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Show communities offering the most adequate facilities. The centers will insure increased accessibility to services and activities in the communities. Surrounding areas within the model neighborhood will also benefit from Discussions have been conducted between Salt Lake City and County Commissioners to determine fiscal responsibility for the Community Center. When a decision is reached on this matter serious consideration can be given to sources of future funding and the extent of City a coordinated program development within those Demonstration Agency centers. Continuing expenses will be absorbed by the Salt Lake County Department of Social involvement. Senior Citizen Nutrition Program in assuming Services, responsibility for multi-purpos- e center development and coordination. Community centers are partially funded through Social Services task force. The aged in the community have offered their services and talents through the years which has provided us with many bounties and comforts. This" project is returning services to the senior citizens who can't always insure for themselves nutritious pre-scho- and social services. Bonnie Hartley works with the local Welfare Rights Organization, as well as the task force. Central City Center neighborhood. With the Salt Lake County Council on Aging administrating nutritional the program, low-colunches and nutrition training for senior citizens will be conducted in three community schools and in two centers in the model neighborhood. Several Project part-tim- e aides will cultural and recreational Model Cities, through this project, continuing staff support to the Central City Community Center, located in the model building, administration, program development and transportation. Short range objectives for this project are assistance and support to Salt Lake City by providing funds for the additional personnel. The city of Salt Lake, as the operating agency and fiscal agent for this project, will provide the necessary staff support by funding three specific positions assistant director of building -- Where as problems can occur m dynamic part of society. The of this project Central City and People's Free Way, feel the impact of the overall services of the center, but it will benefit the entire community. The Central City -- Community Center and respective staff are an important segment of an efficient coordinated service mothers. While the YWCA has been very much a part of the community, this project expands its services and programs to the west side, in an effort to reach young women not previously acquainted with the YWCA Lake, cooking for themselves, dating each other and learning the skills of living respectfully found only in a home environment. Model Cities funded the amount needed to furnish the beautiful homes and the vechiles to transport the "students." Both the boys and girls group homes are supervised by house parents that live '24 hours' a day with the retarded students. The efforts of the house parents is the singularly most important part of the program. They teach the young people household skills, self respect and dependability. Along the students. Emotional problems are handled by State School staff made up of social workers, psychologists and other specialists. Vocational training is another segment of the pilot project, the only one of its kind in the nation. The project offers, as no system can, the special learning environments that enable these special students to capitalize on their necessary to maintain -- Nora Smith, a resident, also works with the YWCA project. a household. The services offered are performed within the clients home by the homemaking and homemaker aides. The project is designed to help those who are ill or disabled, alone, convalescent, etc., in maintaining respectable home environments. Necessarily, this is a county wide project under the terms of Federal Assistance Programs. However, the large portion of impact the project will bring will be felt in the model Here clients will receive the aid needed to develop homemaking skills, experience routines with baby and and increased ability to maintain their own home environment. own capabilities making them very much a part of their society. preparation of meals, care of children and other activities neighborhood. child care provided. Some eight girls and seven boys, all mentally retarded, are living in two group homes in Salt learning experiences are designed to have a "normalizing" effect on mopping, dusting, care of clothing, planning and Project activities will provide a day away from the usual ol Program attend community schools for standard education. The overall include sweeping floors, program. pre-scho- Utah State Training with the home teaching, the students date each other and aides, five trained presently, eighteen to be added later, The purpose of this project is to generate interest and provide methods for young women to become an important and homes where ineffective homemaking and housekeeping practices occur, this project offers to individuals and families help and guidance in household tasks. Services offered by trained Project young women, or unwed delivery system. Homemaker Project YWCA and a bus driver. Not only will the immediate s, homemaking arts. needs, the of illness incidence reducing and mortality among their age group. director of program development administration, an assistant e self-image- activities. These important and valuable services will enable the aged, 55 years or older, to care for ultimate goal will be to enable them to reach their full potential as women, wives, mothers and county-wid- employed. Unwed mothers will be able to join in on group experiences that will be meeting emotional needs, such as improving and learning to relate to others. Special classes will be held in child care and the their own nutritional neighborhood, for target area be e supervise social, vocational, The second action year sees ol pollution, family planning, and the barriers which separate ethnic groups. Family life studies will be included involving both husband and wife. Group counseling and other therapeutic techniques will st multi-purpos- in Problem areas will include The supervisor of the project is the director of the Coucil on Aging. The organization has demonstrated its committment to the Model Cities Program by providing staff support for the development of services for the elderly residents of the model added to federal Health, Education and Welfare funds, bringing about the services needed in maintaining the most favorable home environments possible in the community. will be the child. education of the Group energy will be directed to the solving of social problems within the model neighborhood. parental involvement meals, meal planning, companionship Matching Model Cities funds Classes in group instruction will include sewing, arts and crafts, nutrition, pysical fitness and FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL EDITH ONTRIVEROS, AT 467-941- 6. |