Operation Opportunities Clark County, Operation Independence Day Care Center and Community Service Center: documents

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OPPORTUNITY BOARD OF CLARK COUNTY

3051 Paradise Road, Suite 15 • Phone (702) 735-9103 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89109

January 7, 1966

Mr. Robert Van Horn
Office of Economic Opportunity' / Communi ty Act i on Program
100 McAlIister Street SariFranciseo,.Ca1iferni.*a t

Dear Mr| Van Horn:.
This letter and supporting documents, const! tute-.an

HARVEY DONDERO

Chairman

ELAINE WALBROEK

Executive Director

J. DAVID HOGGARD

Program Assiitant

MORRIS PELTZ

Program Aaaiatant

-appendix Component 7-I2, Operation Independence Day Care Services Center. The

information, clarification, and program changes provided here wi th ■.- ■; documents have been requested by Mr..'William Connelly, lead tart ( nsu'tant, in your-office.

]. Project Timetable. Two of the three day care centers pr : in this project are .already opened and filled to capacity. The

• third center will be opened officially January 15 at the Baldwin Heights facility. Because of the pressure f the l;r e waiting ■1ists, initial classes for this facility may be heId earIier at

the Jefferson Center, which will be the main headquarters fo proposed Community Service Center (see CAP Component /-lb).
The Jefferson Center will not at- this time'be'used as .• permanent site for the day care program.

2. Appraisal of Real Estate Contributions. The apparent disparity
in the appraisals of the Jefferson and Vegas Heights Centers as compared to those at Carrie Arms, and Baldwin Heights is explained by the fact that the latter two were judged by the residential rental value. As the Jefferson and Vegas Heights Cen+ers were never residential^ their appraisal was based upon thei- use as commercial property. If Carrie-Arms and Baldwin Heights were- appraised in terms of their present, i.e. commercial, use, the residential value shown in the.project would be too low and their true worth would' approximate that of the other facilities.

to CAP

Mr. Robert Van Hom January' 7, 1966 Page 2

[t should be remembered that the $1000 a month rertai f>r Veg i Heights was accepted as an In-klnd non-Federal ributl i
the ri ;i a! funding of the day care services < r,
nent 7-2. Furthermore, al I four facilities listed in ,AP Components 7-12 and 7-15 will be used for the Pr ' m y Service Center and the appraised value of three of shem should not be based solely on their use as day care centers alone.

3. Title V, Work Experience Trainees. At present coordination has begun with a view toward using the day care, center peration as a work' station for'TItle V, Work Experience, enrollees. No commitments have been rirmly made by the State *

and no enrollees have been assigned. It would be premature to pely ■ rainees to fill actual Job slots in the proposed day care operation, and on that basis no budgetary ■ stments have been made which would depend upon their servl es.

4. Community Contribution to Day Care Ogerations. Considerable remodel ing is required to bring the Vegas Heights Center up to desirable standards. Under the auspices of Operation Independence, a Buy a Brick Campaign has been underway in the community to raise the necessary funds to do the remodeling. Some monies have already been collected, but a legal problem in connection with the City of Las Vegas Solicitation Law, has temporarily halted the campaign.

It is expected, however, that the campaign will recommence shortly and that adequate funds will be raised to meet these and other needs.

5 CAP 8. Facilities Certification. The following should be added
as a specification for Center No. 2, Carrie Arms Center: This
Center has a fenced area of 3000 square feet for use as a playground.

6. Clarification of In-Service Training (reference Question No. 52, CAP 7A). ' In-service training will be stressed for all personnel employed at the day care centers. The Director will be responsible for training of the Head Teachers and the Head Teachers in turn

will be responsible for training of sub-profess[onaJ personnel
in addition tc informal on-the-job training discussion? meetings, formal sessions will also be regularly held -o Improve s+aH knowledge and performance. The statements on NYC and Title V enro lees are t- reference to specific commitments which have been or will have
made tc make work stations acceptable to the criteria of these programs. In-service training of the regular paid staff will pr
apace with that of enrollees from these special programs.

Mr. Robert Van Horn January 7, 1966 Page•3

7. Employment of Non-Profess Iona] S+aff (see Question . 7). Pri -i'\
in the hiring of non-profes$Iona! staff will be given o parents whose t ildrer are enrolled in the day care cer ter . I ■ : < ' , thougt all paid positions were restricted to neighborhood personnel, no known parents were available when positi >ns nee >e filled.

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In addition, support was given by VISTA ■ d NY ■- r 11 .
proposed budget, the allotment for teacher aides and the increased enrollment makes it feasible to expect that some pare: ts will Interested in day care work and will elect to take these jobs and the training they afford.

8. Criteria for Child Enrollment. Project Head Start family (nr me criteria’ will be used to determine child enrollment. [n genera], the occupation of tne parent is a good index of family income. However, where any question of family income arises, more investigation of Income sources will be made to insure meeting the Head Start criteria.

9. Daily Program Schedule (see Question 46). The actual luncheon period takes approximately 45 minutes but an extra 15 minutes has been scheduled to provide some leeway between morning program activities' and the lunch period. Nap time is scheduled from 12:30 to 3:00 P.M., although only two hours of actual sleep is the norma! routine. The extra half hour in this part of the schedule permits the flexibility to insure that all children will be ready for the 3:00 snack. For the older group, who will have the extra time, play activities are conducted .until the snack period. The younger group tends to take more time in getting up and ready for further activities; Since the flow of children into'the Centers does not permi+ intensive program., to begin until 8:30 A.M., a part of the four-hour enri hment program

is carried into the afternoon.

IC. Health Program (see Question 61). The budget for the health pr
can be modified per Mr. Connelly's criticism so tt - " verage cost of the physical examination can be increased to five daliars, while the laboratory costs can be reduced to four dollars. The total amount for physical examinations would be raised to $1750 while the total amount for laboratory procedures would be red-red t< $1400.
The grand total for health service program need not be changed.
It should- be noted that the Project Head Start program operated by the Clark County School District last summer received an approved budgeted figure of three dollars £er physical examination. The physical examination health component for the NYC program nere in Clark County was based on a physical examination cost of $3.50 per enrollee and was approved by OEO. The amount for physical examit .■

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the parents cannot arrange suitable medical treatment, th« hi I

is directed ' appropriate public medical f-:- ilf-i- treatment. 'urlng the present operation of the lay

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aliens ire performed by the public he I th nun . J indication r maJ ■ , by day care or pubIk heal'r
Imrnedlately referred to the parent, jnd follow-uf •*_ r ment and refe.rr .1 '• .ppropriate free llnlcal * : i'i'N i '■■■' rest sibiIi.fttelayrarestaff.ithepr■ rogrrerd of all physical examinations, including the Immuniz . i

will be maIntalned. by the Clark County Health Department,

II. Physical Examinations for Staff, (see Ques+ion Artie amounts are budgeted for physical oamina+i ■ s ■ f "■ aH, a
Las Vegas city ordinance requires a physical, *examine i z all day care cer ter staff every six months and annua] oercul chest x-ray. Such certificates ot examinations are re
all staff and are kept on record at the day care cea'er.

12. Psychological Services Program (See Quest I n 64). ee attached letters from the Las Vegas Mental Health Cen+er ard he ■ I al Chi |dren's C] InL , respectively, to gauge o, prese: r >‘.jo.of coordination between the day <_are center ar.a available nibiir treatment facilities.

[3. Representation or_ Operation Independence
the occupations of the proposed parent members ■ f Independence Board:

oera'icr:

Mary Carter Ethel Grey Marie Johnson .Dorothy Jones James McNeal Mrs. Morgan Edna Overton

Laundry Worker Maid
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Truck Driver (irregular employment) Maid
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In order k broaden the base of the Operation Independence Boar, of 'rotee-, their present By-Laws are being amended ’ allow far represented k>r by parents of the day care center enrollees

■ ; • the Neighborho : ■ iIs, whe : . . ■ mes of parents listed ir e-t hav

ire electee.
• already peen submitted to the Nominating Commit: , I

anticipated that they will be elected to the Board w|d in 30 fays.

14, Clark-County School District Head Start Plans. Atrarni i is a feTteF^from the cTark County School District clarifying their
ir, :e ti ■ ■ ' b'jriue a Head Start program and thek rareness

,f -he ailab!Iiiy of funds.

15. Program ivj jkior. Mrs. • Lockette’s position as assistant hilt rare ccSrdkator will involve considerable resf nsit ilily k evaluating the effectiveness of the child development program. Her past public s hool experience wfl! enable her t nai t ir effective coordination with the School District in following up

the progress of day care children within the public sch ;1.
Her other responsibilities Include testing M childre- i- ‘he
program to evaluate their progress and thereby the effec-iveness , of the program itself. Per telephone conversation with Mr. nnelly, December 27, 19b5, he felt that an outside consultant, approved by DEO, be budgeted to provide an evaluation of this proved.

Insofar as the Economic Opportunity Board has already approved budget veiling for this program, the requirement of $ki)0 or $2000 additional monies for such a consultant might better be made a sped H ondition of the grant by 0E0. Upor advice the Board would then better appreciate the necessity ‘ " raisin the budget ceiling.

16- Budgetary Justification.

Personnel. Although it is anticipated that ie he it er may be hired without professional credentials and that, accordinaly, her salary would be less than $500 per month, there
in the budget for substitute teachers, in case f illness,

would seem to be unrealistic budgeting, therefore, not I
some room for maneuver k case of exigencies of this • rher.. this is especially true with respect to the Head Teacher rc le, since ir, Centers No. 3 and No. 3, one Head Teacher alone is responsible for the entire operation. The requirement of one fujl-ttn maintenance man al Center No. 1 and additional help ar t the two centers is based upon the responsibility of the • .11 ime

i -- ■ e man to maintain equipment at ak three -enters. .he itional inItorial help at Centers No. 2 and .1s more onfined to basic daily janitorial needs of those centers.

Mr. Robert Van Horn January 7, .1966 Page 6

Purchase of Equipment. Attached are two summaries 7 equipment on hand at the two centers presently in operation. >u will note on those lists the amount of equipment which has been donated. New purchases are required to supply a third -.enter

Itiona] instructional and
all centers tc meet the needs of child development program.

The past summer Project Head Start program id ' . budget for equipment arid the Schoo! District, therefore, has ho equipment which can be supplied for this program, other than What they have donated in the past.

Insurance. Attached is a bill from the Deuts Ir • . mpany for day care liability insurance. This bill ever ly '• children, the present enrollment of the day care centers. The present project of 120 children will require ar Ir --

p rem iurns.

Utilities. The Central Telephone Company publishes no lists
of commercial service rates, because there is enormous variatIon
in charges depending upon the various types of commercial services which are desired — number of extensions, additional phones, et<- • The cheapest rate for service is $17.95 per month and that rate computed for three centers for one year is $637, e«:luslve of

installation charges, at the third center and long distance allowances for the child care director. The over-allowance in
the telephone Itern was to provide some contingency for the third Installation charges on electricity and water. It had been hoped earlier that the electric and water bills would be cHribufed.
This possibility has not been fulfilled, and the funds not required for telephone expenses will have to be used for other utilities
at the third center.

Fees. The estimated income derived from fees paid by parents
is based upon projections of income from past operation of ’he
day care center. The following are sample monthly income reports:

Month August September October

Average Enrollment
64 $346

73 $432 74 $428

Income

Mr. ■ >ber+ rr January 7, 1966 Pace 7 ...

It -should be n-emphasized that children are not turned away
if parents cannot rford the minimal fees. the number o< free

enr 1 In i unt$ for the I w in ome in ompari >- ■ t< it € fee schedule.

We appreciate the assistance we have receiver in perfe tine our chi

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Y r speedy consi jeratl ■ ' in r ect is j tEP funding expired on December 7>I, 1965.

Sincerely yours,

ELAINE WALBROEK Executive Director

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GRANT SAWYER GOVERNOR

STATE OF NEVADA
MENTAL HYGIENE DIVISION
LAS VEGAS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER tOOO SHADOW LANE
LAS VEOAS. NEVADA 86106

Lubertha M. Johnson,
Project Director
Operation Independence, Inc. 1165 Balzar Street

Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

This letter is to acknowledge our willingness to cooperate with your effort to establish a Neighborhood Service Center in the West Las Vegas Community. Our meeting of December 8, 1965 clarified for us the purposes of such a center and we concur with these general goals.

We would like to briefly outline the services offered by the Las Vegas Mental Health Center. This office is part of the Community Mental Health Services of the Mental Hygiene Division of the Department of Health and Welfare. The other major service of the Mental Hygiene Division is the Nevada State Hospital. The Las Vegas Mental Health Center offers both inpatient and outpatient services to the community. The inpatient service is located on a 20-bed ward at Rose de Lima Hospital in Henderson. The purpose of this unit is to provide short, intensive treatment (up to 90 days per year) for the citizens of Southern Nevada. Individuals are hospitalized at the recommendation of Dr. James Ferguson, who is the Director of the program. The patients are normally

16 years or older and sufficiently noncombative to live within the structure
of an "open-ward” situation. The outpatient service is located at the address
given above and is concerned with diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of both children and adults. The majority of our referrals come through some other
agency or agent (e.g., family physician) although there are a significant number
of self-referrals. The procedure is to simply call the intake worker and to discuss the matter of an appointment with this person on the telephone. There is no means test in the outpatient clinic, although we focus on those citizens who cannot afford private care. The patients in the hospital may pay all or part or none of their hospital charges as judged by their ability to pay. The outpatient clinic also consults with other state, county and city agencies on psychiatric and/or psychologi­ cal problems arising in their service to the public.

This is the general format of our services but as we commented at the time of our last meeting, we do not have a staff sufficient to deal with all the requests made of us. Consequently, although we are willing to cooperate with your effort in regard to the Neighborhood Service Center and Operation Independence, we are unsure of how much direct clinical service we can perform. This appears to be a problem for all the social-welfare agencies in our community. We do wish to be informed of further developments in the program of the Neighborhood Service Center and would be pleased to consult with you as you feel it would be appropriate.

^ncerely, ) q

i*PpMcC Paul M. McCullough, PU.D7, / James 0. Fergu'son, M.D. Senior Clinical Psychologist > Senior Psychiatrist

January 4, 1965

NEVADA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CLINIC IOOO SHADOW LANE
Las Vegas Nevada

December 30, 1965.

Mrs. Lubvrtha M. Johnson. Project . Di rec tor
O{ ’ration li < ndence , 1nc. 1165 bal Street
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear I'rs. Johnson:

I un answering your Letter of November 16, 1965 conce’-ning how the Special Children’s 11inic

•can cooperate with Operation Independence. The

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gets •; freat deal of its funds from the United States Government. Our functions are limited to the dia..os is and treatment of mental retardation with ch:! if- from the years 0-6. of ‘ course,.part of the problem is identifying mental retardation, and we see chiIdren who are suspected of mental retardation. Ue also work with families of the mentally retarded so as to help them cope better with the: problem. This is done through int • o- d.ucin better methods of han 11 ing the chil

takes tremendous Load from the fam ilies’ (many times at-muned) resources.

w’e can help you in any problems within these, clinicej .*area Our ability to be •:tiI izc-' .a a consulting service in the medical,_ snei al - psycholog­ ical i-< his awiderlatitude. Pl(ase
u tilise the services of our agency.

Murr ay Marci/s , Ph. D.
Senior Clin/ical . svchol n- i st

Clark County School District

Bdx 551 TELEPHONE 736-5011 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101

4 January 1 966

Mrs. Elaine Walbroek
Executive Director
Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County 3051 Paradise Road, Suite 15
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Walbroek:

This letter will confirm the Clark County School District's understanding and agreement con­ cerning future application for Project Head Start.

It is understood that the project funds allotted for project development through the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County for disbursement to poverty projects will be directed to those areas presented and accepted by the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board. As a result of decisions made, the Clark County School District will not be making application
for a Head Start program for this year. This statement verifies our intent to support the deci­ sion made by the local board for projects outlined to this point, including the Head Start portion of the Day-Care Center. Furthermore, it is important to note that the Clark County School District's interest in Project Head Start has not diminished and we would be interested

in submitting such a project if additional funds become available which would not detract from local project priorities.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if any additional information or clarification is desired. Sincerely,

~L. E. Shuck, Ed. D
Special Assistant
Research and Project Design

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OPERATION'INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE’

Equipment on Hand In,'Day Caro Center No. 1

Triple sink.
- ne in JIbrary

Refrigerator
Deep Freeze Heating System
i Fables - >mal1 85 Chairs

3 Desks
2 Adult Chai rs Serving Table Serving- Cart

Small Equipment - mixer, toaster, a ll cooking equipment

.4 Large Pots
4 Folding Screens Dishes - divided Glassware - plastic Si 1 verware

Dishes, silverware, hot cups Revolving Chai r
Drapes
Rugs

Sheets
69 Cots
T elevision
Record Player
Book Shelves
2 Tricycles
Rocking Horse
Easels
5 Large Balls
Tea Table and Chairs Dol! Buggy

Instructional Books Instructional Toys instructional Tools Surgical 4 t

Piano
Playground Equipment

2 Monkey Bars
I Merry-Go-Round I Slide
I See-Saw Swinging Bar Set

Purchased
Purchased
Purchased
On loan from Andersen Dairy Purchased

On loan from S ho,J Di st He On loan from '>C o..-i Di-‘Ho On Ioan from School DistrU' On loan from SchooI Distrii Donated

Donated

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AI I outdoor player
was on property and Jeff by School District

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OPERATION .INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE SERVICES C: N '■

Equipment on Hand in Day Care Center No. 2

2 Stoves
2 Refrigerators

Di shwasher
5 Nursery Tables 48 Nursery Chairs Desks
Adult Chairs 1
Si 1verware
Dishes .
Glasses, Plastic 40 Beds
Sheets
Paper Cutter

4 Trash Cans
1 Pole Lamp Drapes
I Plano and Bench Record Player

Educational Toys:
Wooden Farm Animals (I set) Colored Blocks (2 sets) Dominos (J set)
Peg Boards (6)
Kitten In the Key (2)
Jump ropes (2)

Lacing Boot & Nuts & Bolts Junior Turnagear (3)
Stringing Beads & modeling dough Puzzels (12)

Housekeeping K it Country Farm Doll Buggy

2 Fire Extinguishers Surgical Kit

Playground Equipment [ Large Volt Ball

Donated Donated

Donated Purchased Purchased Donated Donated Purchased Purchased Purchased Purchased Purchased Purchased

Donated Donated Donated Purchased Purchased

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INVOICE

M. 'UJiUia.m ^beutich

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N? 8976

830-C West Bonanza Road Las Vegas, Nevada 89106

APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM SUMMARY OF APPLICATION’

BUDGET BUREAU NO. 116.R019

TYPE OF APPLICA

1 2 IDENTIFICATION OF APPLICANT

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

"Operation Opportunities — Clark County1 Economic Opportunity Board

PUBLIC AGENCY // applicant

MAILING ADDRESS

3051 Paradise Road, Suite 15

POST OFFICE

Las Vegas

I Nevada i 89109

Clark County, Nevada

1.3.2 PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION If applicant is a pr

COUNTY(IES) IN WHICH AREA IS LOCATED

STATE(S)

Clark County _____ __________

congressional districtisT j_____ One

Nevada 238,500

COMPONENT I PROJECT NO.

