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Show from Northwest Halfway House Proving Successful (from the Community Drug Crisis Center newsletter) The Adult Probation and Parole people seem to have come up with an idea that looks like it may start doing something about crime in Salt Lake City. The idea is now known as the Probation Halfway House. The House consists of three buildings, two of which house the 19 residents (with room for fifteen more) and one which contains the offices of Director Mike Cannon and his staff. The goal of Cannon and his staff is to help the residents become law-abidin- g and productive citizens. This is done with counseling, group therapy, education and vocational training. The main ingredient for producing better citizens becomes readily apparent when a person talks to Mike Cannon - it is his deep personal commitment to program for an average of two to four months. An average day goes something like this: up at 6:30 a.m., make the bed, shower and shave and out to breakfast and back to the house by 8:00 a.m. At 8:00 a.m., the resident signs out for school. Most of them go to the Skills Center at Irving Jr. High. Back to the house at 3:00 p.m. Those who aren't in trouble for violating a rule or something, may sign out at 6:00 p.m. to see a movie, visit friends or family, etc. until 1 1 :00 p.m. Isn't it dangerous to have these felons roaming the streets at night? The answer is no. Their neighbors are quite happy to have them around. Their buildings have been fixed up since they moved in, their grounds have been cleaned up, they are friendly and helpful and, in short, they have improved the neighborhood. Mike Cannon proudly tells stories of his residents applying first-aito a small boy who lives next door, and also donating blood for an elderly neighbor's open heart d helping people. The residents are all men who have been convicted of a felony and sentenced to serve time in the City County Jail, then placed on probation. As a condition of their probation, they must live at the Halfway House and particpate in the surgery. For more information on the Probation Halfway House, call 322-110or drop by at 323 West North Temple. 5 by Laura Briggs "Five or six years ago. Community Action Programs were directed toward providing for the opportunities for it poor. Now, perhaps might be well to take a new look at what CAP'S emphasis should be in the self-hel- p future." da Jorgenson , CAP Coordinator, challenged the I members of Northwest Community Council at their regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, January 9, at the Northwest Multi-Purpos- Center. e "Now, all manner of programs and opportunities are e available and to low-incom- culturally handicapped people," continued Mrs. Jorgenson. "These very programs are ready and waiting - and crying for people to participate. How can citizens be motivated to take advantage of the available programs and resources?" Coral Coffey, treasurer of the Northwest Community Council, agreed that Community Action had taken "one of the healthiest steps forward in adult education for the past generation" when they established the Community Schools. Mrs. Coffey did emphasize that she felt deeper studies needed to be made into the problems of the continuing rise in the dropout rate among minority children in junior high and high schools. She stated that she felt, "irrelevant curriculums, studies and activities which minority cultures had difficulty to" were significant factors in the school dropout rate relating for minority children. Tom Sessions, Chairman of the Northwest Council, added that he advocated strenthening School Advisory Councils, insisting that citizens who really the interests of a represented community be selected to serve all on these councils. Sessions ventured the Faron Ith, Model Cities Task opinion that, "All too often, I have observed that the Councils seem to consist of citizens sort of by superintendents and principals. These Advisory Council members are chosen because they tend not to criticize self-picke- Force Coordinator displays new signs to be used in identifying Model Cities Projects. Watch for d or rock the boat. This questionable practice serves to keep school officials safe and self-satisfied- ." Mrs. in Jorgenson, evaluating the past year's CAP programs stated that all had progressed far involved with the Developmental Security's present policy of being concerned solely with placement of an individual, not with Outreach or Job Development Disabilities School on 12th Avenue and is doing some photography and printing work. Programs. Mrs. Jorgenson concluded her report by stating that the Salt Lake Health Planning Council is reviewing the idea of placing a 3t the Northwest e Center. According to Mrs. Jorgenson, $10,000 will be needed to fund this program. st nurse-speciali- Multi-purpos- She stated ntermountain Regional Medical Association I might possibly be counted on for funds for the nurse-speciali- project, the balance would be applied for through Model Cities. Craig Peterson and George Boyack of the Federally Assisted Code Enforcement Program, narrated a slide presentation of the agency's recent and house-to-hous- inspection oode enforcement review of two Model Cities areas, one in the Northwest area and the other in the Westside community. The slide presentation emphasized how a properly administered e program of housing code enforcement can prevent slum and ghetto areas from happening. Northwest and Westside resource workers visited homes prior to the code inspections, explaining the purpose of the program. Homeowners were given the option of being responsible for recommended improvements or repairs on their own, or federal grants and loans were made available, as the individual case low-intere- st warranted. Peterson concluded his presentation by stating that the code enforcement program is a ten year target program which will cover all the Model Cities areas as well as other areas throughout Salt Lake County. Any Council may schedule the slide presentation by appointment, according to Peterson, by calling Frank Fraser, of the Salt Lake County Youth Council for Community Action, introduced members of the Youth Council from Magna, Keans, South Salt 364-362- 3. Lake and the Northwest Community Area. Shauna Peake and Dawna Hendrix are the Youth Council representatives from the Northwest community. Kris Stap, Northwest Youth Coordinator, informed the except for Manpower. She stated that the Manpower project would to is have to be re-writt- Applications Being st Northwest Community Council of some of the activities of the Council, which has 21 members beyond original projections these Signs! accomodate Employment at present. The Council Accepted For 200 Low-incom- e Dwellings Robert W. Wood, Chairman of the Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake announced on January 6 that the Housing Authority will be accepting e 200 for applications dwellings for families starting Tuesday, January 9, 1973. Applications may be obtained from the Housing Authority office at 2880 South Main, Office 206, Salt Lake City, from 8:30 low-incom- a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or they will be sent on request by calling the office at Low income families who are having difficulty finding decent housing at a price they can afford are urged to 487-747- 7. apply. Twenty dwellings located at 3680 South Main will be ready for occupancy about February 1, 1973 and many of the remaining 180 dwellings scattered throughout Salt Lake County will be ready starting in the summer. Some will not be ready for occupancy until late Fall. Applications are not being taken yet for the developments which will be for the elderly, to be located in Granger and on the County Complex at 21st South and State. These applications will be taken sometime in late 1973. Residents will be charged approximately 25 of their income for rent and utilities. Two, three, and four-bedroo- m residences will be available, most being townhouse-typ- e duplexes. |