of the re mainin g 13% were under-emplo yed . 6, 16 1 indivjdual s have bee n placed in job s . Hun dreds of others h ave been placed in E. O . A. training programs for yomh s . The remai nder a re receiving trainjng , education , counseling or, other, service s in prep a ration for e mpl oy me nt or a re w the process of be ing p laced. . , ",4 4. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (In-School) T rainin g and employment of lo w-income high .sch ool youth s in the Atla nta F ulton County School Sys tems to pro vide work exper,ience and mone y t o enab le them to re mai n in schoo l. Admini s tered by the Atlanta and fulton County Boards of -Ed ucation a t l.J,01 Marietta Stree t , N . W. , Telephone: 525 -7886 ; 1rs. Alice Washington , Coordinator. ACTION: 650 students now emplo yed in the public s chools . More than 2,500 youths have panic i paced s ine e the beginning . 5. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School) A job trainin g and employment prognam for out-of-school, unemployed youth s aged 16 through 21. 57 pubJic a nd no n-pro£it Atla nta a ge ne ies pr.ovide 150 work locations and 6 20 posi ti ons . Return co schoo l is encour,aged . Office at 68 Spring treet, N . W. , Telephone : 577- 1904 , Mr. Henry Pace Directo r . ACTION: 620 posi ti ons are avail a ble . 6 10 yo uth s a re employed . 3 5 have returned to s chool. 224 have ac cepted full-time e mployment. Nearly 3,000 you th s have participated since the beginning . 6. YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER Opera ted by t he Geo rg ia cate Employment Service to concentrat e on the emp loy ment needs of youths a ged 16 through 21, with emph a si s OQ c ounsel in g , testin g , and refe rral to other age n c ies for r,emed ial educ a tion or t ra ining . 522 West Peach cr.ee Sure et . ~Ir . A. \\' . Seagers . Director . Telephone: 875-0971. ACTION : 8 2, 000 ha Ye bee n interviewed . 5,735 youth s ha Ye b een pl aced in full -ti me jo bs . 30,000 ha v e been refe rre d to jobs a nd o th e r age ncies . �7. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER tere d by Senior, Citizen Services of Me tropolitan Atla nta , Int . , lr20 Marietta Street, N . W., Room 7 19 , Telephone: 577-2474 , Mrs. Carolyn French, Project Directo r. A center to screen pro spe ctive loa n applications and to provide assistance in the management a nd development of sma ll businesses. 101 Mariett a S tneet, N. W. , Telephone: 577 -3315 , Dr. Merle C . P at terson , Director. ACTION : 36 men a nd women , plus 4 s ubs titutes , tra ined a nd serving a t Grady Hospita l (30), Fulton County Juvenile Court (4) and Carrie -Ste e le Pitts Ho me (2) . ACTION : 850 individuals h ave been ioterview ed or counseled. 33 lo ans tota1ling $322,000 hav e been approved a nd granted. 3 eight-week se min a r s have been conducted in lo w-income neighborhoods. 10. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE OLDER WORKER (50 pl us)

An independent irrogram ad mini stered by the Golden Age Employment Ser:v ice of the

tlanta Section , National Council o f Jewish Women , 793 Piedmont Avenue, N. E. , lfelepbon e : 875-944 3, Mrs. Naom · Metzger , Executive Di r.ector,. 8. COLL EGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM Part time employment to keep youth s from ow-income famiil ie·s in coMege.. ACTION: 969 individuals have been placed i n jobs . There have been 1,740 job ap lications and 3,028 requests for 'applicants kom businesses . ACTION : Pro gram approved fo r eight colleges : Clark College, 60 presemly employed , 60 previousl y emplo yed no posiitions available ; Emory Univer sity, 69 prese ntl y employed , [4 pueviously employed , 20 avai lable posic.ions; Geor• gia State College, 25 presently employ ed , 2iJ. previously employed , 12 positions ava ila bl e; Georgia Institute of Technology, 28 presently employed , 10 previousl y employ ed , 30 positions av a ilable; Moreho use College, 201 presentl y employed, 192 previously employed , 15 positions available; Morri s Brown College, 134 presently employ ed , 125 previously employed, no positions available; Oglethorpe University, 35 presently employed, 20 previously employ ed , no position s ava ila ble ; and Sp el man Co llege, 40 pre s entl y employ ed , 100 pre viously employ ed , no po s itions avaiJa ble . 9. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT A progra m to prov id e children in institution s with adult af£e ction and com pa n ionsh ip while a lso giv ing o lder c i ti zens a chance to be employed in a use ful , pers ona lly satisfy in g job. Adminis- • ' ... 'r 11. MOTA ' ...'. The Ma np ower Development and Training Act of 1962 provide s jo b trainin g for needed skills. Admin is te red by the Georgia State Emp loyment Serv ice and the Atlanta Board of Education . Offices at Atla nta Industrial Employmen t Offoce , 6iJ. Trinit y Avenue , S. W., Telephone: 524-24 11. ACTION : 5,104 individuals have been tra ined. A ne w c onera ct bas been r:eceived to train 200 people between February 13, 19)67 and March 3 ] , 1968 in groups of 4 5 in 8 O F i2 week tr.aining programs . Anothe r: 100 experienced but unemployed wonkers will receive On The Job ~ra ining . MDTA cl a s s e s will train for: s uch jobs as hoste s s , waitress , waiter , bus bo y , bus girl , chef , short order grill ma n , s pecialist c ook , combin a tion coo k , salad gid , kitchen helper a nd sn a ck bar ho s te ss. Addition a l tra ining c ontracts are exp e cte d soo n. C las s es now in pro gress a re we ldin g (20), bric k lay in g (2 0) , produc tion mach in e (20), d e s ign technician at Lock- .. ' I\ �Archer High School , 2250 Perry Bouleva rd , N. W. , Telephone: ,94 -156 7, Arvella L. Farmer , Assistant Principal. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N. E. , Telephone: 522-5096 , Bennie C. Williams, Assistant Principal. Parks Jr. High School, 1090 Windsor Street, S. W., Telephone: 753-6125, Robert J . Still, Assistant Principal. West Fulton High School, 1890 Bankhead Avenue, N. W., Telephone: 799-3177, E. C. Norman, Assistant Principal. Bethune Elementary School, 198 North side Drive , N . W., Telephone : 524-6854 , Norr i s L. Hogan, Assistant Principal. Capitol Avenue Elementary School, 8 li Capitol Avenue, S. W., Telephone: 5238696 , Obadiah Jordan , Jr., Assistant Principal. We sley Elementa ry School, 186 Wesley Avenue , N . E. , Telephone: 378-4393, Aaron L. Watson, Assistant Principal. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FINANCED BY NON-EOA FUNDS Dykes High School, 4360 Powers Ferry Road , N. W., Telephone: 255-5236 , Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal. Grant Park Elementary School, 75 0 Kalb Avenue , N. E., Tel ephone: 627-574 1, James Chwers , Assistant Principal. 17. PROJECT HEAD START An enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-school children operated by the Atlanta School System and seven pri vate a gencies . An application is now being prepared for an 8 week program for 3,000 children to be held next summer. 5,989 children have attended in 2 summers. Atlanta Board of Education , Instructional Servic..es Building, 2930 Forrest Hills Dr iv e , Telephone: 761-5411, Miss F rances C ox , Director. 4,609 have atte nded in 2 summers . Rockdale C ounty 's Head Stare Program 40 a ttended last summer. Gwinnett County's Head Start Program 240 attended last summer. Wheat Street Day Nursery's Head Scare Program - 200 have attended in 2 summers. Free For All Day Nursery's Head Start Program - 260 have attended in 2 summers . Hinsley Temple Day Nursery's Head Stare Program - 120 have attended in 2 summers. Berean Junior Academy's Head Scarac Program - 240 have attended in 2 summers. 18. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION Instruction in reading a nd writing for ad ults over 18 years of age who are unable to function on an eighth grade educational level, to improve their employment potential. Administered by the Aclanca Board of Education, 2930 Forrest Hills Drive , Telephone: 76 1-5 4 11 , Ext. 206 , Mr. A.Ian Koch and Dr. Curtis Henson , Coordinators . ACTION : 48 classes for 900 participants are in sessio n. 1,273 people have already participated . 19. UPWARD BOUND A project to reduce the drop-out rate of 11th and 12th graders with ability by providing remedial a nd interest classes and encouraging chem to set goals for further education after high school. ACTION : Morehouse College, 223 Che stnut Street, S. W. , Telephone: 577 -1505 , Dr. Arthur Banks , Director. 150 enrolled at present, 228 last ye a r. Emory Univer sity, Emory University Campus, Emory University, Telephone: 377-24 11 , Ext. 7546, Mr. Loui s Becker , Director. 49 enrolled at present , 50 last yea r. Morri s Brown College, 642 Hunter St., N. W., Telephone: 577-2628, Mrs. Vivian McGee, Director. 91 enrolled at present , 100 last year. �r ··-- ~-~------··· -.-~ .,. ,,. . ··-~&---:-:,,· ~;:rrr:--.,.1,