7-12

POPULATION OF AREA

RURAL

26,500

URBAN

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF ALL COMPONENT PROJECTS

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COST ATTRIBUTABLE TO TITLE ll-A ONLY

_______ L.

ACCEPTANCE OF CONDITIONS

$40,272

265,000

COMPONENT PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION

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TITLE II-A PORTION ONLY

COMPONENT PROJECT

MATED COST OF COMPONENT

I $123,588 146,946

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FEDERAL GRANT REQUESTED

$96,516 133,746

NON-FEDERAL SHARE TO BE PROVIDED

$27,072 13,200

'Operation Independence" Day Care Services Center . ..

"Operation INdependence" Community Service Center

Onthe basis of all forms, exhibits, and supplementary statements attached hereto, application is hereby made for a grant pursuant to ommunity Action Program proposed in this appli-

aine walbroek. Executive Director

702 735-9103 CAP FORM 1 jan

;$270,534

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7-12 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER CAP 2. PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS

Name of Applicant Agency
"Operation Opportunities — Clark County" Economic Opportunity Board

2.1 PROVISION OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE

$12,000 — The Vegas Heights fa c ility is housed
building abandoned as too small for the growing county ->chool district. The building :ontains 2800 square feet of usable
day care space, the grounds consist of 1.3 acre of fenced play area including diversified. pI ay equipment (swings, bars, etc.) It is a small city block bound by streets on all sides in a residential area. The building is of cement block and has
been well maintained. The usable building space at $3.75 per square foot per annum totals $10,500; the 1.3 acre of fenced play area at 2<t per square foot per annum (68,080 sq. ft.) totals $1,500. See budget justification for appraisal letter.

$4,752 — @ $396 per month. Full use of facilities for the Carrie Arms day care services center have been contributed by the First Western Savings and Loan Association, landlord. These facilities ordinarily rent for $396 per month as documented by
a real estate appraisal of 3600 square feet of usable space.
The facilities, located at 1717 McDonald Court, Consist of four two-bedroom apartments, which have been remodeled to accomodate child care facilities.. See budget justification for appraisal letters.

$1,500 — Public Health nursing services. 25 hours per month estimated @ $5.00 per hour for 12 months. This estimate is
based on the total cost including immunization supplies, records, and other logistical support.

$8,820 — Estimated income from enrollee fees.

2.2 INCREASE IN NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION

The contribution from non-federal sources from this community action program are in addition to the aggregate expenditures
or contributions for similar purposes from non-federal sources which were being made prior to the submission of the original program and development application (of which this is a request for continuation).

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2.3 RESIDENT PARTICIPATION

A. This component has been developed through Board Membership. Its membership is from Clark County or persons representing statewide agencies concerned with economic problems in Clark

County. The Board includes target area representation.
B. This is a volunteer Board to provide policymaking decisions,

program approval, and staffing approval.
C. Residents of the area served will be utilized whenever possible

to fill positions in this component. 2.4 MOBILIZATION OF-RESOURCES

A. The Executive Director and the Program Coordinator of the applicant agency will effect liaison between existing agencies and the community action program.

B. Representatives of all major human service agencies in the county are represented on the community action board which meets regularly to discuss coordination and program planning. Those agencies involved in the project proposal services are coordinated in purpose through special planning meetings.

C. Different component projects have been linked by the cooperative planning of the major public and private agencies concerned.
This component project was selected by the Economic Opportunity Board as a priority program in terms of its importance to poverty groups. This project is both a continuation and expansion of existing child day care facilities in the major Las Vegas

target area.

2.5 ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS Attached

2.6 CHECKPOINT PROCEDURE ON COORDINATION

The Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County has approved this program and budget, and all related agencies have participated in . coordination and planning. Representation includes the Employment Security Department, elective officials, Clark County School
District, State and County Welfare Departments, County Health Department, U. S. Department of Labor, Labor Unions, Probation Department, Youth Opportunity Center, University, and Voluntary Agencies. See listing of Board Membership attached to CAP 3.

ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY’S REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

Operation Opportunities - Clark County_________________ (hereinafter called the "Applicant” (Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

AGREES THAT it will comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) and the Regulations of the Office of Economic Opportunity issued pursuant to that title (45 C.F.R. Part 1010), to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which the Applicant receives Federal financial assistance either directly or indirectly from the Office of Economic Opportunity; and HEREBY GIVES ASSURANCE THAT it will immediately take any measures necessary to effectuate this agreement.

If any real property or structure thereon is provided or improved with the aid of Federal financial assistance extended to the Applicant either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant, or in the case of any transfer of such property, any transferee, for the period during which the real property or structure is used for a purpose for which the Federal financial assistance is extended or for another purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits. If any personal property is so provided, this assurance shall obligate

the Applicant for the period during which it retains ownership or possession of the property. In all other cases, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant for the period during which the Federal financial assistance is-extended to it either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity.

THIS ASSURANCE is given in consideration of and for the purpose of obtaining etther directly or Indirectly any and all Federal grants, loans, contracts, property, or discounts, the referral or assignment of VISTA Volunteers, or other Federal financial assistance extended after the date hereof to the Applicant by the Office of Economic Opportunity, including installment payments after such date on account of applications for Federal financial assistance which were approved before such date. The Applicant recognizes and agrees that such Federal financial assistance will be extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this assurance, and that the United States shall have the right to seek judicial enforcement of this assurance. This assurance

Is binding on the Applicant, its successors, transferees, and assignee, and the person or persons whose signatures appear below are authorized to sign this assurance on behalf of the Applicant.

3051 Paradise Road, Suite 15

Las Vegas, Nevada
(Mai Iing Address)

Operation Opportunities, Clark County__________ (Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

(President, Chairman of Board, or comparable authorized official)

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NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

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OTHER (Specify)

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(Use Continuation Sheet if necessary.)

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON STAFF DIRECTOR

Office of Economic Opportunity APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

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CAP. 3 APPI»CANT A G E N C Y

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etc.)? Attach a description of the governing body, its relationship to its own staff, and its relationship to other agencies in the community, using present members expire.

’’Operation Opportunities -- lark Coun+y” „ JEconomic Opportunity B o a r d

GOVERNING BODY

ROLE OF GOVERNING BODY
[Xj NAMES KEY EXECUTIVE STAFF PH MAKES MAJOR POLICY DECISIONS

PHAPPROVES APPLICANT’S BUDGET [x~lAPPROVES THE COMMUNITY.ACTION PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THE APPLICATION

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Does the governing body have me rdrwer to authorize expenditures for the community action program without the need for concurrence by any other

person or group? [~x1 YES | | NO If the answer is “No”, attach an explanation.

3.3 MEMBERSHIP OF GOVERNING BODY

List each member of applicant agency’s governing body, the position he occupies on such body and the organization which such member represents or with which he is affiliated, if any.

NAME OF MEMBER OF APPLICANT’S GOVERNING BODY

See Attached.Li st of Board Membership

TITLE OR POSITION OF MEMBER ON OTHER ORGANIZATION WHICH MEMBER APPLICANT’S GOVERNING BODY REPRESENTS OR IS AFFILIATED WITH (if any)

BUDGET BUREAU NO. 116-R019 DO NOT FILL IN: (For administrative use)

rO

ED.

PROV

Has the director or principal administrator of the staff of the applicant agency been selected? If answer is “YES”, attach biographical data

as required in Part F of the CAP GUIDE.

□a YES □ no IDENTIFICATION OF APPLICANT

the Internal Revenue Service in the space provided.

88-0096051

CAP FORM 3 \ JAN 65

GSA DC 65- I 1 589

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IDENTIFICA­ TION NUMBER

BOARD MEMBERSHIP
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BOARD OF CLARK COUNTY

EDUCATION
Mr. Harvey Dondero, CHAIRMAN, Assistant Superintendent, Clark County School

District
Mr. Ray Sturm, Clark County School District, Director of Vocational, Technical

and Adult Education
Mr. Lyal Burkholder, Clark County School District, Director, Area Zone
Mr. Earl Brunner, Principal, Highland Elementary School
Dr. Leslie Shuck, Special Assistant, Research and Project Design, Clark County

School District

HEALTH AND WELFARE
Mrs. Stella Fleming, Director, Clark County Relief Administration
Mr. Ernest 0. Skagen, District Director, Nevada State Welfare Department Dr. Otto Ravenholt, Director, Clark County Health Department
Miss Genevieve Arensdorf, Nursing Supervisor, Clark County School District

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Mr. Charles Spann, Assistant Manager, Las Vegas Local Office, State DEpartment

of Employment Security

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
Mr. Edward Young, Board Member, Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association Reverend Charles Shallow, Director, Catholic Community Welfare

LABOR
Mr. Joseph H. Mankins, Area Representative, U.S. Department of Labor and

Director of Apprenticeship Training
Mr. Ted Lawson, Secretary, Central Labor Council
Mr. James Arnold, Secretary, Southern Nevada Building and Trades Council

UNIVERSITY OF NEVABA
Dr. Ferren Bunker, County Agent, Clark County Extension Service Dr. Juanita White, Regent, University of Nevada

LEADERSHIP
In Target Areas
Dr. Charles West, Private Physician
Mr. Robert Mullen, Chief of Probation, Clark County Probation Department
Mr. H.P. Fitzgerald, Principal, Kit Carson Elementary School
Mr. David Hoggard, Attendance Officer, Clark County School District
Mr. Robert Reid, Attorney at Law
Mr. James Snowden, Citizen
Reverend Newton Tigner, Retired Minister
Mr. James Anderson, Executive Director, Nevada Commission on Equal Rights for

Citizens

In Community at Large
Dr. Clare Woodbury, Private Physician Mr. William Morris, Attorney
Mr. Lee Walker, Attorney
Mr. Karl Marshall, Rancher, Moapa Valley Mr. Paul McDermott, Businessman

LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT
Mr. William Briare, County Commissioner
Mr. Vernon Bunker, Nevada State Assemblyman
Mayor Oran Gragson, Mayor of the City of Las Vegas (Represented by Robert McPhearson Mayor John Batchelor, Mayor of the City of Boulder City (Represented Emory

Lockette Mayor William Taylor, Mayor of the City of North Las Vegas (Represented by MiIton

Weiss) Mayor William R. Hampton, Mayor of the City of Henderson (Represented by Ida

Belle Riggins)

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. John Bunten, Assistant Superintendent for VocationaI-Technical and Adult

Education
Mr. Keith MacDonal, Superintendent, .'City of Las Vegas Recreation Department Mr. Jack Staggs, Administrator, Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Mr. William E. Kearns, Counsellor in charge, State Department of Vocational

RehabiI Station
Mr. Lee Burhham, Acting Director, Administrative Services, Department of

Employment Security
Mr. Gene McCoy, Banker, First National Bank of Nevada
Mr. Al Lansman, SBA Advisory Committee Member
Mr. Franklin Coleman, Chief of Counseling, and Special Services, Nevada

Employment Security
Mr. Pat Schoppe, Manager, Nevada State Employment Service Mr. A. A. McCollum, Sahara Nevada Corporation

11/65

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek

PRESENT: Executive Director
Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County April 5, 1965 — presently employed

PAST:

Executive Director
Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association Reno, Nevada
December I, 1959 -- March 31, 1965

Number and kind of employees supervised: (100-125 persons)

Four Supervisors covering four different office locations:

1. (a)  Two work with Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association program

   and activities, with staff including program, occupational

   therapist, stenographic, clerical help, varying from 7 to 15 persons;

2. (b)  Two Supervisors of demonstration and research programs:

   (I) USPHS grant of $175,000 for home care program in a four-county area in Nevada, which involves some 100 persons trained and supervised in paid service.

   (2) Welfare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, grant for the reduction and prevention of dependency, for $34,000 with supervised personnel in the office, day care, and youth programs.

3. (c)  Two-three contractual research specialists involved in the above demonstration/research projects.

Description of Work: I was employed directly from Geneva, Switzerland, to assume
position of the Association’s Executive Director. I am responsible for administering
all activities, services and programs of the voluntary health agency on a local, as well
as a statewide basis. The original Association program was somewhat limited. I was responsible for broadening it so that through community organization efforts and Board development, effective State legislation in I960 was passed that gave the State a progres­ sive tuberculosis control program and created Increased hospital facilities for patients.
I organized committees in each county and through the above enabling legislation and the above citizen action groups have either expanded or initiated the following programs: casefinding efforts, including statewide mobile x-ray surveys and school skin-testing program; increased programs in health education of the public, professional education through organization of seminars, workshops for nurses; social research, with a motiva­ tional study attached to one project concerned with utilization of services and facilities; increased inter-agency cooperation; directed past two Christmas Seal Campaigns that
yielded highest percentage increase in the nation of all Tuberculosis Associations.

In addition I have developed projects that were funded by the USPHS and the Welfare Administration of Health, Education, and Welfare:

(I) Public Health Service grant was given under the Community Health Services and Facilities Act of 1961 for the Chronically III and Aged for $175,000 for a 3-year demonstration program — ’’Visiting Homemaker Service of Northeastern Nevada.”
This is a unique service, the only rural program in a sparsely-populated area

in the USA demonstrating that such a home-care service is economically
and mechanically feasible in a sparsely populated area which runs 500 miles from one end to the other and covers nearly 50,000 square miles.
We have trained over 100 Visiting Homemakers; a class of 17 Indian Homemakers,

VITA

Elaine Lewis Walbroek 2.

two other classes (one in northern Elko; the other at Fort Me Dermitt) of
some 20 Indian trainees are in progress. Organizational efforts involved
the Indian community, the tribal council. A current caseload is 50. Nearly 50,000 hours of paid service has been given and 300 cases served in the first two and one-half years of the project. It has been termed one of the most successful of the projects granted in itia lly under the Community Health Services and Facilities Act. It has involved coordinating efforts of many agencies and four counties; and it is well on its way to being self-supporting when the

grant terminates.

(2) Welfare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare grant, was given to the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association for "Operation Independence" in 1963. This project started two years ago as a self-help community-wide endeavor in a fringe, in-migrant community with a multiplicity of social, economic and health problems. To date, this project has a day care center, youth programs, a four-thousand book library (the first in

Las Vegas to serve as a branch), and other programs. The Welfare grant is a developmental grant and is primarily concerned with observation and documenting the social processes, mechanism and interactions of such a self-help project.

The target area, which contains 40^ of the entire State’s Aid-to Dependent Children load, has been designated as such by the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board — A Board which was created basically from the technical advisory committee of "Operation Independence." It is the only such Board in Nevada.

(3) The Fort McDermitt Indian Project is in process.
Working with the Inter-Tribal Council, a member of the Indian Health Service, the Tribal Council, and the State Welfare Department, a community development program has evolved under CAP 6, Title II and CAP 9, Title IV - Work Experience. This is a unique project, the first in which Federal, State, County and local agencies have cooperated, working with an Inter-Tribal Council to secure
funding for a depressed Indian Reservation using Title V. The project was submitted January 22, 1965.

In another area: I took the lead in developing a statewide nursing needs survey in 1963-64; secured monies from medical societies for the survey; established an executive committee to implement recommendations which in­ cluded a two-year nursing school on the University Campus. Through committee necessary funds were raised for first year planning on-campus and the entering class of nurses-to-be will begin. September, 1965.

Present Responsibilities as Association Executive Director: Delegation of the appropri­ ate portions of the responsibilities is made to staff of the Association; together with proportionate authority for their fulfillment but not for the over-all responsibility for results nor for any portion of accountability.

VITA — Elaine Lewis Walbroek 3.'.

GeneraUPlaming Direction, Coordination, Managementrarid‘Public Relations:^ _i-iv-tr. •

1. (1)  Provides leadership to the Association in establishing goals and objec­ tives to be attained in various programs, working in committees and with Boards.

2. (2)  identifies and evaluates program needs; develops plans and programs
   to meet needs so identified. This includes the gathering and analysis of data, establishing time schedules; laying out plans for accomplishing the work, such planning again involving staff, committees and citizen participation insofar as possible.

3. (3)  Directs staff in implementing policies (policies which have evolved through joint Board and Executive Director thinking) and programs originating from such policies.

4. (4)  Presents recommendations regarding programs and budget with sufficient background information so that the Board of Directors can formulate Association policies and take official action; keeps the Board advised
   of developments in the field; orients new Board members to the purpose, functions of the Board and Association; acts as a non-voting secretary
   to the Board; coordinates State activities with the National Tuberculosis Association program.

5. (5)  Coordinates Association work with related services and participates in community organization so that programs of more than one agency concern are coordinated, preventing duplication and gaining program strength;
   e.g., this has involved meetings with most major human service agencies
   in the State (Community Service Councils, State and County Health and Welfare Departments, County School Districts, Boards of County Commis-'r- sioners, State Association of Hospital Administrators, legislative committees, Employment Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U. S. Indian Health Service. Serves on committees (e.g., Governor’s Advisory Committee on TB Eradication, which evolved through efforts of Association); the University of Nevada Advisory Committee to the President, on Schools of Nursing; State’s Mental Health Planning Committee; Advisory Committee

   to the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada; Chairman, Nursing in Nevada Survey, as well as a member or chairman of many conference planning committees including those of the American Public Health Association, Nevada Social Welfare Conference, etc.)

