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Show Page 5 Concept Of CAP To Continue. Despite Federal Cuts At its annual meeting April 11, the Salt Lake County Community Action Program accepted the resignation of Andrew Gallegos as Executive Director .and appointed funding include local government. United Fund, private industries, fund raising, private foundations, state government and federal government. Hal Schultz as Acting. Director. Schultz was Director of the South County CAP and former director Human of the are: Southeast CAP. Jorge was elected Arce-Larret- a Chairman of the Board. The thirty-si- x member board has representation from public elected officials, representatives of the poor and private organizations. The board agreed to continue the concept of CAP as an advocate of the poor beyond Specific objectives of a Resource Corporation 1. Teach residents and councils how to resolve their problems in a socially acceptable and effective manner by working within the system rather than by fighting the system. 2. Assist residents and officials by helping to plan effective service programs and by seeking resources to operate September 1 when federal funding will no longer be them. forthcoming. A proposal for the which information can be establishment of a Human Resource Corporation and disseminated to the residents and through which residents can communicate information and ideas to community leaders, thus support to the Neighborhood Councils was unanimously approved. The board heard reports on the need, purpose and objectives of a Human Resource Corporation and the objectives of the Neighborhood Councils. Included in the report on the need for a continuation of an advocate for the poor were statistics indicating that there are an estimated 9,000 families living 3. Provide a channel through reducing the number of communication links that leaders must maintain. 4. Provide program planners (governmental and private) with assistance by providing statistics as well as by reviewing proposals and giving suggestions for improvement. 5. Serve as liason between Salt Lake County with annual incomes below the poverty level. The report continued, "Recent actions taken by the Federal resident organizations and other groups such as the State Economic Opportunity Office as well as housing, law enforcement, government have significantly reduced the effectiveness of education and manpower in anti-povert- efforts y in maximized progress inthe fight to eliminate human suffering and poverty will be halted and advances made over the past few years will be eroded is away." The Community Action Program has been the only organization in the country with the exclusive purpose of eliminating the broad range of problems that affect the poor. Thus, board members believe there will continue to be a need for resident input in the community's 6. Provide support and this country. Unless the impact of the limited resources that are now available agencies. decision-makin- g process and for an organization that can help focus the community's attention on poverty problems. A total budget of $72,742 will be needed to maintain this concept. Possible sources of technical assistance to neighborhood councils including such service as research, y information about related activities, help in finding Redwood Clean-u- p Underway The Redwood Community Council has launched a drive to fix-u- p clean-up- , in and paint-u- p the Redwood area. Efforts got underway on Wednesday, April 11, when a group of students collected all the garbage and trash around the Redwood Service Center at 2717 South Redwood Road. They carefully stacked the accumulated rubbage and swept the parking lot in an attempt to show others what a little "elbow grease" could do for a piece of property. The students attend a special "drop-out- " program at the Center each day and their pride in the building and the program was obvious by their enthusiasm1 and willingness to pitch in and get the job done. All residents of the RedwoodChesterfield community are encouraged to follow this fine example and "spruce up" their homes and tljB yards. The Council offering a $25.00 bond to the resident accomplishing the most in the clean-u- p campaign. Residents interested in competing for the bond should sign-uby May 1 and complete their work by June 1. An independent panel of judges from outside the Redwood area will judge the results and p is s 'fifth - select the winner. Whether you win the bond or not, you will have the satisfaction of participating in a worthwhile community effort and the pride in having a clean and attractive piece of property. If you would like more information on this project, call 466-8755. anti-povert- resources to pay council operating expenses, program and and assistance, help planning in developing and analyzing alternative courses of action. 7. Operate andor fund y service programs anti-povert- when it would be to the advantage of the participants, e.g.. Head Start programs, day care programs, VISTA housing housing programs, Self-Hel- p programs, mortgage credit counseling programs, etc. 8. Monitor programs being spun off from CAP as a result of Come and Vote ANNUAL ELECTION Redwood Community Council Wednesday, April 25 8:30a.m. 7:00p.m. -- At Redwood Service Center 2717 South Redwood Road Federal actions (Alcholism, Family Planning, Legal Services, etc.). Boundaries - 2200 West to the Jordan River, 2100 South to 3500 South |