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I , j . .. During the wmter , s tudents paut1c1pate in Saturday morning classes at the colleges a nd a re tutored by program assistants. During the summer , students live and study on the college campuses. Morris Brown and Morehouse held 8 week programs and Emory held a 6 week progra m l as t summer. Simila progua ms are planned for next year. Three ye ars ago , a pue-college demonstration project, one of s ix in the country, was conducted by Moreho use College for 370 students . Results from this project helped pave the way for tbe na tion wide program, Project Upward Bound. D. OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES .",. . 20. SOCIAL SERVICES Socia l Service Superv isors and staf,f are located in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide help with health , e ducation and fam ily problems. ACTION: Coun selors have held 33,049 interviews at the Neighborhood Service Centers. 21 . DAY CARE SERVICE Sup ervis ed c a re for children in order to release parents for job training a nd job opportunities . 10 projects ar,e in operation c a ring for 7 10 children. Antioch North Day Care Center (50) 540 Kenn edy Sti;eet, N . W. , Telephone : 523-4861. Mrs . Mary Ray, Direct or. Bowen Homes Day Care Center (Ga te City As sociation) (100) - 1060 Wilkes Circle , N.W. , Teleph one : 799- 11 70 , Mrs . France s Wyatt , Director. Colle ge Park C ivic & Educa tiona l Cente.r (3 5) - 407 West Ha rva rd Street , College Park , Georgia, Telephone : 766-4456 , Mrs . E loise Tlhoma s , Di recto r. Children 's C enter of Met.r,opolita n A tl anta Family Day Care (35) - 725 Lawton Street, S. W. , T e leph one : 7 53-6101 , Mrs . Doris Hattley , Ca s e Worker. ~ ~ .~ )1k -~ J'1'M;l; ,, 'l' .. / East ..Poin t Child Care Center ( 24) 1147 Calhoun Avenue , East Point, Geougia , Telephone: 767 -4404, Mrs.' DeVern Howell , Directors . South Side Day Care Center, (120) - 802 Pryor Street, S .W. , Telephone: 577-2640 , Mr. Henry J. F urlow , Director. Guady Homes Day Care Center, (Grady .l'Iomes T enant Association) (90) - 100 Bell Street, S . E. , Telephone: 522-1595 , Mrs. Elizabeth R. Carter, Director,. Gate City at St . Pau l's (Gate City Association) (36) - . 1540 Ptyor Road , S. W. , Telephone: 622-9711 , Mrs . Barbara Martin , Director. Fort Street Kiddie Korner (100) - 572 Boulevard , N . E . , Telephone: 876-9 279 , Miss Yhonna Carter , Director. Tabernacle Baptist Church (120) - 475 Boulevard , N .E. , Telephone : 876-1 T/9, Mrs. Mattie Bruce , Director . 22. L EGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM A central Legal Ass i s tance C enter, financed by E .O.A . , is presently opera ting in the Fulton C ounty C ourt House. 2 additiona l centers a re pla nned for l owincom e neighborhoods . All legal t:ases for E .O.A. target areas will be re ferred to one of these three centers . The program will ha ndle civil c ase s, and provide represen ta tion a nd counseling for preliminary crimin a l hearings. Administered by t he L ega l Aid Society of Atlanta, 136 Pryor St. , S.E ., Tel. 524-5811 , Mrs . Nancy Cheves , General C ounsel. ACTION : Unde r the previous E .O. A. Leg al Assista nce P rogram , Legal Aid la wye rs worked in Neighborh ood Servi ce Ce nte rs part- ti me . L egal Aid la wyers serve d a tota l o f 17,324 cas e s a nd clo s ed 2,376 court case s . 23. CRIME PR EV ENTION Police wouk in each Neighborhood Service Center to become friends wi t h residents and help them with their problems . This progra m was developed by th e Atlanta Police Depa rtment fo llowiin �. ,·r a recommendation of the Crime Commiss ion . It is the first program of its kind in the country . Atlanta Police Department , 82 Decatur Street, Telephone: 522-7363, Lt. C. E. Wright a nd Lt . C. Dixon, Officers in Charge . ACTION : Since January, 1966, police officers have been working in E . 0 . A. Neighborhood Service Centers. They have communicated wiith over 9)0, 000 eople. These officer,s a ttended 176 meetings on off-duty time , got 306 dropouts back in school and helped 58 hardship cases . T'hey s upervise numerous youth act1vH1es a nd clubs and get youths involved in Neiighborhood Youth Corps , Job Corps , Community Schoo.I a nd Rec reation Programs . The o fficers and their Centers a r e: Officer Gambell , NASH-Washington; Officer L yon s, Price and Sum-Mee ; Officer Carde 11 , Central City ; Officer John s on , Nor,thwes t ( Perry Home s); Officer Nelloms, Edgewood ; Officer Grah a m, Northeas t ; Officer Owens , West End . 24. PLANNED PARENTHOOD Family plannin g s ervice a d min is tered by the P lanned P arenthood Ass ociation of the Atlanta Ar ea , 3108 Piedmont Road, N. E . , Teleph one : 233-4493 , Mr:s . Julian F reed ma n , Acting Director . ACTI ON : Over 2, 193 individ ual s s erved . 3 Fam i ly Planning Clinics in operation : Beth lehem Communi ty Center Clinic , 9 McDonough Boul evard , T elephone: 627-0176 (Monday even in gs); erry Homes Clinic , 1660 Drew Dr ive , N. W. , Apartment 756, T eleph one: 355 8278 (Wednesday evenings ); a nd J ohn 0 . Chiles Homes , 435 Ashby Street , S. W. , T elephone: 755-4228 , (Thursday e venings) . 25. MUL Tl SERV ICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED Recreation , s ocial services and day care for famil ie s living in the three high- rrse apartment buildings for the aged built by the Atla nta Public Hou s ing Authority. Progra m administered by Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, [nc . , 120 Marietta Street, N . W., Telephone : 577-3828, Mr. A. E. Horvath, Director . ACTION: A total of 1,794 fa mi ly units are being served in the Antione Graves Ce nter , 126 Hilliard Street, N .E . , Telephone: 577-1790; the John 0 . Chiles Center , 435 As hby Street, S. W. , Telephone : 753-4084; and the !Palmer House , 430 Techwood Drive , N . W. , TeJephone: 873-3453. The Atlanta Department of Parks and Recrea tion is providing recreation specia li s ts under co ntrac t to provide comprehensive rec rea tion programs. The F ulton County Department ofi Family a nd Children Services provides a full- ime representative in e a ch Center by agreement. The Fulton County P ublic Heal th Department provide s a health main tena nce program in e ach Center by agreement . 