6. (6)  Organizes Association work in developing demonstration projects. This includes x-ray programs which have led to hospital x-ray admission pro­ grams maintained by the institution itself, mobile x-ray program which led to State Health Department’s purchase of the first state-owned unit. (For other demonstrations, see page 1.)

7. (7)  Executes contracts, assures maintenance of files and records, makes necessary reports to the Board; Committees and to the public.

8. (8)  Acts as principal public relations officer of the Association in both informal and formal contacts with other agencies; organizations and with

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 4.

the public, giving necessary information regarding activies and oper­ ations. This includes preparing and delivering speeches; preparing information material for local and statewide distribution to committees, newspapers, TV and radio; preparing an annual report; reporting to the Board on a regular basis, meeting a minimum of four times a year with
the State Board and monthly with different committees; providing staff services (e.g., agenda preparation, minutes, notices and provision of technical assistance and consultation); interpreting program to inter­ ested individuals, telephone and personal callers, groups; stimulating other groups, agencies, organization to constructive program action in
the field of health and/or welfare by themselves or in concert with others.

(9) Controls and coordinates operations and activities within the organi­ zation, sets up lines of communications between the various offices, approves office procedures, assures accountability for programs and proper expenditures of Association and grant monies, directs the conduct of program review, employs staff, assigns responsibilities.

(10) Provides linkage between the Board, staff, committees, county chairmen, other organizations, agencies, and the public at the county and state

level. Works with Federal Agencies, including Regional and Washington Offices of the Welfare Administration, USPHS, Employment Service, Eco>- nomic Opportunities, in developing projects, services, programs.

(11) Assumes role, along with coordinating and community organization efforts, as liaison wherever possible, filling an action vacuum where official agencies are unable to act and where such action pertinent to interests

of the Association and are feasible, (e.g., bringing program needs
to attention of;the State’s Executive Office and legislative committees, where official agency personnel cannot; securing monies for specific needs of official agencies where their budgetary restrictions prevent the filling of the need.) Responsible for contracts negotiated on be­ half of demonstration projects with the Federal Government; with State agencies for purchase of services, e. g., Visiting Homemaker Services contract with the State Welfare Division.

(12) Responsible for disbursement and accounting of all funds, which in past fiscal year totaled over $200,000; responsible for records from which certified audits are obtained; for routine bookkeeping procedures.

Research and Statistics

Develops research projects and demonstrations which have been funded by the USPHS and the Welfare Administration of Health, Education, and Welfare,
doing much of the project design and writing. Directs compilation of statis­ tics to document program needs, working with other agencies, e. g., the State Welfare Department’s Bureau of Research and Finance.

VITA — Elaine Lewis Walbroek

5.

INFORMATION OFFICER AND EDITOR League of Red Cross Societies Geneva, Switzerland
(1958-59)

5

Persons Supervised: Two clerical-steno; three translators; production department staff, four persons; assisted by Secretariat Library staff.

Editorial ResponsibiIities

Editor monthly publication "News and Report" circularized through the 84 national society members - Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

1. (1)  Responsible for publication of 44-48 page monthly in three- languages, English, French, Spanish. Content included 10-12 ‘ short some-time fictionalized features covering different pro­

   gram areas, designed not only to cover ongoing Society programs as news items, but to encourage and stimulate other Societies to engage in new areas of interest.

2. (2)  Interviewed League Bureaux Chiefs/personnel, documenting and reporting their missions.

3. (3)  Reviewed promotion material, including audio-visual material, posters, pamphlets, brochures and books produced by member Societies and others in the field.

4. (4)  Developed editorials for publication by Secretariat officials.

5. (5)  Covered national and international news events of interest to member Societies, training courses and workshop conducted by League.

6. (6)  Responsibility was not only to write, edit and produce the three-language publication which served as the official publi­ cation of the League as its news vehicle and idea forum, but in the process to stimulate leadership to program action.

Production ResponsibiIities

1. (1)  Researched feature and news material in publications written in some 10-15 languages, working in process with translators.

2. (2)  Did layout of publication.

3. (3)  Secured and edited report material from each of the five League Bureaux; secured promotion material from National Societies.

4. (4)  Supervised translation, proofreading (in English) and production.

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 6.

Information Officer ResponsibiIities:

1. (1)  Corresponded with member Societies relative to the publication and its circulation; and on general activities of League.

2. (2)  Worked with representatives from national Societies visiting Geneva to brief them on League activities.

3. (3)  Worked with other international organizations including World Health Organization and International Labor Organization.

4. (4)  Covered conferences, helped in preparation of the General Assemblies and reported on them to membership.

5. (5)  Helped develop English language broadcasts covering League activities.

6. (6)  Helped develop Ideas and the comprehensive promotion material kit for the Centenary of the Birth of the Red Cross used internationally.

   During this period was accredited to the Palais de la Presse during the Summit Conferences; covered the activities of World Refugee Year programs, worked with committee in developing Ideas to stimulate international interest.

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Executive Secretary
Santa Cruz Tuberculosis and Health Association California
(1954-57)

Description of(Work; Employed as Executive Secretary of a county Tuberculosis and Health Association. Responsible for community organization and health association programming.

Of special interest, developed a program which received statewide attention — "Senior Citizens Opportunities" (SCO)

Through interest in health and welfare problems of the Aging, I developed a community-wide senior citizen program in an area where 20$ of the population Is
over 65 years. Generally retired on modest or meager incomes, and coming from another area, this large population segment was relatively unintegrated with the balance of the community created interest sections, study groups, recreational
and community service activities which were financed entirely by membership efforts. In 18 months, these sections totaled over 20, with numerous sub-sections within

them and the organization’s membership totaled over 1,000.

Planned, developed and guided the organization through its first two years during which It became incorporated, a member of the United Fund, and the first such group in California to have its own Board, club house, paid director and '

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 7.

self-government. Through membership efforts in securing county government support, we established the first geriatric clinic in framework of a Public Health Depart­ ment in California. SCO eventually involved most major human service agencies
and organizations, including city and county government in assuring its success; and in turn, it involved much of the membership In greater participation in the life of the community.

The organizational efforts, I recorded as 16 mm. color film (15 minutes) to serve as an amateur documentary film .

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Advertising Director Leask’s Department Store Santa Cruz, California (1951-53)

Description of Work; Responsible for all advertising media for medium-size de­ partment store including 17,000 column inches newspaper advertising space year, radio spots, special mailing pieces.

Developed promotion ideas, did layouts and advertising copy, for newspaper. Did layouts, copy, and supervised production of special direct mail pieces.

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Circulation and Promotion Manager Miller Freeman Publications
San Francisco, California (1948-51)

Description of Work; Responsible in itia lly for circulation
to be circulation manager for the second largest publishing firm (next to McGraw Hill) of trade and business publications in the nation. These included OIL, MINING WORLD, LOG, PACIFIC LAUNDRY AND CLEANING JOURNAL, WESTERN BAKER.

Administered department of some seven to twenty persons concerned with magazine circulation, subscription and renewal promotion, direct mail procedures, advertising.

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Research Technician
News and Intelligence Bureau Office of War Information San Francisco
(1944-45)

Description of Work; Did research work using monitored radio news material, news­ papers, other references to develop files and background material for Intelligence primarily on Japanese governmental and military personnel.

promotion,

promoted

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 8.

EDUCATION;

University of California Berkeley, California

Graduated with B.A. 1944.

Postgraduate work includes:
2 Units — University of California, 1956
as participant in conference,
workshop on Aging — Santa Barbara Campus, 1954 NTA Institute

PUBLICATIONS:

I have written much material primarily In connection with the publication edited In Geneva; in developing promotional brochures, pamphlets, in copy for advertising purposes; in correspondence primarily designed to stimulate individual or group interest in specific programs.

In the past year, I have written three projects which have received grants from
the Federal Government: "Operation Independence"; USPHS Visiting Homemaker Service of Northeastern Nevada; VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America). In addition, projects have been developed in connection with the Economic Opportunities Board
of Clark County which are currently being processed: e.g., Program and Develop­ ment application for the Opportunities Board; a day care services center; a Neighborhood Youth Corp — the latter two projects total $175,000 and both are in connection with "Operation Independence", a self-help program in a fringe, in­ migrant area peripheral to Las Vegas which has been organized and sponsored by
the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association for the past two years. Developed Economic Opportunity organizational efforts in Clark County.

PAPERS:

I have presented •. pers at meetings of the following organizations:
American Association of University Women, In California, in Nevada; American Public Welfare Association (regional); Council of Social Agencies and Nevada Public Health Association; National Conference on Homemakers in Washington, D. C., May, 1964; National TB Association on legislative activities; Nevada Medical Auxiliary;
Western TB Conference; and have lectured in several University classes on the role
of voluntary agencies; on health services on community organization. Have recently been involved in leading community groups on Implication of Economic Opportunity Act,

MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICES: Have held offices in the Nevada Public Health Association, the Council of Social Agencies, the American Association of University Women, the National Rehabilitation Association, Soroptimist; past president 6f the Nevada Social Welfare Conference, .secretary and vice4presldent of the Council of Social Agencies, chairman?o.f many study groups including problems of aging, community problems, nursing needs.

*OHic of Econoin.c Opportunity . jRM APPROVED. APPLCATION FOR COlyUHUHITY ACTIOH PROGRAM BUDGET BUREAU NO.

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

CAR. 4. HL.IGIBILITY OF APPLICANT

(Thia form it to be filled m by t*h applicant agency’s counsel.)
DO NOT FILL IN (For Administrative Use}

Operation Opportunities — Clark County

■Economic, Oppor fur i

4.< TYPE OF APPLICANT [ | PUBLIC
|y71 PRIVATE NONPROFIT

>v Board of Clark County ____________________ _4.2 *u BL'C AGENCY If pMie, indicate whether applicant is g, agency of;

□ STATE(S) □ COUNTY(IES) | |CITY(IES> Q INSTITUTION(S) OF HIGHER EDUCATION

r~~lTRIBAL COUNCIL(S)

OTHER (Specify)

If applicant is a public agency, proceed to Item 4.7; do not answer Items 4.3 through 4.6.2.

t ___________________ INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

□ Uw 88-204 ifIf^iCT ^ a" ins,itutipn°f education as defined in Section 401(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1963. PMic >—J Law 8B-2U4. If this is the case, proceed to Item 4. ?; do answer Items 4.4 through 4.6.2.

*as the institution in existence prior to August 21, 1964? | | YES Q ] NO

*• ____________ ‘
_____ ■ lf aPPl^‘ »» a private

_______

__ _ _ PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION__________
orennization other than an tnstituuon of higher education, answer all of the follawTng^ueslt^

Has the applicant received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that it is tax-exempt and capable of receiving tax-deductible contributions? In pfOC&SS

1.4.2 If the an■swer to Item 4.4.1 is "YES", give date of ruling by the Internal Revenue Service.

_______ date • August 12. 1965 _ If the answer to Item 4.4.1 is "NO", has such a ruling befn applied for?

_ .

, -■

if "YES", give date of application for ruling:

1.4.4 If the above-de do you certify i such a ruling?

INCORPORATED rj^YES

1

DATE ___ _____________

□ NO

CORPORATE STATUS
IF YES, GIVE DATE AND STATE OF INCORPORATION

September 26, 1964, in Nevada

CONCERN WITH POVERTY

®YES □no

IF NO, GIVE DATE OF ORIGIN

concern with

*■7 .

CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORITY

(f go, attach a statement describing the sponsoring agency, resolution from the sponsoring agency should be included, e

NONPROFIT STATUS

I, the undersigned, as a duly licensed attorney at law., hereby certify that to the best of my information and
belief, the applicant agency has the authority, under applicable principles of law, to carry out the program describ­ ed in this application.

TYPED NAME OF COUNSEL

Lee E, Walker

ADDRESS

3h0 S. Third Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

SIGNATURE

' *~ “

(See Item 4.3 for definition) .

.

LJ YES

□ N0

concern with problems of poverty.

CAP FORM 4 jan •

GSA OC 65 I 1590

4.6.1 PRIOR CONCERN

"Operation Opportunities — Clark County", the E< ?nomi< : Soard, was n >gnized in September by the Cour ( ommi ;sione

on. October 9, 1965, by the Governor of the State of Nevada, as t6e ■- t0. v" ipport monie

area. Prior t< the application tor such recognitic it • t< the time the Board was funded under the Program and Development Grant No. 357/1 in March, 1965, the Board Members, i nd i iduall'y
Body, worked 4? determine need and establish priorities for anti- poverty program:-. The offices for the Economic Coportunity Board was opened April-5, and funds were available for disbursement

April 22.

CAPFORM5 (Page2of2) GSADC65-1I59

Morri* S. Pelt*
264$ Hari Io Street, No. 5 Lae Veg»», Mvada

Curriculum Vltee

I. Ph.'S, University of Chicago, 1951, Philosophy.
2. 3.A., University of California . Us ,*Angele 1956.
3. Lar School. University of California, Us Angelas, on® yaar, 1956-57, 4, Advanced to Candidacy for th® Ph.O. In History at the University

Of California, Loa Angelee, 1953 (Dissertation only Is required for Ph.D.) :

I, One year with tn® Douglas Aircraft Corporation as a technical writer. This Job included th© necessary research, writing, and ordering of Illustrations for the publication of fissile operational and main- tenanco mnuals for the Mke-^ercuUs Missile System, .^search Involved skills In use of blueprints and various engineering procedures .*manual (1957-58)

2, Three years as Wswrch Assistant to Sr. Sworga P» Knellur, Professor
of Educational Philosophy at the University of California, Los .*Angele This experience Included research and writing leading to the publication of two bows (Existentiall.s® and Ed^fttISSU *«"<

Education) andVtawf of articles and book reviews on educational topics. (1955-63)

3, Ori»-H»lf year as research assistant for Or. '.Wine Harwick, Professor of Political Science. This experience Involved both. Interviewing and coding for a study of the role and effectiveness of political party workers. (1956)

4. Onehalf year as research assistant for Or. Bradford Perkins, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angelas. This research work was concerned with th® annotation of documents frost Amr!can dlplomtlc history, 1800-1810. (1936-57)

5, One-half year as. research assistant for Or. Andrew *Lossky Professor
of History, University of California, Los Angeles. The research here sntniHd the transcription of early seventeenth century doeumnts (1959).

6. One-half year as research assistant for Dr. Wayne Gordon. Professor of Sociology; University of California, Im Angeles. 1 *wa engaged Mr® on two projects.; I) A teacher leadership style mie study — testing «M proarewslng using the IB«t developed FWRAN progress) of the data at ths destortt (MtesProGnssing ©enter; 2) A^ Alaska school planning study -* statistical projections of pogeiatloft end schwl needs. (1961 >

Morris S. Peltz
2640 Marlin Street, No. 5

U s

togas, Nevada

7. For a greduato wtnar, I prepared « W based m a statistical analysis of M>cl®i econoralc charectarlstlc« of all the graduates of Harvard College, i.*<M0~l?4C The hypothesis tasted In Thia pr©qr»w was th« relation of education to social Mobility. This l«volw<5 coding, punching, and si^la program operations to gain regulred statistical correlations (|«>59“60). This study was an official project of the

W Wstorn Data Processing Center located ©t UCLA.

I. Executive Secretary and Producer, International Theatre Foundation, I helped establish and produce plays tor this non-profit foundation, towtod to the expansion of Interest In world theatre through the production of plays, radio shows, and wvles In Spanish. Th® plays

ware produced In the Los Angelas area, In which reside over 600,000 Spanish-Speaking residents. Th® hope of enriching ths cultural Ufa
of this primarily deprived oxmunlty through an awareness and appre­ ciation of their own heritage was the basic mainspring of this community effort. Thia work Involved both the noraal responsibilities of a producer as well a® recruiting corwunlty support and energy to top lament the foundation’» program. (1060-63)

2. One year as labor representative for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Enjpfoyws, AFL-CIO. I was Th® business agent and representative for I.A. County Guards and L.A. Helm® Collection workers. Both these groups were prJmrlly of Negro composition. In addition, I helped tMs group to sponsor civil rights activities Including a statwide contorence at Ung Seach, California, In 1963 on the preblws of dlscrtolnation In public employment.

Teaching

I. 0n« end one-half years with the Mariann® FrostIg School of Educational Therapy, l was a teacher-therapist In specialized programs for helping wntelly retarded, brain damaged, and wotlonally disturbed children
( 1939"Ǥ I )

2, Teaching Aadlstant for two yws, IMlversIty of California, Us Angeles, I taught lower division American History. (1962-63)

3. Lecturer, Southam Nevada University, Las Vegaa, Haveda, 1965. Instructed courses In African History.

Molvlh Mogulef, Ph.15.
Office ®f Econcnlc Opportunity Cwe»unlty ActIcwt *Pronrw
100 McAllister Street
Sen Francisco, California

Dear Dr. t*egulofs

January 6, 1966

*TM letter It a much regretted lets request to grant M alteration In
the Personnel budget for CAP Component 7-9, NEV CAP ftft-557, Conduct and Adnln- letratlwi of the economic Opportunity fewsrd of Clerk County. The I*te for
change Is a requested MO par month Increase In the salary of the »rogrsr Assistant -* an Increase beyond the 10 per cent allowable within our discretionary powers.

The demands of our program In the fall with a heavy increase In new prognm to bo researched, coordInoted, end submitted required the deployment of professional talent, which could not be secured at the WOO figure here
In the Las Vegas area. Needs In the o^lnlstratlen of our NYC program also required a reassignment pf our forwr Program Coordinator directly to the
staff of the NYC project at that flee. In order to meet all the needs of this Doerd's activities, the Executive C&mlttse of the Board authorized the reduction of the salary of the Program Coordinator (at the same tlm changing his title to that of Program Assistant) end to wee the saved saonles t© employ the necessary professional person authorlied, but undor-Mlarled, In our budget to moot our demands. Qsasequeaflyf the penalsalon to grant the extra salary Increase Involves no over-el I change In Personnel gadget toteU durIm this grant period.

