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Show What Can You Do About the Cutting of Social Programs The following information came out of meetings held by Community Action Program staff and residents during the past week in response to President work, etc. b. Councils, program Congress to eliminate many social 4. Call and write your such as the programs Community Action Program and Model Cities. A list of suggestions for residents follows: programs. Appearances on television programs, news releases, letters to the editor. Common Carrier, individual As Senator Birch Bye said, "Nixon's hope is that we will turn over and play dead. I don't intend develop human interest stories, etc. 3. Coalition - We need to coalition with concerned groups and organizations to do that and neither do other members of Congress." That's the question we face - are we going to turn over and play dead? Are we in work, but you need to do yours." Local CAP director Andy Gallegos and former CAP director Bill Biggs flew to Washington, D. C. last week to meet with Utah Congressional delegates and The Honorable Wallace Bennett United State Senate 1 1 21 Derksen Building, Wash. 255-544- D . C suggestions for residents of Utah. The following lists organizations who are pledging support for the continuation of community action and other programs are: National Association for Community Development National Urban Coalition Leadership Institute for Community Development National Association of Counties Council of State Legislators The Honorable Frank United States Senate New Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. Phone: 225-301- 1 (202) Representative Wayne Owens House of Representatives 222 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. Phone:225-301- (202) 1 Federal Building neighborhoods and persons served by CAP and other programs. Also, we need to (resolutions, active participants in a coalition, etc.) from local and 6 need support state government; county immediately. b. Project directors and staff need to immediately notify participants of the proposed s in programs and the effect this may have. c. Neighborhood councils, related organizations and b. Private organizations. concerned community groups Churches, Unions, neighborhood councils and associations, Lions and Kiwanis Clubs, the Jaycees, education groups, social clubs, cut-back- need to "speak out." Ogden, Utah Phone: 399-681- National League of Cities governments, municipalities and city commissions, the Governor, the state legislature. Salt Lake City and County Commissioners have already unanimously passed resolutions requesting the lifting of the suspensions of housing and manpower programs. Similiar resolutions are before the State Legislature. Resolutions on these, OEO and other programs need to be presented to every level of government in the State. program to contact every resident in our target areas needs to begin Do this today, another letter or phone call tomorrow, ask your neighbor, send one next week. Let them know how you feel. b. Congressman Wayne Owens will be holding a public hearing on the cutbacks, February 15, in the Salt Lake City Board Room. You may call his local office and ask to speak. Attend! The local newspapers will announce the time. (Model Neighborhood News will furnish this information as quickly as we have it.) c. All four Congressmen will be in Utah during the period of approximately February 10- - 19. Call and set up a meeting. d. CAP hopes to schedule a approximately 500 target area residents and provides services to approximately 28,000 people.) a. We need to talk to and work with all those people in to and know of such meeting this month with all four Congressmen. Remember that not only the continuation of OEO and the Community Action Program is at stake, but the total effort. Housing, manpower, education and social service programs are all threatened. organizations. Contact them immediately, ask to speak before CAP staff went on to explain Utah who have concerned organizations. 2. General Public Opinion We need to inform the general public of the effect of the elimination of CAP and all the other programs serving the poor and moderate income. (This -- includes the Model Cities program which employs a social conscience, believe in "helping thy neighborhood." Remind people that two years from now they may need help, be out work, etc. Specifically, each person, resident and staff needs to talk to their neighbors. Each person needs to talk to and work with all the groups they belong to - minority groups, women's organizations, all need to be contacted and asked to work for the continuation of CAP and other social service programs such as Model Cities. All of you belong A State coalition of Representatives of labor unions, churches, League of Women Voters, educators, neighborhood councils, minority groups, and governmental groups are meeting Thursday, February 8, to hopefully develop a organization. Each community and neighborhood State-wid- e State-wid- e anti-povert- y the meaning of the cutbacks, them, involve them. c. planned by residents to fill in the community a need will be eliminated before they really got started. Youngsters, adults and senior citizens all will be affected by the