26. PROJECT ENABLE Gr:oup educati on for low-i ncome pare nts to increas e motivation for s elf-help . C ommunity and persona l probl e ms are ident i fied and become the ta rge t for action. Administered by the Atla nta Urba n League , Inc . , 239 Auburn A.venue , N. E . 1 Mrs . Lilli an C lark , Director , Telephone: 522-8839 . ACTION : Seven groups with a to tal of 167 pa rents hav e compl e ted th e ir di s cu ssions. The re have been 238 refierrals to other agencies for help. 1,069 p e ople ha ve been i nt erviewed . A leader,s hip tra ining phase will s ta re soon . 27. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A proo; am to p rovide tra ining a nd s upervi sion of local volun teers who s upp1ement s ervice s of th e E .O.A . profess ional s ta ff . Volunteers ar,e drawn ~r:om all areas of th e city , i ncluding E. 0 . A. I '• .' ~' • I �ta rge t a reas . Admi ni s tered by t h e Community Counci l of the Atlanta Ar ea , Inc. , G lenn Build ing , 120 Ma riett a Street, N. W. , T e lephone : 577 -2250 , Mrs. Elinor Me tzger , Di rectoE. ACTION : 46 vo lunteer s tra in ed and serving. Vo lunteers are placed in Neighborhood Seuvice Centers , Community Sch och, Commun i ty Ce nters , P lan ned P a r,e nt hood Ce nte rs , St. J oseph's Hospital , Senior Citizens Center s , an d Day C a re Ce nte rs. Volu nteers incl ud e both me n a nd wo me n . Interes t ed pe rso n s s h ould ca ll t h e a bove numbe r. New cl a ss of 33 to s ca re in J an ua ry wil l las t 6 week s (4 weeks classes plus 2 weeks on- job-trai ni ng). Nex t cla ss starts Ma rc h 20 th. E. RESEARCH PROGRAMS Tr aining and work experience for 500 -700 ha rd-core, unemplo ye d out- ofschool y ouths per y ear , in work s hop situa tions . Administered by BEES-BIZ, foe. , a non -profit , private organization . 570 P ea chtree Street , Telephone : 8 7 356 53 , Mr. Joseph Minecci , Directo r. ACTI ON : 233 were enrolled during the program . 31. PROJECT UP- LI FT Job traini ng for unemployed p a rent s of depe ndent children o perated by Fulton County Depa rtment of Family a nd Chil dre n Ser vices a t 50 Whiteh a ll Street , Mrs. Willie Thompson , Direc tor , T e leph one: 572 -2 155. ACTION: Program will end by February 28th . 22 7 indiv idua ls a re now in crainin·g. 387 have co mpleted the c ours e . 28. EVALUATION PRO GRAM An e igh tee n month ev alu a ti on of Atl a nta' s Communit y Action P ro gram. Adm in istered by Emory Uni versi ty , Te lephone : 377 -24 11, Ext. 517, Dr. J ohn Doby , Di re cto r; Dr. Fred R . Crawfo rd , P ri n cipa l In ve s tiga tor. ACTION: P relimina ry research un derway. 29. ELECTRONIC DATA PROC ESSING PROGRAM E .O . A. was s ele cted for a n O . E.O. Pil o t s tud y to de s ig n an d imp le ment a da t a proce ssing sy ste m t o a utoma t e acc o unting a nd fin a nc ia l work . The projec t des i gne d procedure s fo r data ga th erin g fr om th e Neighborhood Service Cen ter s. Adm ini s te red by Electro nic s Da ta 817, 10 1 Sys t e ms Co rp oration , Room Ma rie tt a Stree t , N. W. , Tel eph one: 525 4262 , ex t .58 , "!I.fr. Davi s Hamli n , Director. ACTION : E . O. A.'s budge ta ry a n d payro ll a c counti ng de pa rtm e nt 1s now a utoma ted and us i ng compute rs . F. DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS 30. BEES- BIZ 32. PUBLIC HEAL TH P ublic Health Nurses for Ne ighborhood Ser vi ce Centers . Administer ed by F ulton C ounty Dep a rtment of P ublic Hea lth , 99 Bueler Street , S. E . , Telephone: 572 -29 27 , Mrs . Gladys L. Garla nd , Coordin a tor. ACTION : 4 nur s e s worke d with th e Neighborh oo d Serv ice C en t er s. 33. HOMEMAKER SERVICES Sub s t itute h omemakers assumed respon sibi l ity fo r households in low-in come are as d uring e mergency situations. Admin is tered by Visiti ng N ur se Association of Atla nt a , 1270 Techwo od Drive. Tel ephone : 873 -2683 , Mrs . Mary Ca ldwell, Coordina tor. ACTION : 28 home makers served 522 ho mes , and made 13 ,4 36 vis its . 34. RECREATION CONDUCTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS ACTION : The Recreation T e ch nician and staff of the Neighborh ood Se rvice Centers organ ized and s upe rvis ed sports , tutorial program s, ch i ld ren 's ac- ) ' ill"• �t1v1t1es , swimming , basketball , baseball , teen clubs and adult activities in lowincome areas . summer of 1966. ite. 38. MEDICARE ALERT 35. SUMMER RECREATION E.O.A. financed summer recreation in 1966. Total attendance was 277 ,000. The program s were administered by the City of Atlanta , (Parks and Recrea tion Depa rtment), 10 Uni ted Appeal agencies a nd 3 priva te a gencies. Agencies and departments were : Atlanta Parks and Recreation Dept. Butler Street YMCA Wesle y House Centers Sal va tion Army Warre n Memoria l B oys' Club We s t E nd Boys' C lub Grady Ho me s Boy s ' C lub George Wa s hin gton Carver Boys' Club Atlanta Council o f Camp Fire Girl s Grady Home s Girl s' Clu b Apt Ac ade my Atl anta Urba n League Vine City Council 36. HOME MANAG EMENT TRAINING E .O . A . Home Managemen t T ec hni c ians and aides working in Neighborh ood Service Centers taugh t residen t s c ooking, sewing, housekeeping, budgeting , child care , hygiene , consu mer buying, and facts about loans a nd installment buying. G. OTHERS 37. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM A program to provide scholarships for primary and secondary students from under-priviledged homes to allow them to attend summer sc hool. Admini s tered by the Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education . Dr. J oho Martin, Assistant Superintendent for Ins truction , 29 30 Forre s t Hill s Dr. , Telephone: 76 1-54 11. ACTION: 6,500 yo uths attended the E.O .A. financed program during the s ummer of 1965 . Program did not operate A t wo month program. 10,697 citizens 65 year s and older were contacted. 110 paid worke rs , older people from lowincome are as , a nd 11 7 volunteers explained health and hospital benefits ava ila ble un der the ne w Medicare legislation and helped people a pply before the March 31 , 1966 dead lin e . SUMMARY EOA ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS Multi-Service Ne ighborh ood Centers Neighborh ood Youth C orp s ( out-of-s chool progra m) Small Business Devel opment Center Men 's Job Corps (Recruitin g) VISTA (Vo lunteer s in Service to Americ a) Placement a nd Supervi s io n