In October I discussed the natter with Hr. Van Hom, Senior Coordinator, In your offlee, and ho advised the sending of a letter In accordance with the Financial 0wli» to secure the neeesoary perwIsalcM. In the howto of wetIvillas and the pressures at that tlee. I thought such a letter had boon sent. New that we are working on a continuation grant for this hoard’s operations, It has emo to twy attention that ths request was not node as required by the Flnanclol

Melvin Mogolof. R».O. January ®, I9W
Page. 2

Enclosed Is the Curriculum vitas of Morris Pelts who was employed as of October 21 to fill th« authorized primarily research and program develojwtaet position. Mr. Doyle Longhurst, the formr Program o*Cro,ordln« »♦ « salary
of WOOO loft our gacMNblc Opportunity 3oard staff to Join that of our HYC pregrws. Ha had strong ocrwwlty organization irfJlltlas, and he was rap I scad, at the lower salary of $703 per month by Mr» v*»ld Howard, a l*onyttw
resident of the target ares with dewonntrated abilities In ths field of ooawwilty organisation and program dwraiopmant aacoasary for the aswaIojmant
Of target area iwl^SorMcd .c*ouncil Though both of the poaitloa of Program Assistants overlap. Hr. P«ITl‘ technical skills r*» essential for the necessary research, statistical coml lotions and writing abilities In the prenaratlon
of project (tesl^na,

SAay I apologise for the oversight In not following the Financial Guida aM request your concurrence In the budget change as the only eeana by which all the personnel ra^ulromnts of this operation can be mt.

EW-al

CCS Executive Cowltte® Mwsbers Mr. I^bert Hern

Enc.

Sincerely yours.

EUIME WAUMtK Eeeeutlve Director

7A - OPERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

Operation Independence, an incorporated private nonprofit agency is requesting a renewal of CAP Component 7-2 to continue a
day care services center on the westside of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. The Day Care Center, which is now in operation, provides not only custodial care but a child enrichment program . In addition,
its program is designed to promote independence, strengthen family life, and the family’s ties with the neighborhood and the total commu­ nity. The only target area day care, other than that furnished by Operation Independence, is given by a private Catholic day care facility for an estimated average daily attendance of 120 children. There is a long waiting list. There is an estimated need for day
care in the area for 161 children. This figure is based on the present total of children on the day care center waiting list. The priority need of the community has been identified as employment, vocation, and educational opportunities. Day care service has been the first program need identified for the care of pre-school children to allow participation in either training or an employment situation.

Long-range objectives of this program, as a vital part of Operation Independence, are not only to improve the health and educational potential of the children, but to increase vocational and educational opportunities for the ADC mothers and other low- income residents, and to make the parents more aware of available guidance, and family counseling and community services.

The Center is now caring for an average of 61 children daily in one Center, with a second Center to be opened in November to care for an additional 30. There are 150 on the waiting list of additional requests from 60 parents from an adjacent neighborhood. This is indicative of the need for providing more day care services.

The present application specifies and elaborates upon the original 0E0 application in light of constructive criticism and reaction to the Day Care Services Center, the Operation Independence concept, and the Project Head Start criteria.

SIGNIFICANCE

"Operation Independence" is the name of an anti-poverty organization centered in the westside of Las Vegas in Clark County. This is the largest (in population) county and city in the state and the fastest growing in the nation, having more than doubled
its population since I960. 1964 figures published by the U. S. Bureau of the Census cites the county’s population at 144,000.
The Westside is the most rapidly growing part of the county and the city.

Clark County has a burdensome share of social problems, and most of the county’s welfare, health, and economic problems are concentrated in the westside of Las Vegas, which has over 40 per cent of the state
ADC load (1961). Median income in this area is at the deprivation level. Of every 100 Westside residents, about 40 are children; the ratio of children to adults elsewhere in the city is 26:100. Two-thirds of the females on the Westside have borne children, compared with one-third in the rest of the city.

More than half of all females in the Westside, age 14 and over are in the labor force. This same area shows one of the highest incidences of premature birth of any community in the United States. Educational problems abound. Child-caring problems account for 20 to 30 per cent of all school absences. (See Appendix No. I)

The statistical evidence from the I960 census as well as the
1965 survey done by Operation Independence under a Welfare Administration research *grant indicates clearly that well over one-half (55.2?, I960; and 55.6?, 1965) of Westside women are in the labor force. In addition, although more than one-fourth (26.3?) of Las Vegas children under age 6 are in Westside families according to the I960 census, only slightly more

than one-eighth (13.7?) of all mothers of children in this age group not in the labor force are on the Westside.

The real importance of employment to mothers in this area is
most clearly revealed in the 1965 survey when mothers were asked to define the area of greatest difficulty. Approximately 40? of all mothers indicated that employment was a major difficulty.

* See Report Number One (May, 1965) and Report Number Two (September, 1965), Survey for Operation Independence, financed by the Cooperative Research Grants Branch, Welfare Administration, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare; Grant No. 176.

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Of those mothers unemployed, 44% with pre-school children indicated employment as a rrr 'or problem, while 33$ of those mothers with school children only cited employment as a difficulty. These figures suggest that employment difficulties of women with pre-school children are greater, not the least of which would be the difficulty in securing adequate day care for their pre-school children.

Commercial day care fa c ilitie s are in general unavailable and not feasible for most Westside women for obvious economic reasons.
In the 1965 survey, 12% of Westside women were employed in service, unskilled and miscellaneous occupations, with concomitant lower wages. Only 11% of working mothers used nursery school arrangements. Of the 29$ of those motors reporting as having paid for child care, 81.5% paid fifteen dollars a week or less.

A further difficulty in the day care situation of profound impact upon the whole "War on Poverty" program is the indeterminate number of children absent from target area schools because they are required to serve as babysitters at home. In January, 1963, the principal of the Madison Elementary School estimated that about 25% of the absences at
his school are traceable to this babysitting service. On January 4,
1963, the principal of the Kit Carson School reported 23 absences for i:.is reason. The principal of the Highland School reported an incidence of 20$ absenteeism because of child care needs.

The employment necessity on the part of Westside women thus
unfolds a logic of uncertain care for pre-school children and a compounding

educational, and thereby vocational difficulties for their school

children. The income possibilities
commercial fa c ilitie s can ever meet
clear that if child day care is not
efficient basis for these women, the whole child population of the family will suffer the kind of handicaps that fortify conditions for poverty.

of these women do not suggest that the problem. And the evidence seems made possible on a rational and

The same dismal picture is reflected in considering the health standards of the pre-school child. Project Head Start, administered by the Clark County School District, during the summer of 1965 conducted pre-school education program for 350 pupils of which 83$ were Negro.
Of this figure, 12% of the children in the program had no immunization prior to the project; almost 10$ of the children had medical defects, and 54$ of the children had never been to a doctor for a check-up even though 99$ were born in a hospital.

While these selected figures concentrate on statistics related to child-centered problems, the area is not unlike minority slums in other parts of the country. It shows a typical pattern of geographic segregation of sub-standard housing, few cultural as well as economic opportunities, other special poverty- and minority-centered problems. There are many health problems. Its residents do not make full use of public services, and t;*he are no public services located in the Westside.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
COMF^^TY ACT'ON PROGRAM Budget Bureau No. U6-RO32

7A- COMPONENT PROWl. CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATE Approval expires 12/31/68

This form is to be used to apply for a conduct. and adminis tration grant under Section 205 of Title II-A Ki-onomir Opportunity let of 1961, as amended.

~NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY FcOMPONEN r PROJECT NO. DO NOT USE For OEO Use)

"Operation Opportuni ties -- Clark Coar4y" 7- 12.
HEAD START CHILO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM /Check one)

□ J FOLLOW-THROUGH PROGRAM |'x ] FULL-YEAR PROGRAM ! I SUMMER PROGRAM 1. WORK PROGRAM All applicants must complel

applicant feels that the questionnaire requires

DELEGATION OF ACTIVITIES TO OTHER AGENCIES

Operation Independence I 165 BaIzar
Las Vegas, Nevada

3. SCOPE OF DELEGATION Attach a statement describing:

c. The way in which the applicant agency will supervise and/or coordinate the activities of the delegate agencies.
ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS Attach separate Civil Rights Assurance forms fully executed by the applicant agency and

5. HAS THE APPLICANT ENCLOSED WITH THIS COMPONENT PROJECT THE MAP AND RELATED DATA AS REQUIRED IN THE IN­ STRUCTIONS? IK] YES □ N O

T — — — — —— — PREVIOUS APPLICATION
HAS THIS COMPONENT PROJECT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY ITS PRESENT FORM, EVER BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A PREVIOUS APPLICA­

~ .

~

TION FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE7

YES [—| No (lf . . y ^ al(ach an exptanatory statement) BUDGET

A. PERSONNEL

COST CATEGORY

...

ESTIMATED COST

3 86,438 I ,500 I 00 16,752 10,180 5,178 3,440 ' 3 123,588 27,072 3 96,516

8. BUDGET DETAIL Attach a statement giving the basis for estimating the cost of this component project, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the CAP GUIDE, Where convenient, the cost esti­ mates should be shown on CAP Form 23, “Budget for Component Project".

9. PERIOD OF GRANT How long will this component project be financed by the grant requested in this application?

B. CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACT SERVICES C. TRAVEL
D. SPACE COSTS ANO RENTALS
E. CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES

F. RENTAL, LEASE, OR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT G. OTHER COSTS

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION

FEDERAL GRANT REQUESTED UNDER TITLE ll-A

. 12

MONTHS

CAP FORM 30 SEP 65

COMPONENT 7-12 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

7A.3 A. Operation Irdependence, as a delegate agency, will have the +otal responsibility in carrying out the. component project. The relationship between the applicant and the participating agency will be set out in a working agreement.

B. .The present Day Care Services Center is an integral function of the total operation of Operation Independence, which is concerned w i th a manifold program of services to the Westside area., target area "A". The original sponsor of Operation

Independence, the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association, ■had planned for and achieved full independence of operations

for the delegate agency. The working relationship between the delegate agency and the operations of the Center have been intimate since its inception. The Project Supervisor of Operation independence has always exercised both general and specific supervision over the operations of the Day Care Services Center.

C. The applicant will supervise the activities of the delegate agency through its Executive Di rector and Program Coordinator. Funds will be disbursed by the applicant at regular intervals and will be contingent upon proper expenditure reporting and progress reports of the delegate agency. Such progress reports will be reviewed in the light of the goals and program as outlined in the program of work of the delegate agency.

ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY’S REGULATION UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

_____ Operation Independence____________________________(hereinafter called the "Applicant’' (Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

AGREES THAT it will comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) and the Regulations of the Office of Economic Opportunity issued pursuant to that title (45 C.F.R. Part 1010), to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which the Applicant receives Federal financial assistance either directly or indirectly from the Office of Economic Opportunity; and HEREBY GIVES ASSURANCE THAT it will immediately take any measures necessary to effectuate this agreement.

If any real property or structure thereon is provided or improved with the aid of Federal financial assistance extended to the Applicant either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant, or in the case of any transfer of such property, any transferee, for the period during which the real property or structure is used for a purpose for which the Federal financial assistance is extended or for another purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits. If any personal property is so provided, this assurance shall obligate

the Applicant for the period during which it retains ownership or possession of the property. In all other cases, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant for the period during which the Federal financial assistance is extended to it either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity.

THIS ASSURANCE is given in consideration of and for the purpose of obtaining either directly or indirectly any and all Federal grants, loans, contracts, property, or discounts, the referral or assignment of VISTA Volunteers, or other Federal financial assistance extended after the date hereof to the Applicant by the Office of Economic Opportunity, including installment payments after such date on account of applications for Federal financial assistance which were approved before such date. The Applicant recognizes and agrees that such Federal financial assistance will be extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this assurance, and that the United

States shall have the right to seek judicial enforcement of this assurance. This assurance is binding on the Applicant, its successors, transferees, and assignee, and the person or persons whose signatures appear below are authorized to sign this assurance on behalf of the Applicant.

Date

Operation Independence________ _
(Name of Applicant or De-legate Agency)

(Pres of Board, or comparable horized official)

.11.65. Ba.I gar.

Las Vegas, Nevada. (Mailing Address)

Clark Court</( J

7A.6

The Operation Independence Day Care-Center is now being funded under CAP Component 7-2. The proposed program under Project Head Start criteria represents an expansion of the present project which involves doubling the present enrolIment from 60 to 120 chi Idren.

Form Approved
Budget Bureau No.ll6-R032

(Note: A completed copy of this < aire nust be submitted as a part of each Head Start application)

! .

APPLICANT
A. Status with Office of Economic Opportunity

■ receive i 1 ad Start grant from the United Stat.< s Office of Economic Opportunity during the summe

of 1965?

Yes X ■ Grant numbef 0550

Was the applicant a delegate agency ("sponsor" or operating agency) for an OEO Head Start grantee during the summer of 1965?

Grant lum ber x
Applicant agency "Operation Opportunities — Clark County"

Economic Opportunity Board

Were any delegate agent-ies in this application involved in a Head Start program during, the summer of .1965? Yes No X

If yes, please give Head Start grant number(s):
See Page IA attached ------ ---------------;----------

4. Is the applicant a Community Action Agency that has been funded under Section 204 or 205 of the Economic Opportunity Act for programs
other than Head. Start? Yes X No

If yes, list grant number(s) of previously approved application(s):

NEV CAP A-357 (PD/PC)

NEV CAP 65-357/1

NEV CAP 66-357

NEV CAP 66-357/1

(NOTE: If answer to question 4 is "yes", skip to question 8.)

CAP Form 30 Sop 65

1-A

The delegate agency for the summer, 1965, Project
Head Start program was the Clark County School District. However, the delegate agency for this application

is Operation Independence, which through the sponsor­ ship of the Nevada Health and Tuberculosis Association, was the delegate agency for a day care center which
was funded as a CAP program, under grant number
NEV CAP 65-357/1. This application is, therefore,
a renewal of the day care program under Project Head Start Criteria.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

5. Is there an existin Community Action Agency (CAA) that serves • your community.’

Yes X ; Name and a d d r e s s No_______

"Operation Opportunities — Clark Comnty ■ Economic Opportunity Board

3051 Paradise Road - Suite 15_________________ Las Vegas, Nevada ’

What area does it servi? Give name of city(s) or county(s) and state: Clark County, Nevada _______________

6. If answer to question 5 above is "no", is a Community Action Agency (CAA) being organized that will serve your community?

Yes______: Name and a d d r e s s No What area w ill it serve?_________________________________________

If "yes", are you participating in organizing the CAA?

Ye s________ _No________

7. Is the applicant applying as a CAA, or as a single-purpose agency as described in Vol. I, Part B, Sec. 7 of the CAP Guide?

Applying as a CAA
Applying as a single-purpose agency

If the applicant is applying as a single-purpose agency, and the answers to questions 5 and 6 are both "no", please explain why you are applying as a single-purpose agency rather than as a CAA, and indicate why you are not acting to organize a CAA.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

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If the applicant is applying as a single-purpose-agency, and the answer to either 5 or 6 is "yes", please explain why this application is not being made through a CAA, and describe the attitude of the local CAA toward the proposed program.

8. Is the applicant agency, or any delegate agency, a religious organization, or is it officially affiliated with any

■religious organization? Yes No X

If "yes", give the name of the agency, identify it as an applicant or delegate agency, describe its religious .nature or affiliation, describe the role the agency will play in the program, and identify and describe the religious organization with which it is affiliated.

Is the applicant agency or any delegate agency engaged in any religious activities, or will they make use as part of the proposed program of any property or facilities belonging to a religious organization? Yes No X

If the answer to either part of this question is "yes", are the applicant agency and all delegate agencies aware of 0E0 conditions governing grants to church and church-related organizations? (Exhibit IX, pp. 99-100, CAP Guide, Vol. I) Yes_____ No_______

]

’’

__________________ .______________ ______________

J I

* Past experience indicates that, as a result of normal child turnover, an actual total of 250 children will be enrolled during a I2-month period.

10. Please explain the reasoning behind your decisions on the amount of funds to be spent on Head Start programs as opposed to other types of anti-poverty components, and the reasoning behind your decisions on the relative amounts you plan to spend on each type of Head Start program.

See attached letter from Clark County School District regarding the decision not to pursue a Head Start follow-through program (page 4A).

The day care component was selected as a major priority target because of the way it uniquely ties in with, the effort to reduce ADC dependence and to increase Income of families in poverty. In addition, the child development program will head off the type of school and.social maladjustments which perpetuate poverty conditions. Even other siblings in the enrollee’s family can be expected to benefit indirectly from this program. This program is also part of a combined Community Service Center proposal, in which a variety of other social services can be provided the enrollee's family as a total effort to re-orient the low- income family.

Components

Funds Required From
0E0

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$96,516 $53,131

Funds Required. Status (Funded, From Office Number submitted

of of or

CAP Form 30 Sep 65 ■

B.

Plans for Child Development Programs

9. Complete the following chart to indicate the types of Head Start components for which you have requested, or will request, funds between July 1, 1965, and June 30, 1966. Show estimates of the grants required for these programs, and of the number of children to be served. (Be sure to include the component proposed in this application.)

1) Head Start Follow-Through Program

2) Full-Year Head Start Program 3) Head Start Summer Program

TOTAL

Education Children

-0- -0-

planned)

-0-

Planned

Funded

-o-
-0- 350

*120 (250)

Mrs. Elaine Walbroek
Executive Director
Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County 3051 Paradise Road, Suite #15
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Walbroek:

Clark County School District

BOX 551 TELEPHONE 736-5011 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

30 November 1 965

BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES

Mrs. Eloise V. Blue, Member
Mr. Dell H. Robison, Member
Mr. George W. Wilkinson, Member

This letter will summarize salient information you and I discussed several days ago in connection with the use of various funds for projects sponsored by the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County. The specific question surrounded the possible use of Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds in support of the Day-Care Center pre-school program. Clark County will earn approximately $400,000 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. These funds are to be spent on educa­ tional programs for the educationally deprived students. This amount of money will not stretch to cover all such students in the County, but will only begin to touch some of the students in the more concentrated areas.