elimination of necessary services to enhance their lives. Moss Mayors City Managers Association "help thy neighborhood." a. an intensified outreach citizen participation. Projects E. The Honorable Gunn McKay United States Senate specifically what we can do. 1. We need to inform and organize all the residents in our inform and work with persons who believe in the concept of demonstrate the value of new projects and the potential of (202) 4 Conference United States Conference of We The local Model Cities program will not have it's guaranteed five years to Phone: . National Governors' brought back the following -- lost. recommendations do not provide for making social programs more effective, but simply eliminating them. People employed by these programs across the country will be fired, many of them unskilled will go into factory or office work as their experience and training has been in working with people and providing services. Apart from the tremendous impact of sudden unemployment, millions more were receiving valuable services, had acquired some hope this State. a. Local and state government - National, going to face this unprecedented challenge to all social programs for low and moderate income people? All five (5) Congressmen we spoke to said, "we will do our Congressmen, especially Senator Wallace Bennett who has not taken a stand. a exposed to participating in the of planning and decision-makin- g local government. All this will be President Nixon's Any past differences need to be put aside in a unified local and State effort. directors and residents need to inform the news media of the effect of the cut backs and elimination of CAP and other Nixon's recommendations to accelerated tax depreciation and tax loopholes for affluent are continued. area needs to develop a similar malition of local organizations. church, social, neighborhood, Page 4 for their futures and had been stating that the elimination or severe cut backs of all programs providing services to those most in need, the poor, lower income and elderly persons leaves the local government without funds to pick up the programs. In contrast, the big budget items of defense, space, etc. are increased by the Administration. Oil depletion, airline subsidies, Project Reality Methadone is itself a dangerous addictive drug. It must be administered under carefully controlled circumstances. Project There are many comparisons Reality provides the careful which can accurately be made control and supervision which between the disease cancer and makes it possible for these 175 the disease of heroin addiction. addicts to take advantage of this Like cancer, heroin addiction is "drug hunger quelling" constantly in the public spotlight. substance. Project Reality The press, radio and T.V., schools enables addicts to stay well and movies - all bombard us with function normally without information which makes us fear heroin, while rebuilding their and dread one as we do the other. character and normal This supersaturation of public community life. attention has a curious effect. A Supporting the United Fund man who suspects that he has enables Project Reality and the cancer may be afraid to see his five other drug agencies doctor, and therefore let the in our community to carry on disease spread silently through his their work. Your United Fund body. The citizens of a city contribution is something you suffering a dramatic rise in crime can do personally to join the fight may suspect that the symptom against drug abuse. indicates the silent spread of If you are aware of someone heroin addiction, but do nothing who needs help to break the because the truth is too heroin cycle, call Project Reality unpleasant to face. Heroin is a reality in the Many persons are unaware of Greater Salt Lake Area. There are how to take advantage of services more than 400 known heroin provided by the fifty United full-tim- e -- 364-8080. addicts in this area. Unfortunately, too many of us, the citizens, are still ignoring this unpleasant truth. Our police, our mayors, the news media, and our educators are telling us to act now to stop the spreading disease. But like the man who fears cancer, we are afraid to act, or perhaps we don't know what we can do to Fund agencies, or other community services. If you need assistance from a United Fund agency, or other service agency, but don't know how to get it, call the Community Services Council 486-2136 they will try to direct -- -- you to the community agency best suited to help you meet your needs. help. Helping 175 heroin addicts There are, however, people break the habit and rebuild their at Project Reality, a United Fund character is just one job your r agency, who are not afraid to face United Fund the reality of heroin addiction, contribution does. The Utah once-per-yea- and who .possess! the skills United Fund annual drive necessary to deal with this supports fifty local community difficult problem. They are service agencies, fifty different helping 175 heroin addicts, more ways your one gift extends a addicts than in any other helping hand to your neighbor program, to break the chains of who needs one. drug dependency through the use of the drug methadone along with psychological and psychiatric rehabilitation. |