Medica re Alert

EOA PROGRAMS CONTRACTED TO OTHER AGENCIES C ommunity School s ( Atla nta Public Schoo ls) Head St a rt Project s (A tla nta Publ ic Sc hool s a nd 7 priva te organi zati ons) Day Care Cente rs (pri va te organ izati o ns )

Summer Recreati o n Progra ms (City of Atla nta, 10 United Appea l Ag enci es, 3

oth ers)

Pro jec t BEES- BIZ (priva te no n-profit

organizatio n) Manpower Placement Cente rs (Georgia St a te E mploy me nt Service) Employment Eva luation a nd Service Cente r ( Voca tio na l Re ha bilita tion) Legal Service ( L ega l Aide So cie t y) Pla nned Pare n thood ( Pla nn ed P a renthood As soc iation of Atlan ta) Multi -Service Centers for th e Aged (Senior C i tizens of Metropo lita n Atlanta , Inc .) Volunteer Task Force (Commun ity Counci l) Fos ter Grandparent s (Senior Citizens o f �,.

I~ • -t"2 ti l,• I'),, Metropolitan Atlanta , foe.) ejghborhood ¥ out Cor,Rs (Io -School) (Atlanta and 'F ulton County Public Sch oo ls) Project Enable (Urban Le ague )

Public Hea lth Services (Fulton County

Health Department)

Homemaker Services (Vis iting Nurse

Association of t\tlanca)

Summer School (A tla nta Public Schools )

COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS

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P roject Up lift (F ulton County Department of Fam~ly a nd Child.en Se.vices)

Youth Opportunity Center (State Employ ment Service) College Work Study lh ograms (8 colleges) Project Upward Bound (3 coHeges) Womens' J ob Corps (WICS - Wo men in Community Service) Crime Preve ntion (Atlanta Police Dept. ) Manpower Development and Tna ining Act of 1962 (Georgia State Employ ment Ser,.,jce a nd Atla nta Board of Education) Proj ec t Hire (Help Enicia ce R.ene wed 'Employment) ( Georgia State Employment Ser,vice) Go lde n Age Employ me nt Service (Atlan ta Section. a ci ona l Co un c,il of Je wish Womelil) Adu le Bas ic Educatio n (Atla nta Board of Educat ion)

No longer in operaEion

1966 E.O.A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr . Boisfeuillec J ones , C hairman Mrs. W. M. (L uc y) Aiken Mr. Harold Benson Mr:s. A . l... Benton Mr. William L . Ca ll oway Mr. Robert Dobbs Mr. George L. Edwards , Jr. Mr. Melvin Grantham Mr . J oho W. Greer Rev . Jos eph L. Grigg s Mr. J oho S . Herndon Mr . Je s se .Hill Rev . M. L. King , Sr, . Dr. J oho W. L etson Mr. W. H. Montague , Sr. Mr. Carl Plunkett Mr. Julian Sharpton Mr . A. H. Sterne Mr. Erwin Stevens Mrs. Nancie Stowers Dr. Paul D. West Mrs. 11..eRoy (Ano) Woodward Mrs. Mamie Wynn Note: The 1967 EOA Boar,d of Directors wi ll be expanded to 36 members , in cluding 12 representatives of those ser,ved b EOA (o ne elected by each Neighborhood Advisovy Co uncil) , 12 r,epresencacives appointed by public agencies which se rve the poor, a nd 12 representatives appo inted by othe r community groups . The representatives 0£ ch ose served by EOA h ave already been elected. They a r e marked ** below . 12 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS (1 967) C e ntral City Mrs . Doro th y Brown Mrs . Kacie Brown Mrs. Helen Ta ylor Mrs . Annie Jackson

Mr. Harold Raines

Mr. L. L. Turner:

Mrs . Rosie Hole Mr . Tommy Griffin Mr. Spencer Blount Mrs . Betty Pool Mr . James Austin Mrs . Nora Keyros Mrs . Evel yn Brown

Mr. Alonzo Watson

Center D irector Nom i nees:

*Mrs . Ethe 1 Cox

Mrs . Bertha Jackson Mr:s. Oneda Se ay Mr . B . A. Kitchens Mr. D. A. Coley East Central Mrs. Mr s. Mrs. Mr s.

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Annie B . Chamber s Beatric e Wil s on Catherine Gant Margaret Grant u s ie LaBord �Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs . Grace Pullum Petronia Hall Clide Anderson Ruby Whitfield Ida Hermon Pearl Williams Willie Lewis Miss Doris Mathews Mrs . J ohnnie Mosley

Mr. ewis Holmes , Sr.

Mr. Jam e s Gilbert

Mr. Emmitt Sowell

Mrs. fannie Woods Center Direct or Nom i nees: Mlls . Annie L. Hill Lt. Larry ReP as s Mrs . Mildred Perry Rev. Clarence Maddox E dgewood Mrs . Ruby NI. Heard Rev. W. C. Hill

Mr. Lorenz o Johnson

Mrs . Dorothy Harris Mr. Julius White Mr s . Mary Mobley Mrs . Fl etcher Walker Mr. Col umbus Maddox

Mr. Leroy Vobbs

MJ::s . Maggie McMullen Mrs . Lizzie Stephen s !Mr. Thomas Carlton Mrs . Charity Smith IM~s . Clet a Mitchell Mrs . M. B . White ~ rs. Millie Acree ~fr.s . Dorothy Adams Mr. F ed Cox

Mr. oss Douthard , altern ate

Center Director Nominees: Mr. R,ufus Favors r. Charles Turner 'f_M t . John Gaither Mr . J oho Cosby NASH-Wa shington Mns. Ruby McDowel1 'l' Mrs . Dornthy Pyrom ~ rs . Dorii s Davis Mrs. A,nnie Sewell Mrs. Mary A very

Mi . Oc i,s ~ ochran

M . James Mavshall Mr.-s . Joyce Burney

/ ** Mr. Erwin Steve n s

Mrs. Lena Pritchell Mr. Edgar Hill s man Rev. L. W. Strickland Mrs. Alma Pool Mis. Margaret Knight Mrs. Alice Dixon Mrs. Parialee Faulkn·e( Mrs. Geneva Ma ck Mrs. Lilli a n Hunt Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey Mrs. ~essie Miller Mrs. Kacie Jones Mrs. C. M. Wolfe Mrs. Carrie Porter Mrs. Cynthia Hampton Mrs. Verna Kirkland C enter D irec tor N ominees: Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Th,ompson Mrs. Maggie Moody Mr. J a me s Gardner Dr. Elsie Edmondson N orth F ulton Being organized Northwes t - Perry Mrs. Ruby Hawk Mr. J oho Slato n

Mrs . F lossie Zackery

Mrs . Sh irley Dowdell Mrs . Ode ssa Wheele Mrs . Arie Shelm on Mr. Ray mond Morri s

Mr. Richard Feagin

Mrs. Loretta Gresham Mrs. Vera Mc Coy Mrs. Margie Freeman Mrs. Bernice Hou sewo rth Mlls . Delores Mitchell Mr. Je ss ie Gascon Mrs. Garaldin e Hughes Mrs . Barbara Davis Rev. David Middlebrook Cente r Director Nominees:

Mr. Robert Dobbs

Mr. Bob Sha w Mr s. Jo s ie Wynn

Mr . Carey Fleming

Pittsburg Mrs . Mrs .