At this time, projects have been approved by the School District for use of all funds allotted. There are additional projects we would wish to conduct, however, funds will not be sufficient for them this year. Pre-school programs were among the desirable projects for the Clark County School District. However, in the final analysis it was deemed more desirable to put additional effort in the programs which are now underway (reading development, language development, home-school relationships, migrant worker children, study habits, etc.) rather than initiate a new area which would require addi­ tional buildings, additional equipment and additional teachers. The Head Start summer project was conducted in such a way to make use of available materials, equipment and trained teachers. The advent of pursuing Project Head Start the year around is not feasible at this time due to other priority commitments on the part of the educational program for those students enrolled in the kindergarten through the high school level.

We are indeed sorry that it is impossible to go into a year around program at this time, but until we are able i;o satisfactorily plan for the educational programs for the youngsters who presently exist at the educationally disadvantaged level within the School District, we would not entertain the thought of branching into other levels.

Sincerely,

L. E. Shuck, Special Assistant Research and Project Design

LES: js:rz

5

Have the local public school systems in the area to be served by this program received or applied for grants to be used for pre- school programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965? Yes_______No X

If "yes"? what is the nature and amount of such grant or request, and what is its relationship to the Child Development Programs proposed in this application or being planned for the future?.

See page 4A

Representation

12.- What percentages of the population of the area to be served belong to the following groups? (gee page 5A for further explanation

of area to be served)

Indian

Negro

___________________ 7°

White __________ 3I■

Other (identify) : Spanish-American, Oriental
Source of information: Estimates based upon projections of______

I960 U. S. Census for 1965 totals.

13. What is the total membership of the applicant's governing body, and of its Policy Advisory Committee if such a committee exists?

%

Policy Governing Advisory

Body Committee 40 *37

* The Policy Advisory Committee for this project is the
Board of Trustees of Operation Independence, the delegate agency.

96

5-A

Although the day care centers are located physically in the Westside Community, whose composition has been described above, every e ffo rt has been and
will be made to provide service to low-income fami­ lies throughout Las Vegas. These efforts include general publicity through newspaper, radio, and television media, in addition to contacts with a variety of private organizations. Moreover, coor­ dination has been maintained with major welfare agencies so that they can make referrals to the

day care center. These agencies include Nevada State Welfare Department and Clark County Welfare Department. The success of these efforts is dem­ onstrated by the fact that 8^ of the child enroll­ ment in the present operation of the center Is white, while the community is only white. It should further be noted that the Operation Independ­ ence Day Care Center is the most integrated in s ti­ tution of its kind in the entire Las Vegas area.

14. How many of those membe: s identified in question 13 above belong

to the fol lowing gi Indian

Negro

White

(Id e n tify ):____________________________________ Migrant (Spanish-Arnerican) ।

Other

Spa’nish American I
(This is distinct from Migrant who is

Policy

Advisory

Committee

2* 8*

also Spanish-American)

15. How many of these ers are residents of the areas to be • served and/or members of the groups to be served by the program? (For example, parents of children to be en­ rolled in the program. See CAP Guide, Vol. I, B.6.c,

p . 1 8 )

Governing

Body

|*5

Governing Body

Policy Advisory Committee

22 .9

How many of those members identified in question 15 above belong to
the following groups? Governing Body Policy Advisory Committee

Indian

N e g r o 1 4* 2 8

White
Other (Identify):

* Nine Negros are presently on the Board and six will be seated with the establishment of the Neighborhood Councils in the target area.
See page 6-A for further explanation.

* * Attached is a list of Board Members of Operation Independence, the Policy Advisory Committee.

CAP .Form 30 Sep 65

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28

The structure of the Economic Opportunity Board
of Clark County is in transition. At present, there are eight Negro members from the Westside community and one from Boulder C ity . Six neigh­ borhood councils are now being established within the Westside community. Each of these councils will elect one member to serve on the Economic Opportunity Board. The total Negro representation from the Westside community will be fourteen.

Off i cers:

* WHITE, EARLE W., JR. Chairman

* BRUNNER, EARL Vice Chairman

• *  PARKER, I RENE
  2nd Vice Chai rman

• *  FEARS, STELLA Secretary

• *  KNIGHT, SARAH ANN Treasurer

  Board Members:

  * ALEXANDER, REV. C. Minister

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OPERATION INDEPENDENCE

Attorney

Principal

Housewife

Housewife

Proprietor Cleaners

Southwest Gas Corp.
201 I Las Vegas Blvd. S.

Highland Elementary Highland Avenue

2208 N. Matheson
508 Bowman Avenue 1320 North "D" Street

*

ANDERSON, PrincipaI

MRS.

JIM

Grace Memorial Baptist Church H - 721 North "C" Street

K it Carson Elementary
H - 1900 Lake Mead Blvd. No. 3

B - 621 Las Vegas Blvd. South H - 810 Shetland Road

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension 1020 South Main Street

832 Duqune

Clark County School District H - 808 Bonita Avenue

BRIARE, WILLIAM County Commissioner

BUNKER, FERREN W. County Extension Agent

* CARTER, MARY Parent

DONDERO, HARVEY N. Asst. Superintendent

Board Members:

* GREY, ETHEL Parent

(Cont inued)

HARRIS, CARL
Director of Social Work

* HOGGARD, J. DAVID' Program Assistant

JOHNSON, REV. LEO
Sen. Coordinator, NYC

* JOHNSON, MARIE Parent

* JONES, DOROTHY Parent

KATZ, EDITH Housewife - NCJW

* KLINGLER, CYNTHIA Teacher

LAUNDERS, DOROTHY Executive Secretary

* McCOY, HARRIET Medical Worker

* McNEAL, JAMES Parent

* MORGAN, Mrs. Parent

* OVERTON, EDNA Parent

2369 Concord
Las Vegas, Nevada

Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Las Vegas, Nevada

Economic Opportunity Board
H - 711 Morgan Avenue, Las Vegas

B - 629 Las Vegas Blvd. N. H - 1124 Freeman

615 Van Ert Street Las Vegas, Nevada

2212 Wayne Way Las Vegas, Nevada

1273 Park Circle Las Vegas, Nevada

K it Carson Elementary School 1110 Virginia City, Las Vegas

Clark County Mental Health Association 704 South 6th street, Las Vegas

Nevada State Health Department P. 0. Box 400, Las Vegas

1000 Washington Street Las Vegas, Nevada

1049 Hassel I
Las Vegas, Nevada

1104 Jimmy Street Las Vegas, Nevada

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OPERATION INDEPENDENCE

Board Members (ContInued)

POWELL, LARRY Fi reman

REID, ROBERT Attorney

SKAGEN, ERNEST District Director

SNOWDEN, JAMES C iti zen

SPANN, CHARLES Manager

WEST, CHARLES, M.D. Physician

WILLIAMS, MONROE Fi reman

City of Las Vegas
H - 2720 Joust Place

401 South 3rd. Street
H - 2246 Eng I estead, North Las Vegas

Nevada State Welfare Division 215 E. Bonanza, Las Vegas

H - 1 2 0 0 L a w r y C o u r t Las Vegas, Nevada

Youth Opportunities Center 629 Las Vegas Blvd. North

960 W. Owens Street Las Vegas, Nevada

City of Las Vegas
H - 616 Monroe, Las Vegas

TARGET AREA RESIDENTS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OPERATION INDEPENDENCE

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

How are repre. > nt 'ft Ives chosen from each neighborhood served by a Center to be members of the governing body or Policy Advisory Committee?

See page 7-A

Describe briefly the steps the applicant has taken to encourage local public discussion of the proposed program.

See Page 7-A

Is a copy of this application available for public inspection?

Ye s X No_______

D. Increase in Non-Fe.di n 1 Contribution

20. Does the applicant assure 0E0 that no non-Federal funds have been or will be diverted from any other activities focusing on the needs of the poor in order to finance this Child Development program?

Yes x No

If "no", please explain.

21. Were any non-tuition Head Start or pre-school programs operated by any organization or agency, including the applicant and delegate agencies, in the area to be served by the proposed pro­ gram for the benefit of children from low-income families in the 12 months prior to the date of this application? Yes__X—No---------

See page 7-B

17. The Board of Trustees of Operation Independence, which is the Policy Advisory Committee for this project, is composed of 37 members, 75$ of whom are drawn from the target area. The Board of Trustees elects all members to fill vacancies after circula­ tion by letter, personal contact, and through the public information media of the need to fill such vacancies. All meetings are opened to the public

and participation of all Westside community residents is encouraged. Six slots on the Board of Trustees
w ill be fille d by delegates from the six Neighborhood

Councils now being established throughout the West­ side community by the Economic Opportunity Board
of Clark County. In addition, three slots are reserved for parents from each of the three day care centers, which comprise this project. The 25$ allotment to non-community residents is distributed among private and public agencies in Clark County, to insure coor­ dination of Operation Independence activities with these agencies.

18. The proposed program is the result of planning and experience over a three year period, begun at
the in itia l development of Operation Independence
by the Nevada Health and Tuberculosis Association.
The original Planning Board of Operation Independence, now functioning as the Board of Trustees, had a day care center committee, which developed the in itia l plans for inception of day care service in 196'4.

The day .care planning committee of Operation Independ­ ence has always included a number of parents whose children are being serviced at the day care center.- This committee continued to function to evaluate the service and propose program revisions. The various facets of the proposed program have been a subject

of discussion at the regular meetings of Operation Independence, as well as at the meetings of the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County, the applicant agency for this program.

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21. Three such programs have or are being conducted:

(1) The Catholic Community Welfare operates a Variety Day School Center on a minimum fee schedule. However, the maximum enrollment of this Center is 120 ch iIdren.

(2) The Clark County School District in the summer, 1965, operated a Project Head Start program. The School District has no plans to apply for a con­ tinuation or follow-up of this program (see page 4-A).

(3) The delegate agency of this project, Operation Independence, is now operating a day care center, funded as a CAP component, for which this project represents a continuation and expansion under Project Head Start criteria. The present program services only 65 children.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

ptior« the ., th)»

Yes X No________

" " nlain how the applicant will meet the "Increase “ Non-eFederainCo;tribution" requirements set forth in Volume I,

Part A, Section 5 of the CAP Guide, (p-9).

I I .

STAFF

23. Give below the names, qualifications aid background of the following key members of the Child Development Program staff, emphasizing any particular qualifications to direct programs for children of pre­ school age. (If the person is not yet selected, write in "not selected" and give desired qualifications and background to be used
as criteria for his selection. If the same person will be responsible for more than one of the programs listed below, indicate that fact appropriately.)

For many programs, some of the positions described below may be part-time or volunteer positions. For follow-through programs, not all the positions described below will be appropriate. The applicant should indicate, whenever appropriate, the person(s) who will be responsible for the program areas listed below.

Name.

a. Principal Officer of
Child Development Program

Lubertha J o h n s o n

b. Director of Education and Development Program

Mabel M. Hoggard

c. Director of Health Services Program

Otto Ravenholt, M.D.

d. Director of Social Services Program

Not Selected

Qualifications and Background---------------

See page 9-A

___________________

See page 9-B

See page 9-C

See page 9-D

* Al I these positions are reflected in the budget of CAP Component 7-13, Community.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

Service Center

Curriculum Vitae

Lubertha M. Johnson 2241 Sunset Road Las Vegas

Qua Ii f ications •

9-A

2 years of college training — Roger Williams University

Nashville, Tennessee

1 year of child development — Pestalozz'i Teachers College Chicago, 11 Iinois

Additional courses In Sociology — YMCA College Chicago, Illin o is

April I964-65 — Supervisor - Operation Independence
I 961-1964 — Community Grocery and Market Co-Manager 1963-1961 — Licensed Practical Nurse

Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Previous Work Experience includes:

Recreation Supervisor in Public Housing, Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California and in Las Vegas, Nevada

Employment by Urban League as Interviewer in Industrial Relations Department — in Chicago, Illinois and

Los Angeles, California

Organizational Affiliations

NAACP — served on Executive Board during 1945, Branch President for two terms; Chairman of Educatior' Committee for four years

Human Relations Commission — Secretary-Treasurer, 4 years Member of Advisory Board — Nevada State Training School

for Girls (Appointed by Governor Sawyer, 1961).

N.C.C.J. — Executive Board and Member, 2j

Mrs. Lubertha.Johnson has lived and worked for the past 21 years.

In 1943 she worked in Public Housing where several hundred Negroes who came to Nevada Basic Magnesium Plant at Henderson, Nevada

years.

in Las Vegas

she interviewed to work in the

In 1953 Mrs. Johnson took the Practical Nursing course at Nevada Southern Memorial Hospital, mainly for the purpose of helping to get Negro nurses hired in that institution. She worked there for 8 years and saw

the hospital become integrated In all departments.

In Chicago and Los Angeles, she worked in the office of the National Urban League where she interviewed young people for job placement.

She has been active In the NAACP for more than twenty years, serving on the Executive Board continuously; as president for two terms. She served on the State Welfare Advisory Board for four years and is now an active member of the NCCJ, serving on the Executive Board for the fourth year.

Mrs. Johnson is secretary-treasurer of the Mayor’s Human Relations Committee. She was appointed by Governor Grant Sawyer to the Advisory Board of the State School for Girls at Caliente, Nevada, in 1961.

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MABEL W. HOGGARD ENRICHMENT DIRECTOR

Mrs. Hoggard attended the Tennessee State College in Nashville, Tennessee, and received a Bachelor Degree at West Virginia State Teachers College. She has done graduate work at the University of Chicago, West Virginia State, University of Utah and Nevada Southern.

She has taught at Westside, Matt Kelley and Highland Schools. In 1964, she was co-chairman of a Faculty Committee on "In-Service Training Day", which explored the needs for teaching the culturally deprived child. Afterwards, she attended a Seminar at U.C.L.A. on teaching the disadvantaged chi Id.

Known as one of the finest primary teachers in the county dedicated to children, Mrs. Hoggard has made important contri­ butions to her profession and to her community. She has been an officer of the Las Vegas Classroom Teacher’s Association and is a member of the executive Committee of Southern Nevada Teachers of Eng’ish and Foreign Languages. She served two terms as secretary of the Clark County of the American Red Cross and has been active as a member of the executive Board of the N.A.A.C.P.

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Education

195^ 1953 19^2

Experience

1953-1959 I96O-I963

1963-Present

Military Service

I9U7-I952

1958-Present

*nLsieu<re Honors

Curriculum Vitae Otto Hakon Ravenholt

Born May 17, 1927, Luck, Wisconsin

University of Minnesota - BA " * ” -MD " ” * - MPH

'internship, U.S.P.H.S. Hospital, Seattle, Washington.

Health Officer and Director, Topeka-Shawnee County Health Department, Topeka, Kansas; Lecturer in

Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kansas University.

Chief Health Officer, Clark County District Health Department, Las Vegas, Nevada.

U.S. Army, Language School and Counter-Intelligence Corps.

U.S.P.H.S. Reserve Corps, Senior Assistant Surgeon.

Licensed to practice medicine in States of Minnesota, Kansas, California and Nevada.

Delta Sigma Rho, National Speech Honorary Society.

Consultant in Preventive Medicine, Second Air • Division, SAC, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas.

Governor’s Consultant Committee on Reorganisation of Kansas State Board of Health.

Consultant, Medical Care, Kansas State Board of Social Welfare.

National Tuberculosis Association, Ad hoc Committee on Tuberculin Testing; Subcommittee on Development of Clinic Standards and Manual.

State of Nevada, Governor’s Advisory Committee on Services to Emergency Patients

State of Nevada, Governor’s Advisory Committee on Tuberculosis Eradication

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Memberships

United States Public Health Service (Reserve) American Public Health Association
Kansas Public Health Association
Nevada Public Health Association

American Medical Association
American Association of Public Health *Physician International Acadeny of Law and Science

English, Danish and Japanese.

Wife: Marie. Children: Garth, 14; Kim, 10; Dirk, 7; John 1 month.

Family

Publications

1. Ravenholt,OttoH.
ALetter—andaReport. TheNewPhysicianJ.S^JiJl. 5 32-34 (May) 1957.

2. Ravenholt,ReimertT.andRavenholt,OttoH. Staphylococcal Infections in the Hospital and Community, Hospital Environment and Staphylococcal Disease. A.J.P.H. 48:277-287 (March) 1958.

3. Ravenholt, 0. H., Baker, E. F., Jr., Wysham, D. N., and Geidt, W.R. EliminatingBlanketsasanInfectionSource. Hospitals,J.A.H.A. 32:75-80 (June 16) 1958.

4. Ravenholt,OttoandJensen,AliceP.
Quality Control in Maternal and Newborn Car® In Topeka, Kansas. A.J.P.H. 52:1853-1857 (Nov.) 1962.

(5 through 9 - Minor Publications)
5. Ravenholt, Otto H. .: .

Cost of Care in Last Year of Life, Bulletin, Shawnee County Medical Society, Inc. June, I96I.

6. Ravenholt,OttoH.
Out-Patient Community Clinic Control of Tuberculosis, Bulletin, Shawnee County Medical Soceity, Inc. November, 19&1.

7, Ravenholt,OttoH.
Epidemic Jaundice, Bulletin Shawnee County Medical Society, Ino. March, 1962.

Ravenholt, Otto H.

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8. SyndromeSurveillance,Bulletin,ShawneeCountyMedicalSociety,Inc, April, 1962.

9. VenerealDiseaseControl,Bulleting,ShawneeCountyMedicalSociety, Inc.-, January, 1963.

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JOB DESCRIPTION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE COORDINATOR

General Responsibilities

The Social Service Coordinator is directly responsible
to the Executive Director. His primary function will be to
act as liaison between the Community Service Center and the existing social work agencies, mental hygiene clinics, and other related agencies in assuring an effective referral service
for target area residents.

