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Show t - New Program for Better Services Residents, Task Force Members i t i s f - by Barbara Smith Why is it that with so many educational and social services available in the community, the Salt Lake City 3 f rl j Is !! woman down the street cannot prepare a nourishing meal, the elderly couple around the corner are living shabbily on their meager pensions, the family in the gray house haven't enough Hosting The H I Second Annual Conference Of The warm clothes and the child playing in the gutter needs medical attention? Why is it that the people who Region 8 Citizens Council Oct. 12-1- 4, need the help the most are always neglected? According to Jack McDonald of the Bureau of Community Development, University of Utah, some of the reasons might be ignorance about available services and lack of adequate 1972 Hotel Utah Motor Lodge transportation. Registration: Thurs. Oct. 12, 8:00 a.m. "I once had to find where many of the agencies were located. It took a lot of time just finding out where they were. It Workshops Speakers Valuable Information For Residents! atmosphere of these agencies is not homey. People are run the working hours of the people. "All we would be doing," says through like so many sheep, all in the name of efficiency." "We are pigeon-holeand feel alienated in a strange building," commented another woman. services." McDonald stressed the fact d Schools are the logical answer. They are within walking distance for practically everyone and are familiar places to the agencies, strengthening bonds. The first step would be to document the needs of the needed, Employment agreed I could get uptown." Another reason, added Mary Lou Christie, Jackson Community School, is working in harmony with them. "It's just that most people would rather come to a school seeking comfort and security in a familiar place." The program would initiate at Jackson Community School, and should it prove successful, a long range goal is to install a similiar program in all the schools. In the immediate future a sickle cell anemia workshop is planned. Mrs. Mary Lou Christie Lucy Otero, Director for Jackson Community School. "As for bus can get to Las Vegas service, No Cost For Workshops. competing with the various , existing agencies, but would be community. The staff of the program could be compared to a spider, weaving webs from the people to resources to the Jackson Jackson community. For quicker than be help, than an agency across town. This program would bring the assistance directly to the people, rather than have them traveling great distances, sometimes giving up along the way. There is would be practically impossible and very frustating for someone who couldn't speak or read English to find the help they I that they would not residents. The newly proposed Jackson project would serve as a human resource center through which a variety of agencies would funnel their neighborhood Out-reac- h PLAN NOW TO ATTEND. I McDonald, "is decentralizing agencies and improving their "that the example, should there be a high unemployment rate, then personnel from the State Agency would come to the school and work with the people to rectify the situation. The hours of the center would bend to the convenience of the people in the area. Another reason why people don't use services is that the hours the agencies are open conflict with ANNUAL MINORITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANQUET is instrumental in the of the workshop. Dr. John Greene from the University and medical interns will work in this program. construction The pilot program for offering services in community schools is funded by Community Development funds through the State of Utah. Volunteers Needed To IN CONJUNCTION WITH Assist 1 l4 'I it CONFERENCE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY u. Northwest Multi-Purpos- Center e 1300 West 200 North f j1 fe 4 FOR TICKETS PLEASE CALL U FOUR SEASON WEST 3618 HIGHLAND DRIVE 359-776- INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS I - i I i Conference. 4 COCKTAIL HOUR DINNER Region 8 Citizens Council 8:00 a m OCTOBER 12, 1972 With 7:00 P.M 8:00 P.M Call Dorothy, 467-941- 6 |