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Mrs . F lorence Alexander Nettie Blanton Cavrie Wright Annie Evans I ,! �l Mr,s. Ro sa Ha mmonds Mr. John Tolbert Mrs . Mario n Mood Mr. N. H . Scott Mr.s . Mammie F l eming Mr. Clar en ce Smith

/** Mrs. Bea trice Garl a nd

Mrs. H. H. Dye r '·,:~ Mr. Ben Jen kin s Mrs. Willie 1?. Thornton " ' Mrs . Lennie He s ter Center D irect or N ominee s: Mrs . Slinia Sears

Mrs . Sallie Billingsley

Rev. Calvin Ho us ton P rice Mrs. C hri sti n e Benson Mrs. Mary Fuller Rev . L. W. hiope , Sr.

Mr,s . Grace Ba rk sd a l e

Mrs. Ollie Powell Mrs . Nett ie Bennett Mr s . Lois Wi lli ams Mr,. Ch arles Darden Mrs . Lena Ow e ns Mr. Me lv in B a rnes Mrs . C. M. Martin

Mrs . Mary F . O' Nea l

Re v. H . F . Green Mrs. Eula ne Houseworth MFs . Evel yn B a ttle Mrs. Fr ance s Th omps on Mr s . Arthur Willi a ms Mr s . Ruth Co ffer Mr. Geo rge Br,u mfi e ld Mr. Ga briel McC ra ry Center D irector Nominees: Mr. He nry Phi pps

MFs. L oui s e Wa tl ey

Mr. Robert B a rne s

Mr . Willi am Merritt South Fulton Mr s. Mary L emo n s Mrs. Lu cy Will is

Mr. J ohn Walt on , Jr.

Mrs. L ouvenia Williams Mrs . Alyce Price Mr. Ro n ald Br,idges Mrs . Jul ie Ch aney Mr. William Johnson Mrs . Myrt ice R owe

/ **Mr. W. T . Brook s

Mrs . Susie Perkins Center D i rec to r N omi nees : Mrs . El i zabeth Huggins Mr. Alfredo C a llejas

Mi;. Milo Fisher

Summerh i l 1- M ec han icsv il I e Rev . J . B. Marcin

Mrs. Rosa Burney

Mr. Edward Johnson Rev . L. C. Clack Mr. L ewis Peters Mrs . Alice Hudson

Mr. John Gres ham

Mrs. Curtis McWorcher Mr. Hudson Whitsett Mrs. Evel yn Burriss Mrs. Ann L. Childs Mr . Andrew Brooks Mrs. Annie Byrd Mrs. Lizz ie Jennings Mr . Edwa rd Mood y Mr. Edwa rd Grimes Mr. C. L. Walton Mrs. Eliza beth Anderson

Mrs . Dori s Gascon

Mrs. Mattie An s ley Cente r Director Nom i nees : Mrs . Mrs . Mr s .

Mr s .

Gus s ie Lewi s C a therine Col bert Leila Ha ncock A. L. Ben ton ( elec t ed in 1966 for 2 ye a r t erm co Boar d ) West Central Mrs. Doro thy Patt erson Mr s. Leo la Pe rr y Mr. Wa lter Bur ton

Mr . Wi lk i e A. Jorda n

Mr. Na thaniel Wa lke r Mr. L ewis Evans Mrs. Mary Hall

/ **Mr. Edward Young

Mr s. L aura Willis Mr. Jo hn Dixon Mr. Elish a P itts Mr s. Cori ne Smith Mr s. Frankie Kendrick Mi ss Nedra L. Reid Rev . K. M. Dunlap Mrs . Nellie Price Mr s. Evelyn Perdue Rev. R . Johnson �Center Director Nominee s: Mrs. Willie Perkins Rev. Ellis L. Green

Mr. Charles B. Hart, Jr.

,. ' ... West End Mr. B . F. Waldorn

Mr . Ben Benson

Mrs. Peg Brady

Mr. Willi am Killingsworth

Mr s . Emma Jordan Mr. A. R. Phillips Mr. Fred Young Mrs. Gertrude McLennan Mrs . Elizabeth Godbee Mrs . Maxine Abbo tt Mrs . Edna Mayo Mr . Roy Harwell Mr. Alvin Barner Mrs . Bertha Stewart Mrs . Roxie Lipford Mr. R . C. Chinn Mrs . Lucy Castell Mrs . D. L. Stovall Mr. Coleman Smith Mrs . Beatrice Henderson Mrs. M. U. Barnette Mr. J . C. Dietrich Mr s . Sue Bradley Mrs . C. B. Cole Mr . Jack Bagwell Mr. Robert Rice Mr . F . H. P o und Mrs . Ge n e Johnson Mr s . Ann Miller Mr . Roswell Jackson .'vlrs . Mary Chandler

.\,frs . Mary Morton

Center Director Nom inees:

Mr. H. D. Wiley

Mr s . George L o ngino Mr s . .'vlami e Wynn .'vlr s . Gla dys Bradley Re v . C arol Tin s ley 1 CITIZENS CENTRAL ADV ISORY COUNCIL (1967) \,larked * a bo ve P lus Execut ive Administrator Nominees .'vlrs . Annie L a urie P a ce .'vlr. R alph Long Rev . R . B . Shorts Mr. Robert Blount Mrs . Lennie Hester Mrs. Ma ry Morton TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. James H . Aldredge Miss Doris Alexander Honora ble Jiva n Allen , J r. Dr. WaHace M. Als ton Mr. Ha rold N . Arnold Dr. Sanford Atwood Dr,. Warren D. Bachelis Dr. P a ul R. Beall Mr. Dua ne W. Bec k Mr. Glenn E. Bennett Miss Cath e rin e Boling Dr. J ames P . BrawJey Dr. Rufu s E . C lement Mr . Clarence D. Coleman Mr. J ack C. Deliu s Mr. Wellborn R . Elli s Mr. Arnold D . Ellison Mr . Richa rd Forbes Mr. J ames Furni ss Mr. Collier, B. Gladi n Mr . Herman B. Guinn Mr. J oseph F . Haas Dr. J a me s F . Hackney Arc hbi s h op P a ul J . Ha llin a n Dr. Edwin Harr ison Mr . Richa rd C. Hi cks Mi ss R ebecca Hollingsworth Ho norable Ll oyd Elmo Ho le Mr. William S . Howland Mr. William E . In mon Mr. J ohn H . J aco b Dr. A. P. J a rrell Mr . Herbert T . J en kins Mr. Malco lm D. Jone s Mr. Alan F . Kjepper Mr. J ohn F . Kiser Mr. R . Earl L a nde rs Dr. Noa h Langdale , Jr. Dr. John W. L eeson Ma jor George Ma rs ha ll Dr . Albert E . Manley Mr. Sam Masse ll , Jr, . Dr. Be n ja min E . Mays Mrs . Frances McKay Mr . J . 0 . Moore Mr. Jack P . Nix �... Mr. A. B. fPa dgett Mr. J . W. P ink s too Dr. Claude Purcell Mr. William Ray, Jr. Mr. M. B. Satterfie ld Mrs . Bruce Schaefer Mr. Opie Shelton Mr. Robert E. Shrider Mr. Robert Sommerville Mr. IDouglas W. Scronbehn Dr. Herman L . Turner Dr. J oho Vena ble Dr. Paul D. West Rev . Samuel W. Williams Mr. Marion Williamson Mr. John C. Wilson ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. Mr. C. 0. Emmerich IE xecuti ve Director Mr. Harold E. Barrett Associate Administra tor for Opera tion s (and Director of Neighborhood Services Organization) Mr. William W. Allison As soc iate Administrator for Planning u % Mr. William G. Terry Ass ociat e Administrator or Genera l Service s (and Director of Merit System) 4.' t- Mr. Luther A. Mclendon, Jr. Director of F inance % 4. .J t4. QM .Jo M a>o M ~< >- wi::j t- a: a: %