Specific Responsibilities

The Specific responsibilities of the Social Service Coordinator Include:

1. Coordinating the family service program of the day care centers to insure that all family needs of day care enrollees are met.

2. Assisting other social welfare agencies, when appropriate, in solving individual family problems.

3. Performing counseling for all referrals from neighborhood service workers and aides as well as applicants who
apply directly at the Center or its three branches.

4. Serving as a member of the teaching team under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Coordination

and Staff Training in all of the staff training programs of the Center.

5. Working closely with state and county welfare agencies in areas as determined by those agencies to insure

maximum utilization of community resources by low-income residents.

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JOB DESCRIPTION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE COORDINATOR (cont.)

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master's degree in social work or Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3 years of social work experience.

2. Three years paid experience in a social welfare agency.

3. One year supervisory experience in social welfare work.

4. Demonstrated experience in Intergroup relations.

5. Demonstrated sensitivity In counseling of low-income clients.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Master's degree in Social Work.

2. Five years paid experience In a social welfare agency.

3. Three years supervisory experience in a social welfare agency.

e. Director of Psychological Services Program

Director of Nutrition Program

James Todd, Jr.

g. Other (identify)

Agnes P. Lockette
Assistant Child Care Coordinator

By Nevada Law, the Mental Health Center and the Special Childrens

Clinic are charged with this responsibility. Referrals wiI I------ be made.to these agencies for appropriate care.

See page 10-A

See page 10—B

24. Does your State certify kindergarten and/or pre-school teachers? Yes *X No

* Nevada does not certify pre-school teachers, only kindergarten.

25. What requirements and standards are you setting for the selection of teachers? (If you plan to require certification for teachers, please explain why you plan to do so.)

Every effort will be made to secure certified teachers on the premise that a solid academic background is important in the development of a good pre-school teacher. However, since pre-school certification is not given, in Nevada, uncertified teachers of exceptional ability with pre-school children will be appointed as Head Teacher. (See job description for Head Teacher in Budget Justification.)

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

JAMES TODD, JR.

James Todd, Jr. Is a licensed food handler, by the State of Nevada. He has been licensed for a period of two years. Previous to that he was a licensed food supervisor in Houston, Texas for a four year period.

He. can make sauces, soups, pies, cakes, and all other
types of pastry. He also prepares vegetables, meats, and produce. Mr. Todd has experience, in ordering his necessities, and maintaining an economical food cost. His kitchens always
measure up to the top requirements of the Health Department.

Mr. Todd, presently employed as a butcher at the Flamingo Hotel, has worked there for the past eleven months. Before that, he worked as a Relief Man at the Tropicana Hotel for a period of eight months. While in Texas, he worked as First Relief Man
at the Long Island Restaurant for four years.

James Todd, Jr. was trained under Mr. Walter Koen I ng of
the Chef's Foundation at the OLD HEIDELBERG at 1122 N. St. Marry in San Antonio, Texas.

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AGNES P . LOCKETTE

Mrs. Lockette is a graduate of Albany State College in Albany, Georgia, where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Kindergarten and Primary Education.

Mrs. Lockette has taught in the PubIic School Systems in the State of Nevada for thirteen years as

a Kindergarten teacher at Westside School. She has served on service committees of Kindergarten Curriculum Development of the Kindergarten Child.

In 1962, she was Chairman of In-Service Instructional Materials Section for Kindergarten Teachers for Clark County School Systems.

She has conducted research as a graduate student in testing, qualifying, and evaluating Kindergarten and Primary students. Mrs. Lockette has been actively connected in research performing diagnostic and

psychometric testing and evaluating of children of Primary and Elementary School age.

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26. Teaching staff: Some applications for teaching staff are now on file at the delegate agency. Further recruiting efforts will be initiated through the Nevada Employment Security Depart­ ment and newspaper advertisement as well as coordination with Clark County School District and State Welfare to insure adequate criteria. Applicants will'be screened by the Executive Director, Operation Independence, and inter­ views will be conducted by the Director of the Education and Development Program. Final determination will be made jointly by the Executive Director and the Director of Education

and Development.

Other paid professional staff: AppIications
are also on file for this staff. The procedures for recruiting, interviewing, and selecting
this staff will be similar to that developed
for the teaching staff. However, consultation with appropriate representatives of pertinent community agencies, such as State Welfare and Clark County Health Department, will be made prior to final determination of technical staff.

26. How will paid professional staff be recruited? (For example, means of advertising job availability, interview process, etc.) Describe separately for teaching staff and for other paid professional staff.

Teaching staff:

See page I I-A

Other paid professional staff:

27. How will paid non-professional staff be recruited and selected?

See page Il-B

28. How will volunteers be recruited and selected?

VISTA Volunteers and NYC enrollees w ill be selected in coordination with the criteria established by these programs. Community volunteers are recruited through the general public relations
effort of Operation Independence. Volunteers are used in accordance with their special interests and skills. See page I I —C for a brief summary of the areas in which volunteers have been successfully used. Every effort wiI I be made to secure male NYC enrol lees to add a masculine role to the day care environment.

29. Will a.p.pl-i-c--a--n--t t--a-k--e- s-rp-e--c--i-f--i-c----a--c--t-i-o--n- t_o_ assure full compliance with 0E0 requirements for equal opportunity in employment? Yes * No

Describe actions to be taken to assure compliance.

Recruiting w ill stress pub I i c channe I s of employment such as the State Employment Service and newspaper advertisement. All persons delegated for interviewing and selection of personnel will be apprised of CEO requirements of equal opportunity in employment.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

From 40 to 50 applications are now on file for positions on the non-professionaI staff. Additional recruiting will be done through newspaper advertisement and the Nevada State Department of Employment Security. Initial interviewing and screening will be done by the Education Director, but further interviewing will be done by the Head Teacher at each of the day care centers, under

whom such personnel will serve. Final determination will be made by the Head Teacher and the Education Director in coordination with the Executive Director of Operation Independence.

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The use of volunteers in securing both equipment and supplies for the day care center has been an essential ingredient in the success of the day care center program. Attached is a list of some of the community- contributions secured by Operation Independence volunteers.

e. 0. I-cnttions' --

. Sister Charles
Miss Thomasine Kieffan M rs. Hugh Boyd
Mrs. Bertha MoC
Mrs. Joseoh P ce

.Mrs. Irace Me 1
Mrs. Leola 'rmstrcn
James Gay
Mrs. Richarc Trby
Art Lurie 'of Fd . Mair Mkt. Mr. & Mrs. -.ndrew Arrington

uecemoer c, i--oj?

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Many contributions to CCC Books
Books
Rug samples

Donations for NYC party Dr. Pepper ■ Royal Crown Bottling Co. donations for NYC party

R. Rainman
Rug Mart, Ltd,
Nevada Blind -- Floor Co.
Modern Creations
C.L. Coleman
Tack N Hammer
Oran Gragsaon’s furniture ’• Appl.

Donation for NYC party Carpet squares
Carnet squares
Fabric remnants
Clot-in' '■ >i art oles

Fran’s Interiors
Desert Decor rt Sunplies
Kustom Knit Shoo
Mrs. Clesse ?•'. Turner
Fabric Mart
Review Journal
Mrs. Coar McMillan. Gift Mrs. Lavallo Moore Clothes Bob Bailey

Many donations

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lai;

Pictures rki
Elastic A- rubber halls
Rugs
nicturs for Bulletin Boards' Merchandise for NYC narty

Dranery samples
Draoery & leatherette
Drapery samples
Mosaic Kits
Yarn
Draneries, rods, kitchen articles M aterial
Newsprint

Food & supplies

12/8/6$ Page 2

yrs. Hellen Teat
Mr-3. Scott Smith Mrs. Vernon Jones Mrs. Addeliai . jy Mrs. Ella Blackman "rs. Leola-Arm t1

Mr. Mrs. Rayford Mrs. Treats
Jrs.« Mary . uinlan Les Femme Douze

Mrs. Ruthie Hart
Mrs. Marilyn -‘lie
Mrs. Ella Blackman
Mrs. Donald Kirkin .o
Mrs. Lydia hrry Christian k. Dulin
Div. of Hum. "• Fine Arts.

Marvin Pearson
Mrs. Wm. L. -iirsol, Thrift Shoo (Mesquite) Mrs. Warners
Mrs. Siexel, avi.> Mrs. Gold stein ■
Mrs. Ifcuite

Mrs. Almeta Moody Pat Beggarly Charleston /. oliance Ruth Bradley

Mr. A.J. Bowman

Clothes Clothes Clothes C lothes Clothe s

remnants

T, r o u p

, Clothin * h books Tricycle
Food
Clothes

U9.38
Clothe s Halloween Candy Clothes
Drape s
Ma -azines

List of movies of MIV. SO. ’HIV Lecture list of NEV. CO. 'HTIV. D i s he s
Clothing, toys, t )ks

Donation

Mise. •
Misc.
Toys, drinking cups, etc. Sheets & Elastic covers

Washing machine ' Refrigerator

St ove
Washing machine

12/8/6$ •
Mr. Otis Freei an

Service Lea ne

£0

?'■ " ! •' F.-'rP ' ' O' Li^'-.

PERSON ;<■■■' ■c
Mrs. Lillie McCoy - lirman of Library Committee Mrs. Margaret linn - Lil 'ary ( ommittee Member Mr. Bernard Cuinn
Mrs. Luna Hayes
Mrs. Zoria 1'yson
Mrs. Lonnie Mai all
Mrs. Vir L-
■iss'■ raiet'.hivers
Miss Ernestine tlasper
Mr. Larry Powell
Mr. Ricky Vain
Miss Margaret York
Miss Claudette ""chols
Mr. Harold' Freeman
Mrs. Sally Hahn
Mrs. Helen Parker
Mrs. Sylvia Leaks
Miss Viola "arris

■,1.00 bed
1'00.00 (refr1 - rat or, washer,

cleaning; work)

ty i n.y

?ard, library

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W ill professional and non-professiona 1 staff be assigned to Centers and classes without regard to race, creed, :olor, or national

origin?

If "no", please explain.

integrated staffing pattern. If "no", please explain.

, cnr training of staff members, including 32. professlonals^non-professionals,^and vdunteers. other than

through the 0E0 Child Development Teacher Training rogr *m

If "yes", describe briefly.

In-service training w ill be afforded NYC enrol lees assigned to the
day care program. Title V, Work Experience, enrollees work stations at the day care centers will also receive the | in-service training. Regular staff meetings are planned for more formalized seminar discussions of day care problems at which volunteer consultants from appropriate agencies can be used.

Under development now is a separate CAP training cTMP°^nt Ch the University of Nevada can establish a more formaIized_training program. Funds are available to the Title V, Wor^P?rl^?er’work enrollees to take appropriate course work to supp|ement th e iwgrk experience either through the Adult Education Program of Clark County School District or at Nevada Southern University.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

Yes X__Ho

H I. RECRUITMENT AND I.N'KJIJ.MENT OF CHILDREN • ’ 33.Describe

the program.

. See page I3-A

If more eligible children apply than the program can accept, what

= ................-

Will recruitment efforts be designed to ““ origin and will all without regard to race, clearly state that children will be

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

such efforts, Including publicity, V admitted to the program and assigneeto Centers race, creed, color, or national origin.

without regard to ________

----- -

the Las Vegas area.

, 4. Wi+h an 8^ White child

36. Will all eligll.li. children be admitted to the program and assigned to

Centers and classes without regard to race origin?

> creed, color, or national Yes X No

13-A

1) A network of community contacts has already been established through which referrals of parents to the day care center are made. This network

includes hot only the major public welfare agencies and 0E0 sponsored projects such as NYC and Title
■V programs, but a variety of organizations, clubs, and churches functioning within the Westside community. Publicity about the day care center

in the mass media have alerted citizens through­ out Clark County of the day care service, in addition, before opening each of the new branch
day care centers, 3 surveys of local neighborhooods were made, which simultaneously alerted local residents of the proposed center as well as helped to define their location.

2) Selection will be based on low-income priority as determined by Program Standard No. I-65, U.S. Department of Labor, Neighborhood Youth Corps, which defines poverty levels by income and fami­

ly size. No more than 10 per cent of the enrol I- ment at the day care centers will be from famiIies enjoying incomes above the poverty level. The occupation of the parents will be used as a major

indicator for verifying family income.

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

14

Will there be any segregation or differential treatment of children, paid stat , or volunte rs on > nt , reed, color, or national origin in any phase, activity, or • icility within the program or within any Center? i'S_____No

If "yes", please explain how and why.

38. Were factors of race, creed, color or national origin taken into account in determining the areas to be served by the whole program or by the individual Centers? Yes---- .—No------------

If "yes", please explain-how.

39. Will any children be transported from outside normal attendance areas of any Center to assure that classes are racially integrated

. . _ ___________________Vxxr, .M a X There is no budqetary allotment for transportation. — No—- —

...

Nevertheless children are transported by their parents from outside
areas .hich£ ^coqptsjo^P^ent to be used,

clearly shown on the attached map as required in the Instruct Lons ?

40. Do you expect that children of more than one race will enroll in
each Center? Yes_X---- No-----------

If "no", please explain, specifying the Centers in which children of only one race will enroll.

In addition to present White and Negro enrollment, expansion of day care facilities should widen the racial composition to include Indian children.

CAP Form 30

Sep 65

41. Are there any coir! it !•-ns in your community that for reasons ->f race,, creed. r. or nat ■ . ' or ' >urage substantia
of families from enrol inn th< . c.hiluiui in the Center serving their neighborhood? ■ Yes______No *

:■ "yes", p ■ *crib such conditions, and the steps you vill t ik in response to such conditions. •

42. ■re then
by the Chi Id

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labor fami I ies in or near the area, to be served >prlent Centers at any time duringsthe year?

43. If "yes", approximately how many children of pre-school age art there in these migrant labor communities?; ________ ch iIdren Source of ini ■ a-mat ion : _________ N/A

44. How many children from migrant labor families will be in the

program?

_______ children

How many diff r nt Centers will they attend? ________ different Centers 11 an ■ ’n 42 is "yes", and there will be no cl ildi
migrant labo fami ies in the program, please <xp aln vhy not .

Under a separate program to be submitted under Title I I I of the Economic Opportunity Act, a Migrant Community Services Center will be estabIished in the Moapa Valley which will include provisions for a day care center. It will be noted that migrant fami Iies live in the Moapa Vai ley which is 50 miles from Las Vegas. It would be unfeasible to use this program for service at this community.

Ye

No X

IV .

PROGRAM

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

'

A. Education and Development Program
(Note: If this is an application for a follow-through program, answer question 45, attach a short description of the Education and Development Program as indicated, and skip to question 52. If this is an application for a full-year or summer program, do notanswer question 45 and skip to question 46.)

45. For follow-through programs, please answer the three parts of this question and attach a short description of the

. Education and Development Program. ’

a. Approximately how many of the children to be enrolled took part in a Head Start program this past summer?

___ children.

b. How will .children who did not take part in Head Start be invited and selected?

c. How will the follow-through program be coordinated with the children’s first year of school?

46. If this application is. for a full-year or summer program, please attach a sample daily program of a Center's activities.

S e e p a g e s 1 6 - A , 1 6 - B , a n d 1 6 —C .

■ 47. What is the maximum size of any class under the direction of one teacher and his or her assistant(s)? I 5 . children.

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The daily program and class structure is designed to provide a differential program for enrollees. Those children from 4-5 years of age, who are expecting to enfer school in September, will be assigned to an intensive enrichment class.. All other children will be in a programwith less intensive developmental efforts, at least with respect to pre-school preparation. Past experience in enrollment indicates that approximately one-half of our enrollment will be in the' intensive program. The Head Teacher, who will direct the intensive program, w ill,a I so commit at least 20$ of his time to rhe program for the younger children. The following attachments indicate a sample daily program and the daily work flow, which provide the criteria for the staffing pattern. The Head Start program, operated by the Clark County School District during the Summer, 1965, provided useful guidelines for program planning and time allotment.

7:00-! 1:30

8:30 8:45 9:00

9:20

10:00 10:15 10:45 11:00 11:30 12:30.

3:00 3:15

4:30

Language Arts

Work Period
(Clay, books, puzzles,

blocks and painting) Clean-up and Evaluation

Music
Storytime and Evaluation

Movies, .PiImstrip Free Play

Creative Art and Play (painting, clay, puzzles,

toys)

7:00

Class - Ages 4-5

For all enrol lees

Arrival of Children
Informal Outdoor or Indoor Play

Relaxation - Mid-morning Snack

Opening Exercises

Class- Ages 2-4

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SAMPLE DAILY PROGRAM

Outdoor Play Period

Lunch
Nap Time Afternoon Snack

Departure of Ch:Idren Informal Indoor and

Outdoor Play

Closing

Group Experiences and Games Quiet time - Story Period

Language Arts, Music, Fr_ee Play

1 CI ass - 15 chi Idren (ages 4-5) 1 CI ass - 15 chi Idren (ages 2-4)

8:30

1 - Head Teacher
2 - Assistant Teachers

4:30

1 - ChiId Care Aide

- Child Care Assistant ***----------------------- - Child Care Aide *** (Center #1 onljQ

3:00
3:00 .

- NYC Aide

11:00

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daily work flow ano staff pattern

I-----------57;PC_ 1______"-----------------------------------■330------------------------- (average) Enrol Iment -|—— 20 -f-

Three hay care

he operas hy Th.s Center „ f, s

1 -NYCAide

8:30 _______ ________________ __________________ “T- — ________________ I-------------10—------

• *  The Head Teacher of Center #3 will, be a VISTA XaTcTnV^ one VISTA volunteer will serve

• *  * At Center #1, two VISTA volunteers will be Assistant leacners.
  - Snt^l’^^tlrwiH-have on.y one child care assistant and one additiona! half-time child care aide.

1 - NYC Aide

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

. 48. Will children be grouped with r< .< >. ct to ,i;-< ? Yes X No

49. How many hours will each teacher normally spend per week working individually with families of children enrolled in the program? See page I 7-A. 3— ------ -hours Per week

50. List below the types of outdoor play equipment that will be pro­ vided as part of the program.

Sand B o x e s TrieyeIes ' n9s ____________________ See-Saws

51 lde__________________________Giant B lo c k s .

