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Show Page 3 -Federal-Supported Manpower Programs in Utah Manpower (This is the first article in a continuing series on the Manpower. Federally supported programs in Utah.) INTRODUCTION There are fourteen manpower programs in operation in Utah, they are administered at the federal level by the Department of Labor, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Office of Program other hand, significant expense Is Economic Opportunity, and the involved in providing such transportation, or in_ providing Department of the Interior. additional manpower service Locally, they are administered outlets. by the Division of Employment Another unmet need exists in the Security, State Board of Education, Basic Education area. Salt Lake Building Construction Adult and Trades Council, Local Alliance — Presently, it is estimated that only 2,000 persons of the of Businessmen, Division of about approximately 40,000 functionally Vocational Technical Education, Thiokol Chemical Corporation, illiterate in Utah are receiving Local Community Action Program, “basic” education, a situation that the Division of Family Services, and leaves barriers to the delivery of the Division of Rehabilitation other services those persons may need, as well as to their Services. Approximately $19 million in employability. It is currently estimated that the manpower funds come to State for needs of eighty to ninety per cent their operation. The number of disadvantaged in of the State’s target population is not being met by available Utah is an estimated 37,000 persons. In addition, it is estimated manpower programs. It is evident that handicapped persons, those that priorities should be established with physical, mental, or emotional so that complete, in-depth service impairments which could limit can be provided for selected work activities, comprise nearly five individuals, rather than proyiding a weak, diluted, and in some cases percent of the State population. ineffective, service to Members of the minority groups totally in the State are estimated as elements of the entire target population. follows: Other problem areas in need of Mexican-Americans — 40,000 to 45,000 concentrated effort are the manpower planning organization for Utah and shall have the responsibility for developing a comprehensive manpower plan for the State of Utah. The Council is to act as the “nucleus of the State CAMPS Committee and the State Advisory Committee for MDTA.” The Executive Director of the Council is to serve as State Chairman of both Committees. The Council is given the following functions, “notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary: Regarding the goal of providing effective and meaningful manpower services to the citizens of the State of Utah, greater cooperation among agencies involved cannot be overly stressed, nor can the need for continued research. Only a few manpower-oriented programs in Utah operate without federal assistance. However, substantial service to individuals with manpower needs is rendered by the Latter Day Saints Church, whose extensive welfare and other services help improve employability of many Utahns. At present, quantitative data on these services and the. funds 1. which the 3. Prepare a comprehensive manpower plan for Utah defining agency roles and allocating available resources to provide optimum manpower and skilled training to Utah’s citizens requiring such services. 4. Approve any modification of Or new manpower program, Governor arose, the 1969 Utah Legislature passed Senate Bill Number 255 creating the Utah Manpower Planning Council. | The Council consists of the following nineteen members: | Eleven State officials, including: Director, including Director, Rehabilitation of Director, Division of Adult Basic Education; Administrator, Utah Department of following: Ainertean Indians — 12,000 Security; Director, 1. More realistic funding of Employment Blacks — 8,000 Utah State Employment Service; Another target silat in manpower programs. Director, Utah Coordinating 2. Better esardinition of Utah is that of migrant farm Council of Higher Education; State Federal, State, and _ local workers. The Utah Migrant Council ‘estimates the migrant population at government activites and tighter Planning Coordinator, and Director, Office of Economic 18,000, with an average of six linkages with private segment of the Utah Opportunity. economy, to avoid confusion, members per family. Eight persons appointed by the duplication, overlap, and waste. Probably the greatest need 3. More and better evaluation of Governor, including at least: among the above mentioned target One representative of employer groups, and the disadvantaged in the State’s problems and needs and groups, one representative of the resolution of those needs. general, is that of vocational employee groups, one state senator, 4. Better balance between training. It is estimated that one state representative, one programs and existing federal programs such as prevention representative of minority groups. remediation programs. Neighborhood Youth Corps, According to the enabling 5. Greater emphasis by the _. On-The-Job Training, Manpower — educational system on legislation: Development and Training Act, The Council shall be the primary Work Incentive Program, and vocationally-oriented activities. A HHA iced acomcttt ayaa A healthy community... eres -Ahealty community has a private _yard or outdoor “living space for each family. A heaity community has public A healthy community has a socioeconomic and ethnic population mix. An area of families who are all in the upper middie class economic bracket and share more or less open spaces and recreational facilities, playgrounds, and landscaped malls. , A healty community has a commu| His center with shops and a “‘vilcommon” where people can sate know their neighbors. | s : A health y community ha adeep and enthusiastic community pride. the same occupations and backgrounds can be a pretty deadening place to raise a family—as can an ail minority-group neighborhood. : A healthy community has a concerned local government that cooperates with efforts of the people within its communites to improve oe realization that what we cannot bring to pass individually we can i bring to pass collectively. A healthy community has physical amenities—lakes, parks, monu‘ments, etc.—that make it a unique and interesting area. (Reprinted from CHATS; a newsletter from the Utah State Capitol area) to #& ¥ % ¥ © be x duplicative. The Council is hereby ¥ empowered to receive and disburse federal funds and, in addition, may require, within reasonable limits, the contribution of staff from the agencies represented on the Council to carry out its operations and investigations.” The Council is also mandated to report to the January 1971 legislative session its suggestions for “appropriate reorganization of state agencies engaged in Manpower Programs. y #% y #% ¥& = a SA HAH AI AAI % 9 POW! 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Direct that duplicating activities of one or more agencies be harmonized by _ requiring modification or termination of AA AHA AA AAT IAA IATA TAA AAA AHA A AAA ATI AAA FAIA and yafestololeoloiolsieteietete facilities, services offered, interagency agreements; Utah Office Services; but not limited to, staff organization and numbers, physical Department of Social Services; Director, Division of Family Services; Superintendent, Utah State Board of Education; Director, Division of Vocational-Technical Education; objectives, deficiencies in service; appointed in late 1967. As the need for a more formal arrangement Executive goals, Adult Basic Education Apprentice Outreach Program Employment Service Foster Grandparents Job Corps NAB—Jobs Operation Mainstream New Careers Neighborhood Youth Corps WIN . Vocational Education Manpower Development Rehabilitation Services and policy to govern the development and administration of manpower programs in Utah; 2. Evaluate the objectives, activities, budgets, delivery systems, and staffing patterns of all state agencies engaged in manpower programs to determine program effectiveness, efficiency, duplication of effort, and and personnel involved are unknown. There are close to thirty nonfederal organizations in Utah which are working on the problem of providing “manpower” services to those in need of such assistance. Information about these programs is uncrystallized. The chief instrument for planning in the manpower field is the Manpower PLanning Council. It evolved from a manpower advisory committee, Formulate Programs sk: JORGE ARCE-LARRETA Assistant Project Director. Manpower Planning Council Improvement) are reaching possibly no more than len per cent of the people who need and could benefit from such programs. Manpower needs Which remain unmet in Utah are obscured by the lack of data on current programs. One general gap in manpower programs is the fact that many services are not at an accessible location for individuals who need the services. Great distances often separate persons and _ needed services, because relatively few service outlets must provide service outlets constitutes an impossibility for many needy Utahns. On the afc 26 3sis Vocational Prepared by eS eee ADDRESS eae S CITY STATE Mail to Ebony Mall, 11 So. 3rd West, SLC or Mail to Mi:s Black America, ZIP 245 W. Chelten Ave., Phila., Pa. 19144 |