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Earl Lan der s Administrative Ass istant Off ice of the Ma yor City Hal l Co1i1n\}fi ta , Ga . 30303 No . 5 Economic Opportunity Atlanta National Background The l 960's were a turning point in public awareness of large numbers of poor, living in the midst of a prosperous United States. The '60's were also important in terms of Federal involvement, seeing the greatest amount of anti-poverty legislation since the New Deal. The previous decade affected the mood of the nation . The Korean War ended, releasing resources for domestic needs. The Civil Rights movement and the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision emphasized equal opportunity for all persons. The labor market began to feel the effects of automation which eliminated many unskilled jobs. The nation discovered rural (often, regional) and urban pockets of poverty where families had experienced persistent unemployment and poverty through several generations. New attitudes towards poverty arose. The new goals were to lift people out of poverty and change the quality of their lives instead of providing custodial care for them . Attitudes of the poor had changed, too. In the past, many poor knew poverty as a temporary state . Today, many poor persons see no 'NOY ciut of poverty, regarding it as a permanent state for them selves and their children . The 1960 census provided the statistical infor~a tion for definition of the extent of poverty in the United States. In 1963, Michael Harrington in The Other America stated that if the poverty level was between $3000 and $3500 for an urban family of four, approximately SO-million persons would be living in poverty. Leon Keyserling, former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors and author · of Poverty and Deprivation in the United States ( 1962) estimated in 1963 that 34-million persons would be defined as poo r using Government criteria, which at that time were $3000 per year for a family of four and $1500 per year for an individual. He felt that these were conservative estimates enormously below the Department of Labor's "modest but ade quate" budget in 1963 : $6,000 for families and $2750 for individuals. Keyserling estimated that more than 66-million persons, 35 ½ % of our population in 1963, were living in poverty or on the verge of poverty in "deprivation". Inception ol EOA Atlanta also was involved in studying the characteristics and needs of its growing population . In 1962, ~he Community Council of the Atlanta Area, an independent social planning body, completed a study of the city which ranked each census tract on a socioeconomic scale and determined which areas were found to be poor then, according to Federal criteria for poverty, and many of these poor lived in areas adjacent to Atlanta's Central Business District. Thousands were unemployed, under-employed, functionally illiterate, poorly housed, lacking adequate medical care. The Community Council with foundation assistance began a year- long pilot project, a demonstration service center in one of the neighborhoods. This project demonstrated the need for realistic services for individuals living in poverty-based on their own suggestions-and the need for coordination on the neighborhood level of all existing public and private services. Armed with this knowledge and anticipating passage of the Economic Opportunity Act, Atlanta's Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and the Fulton County Commissioners passed a joint resolution in mid-Aug ust, 1964, establishing the Atlanta-Fulton County Economic Opportunity Authority. Major provisions of the resolution were : l . Establishment of the Authority, composed of 13 unsalaried members, six appointed by the Mayor, si x by the Chairman of the Fulton County Com-__ mission, with a l 3th appointed by both to serve as chairman . 2 . Provision for subsequent incorporation of the Authority under Georgia laws as a non-profit, charitable, educational, and philanthropic corporation . 3 . Authorization to hire an Executive Director and other staff. 4 . Appropriation of City and County funds for organization prior to receipt of Federal funds. 5 . Authorization to apply for, receive, expend, or dis pose of governmental funds. 6. Establishment of a Technical Advisory Committee of representatives from local government and community organizations . 7. Establishment of a Citizens' Participation Committee of residents who are or have been adversely affected by existing socio-economic conditions. 8 . Implementation of a program mobilizing and util izing all public and private resources to combat poverty. With assistance from the Community Council, the Authority prepared an application for Community Ac tion Program (CAP) funds under Title 11 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which it submitted on November 16, 1964. Atlanta was among the first urban areas funded ; the initial grant was ann ounced on Novembe r 23, 1964. This grant prov ided $ 1,0 80,000 in Federal funds, to be matched by $ 120,000 in local funds, and covered the period from November 23, 1964 to September l, 1965. Publ ished Fehrun r y, Apri l, Jun e, Augu st, Octob e r nncl Decemb er b y the L eiigue or Wom en Voter s of Atlnnta-F ul ton Coun ty . P ub li s hin g Head · quarl e rs--;-140L Penchtre7 St. , N.E. , Sui te 300, Atln.nta , Gn . 30309. Ente r e d ns second cla ss mu tter at Atlunta, Ga., und er Act of Mu r ch 8, 1 79 , l eague n1e mh ers h 1p; $6 , wh ic h 11.1clud es subsc ription to FA CT , . Pres ide nt, M:rs . L. Gl e n Pnr hnm ; Ed itor, l\fr s. F. P. Ro . s mnn , assisted by ~!r s . H um nn R esotu-ces Chnirmnn. idn e v D av is, · �In June, 1965, as directed by the resolution, the Authority was rechartered as a private, non-profit corporation and renamed Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. The articles of incorporation stated, "The purpose of the corporation shall be to mobilize and utilize all public and private resources .. . toward the elimination of poverty through developing edu cational and employment opportunities, improving human performance, motivation and productivity, and bettering the conditions under which people live, learn, and work . .. " EOA s Board of Directors 1 When the policy-making Board was first created by the joint resolution mentioned earlier, it was com posed of 13 appointed members. Enlarged to l 5 members, in June, 1965, as a condition of OEO's 1966 CAP grant to Atlanta the Board was enlarged, in late Spring, to include four representatives of the poor, to be elected by and from residents of low - income neighborhoods qualifying for EOA programs. On February 15, 1967, the Board again amended the charter to change the composition of the Board to its present form . (See o rganization chart ) The Board has retained its original members and added more representatives of the areas served by EOA ( l / 3 of the members now are from these areas ) . Advisory Committees 1 Block Organizations Originally, two advisory committees existed : the Citizens Participation Committee-SO persons affected by poverty, who would prov ide information on needs of the poor and help plan ; and the Technical Adv isory Committee-SO representatives of local agencies concerned with poverty, to help coord inate and plan programs and to prevent duplicat ion . In 1966, elections were held in the neighborhoods to choose representatives to serve on neighborhood and city-wide advisory committees and the EOA Board . Each EOA target area is divided into 20 or more "area blocks' ~. People living within these blocks are encouraged to participate in organizing block clubs, electi ng officers, and determ ining their own agenda . The goals include involvement of more residents and citiz~nship education . In 1967 11,528 persons voted in EOA ne ighborhood elections. Each block organization chose one representat ive to serve on its C itizens' Neighborhood Advisory Council. Each CNAC selected three representat ives to serve on the Citizens' Central Advisory Council (CCAC ) , which replaced the Citi zens' Participation Committee, and one to serve on the EOA Board of Directors. The Tech n ical Adv isory Committee exi sts unchanged . EOA Administration The administrative staff is in the process of chang ing its organizational structure. Its present structure is shown in the organization chart which follows : O·RGANIZATION OF Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. un der Office of Economic Oppo rtunity Notional - Regionol - State - -- Policy-Makin g Board in a ccordance with F eb. 1967 ohart er a mendm ent ould consist of 42 member s with 1-yr. terms : 12 member s or 1/ 3 of total Board t o be elect ed by democratic procedure from t arget a1·ea s ; 12 r epresenitatives of At lanta / Fult on County comm u nity gro ups a nd m a j or public agencies concerned w ith poverty; 12 representat ives of Atlanta / Fult on ·· Co unty poverty-concerned groups, such as organ ized labor, busin essmen 's associ ati on s, ma jor r elig ious, minorit y, r acia