Jungle Gym Climbing Apparatus (Much of this equipment will be donated by the community as has been the case during the past operation of the day care center (see-page I I-C)

51. Describe briefly what types of field trips are planned. '

The following places will be scheduled for field trips to stimulate
the child's curiosity as well as to acquaint the child with the resources of his community:

I. Airport
2. Convention Center (when appropriate exhibits are scheduled) 3. Tulle Springs Zoo
4. Latter Day Saints Exhibition Farm
5. Post Office
6. Fire Department
7. Police Department
8. Schools

9. Pub lie Li brary

10. Hoover Dam

II. Doctor's and Dentists Offices
12. Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and other local hospitals.

Counseling with families will be performed bo+h on
a group and individual basis. One home v is it by the Head Teacher will be made prior to or at the onset
of the chi-id’s enrollment. There will be at least one individual family conference per month. Group conferences of parents are also planned on a monthly, basis. in addition, since most children are trans­ ported to and from the center by the parent, indivi­ dual consultations are possible at the beginning and end of the school day.

B. HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

52.

53.

54.

Is the Director of the Health Services Program named in question 23 a pediatrician? Yes No x

If not, is he a physician? Yes X No

Does the Health Services Program provide histories and physical examinations for all paid and volunteer personnel involved in the Child Development Program? Yes No X

How often'will each child receive a complete physical examination?

One examination on entry and a Once everY ------------------ months,

follow-up within 12 months by a physician. Examinations by a Registered

Nurse will be performed every three months.

55. Will health records and histories be forwarded to the school system when the child enters school? Yes X No

56. Will the following laboratory procedures be included in the examinations for all children?

Lab Procedure

Urinalysis
Hematocrit
Tuberculin Test
Other: _________________________

Yes No

___ X X ___ X ___

___

57. Will the following evaluations be made for all children:

Evaluation
Dental Examination Vision
Hearing
Speech
Other: ________________

* A dental examination will be performed every three months, and free dental service, where directed, is provided by Clark County Health Department.

** Teachers Evaluation and referral to County Clinic for medical attention.

Yes No

. Performed by:

* Private Dentist .* Pub I i c HeaI th Nurse Pub Ii c HeaI th Nurse

X __
X ___
X ___
_X_ __ **_____________________________. _ ___ _________________________

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58. Have budgetary provisions been made in this application for the purchase and fitting of eyeglasses and other corrective devices for the children enrolled in the program?. . Yes No X

Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital County CIinic wiI I provide tree .

nrescrLotions and vqrioqs service clubs have paid for the glasses or devices.

5t). Will the following immunizations be available to all children? Immunization

Diphtheria
Tetanus
M easles
Smallpox
Polio
Other: ___________________

60. Will all vaccines to be used be supplied to the Health Services Program free of charge by existing agencies? Yes X No_______

61, List below the various components of the Health Services Program, and indicate in dollars what parts of these components will be financed
out of the applicant's proposed budget, and what parts will be financed by other existing health agencies or programs. Enter in the last column the names of the agency, program, or individual that will provide each service.

Purchase and Fitting of Corrective Devices 0

Immunizations _____ 0 Medical Treatment

______

Whatever is required

1 snn

,5Q0

Whatever treatment Is reqtri red

0

$ 1f59Q„

County__

_______

Contracted
Private Physician

Clark County Health Dept. Crippled
Chj 1 drens Cl i nic

Clark County Health Department

(identify:) _____0
Dental Care (identify:) Y)Q______

Examination

O ther:____________________

TOTALS S 3,450 2

and Cl 1n1cr Private Dentist

Amount to be Amount to be Name of financed by financed by financing

Agency or individuals to

Health Service proposed budget existing agency agency ------------------------- ---------------------

perform service C|ark Cq. Hea|+h Dep+>

w'11 contract priv. physi Clark Co. Health Dept.

** Histories and Physical $ idOO $ 0 Examinations (350 examinations)

Laboratory Procedures 1750

(Part of examination q Evaluations cost)

~

Clark County

Clark

~

* This total is reflected in the budget for the Community Services Center CAP Comp 7-13 CAp'kT^O^p’IT' doctors'/’ex3mlnat?ons?ParlthS hfS+°r,eS SO that bud9et °"'y

Clark County

0

Southern Nevada Memori a 1.Hosp i ta1

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jC. Social Services Program

62. Describe below the types of activity to be performed by the Social Services Staff, distinguishing these activities from those to be performed by the teaching staff. The social service coordinator and other staff of the Community Service Center, CAP Component 7-13, will

■ provide the basic counseling and referral services for the families
of day care enrollees. The teaching staff will be concerned primarily with the child’s individual problems as they involve the family. .The Community Center staff will focus on basic family problems and th'& needs of individuals other than the child. .Where individual child problems indicate a need for service not built into day care program, the social service coordinator would make the necessary referral and fol low-up.

63. List be-low all existing social service agencies which you expect to provide services for Child Development Program children and families, and describe the nature and extent of commitments, if any, these agencies have made to the Social Services Program.

Name of Agency

Clark County Relief Adm.

Nevada State Dept, of Welfare therAmerican RedPCrossf

Social Services to be Performed for Child Development Program

Aid to distressed families__________ ADC & T itle V, Work Experience, programs of family assistance

Course in infant and baby care_____

Nature and extent of commitments by these agencies;

Coordination with the welfare agencies has been developed during
past operation of the day care center. Their criteria for providing service determines the commitment, although the low-income status.
of our day care parents generally makes service possible, if required. The commitment of the Red Cross is spelled out in a letter to be
found in Appendix I, Community Service Center, CAP Component 7-13.

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Name of Agency

Nevada State Health Dept. MentaI HeaI th Clinic______ Nevada State Health Dept. Special Childrens Clinic

Mental Health Services to be Performed for Child Development Program

Therapy for emotional disturbance_______

Therapy for mental retardation, brain damage or emotional disturbances with the above factors.

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Psychological Services Program

64. Describe below the types of activity to be performed by the Psychological Services staff, distinguishing these activities from those to be per­ formed by the teaching staff and the Social Services staff.

The state agencies listed below constitute the basic resources of
the psychological services program. Child or parental psychological problems which cannot be met through teacher or social service coordinator counseling will be referred to appropriate state agencies.

65. List below all existing mental health agencies which you expect will be utilized to provide services for Child Development Program children, and give the nature and extent of commitments, if any, these agencies have made to the Psychological Services Program.

Nature and extent of commitments by these agencies:

Coordination with these agencies, is now being established so that an effective referral program for psychoIogicaI.services can be estab Ii shed.

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psychological examination of children? If "yes”, individually Or in groups?

Who w ill decide which children w ill be

E. Nutrition
67. Give, below a sample weekly menu.

Yes______No X

examined?

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66. Have budgetary and program provisions been made for diagnostic

I.. Franks w/ Beans
2. Mea+loaf w/ Rice and Vegetable
3. Chicken (stewed or fried) w/ Rice or Potatoes 4. Meatballs w/ Spaghetti
5. Fish sticks w/ Beans & Potato Salad

68. Is some food to be provided under the Department of Agriculture's Special Milk Program, School Lunch Program, or Commodity Distribution Program? Yes X No_______

If "no", please explain why not.

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Will there.be a program to educate parents in the selection and preparation of foods in the home?

If "yes", describe the program briefly.

See page 23-A

70' will p TM ^ lnfi>r"atlOn

Breakfast

Mid-morning Snack

Lunch

Afternoon Snack

Supper

** «*■> — I or snack the program

* Although a regular breakfast is not scheduled, any child is fed breakfast if he manifests any hunger.

Transportation
71. How will children travel from home to Centers and back each day'

By foot
School Bus
Car Pool
Other (identify:) transportation by individual car

Number of Children:

90

Parents provide

Total: (should equal total number

Estimated cost of Food
(not including preparation) per child per day___________

0*

5<£ 25# 5<£

No

Check whether Hot or

Cold Hot______Cold_____

Hot x Cold___

Hot____ Cold____

of children to be enrolled
in program) 120

23-A

Under a separate CAP component, the Community Services Center will contract with the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Nevada to establish a consumer education program. Parents of day care children will be encouraged to participate in the programs and workshops which will be established at the Center.

Among the project activities of these workshops will
be training in the preparation of simple meals which makes maximum use of the available family funds and
of foods which can meet the nutritional needs of.the entire family. This consumer education program is geared to train leaders from among low-income families who can be used for family and parent conferences which are scheduled at each of the day care centers.

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’ See page 24-A

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G.

’ 72. Will all transportation both to and from Centers and on field trips be free of grouping according to race, creed, color, or national

origin? _
If "no", plea.se explain.

Yes X No_______

73. Will all transportation, both to and from Centers and on field trips, be free for both children and parents? Yes_______No X

If "no", please explain in what cases transportation fees will be

charged, and why.

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PARENT PARTICIPATION

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74. Approximately how many parents will be involved in each of the following types of organized programs offered by the Child Develop-

. ment Centers?

Acquainting the neighborhood with the Centers’ services:

Parent-education in general and specific problems of child- rearing and home-making: *

Health education program: * Nutrition education program: * Other (identify):'

Number of parents 75 ,

* These programs are primarily the responsibility of the University

of Nevada Cooperative Extension Service, per contract to the Community Service Center, CAP Component 7-13.

24-A

There Is no budgetary allotment for transportation to and from the Centers. Past experience indicates that parents are able to transport their children
to and from the Center, usually by car or the use
of car pools. In the proposed Carey Arms Center, which is located adjacent to a housing project, parents w ill usually walk the Ir, chi Idren to the Center. Two GSA cars are available tor field trips.

In the use of private cars adequate Insurance provisions have been provided.

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75. Explain below how parents were consulted in planning and determining the proposed Head Start Program, and how parents' suggestions and recommendations will be encouraged and implemented once the program is in operation.

' See page 25-A

76. How often wil,l parents meet as a group with the Centers' Directors

and staff?

Parents will meet as a group at regularly-scheduled once-a-month meetings. • ■

77. Describe briefly your plans for developing parent leadership and employing parents in the Child Development Centers.

_____________________

Since one of the main objectives of this day care center is to enable low-income mothers to supplement family income, it is generally unfeasible to plan tor any utilization of parents in
the daily operation of the Center. However, parent leadership
will be cultivated at the regular monthly meetings of the parents clubs, to draw parents into a more thorough awareness of their responsibilities for child care and to encourage their participation in various educational programs to be offered at the proposed Community Service Center, CAP Component 7-13.

Parents are encouraged to, and have participated in, special events of the Center including birthday and Christmas parties. Furthermore, parents have been instrumental in securing community contributions
of equipment and supplies for the use of the child development program. There is now a "Buy a Brick'.' campaign of community volunteers soliciting funds to provide some necessary remodeling
of day care facilities to meet the program needs.

25-A

The present day care, center operation was begun as a community service project of Operation Independence. This organization, composed primarily of target area residents, was originally sponsored by the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association.

In the in itia l planning stages, beginning in December, 1962, child care was agreed upon as an initial priority target.

A day care center planning committee was established, composed
of parents and other interested target area residents. By
March, 1963, a report was presented by this committee out IinI ng the program and requirements for the establishment of a day
care center. The first federal funding of Operation Independence activities, a research grant from the Welfare Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, did not begin until March, 1964. This project did not provide specific funds for the operation of the day care center. Nevertheless, in

June, 1964, the first day care center was opened. This operation was funded largely by contributions from private community agencies and Individuals. Parents donated services in the actual operation of the initial center as child care aides, as well as involved themselves in activities to secure community contributions in
food, equipment, and other day care supplies. In June, 1965,
the day care center operation was funded as a CAP component,
for which this proposal is a program for continuation and expansion. Parents are still involved on the planning level through the development of a Parents Club, composed of parents
of day care center children. Through meetings of this club with members of the day care staff, parent suggestions and recommenda­ tions are incorporated in planning and implementations of the day care program.

VI. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

V II.

RECORDS

If "yes", give name of agency or official responsible: If "no", please explain.

AND EVALUATION

CAP Form 30 Sep 65

78. Answer either part "a" or part "b" of this question, whichever is appropriate.

a. If the applicant is a private non-profit agency, will the
services of an independent certified public accountant or
licensed public accountant be retained to set up and
supervise the operation of the accounting records and
internal controls of the Child Development Program? Yes * No ',

If "yes", give name of accountant or accountant firm:________________

________________________ Flora Dungan for supervision of records;_____ Conway, Moe and Hibbs for end-of-period audit

If "no", please explain.

b. If the applicant is a public agency, has the appropriate public accounting agency accepted responsibility for providing an adequate accounting system and related internal controls?

79. Have budgetary, personnel, and time provisions been made for records management, and for processing and submitting program reports to 0E0? Yes_X_ No_

80. Will the records and books of the applicant agency and all delegate agencies be readily available for public examination? Yes_X__No___

If "no", please explain.

Yes___ No___

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81. If the applicant or any delegate agency has previously operated a pre-school or Head Start program, give a brief evaluation of that program, and explain how this evaluation has influenced the proposals contained in this application.

The applicant agency has sponsored two such programs:
(I) A Head Start program during the summer, 1965, operated by the

Clar<k County School District;
(2) A day care center in operation as a CAP component since June,

1965, operated by the delegate agency for this project, Operation Independence.

(I) The Clark County.School District Head Start program provided
a seven-week program, four hours daily, for 350 boys and girls,
ages 4 to 6. Classes were organized in groups of 15 children, staffed by one teacher, a teacher aide, and an NYC aide. A general concensus by the principals and teaching staff indicated that varying degrees of goal attainment were accomplished during the program.

The guidelines consisted of a comprehensive set of activity-oriented objectives which included improvement in all areas of the child's intellectual, social, personal and motor growth. The most pronounced features of the child’s deficiency were in the area of verbal skills and inability to use a logical approach to problem solving. The experience of this program with respect to the staffing pattern, objectives, and deficiences has been incorporated in the present program. The day care center operation of this proposal coordinated with the Project Head Start program during the summer by providing day care service with its own child enrichment program for children

in the Head Start program after school.

(2) The Operation Independence' day care program provides a. 12-hour day service for low-income families, permitting’the mother to increase family- income. This day care program has incorporated

within it a child enrichment program, staffed by professional' teachers with assistance from teacher aides, VISTA’ personnel, and NYC enrollees. At present there are two centers operating.and a third center will soon be opened. Since the Clark County School District has decided not to develop at present a follow-up Head Start program (see letter, page 4-A), this day care operation represents the sole current operating program providing pre-school child development. The proposed child care development program for the day care centers will now be geared to meet the Head Start criteria. The proposed program has been modified from past operations to provide a staffing pattern which closely parallels the Clark County School District Head Start program. The whole history of the Operation Independence day care operation since
its inception in June, 1964, is an evolution from a program of essentially custodial care to one of total child enrichment. Jt is, therefore, a logical step for the present program to make heavy concentration in those areas of child development which will assure maximum adjustment in the elementary school.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPjg^ COMMUNITY ACTION

FACILITIES CERTIFICATION

Budget Bureau No. U6-R032 Approval expires 12/31/68

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

"Operation'Opportunities — Clark County" Economic Opportunity Board

Enter below the name, address, Child Development

NAME AND ADQRESS OF CENTER

I. Center No. I (VEgas Heights) 1165 Balzar Street
Las Vegas, Nevada

GRANT NUMBER (For OFO l.'se)

2. Center No. 2 (Carrie Arms) 1717 McDonald Court
North Las Vegas, Nevada

TOTAL NUMBER OF CENTERS

DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION AND FACILITIES

I. The BaIzar Street Center is housed in a
school building abandoned as too small for’
the growing county school district. The building contains 2800 square feet of usable day care space. The grounds consist of 1.3 acres of fenced play area including diversified play equipment (swings, bars, and slides).
The Center is the onIy.faciIity on a small
city block bound by streets on al I sides in a residential area. The building is of cement block and has been well maintained. Enclosed bathroom facilities and two rooms will be constructed in the near future.

The Carrie Arms Center is housed in a newly- constructed apartment building which once composed four two-bedroom apartments. The facility contains 3600 usable feet for the child development program. These buildings have been remodeled to meet the needs of this program including an adequately fenced play­ ground area. Outdoor equipment w ill be

installed as indicated.

CERTIFICATION

8. HEAD START CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Director, or authorized representative of the applicant agency, hereby CERTIFIES that all buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal and real property, to be used as part of the Child Development Program conform to the following requirements and also CERTIFIES that the applicant agency has received written assurance from each delegate agency that the delegate agency has met, or will meet prior to the commencement of the program, all of the following requirements:

All local and state fire, health, sanitation, safety and building codes have been or will be complied with prior to the com­ mencement of the program;

Required approvals or licenses from all the appropriate state and local authorities have been or will be obtained prior to the commencement of the program, and will be valid for the entire duration of the proposed grant period;

All such buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal and real property are or will be properly safeguarded for children prior to the commencement of the program;

All aspects of the proposed program will conform to all appropriate local, state, and Federal codes, regulations and laws prior to the commencement of the program and for the entire duration of the program.

DATE TYPED NAME AND TITLE OF OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO SIGN | SIGNATURE

Dec . 15, 1965 Elaine Walbroek, Executive Director CAP FORM 31 SEP 65

FACILITIES (Continued)

Center No. 3 (Baldwin Heights) 2024-2032 Carver Street
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Baldwin Heights Center consists of three new
3-bedroom houses. The grantor has promised to remodel the houses to meet the needs of this program and to provide a fenced playground area of no less than 3,000 square feet. The houses provide 3,500 square feet of usable space for the day care program, including separate bathroom fa c ilitie s for boys

and girls in each unit.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

COMMUNITY ACTIOjl PROGRAM

9. CHILD DEVELOPMENT TEACj^j? TRAINING NOMINATION NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

"Operation Opportunities — C-lark County" Economic Opportunity Board

Budget Bureau No. 116 RO32 Approvat expires 12/11/66

GRANT NO (For OEO I se)

telephone no. 702 735-9103

ADDRESS (Number and street.)
ise Koao, bui

COUNTY

Clark

CITY

DATE PROPOSED CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WILL BEGIN

January 1, 1966

i

Nevada

Las Vegas

ZIP CODE

89109

TEACHERS NOMINATED FOR PARTICIPATION IN OEO CHILD DEVELOPMENT TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM

NAME OF TEACHER HOME ADDRESS

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF NOMINEE'S BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

See page Form 9-A

(Mrs.) Mabel Hoggard

7 1 I Morgan Avenue • Las .Vegas, Nevada

I typed NAME AND TITLE OF OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO • SIGN

I Elaine Walbroek, Executive Director

SIGNATURE

Dec. 15, 1965

(Mrs.) Mabel W. Hoggard

Form 9-A

Mrs. Hoggard attended the Tennessee State College in Nashville
and received a~B.A. at West Virginia State Teachers College.
She has done graduate work at the University of Chicago, West Virginia State, University of Utah, and Nevada Southern University.