l, and ethn ic organi zat ion s and private socia l servi ce agencies; [ Se1eCJt ion of represent at ives is made by t he gr oups or a gen cies ; design ations of gr oups a nd a gencies to be r epresented is by the Ma yor of Atlant a a nd the F ul t on County Commission Cha irm an, in consultati on w ith EOA.] 3 representatives each from Gwinnett an d Rockd a le Countiesone to r epresent county officials and public agencies , one r epr esenting major community gro ups, a nd on e a r es ident of a r ea ser ved, to be select ed democr aticall y. (Plus a ny other counties which choose t o join EOA ) EOA's adm inistrat ion has had the reputati on of being consistently strong and dynamic. Mr. C. 0 . Emmeri c h se rved a s Executive Directo r until hi s un expected d eath in June, 1967 . Mr. Thomas " J im " Parham wa s c hosen by the Board a s the new Exec ut ive Directo r. A small a d m ini strative, p lanninq , a nd c le rical staff is located a t l 0 1 Marietta St . NW. Program The heart of EOA's p rogram a re th e Ne ig hbo rhood Se rvice Ce nte rs, whe re existing se rvic es and pro g ram s a re coo rd ina t ed a t locations within the lowin come neig hbo rhoods. Fourtee n Ne igh borhood Se rvice Ce nters (NSC ) we re esta bl ished d ur ing EOA 's first two yea rs . Two of these a re the Gw inne tt a nd Rockdale County o ffices; t he other 12 a re located in At la nta a nd Fu lton County. T hey are : Centra l City, East Present A ministrative Staff E xecut ive Director Direct or of Finance - - -- - A ssoc. Adm . for Operati ons 14 Neig hborhood Ser vice Center s Direct ors E x t ensi'O n Area Ma nager s Social Ser vice Supervisors Inta ke and Referr al Worker s Aides Cleri cal Staff I 1- I - Direct or of Community Relat ions Assoc . A dm. for P lann ing I Assoc . Adm . for Gener a1 Services I I Contract Direct or, A gencies Merit System Ce ntral , Edgewood, Nash -Wa shing ton , North Fulton, Northwest ( Pe rry Homes ), Pi ttsbu rgs, Price, South Fulton, Summe rhill -Mec han icsv ill e, West Central , and We st End . NSC staff me mbe rs conducted approx imate ly 33 ,000 interv iews dur ing the f irst two yea rs, and a ccord ing to EOA fi gures, had hel d a tota l of 142,305 inte rv iews a t t he end of A ugust, 1967 . T he ce nters provide as their ma jor se rvi ce an in fo rma ti on and refer ra l service which fin ds people who need he lp a r. d gets them t o the approp riate se rv ices. Th ey offer li mited general counseling , commu nity partic ipat ion and o rgani zati on th ro ug h bl ock groups, neighborhood EOA e lecti ons, neighbo rhood comm ittees wo rki ng to so lve problems ; and some e m pl oyme nt as Neighborhood Aides (2 14 before 1967 budget cut, 145 now ) . Aides find fam ilies in need of hel p, direct them to the Cente r, and main tai n cont a ct with the m . �The needs of residents who come to the Center are determined through counseling, and they are referred or taken to the approprkate service. The three main categories of service offered to citizens by the NSC are Employment (Manpower ) Services, Education, and Social Services. Of all individuals coming to Ne ighborhood Centers in Atlanta, 72 % wanted jobs. In addition to services offered by the NSC staff, other programs are channeled through the Center, and other agencies in the city have representatives in the Center, either on a voluntary or contract basis. A number of EOA's programs are contracted by EOA to other groups or agencies in the city, and then administered by these contracting groups. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS I. Administered by E OA: Neig hborhood Service Center s : Coordin at e EOA ser vices in n eighbor hoods served. Neighborhood Youth Corps (out-of-school progr a m): J ob-t raining, employment for youths 16-21. Men's J ob Corps (recruit ing): J ob-t rain ing at training cen ters for out-of- school unemployed boys 16-21. Recruit ing from 8 counties•. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America ): Domestic Peace Corps. ACEO- Atlant a Con cen t rated Employment Progr am: N ew program designed t o t rain and place 2,500 consistently unemployed or under-employed people in permanent jobs du ring the next year. Businesses, agencies, a r e to provide jobs. Par ent and Child Cent er: Planning grant r eceived to desig n a parent education program for low-income families, including planned parenthood, parent-child relat ionships, hou se hold skills, a nd use of communit y faci'Hties. (EOA pla nning ) Price Area Health Center: New center to provide complete medical services, except ho&pitalization, for 22,000 people in Price neighborhood. (Now being organ ized by EOA, Fulron County Medical Assn., Emory School of Medicine ,and 15 health and planning agencies working to establish ce-nter.) II. Cont ract ed by E OA to ot her groups or agencies : Headstart : Summer program for pr e-school ch ildren from low-inC'ome homes (Atlant a Board of Education and privat e pr eschoo1s) Day-Care Centers : Supervised care for children in order to release parents for job training and job opportunities (Private or ganizations) Manpower Placement: Counselor in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide job placem ent and r eferrals to other services (Georgia State Employment Service ) Atlanta Employment Evaluation a nd Service Center : A centralized service, first of its kind in the na tion, to diagnose a nd evaluate work potential a nd training needs of difficult cases and follow up job prog ress (Vocational Rehabilitation ) "--- - - Legal Ser vices : P r eviously, Legal Aid lawyers worked part-time at Neig hborhood Service Cent er s. Presently, a central Legal Assistance Cent er is located in t he Fulton County Court House; two n ew Legal Aid centers operate in low-income neighborhoods (L€gal A id Society) Planned Parenthood : Family planning service (Pla nned Par enthood A ssn .) Multi-Service Centers for t he Aged : Recr eation , social service, and day care for families living in the three hig h-rise apartments for the aged built by Atlanta Pub1ic H ousing Authority (Sen ior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta) Foster Grandparent : Provides children in institutions with adult affection and companion ship while g iving older citizen s useful, satisfying jobs. (Senior Citizen Services of M et ropolitan Atlanta) Neighborhood Youth Corps (in school): Training and employment of low-income high school youths to provide work experience and money to enable them t o r emain in schoo1 (Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education) Project Enable: Group education for low-income parents to incr ease s elf-h elp motivation (Atlanta Urban L€ague) Research Prog rams- 1) Evaluation: 18-months eva1uation of Atla nta's CAP, under con tract t o OEO (Emory University Center for Research in Social Ch ange) 2) Electronic Data Processing Progam: Pilot stud y for automated acco unting and financia l work (Electronics Data Systems Gorp .) III. Indep endent Coop erating Progra ms : Youth Opportunity Center : Counseling , t est ing, r eferr al to other a gencies for remedial ed ucation or training ; for employm ent needs of youths 16-21 (Georg ia State Employment Service ) College Work S tudy P rog ram : P art ~time employment to keep youths from low-income families in co11ege (8 Atlanta area colleges) Project U pward. Bound : To r educe drop-•out rate of 11th a nd 12th graders by providing r emedial a nd interest classes a nd encouraging t hem t o seek further education (3 colleges : Morehouse, Morris Brown, Emory U niv.) Women's Job Corps : Job-tr a ining at training center s for out-of-school, unemployed g irls 16-21; local r ecruitment (WICSWomen in Community Service ) Crime Prevention : Po·l ice wo rk in ea.ch Neig hborhood Service Center to become fri ends with residents and help them with t heh- problem s (Atlanta Police Depa rtment) MOTA- Manpower Development and Training Act of 196 2: J ob training for needed skills (Georgia St at e Employment Service and Atla nta Boa r d of Education) Project Hire-H elp Initiat e Renewed Employment : Employ ment service for t he worker 50 and over (Georgia State Emp loyment Service) Golden Age E mployment Ser vice : same as above (Atlanta section, Na ti onal Council of J ewish Women) Adult Ba sic E duca tion : I nstruction in r eading a nd w riting for adults over 18 who ar e unable to fun ction on a n 8th grade level, to improve their emp'loyment p otential (Atlanta Board of Educat ion ) �Programs discontinued due to lack of EOA funds: Project Bees-Biz, community schools, homemaker services during emergencies, home management train- ing, four Public Health nurses, recreation programs conducted by Recreation Technicians at Neighborhood Centers, Small Business Development Center, Volunteer Task Force. Total FUNDS administered by EOA (figures from EOA *) Total Federal Local 12-1-64 thru 12-31-66 (2 years including initial CAP grant) $13,408,151 $11,504,109 $1,904,042 ) 7,693,874 1-1-67 thru 12-31-67 plus funds to mid-1968 for some programs 15,699,248 1,994,626

All OEO grantees a.re required to have a CPA-approved accounting system and to submit regular professional, independent audits.

Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. suffered a 38.2% budget cut in 1967, due to Congressional r eductions. A 32 % budget cut is expected for 1968 due to changes in the way appropriations are handled even if Congress provides adequate funding. Evaluation The Center for Research in Social Change at Emory University is under contract to OEO for an in-depth 18 month evaluation of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. - one of seven such evaluations in the nation. Research has not been completed, no fihal judgments have been made, and the report itself will be confidential until released by Washington OEO. In August, Dr. Fred Crawford, Principal Investigator, released a short review of his first year's work in which he stated that Atlanta's Neighborhood Service Centers have had some impact in the community, particularly in changing the lives of individuals by enabling them to participate more fully in our socio-economic system. One of EOA's strongest accomplishments is involvement of residents of poverty neighborhoods in the activities of the centers, including their representation on the EOA Board. He also emphasized the importance of citizens becoming interested in exercising their voting responsibilities and registering to vote. The evaluating staff has given its suggestions for changes for g reGtCi effic!ency and effectiveness t8 EOA, and the changes are being implemented. Dr. Crawford stated, "Viewed in terms of transition and growth, EOA is making progress toward accomplish ing the goals established under the War on Poverty. . .. EOA should be continued, refined, and expanded to maximize its efforts to reach the total poverty population in this metropolitan area." Conllict Poverty causes complex pro blems and attitudes. In the initial enthus iasm created by anti -poverty efforts, many persons expected immediate and dramatic solutions and have been impatient with slow progress. OEO and EOA provided a structure within government which gives the poor a voice. Conflict has S TATEMENT OF OWNER SHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Act of October 23, 1962; Section 4369, T itle 39, United States Code ) 1. D ate of Fil ing: October 11, 1967. 2. 'fi t le of Pub lication: E'ACTS. 3. ]frequency of I ssue: B i-monthl y . 4. Location of k nown Offi ce of Pub li cntio n: 1401 P eacht r ee St., N.E., S ui te 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. 5. Location of the Hencl~unrters or General Bu s iness Offi ces of the Publis hers: Same a a bove. 6. Names and Addresses of Publis her, E di tor n nd Ma.n ug ing E di to r : P ub lis her , League of Women Voters of Atl ,•nta-Fultou Coun ty, (Add m s above). E ditor : i\frs. F. P . Ros ma n, 1455 H ea r st Dr., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 3031 9. 7 . Owner: Non-profi t Organiza tion li sted abo ve. 8 . Known Bond holde rs, 1\1:ortg ugees, nnd other securi ty ho ld e1·s ow oing or holding 1 percent or more of totu l umount of bond s, !llortguges nr other securiti es: None. 9. Pnrag r a.p hs 7 and 8 includ e, in cases where t he stockhold er or security holder appear s upon t he books of the company as t ru stee or in a n y other fidu ciary r ela tion. th e name of t he per on or corporation for w hom s n r h tru stee is ncting, 11.Jso t he stutemeuts io t he two puragrnphs show t h e uffi n nt's fu ll knowledge u.nd b elief as to the circumstances and onditions und er wh ich stoc kholders and secu r it )• hold er s who do not appear u po n t he books of t he company as trustees. ho ld stock nod secur ities in a eapacity ot her t han t hat of a bo n n-fide owner. Nn mes nod nd dresses of individuals who nr e stockholcler s of n corpor ation w hich often resulted with existing agencies over programs, funds, and personnel. Some established institutions and political groups have regarded the participation and the votes of the poor as threats. Controversy has resulted from direct Federal funding of local agencies, which has left the program relatively free of strong political influence up to the present. Criticism often has been aimed at administrative costs, although these are comparable with those of similar organizations. For instance, the national Office of Economic Opportunity spends 3 % of the entire OEO budget for administrative costs less administrative ,.,overhead" than the National Red Cross or the Salvation Army. Benefits EOA has enjoyed good community relations and support, and good press coverage. The Mayor of Atlanta supported adequate funding, stating that EOA was a major factor in keeping communications open and preventing rioting here last Summer. Many of the poor have registered to vote for the first time, thus finding a voice in the political process. Fu!tc n County launched a perma~ent year-rcur:d veter registration program, including Neighborhood Service Centers among the 35 new registration centers. The EOA staff is selected without discrimination and is well integrated racially at all levels. The Board is integrated racially, economically and socially, with all its members sitting down together on an equal basis to discuss community problems. EOA has served as a structure through which the city has accepted many federal grants. The economy · of the City of Atlanta has received a significant boost from the over $ 2 5 -million in federal money which EOA has brought into the city ove r the pa st three years, not to mention the economic "muliplier" effect which touches off additio nal rounds of employment and subsequent spending. itself_ is a s tock ho lder_ or l1older of _bond , mortgage or other seru n t1es o f th e pub h sh m g corpo ration ha,ve b een includ ed in para.gra ph s 7 nncl 8 w hen t he interests of su ch individua ls are equiva lent to 1 perce nt or more of t he total amoun t of t he stock or securi t ies of tho publi shing corporation. IO This item must be com1,leted fo r all publi cations except those whic h do not carry advertis ing othe r t han t he publi her's own nncl whi ch a.re nurned in sectio n 1 32.23 1, 132.232 and 132.233. Posta l Manu"I (Sectio n 4355a, 4355 b an d 4356 of Title 39, Ou ile<l St/Lies Code). Avernge No Co pi es S ing le I ssu e each issue during nen rest to pr eceding 12 mos. fi ling d11te 'l'ot.nl No. Copies Printed ( not press r un ) 2,258 2,5 00 Pui cl irc•1l:lt,ion: 1) a Jes t hr u denier s nnd rrn-ri ers, street vendo rs and coun ter sa les 425 520 2) Mail sub scriptio n l ,4 37 1,598 'l'ota l Pnid ircu latiou 1,8 62 2,1 1 3 l~ree Di tribution ( including s ,imples) by Mail, arrier or other men n 0 0 ~l'otnl D istribution 1,862 2, 1 13 I certify that th e and c·omplete. tntemcnts m11d e by me above are correct FRANCTES H. ROSSi\f.<L', Editor �