She has taught at Westside, Matt Kelley and Highland Schools
in Clark County. In 1964, she was co-chairman of a Faculty Committee on "In-Service Training Day", which explored the needs of teaching the culturally-deprived child. Afterwards she attended a Seminar at U.C.L.A. on teaching the disadvantaged
chi Id.

Known as one of the finest primary teachers in the County,
dedicated to children, Mrs. Hoggard has made important contributions to her profession and her community. She has been an officer of
the Las Vegas Classroom Teacher’s Association and is a member of
the Executive Committee of Southern Nevada Teachers of English
and Foreign Languages. She served two terms as secretary of the Clark County Chapter of the American Red Cross and has been
active as a member of the Executive Board of N.A.A.C.P.

Mrs. Hoggard is the designate for the position of Director of the Child Development and is responsible for the operation of a ll three day care centers.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPMSUJITV COMMUNITY ACTION

10. SUMMARY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

2. NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

"Operation Opportunities — Clark County' Economic Opportunity Board

305.L Faradise Road, Suite 15 Las Vegas Clark

1'8. TELEPHONE

Nevada 89109 702 735-9103 Harvey Dondero, Cha i rman

Budget Bureau No, U6-R032 DO NOT FILL IN (For OEO Use.)

11.

of

12, 13.

TOTAL NO. OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PROGRAM ’

zoeax

NO. OF DIFFERENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER? IN PROGRAM DATE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN Date program will end

(Month, day, year)

January I, 1966 December 31, 1966

LENGTH OF PROGRAM IN MONTHS (To the

14. NO. OF shifts PER DAY IN program Th's number is not significant since this program is designed to provi de a 12-hour program for enrollees (See Work 15. total NO. of classes IN program f 1 ow Chart, page 16, and attachments..

18. NORMAL LENGTH OF PROGRAM FOR AVERAGE CHILD IN HOURS PER DAY (Include meal times) 19. NO. OF DAYSPER WEEK CLASSES WILL MEET

9.8 hours 5

I

D. TOTAL.

I—1/4

GRAN T NO.
COMPONENT PROJECT NO.

EOA SECTION

r 1 SUMMER

AREA TO BE SERVED

NAME OF COUNTY(IES) B. CONGRESSIONAL DlSTRlCT(S)

Clark

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete this form by entering in Sect

SECTION I. SUMMARY PROGRAM DATA

One

A. PROGRAM

*Because of turnover, actual number

"uhiuci
children enrolled in 12-month period is estimated at 250.____________ 1_______

20. TOTAL NO. OF MEALS (*no including snacks) EACH CHILD WILL RECEIVE PER DAY SECTION II. STAFFING BREAK DOWN

A. STAFF ,

21. EQUIVALENT NO. OF SUPERVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FOR OVERALL PROGRAM NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY SPECIFIC CENTER

B. PAID
' r

, C. VOLUNTEER I

The budget for this position is part of the Community Service Center budget, CAP Comp.

22.

EQUIVALENT NO. OF SUPERVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO SPECIFIC CENTERS

0

•3-2/3

0 1/2

23.
24.
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4-1/6

I 6-1/2 (Continued)

ACTUAL NO. OF TEACHERS FOR ENTIRE PROGRAM

ACTUAL NO. OF NON-PROFESSIONAL TEACHER AIDES WHOSE INCOMES ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE (See Instructions)

6 NYC enroljees 10-1/2 (or 12 half-

time persons)

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SECTION II. (Continued) STAFFING BREAK D O W N .

--------------- T£ER D.

25. ACTUAL NO. OF NON-PROFESSIONAl^^ACHER AIDES WHOSE INCOMES ARE ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE

26. EQUIVALENT NO. OF PHYSICIANS FOR ENTIRE PROGRAM

;

|

0 Per

!

VISTA
Vq | Lfn+eeCjS

“ ,

+

.

EQUIVALENT NO. OF DENTISTS FOR ENTIRE PROGRAM

. . .

-__ contract .
( I day ever)/

------------------------contract— .( I day every

EQUIVALEN T NO. OF NURSES FOR ENTIRE PROGRAM •
29. EQUIVALENT NO. OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS FOR ENTIRE

program Budgeted on Community Services Center budget GAP Component -7-13. -

30. EQUIVALENT NO. OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR ENTIRE PROGRAM

31. EQUIVALENT NO. OF NON-PRO FE SSION A L SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND HEALTH SERVICES AIDES WHOSE INCOMES ARE BELOW THE
_ poverty line See attached exp I anatio n _____ 32. EQUIVALENT NO. OF NON-PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL. AND HEALTH SERVICES AIDES WHOSE INCOMES ARE ABOVE THE

POVERTY LINE ___ _____________
33. EQUIVALENT NO. OF COQKS, JANITORS AND CUSTODIAL PERSONNEL

WHOSE INCOMES ARE BEL.OW THE POVERTY LINE

34. EQUIVALENT NO. OF COOKS. JANITORS AND CUSTODIAL PERSONNEL WHOSE INCOMES ARE ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE

35. OTHER (Identify and give in equivalent numbers) 36. OTHER:
37. OTHER:
38. OTHER:

39. OTHER:

TOTALS OF ITEMS 21 through 39

41. TOTAL NO. OF PARENTS OF ENROLLED CHILDREN, FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME, WORKING AS STAFF MEMBERS IN PROGRAM

42. CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:

P<| THIS FORM REFLECTS THE GENERAL PATTERN OF STAFFING, ENROLLMENT, AND PROGRAM FOR THE PROPOSED CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM_____________________________

)

1/6

.*N/A

3 months) I . . . 0
I 1/6

! three months.)..

1/4 0 2-1/4

0

N/A

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SECTION III.

A. NAME OF DELEGATE AGENCY

Operation Independence

LIST OF DELEGATE AGENCIES

B. ADDRESSOF DELEGATE AGENCY

' I 165 Balzar Street ! Las Vegas, Nevada

C. HAME OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER

Earle White, Jr.,Chairman Board of Trustees

CAP FORM 33 (Page 2 of 2) SEP 65

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| description of variation in patterns of staff­ ing ENROLLMENT and program is attached

9-2/3

2-1/4 ]

3-1/3 0

30-2/3

CAP 10 Supplementary Information

Several of the paid staff which will provide direction to
and service for this child development program are budgeted
on CAP Component 7-13, the Operation Independence Community Service Center. This staff includes the director of the program, all sta-ff 'for the health component, and professional social work services. Other voluntary commitments to the Community Service Center such as Red Cross training programs, which are not reflected -in the above staffing figures, will also provide indirect support of the child development program. As shown in supplementary Information to Item 31, below,
the neighborhood service workers and aides on the Community Service Center budget will also support this program directly.

Item 31. The Economic Opportunity Board is now establishing
six local Neighborhood Councils (see CAP Component 7-13).
Each of these Counci Is w ill elect one full-tim e neighborhood service worker and one half-time aide. In addition to
providing staff support for the Council’s activities, the primary function of these workers is to make direct house-to- house contact with target area residents to ascertain individual family problems and make appropriate referrals to Community Service Center and day care operations, as welI as to other private and public agencies. These workers will be especially alert to newly-arrived residents and can make immediate contact as. to child care needs. These contacts will include such follow-up procedures as are necessary to Insure resolution

of all problems. These sub-professional social worker aides will be trained by the staff of the Community Service Center. It is expected that they will play a vital rolb in the family

service component of the child development program. It is estimated that at least 25 per cent of the time of these workers will be devoted to the child development program.

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

"Operation Opportunities — Clark County"

Economic Opportunity Board

ITEM DESCRIPTION OF ITEM AND BASIS FOR NO. VALUATION IF IN-KIND

DO NOT FILL IN: (For OEO Use)

Vegas Heights Center Facility 1 * Real Estate Appraisal

Carrie Arms Center

■fe Real Estate Appraisal

_ ___ ; Clark County School District First Western Savings

$12,000 $4,752

$8,820

*3

4

Public Health Nursing Services - 25 hours per month estimated at $5.00 per hour to include immunization supplies.

* Estimated income from enrollee fees, projected from past experience

and Loan Association
Clark County Health Department

Day Care Parents ______________

$1,500 __________ _

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

CAP 2A - ITEMIZATION OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE

I *$ ee Jus^' f for- appropriate documentation, _

CAP FORM 34 SEP 65

COMPONENT PROJECT NUMBER

7-12

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO CONTRIBUTIONS (If any)

VALUE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR

TOTAL NON-FEDERAL SHARE FOR COMPONENT

27,072

Office ^J^conomi c Opportunity
APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM BUDGET BUREAU N . ’16-P019

BUDGET FOR COMPONENT PROJECT

This form is 'to accompany each component project form (CAP 6, CAP 7, < r CAP 8) in applying for a grant utidcr '•ections 201, 20 ■, or 206 of Title 1I-A, Economic Opportunity Act of 196 I. Applicants are not required to use this form — they may substitute a typed budw . ■< hit h contains the same information in the same order as on the form.

NAME OF APPLICANT

"Operation Opportunities -- Clark County" Economic Opportunity Board

BRIEF TITLE OF PROJECT

"Operation Independence" Day Care Services Center

PERSONNEL

FORM APPROVED.

NUMBER OF PERSONS

1

3 2/3 _,5 _

PERCENT OF TIME ON PROJECT

MONTHS

SUB-TOTAL, PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY APPLICANT AGENCY

$

rrv,t> 22,000

T TT700D-------

I 12,600" -----

-r~—g^3U0--------

I ’7,800

PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY DELEGATE AGENCY(IES)

3 Cook

| 700? irs. pejr month

| ’ 12 T T2" i

4,200--------

4,320 —

__ 1_____

Ma i ntenance Man

COST OF FRINGE BENEFITS (Indicate basis for estimate)

POSITION OR TITLE

AssJstant ChiId Care Coordinator Head Teacher.
Assistant Teacher
Child Care AssT+ant..

PER MONTH

3700“ ' SOO-

300 ~ 350 ' 300 500 550

25? ''“““TO

3
__ 5____ Chi Id Care Ai de

-100%

30?

Cost of fringe benefits estimated at 8.02? of total payroll ■ FICA 4.2?

• <■,418

NEvada Industrial Commission 1.12?
_______ . Unemployment Compensation 2.7?____ _______ ;____________________________।__________

SUB-TOTAL, PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY DELEGATE AGENCY(IES) | $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1-----------------

.
CAP FORM 23 (Page 1 of 2) JAN 65

TOTAL, PERSONNEL ■ $
! PC, 430

TOO? |

“ W “ I

••--T2’

iZ“

■ 12

’ 12 ~

.

r

5

B-2.2

(CATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PRUCRAM BUDGET FOR COMPONENT PROJECT (Contmu.-d)

consultants and contract services

SUB-TOTAL CONSULTANT SERVICES

OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

25 hours per month for 12 months_____ _____ @ $5,00 per hour______________________________

*

FEE TO.BE PA'D
___ £U5001_ Nl ____

NATURE OF SERVICES

Public Health Nursing_____

B-3.0

ITEM

Mi leage @ 10<? per mile .for | 000. mj_l_es__.__

TOTAL, TRAVEL COSTS

B-4.0 SPACE COSTS AND RENTALS ___________ ITEM BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

__ McDonald Court Facility...

B-5.0

ITEM

L 35<t perjneaJ for 100 ch i 1 dren for 252 days Teaching Materials & Supp1ij { ■' attached Justification)

4,752 NF______ 16,752 NF

COST

Food______________

1 __ 1,820___ ______

B-6.0

TOTAL, CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES

RENTAL, LEASE, OR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

TOTAL, RENTAL, LEASE, OR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT

OTHER COSTS

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

See attached statement __ _
2 Nursery^School Licenses @ $120 per license Liability based upon 1965 policy projected

for increased enroflment

TOTAL, OTHER COSTS
GRAND TOTAL, COST OF COMPONENT PROJECT

5

$

S

*

$

See attached listing

__ Uti_L1±ies __ Licenses

1nsurance

2,400
240 ____

__ 800__________ 3,440

123,588

CAP FORM 23

(Page 2 of 2)

GSA DC 65- I 1596

ITEM

ITEM

SUB-TOTAL, OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES S TOTAL, CONTRACT SERVICES 5

1,500

COST
i o o _ ______

100

TRAVEL

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

COST
Balzar Street Facility __ Appraised Renta1 Value of $500 per month _ $ 12,000 Nf ___

Appraised Rental Va1ue of $396 per month _ TOTAL, SPACE COSTS AND RENTALS

CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

5

Janitorial &Hvoienic Suppl les $10 Der mo. for each of 3 centers for. 12 rr os.

s

_

!,000

360

10.180

COST

5,178

COST

_____

COMPONENT 7-12 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

Personnel Budget Salary Comparison

Assistant Child Care Coordinator Head T eacher
Assistant Teacher
Child Care Assistant

Cook Maintenance Man

Proposed Salary Per Month

$700 $500 $300 $350 $500 $350

Salary Comparison and Source

$680 - $828 (Nevada State Welfare)

$530 - $69 :
(Clark County School District)

$325

(Clark County School District)

$360 - $450 (County of Clark)

$450 - $563 (County of Clark)

$322 - $403 (County of ClarK)

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES DIRECTOR

General Responsibilities

The position of Child Care Services Director is directly responsible to the Executive Director of the Community Services Center, under the supervision of Operation Independence. The explicit function of this position is the direction and planning of operations of the three child day care centers and coordination with all other Community Services Center functions to meet the needs and fulfill the responsib­ ilities of the child development program. The position, therefore, requires the dual function of direct supervisory line operations as well as staff administration.

Specific Responsibilities

As part of the general responsibilities outlined above, the specific responsibilities of the child care services director will include:

I. In coordination with the staff of the Community Services Center and the Child Day Care Center staffs, developing general policies for the operation of the day care centers and specific policies for the improve­ ment of the educational program therein.

2. Conducting staff meetings with teachers and aides.

3. Arranging conferences with other staff, such as director, social worker, and nurse, where appropriate.

4. Managing the day care center budget including the purchasing of materials, supplies and equipment.

5. Supervising day care center service personnel including the planning and provision for recruiting, training, and evaluation of staff.

6. Making available basic professional literature and encouraging staff attendance to selected professional conferences, institutes, and workshops.

7. Discussing and helping with the problems of the staff and the chiIdren.

8. Inspecting day care center fa c ilitie s to insure adequacy of equipment and supplies and to maintain high standards of hygiene and child care.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES DIRECTOR (Continued)

Minimum Requirements for Child Care Services Di rector
The minimum requirements necessary for this position are as follows:

I. Holder of a Bachelors Degree in early childhood or primary education.

2. Five years of successful teaching experience.

3. The a b ility to communicate and work harmoniously with a cross section of people in the community.

4. Two years of successful supervisory experience including general administrative responsibilities.

Preferred Requirements for Child Care Services Di rector
The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Previous experience in preschool teaching and program development.

2. Holder of a Masters Degree in early childhood
   or primary education, including graduate work in child psychology and urban sociology.

3. Five years of general supervisory and administrative experience including staff administrative work.

4. Demonstrated successful experience in working with residents of an urban poverty community.

5. Demonstrated s k ills in guidance and counseling.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ASSISTANT CHILD CARE COORDINATOR

General Responsibilities

The Assistant Child Care Coordinator, a part-time position, is directly responsible to the Child Care Coordinator, who is the director of the child development program of the day care centers. His main function
is to insure through direct contact with the family and the school that all child problems have been met by the services of the day care program.

Specific Responsibilities

The specific responsibilities of the assistant child care coordinator include:

1. (1)  Coordinating with the day care staff to insure that all appropriate family contacts and counseling have been made.

2. (2)  Developing a field research program which follow-up day care enrollees when they enter school to evaluate effectiveness of child development program and to assist In planning of appropriate changes in the program.

3. (3)  Keeping and reporting accurate statistics of day care services and unmet needs.

4. (4)  Developing a Standard Operating Procedures manual for the project, which will include the policies, aims, and goals of the program in addition to a detailed listing of duties and responsibilities of each staff member.

5. (5)  Developing an internal program of evaluation of the child development program, which will provide testing instruments for continuous evaluation of child’s development.

6. (6)  Assisting the child care coordinator in any other problem of the program.

Minimum Requirements
I. Bachelor’s degree in primary education.

2. 3.

4.

Three years experience In kindergarten or early childhood education.

Graduate work in research and testing techniques for evaluation of preschool child performance.

Demonstrated experience in guidance and counseling.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ASSISTANT CHILD CARE COORDINATOR (Continued)

5. Demonstrated experience in intergroup relations Maximum Requirements

I. Master's degree in elementary education.
2. Two years experience in a field research program.:.
3. Demonstrated experience in educational planning and programming.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR HEAD TEACHER

General Responsibilities

The Head Teacher is directly responsible to the Child Care Services Director of the Community Services Center. The main function of this position is direction of the educational program of a child day care center in accordance with the general policy and objectives of the Community Services Center. The explicit function is to plan and execute a successful child enrichment program with some sequence and order, which will provide opportunities for enhancing learning skills, active play, rest and physical development.

Specific Responsibilities

In accordance with these general responsibilities, the specific responsibilities of the Head Teacher will include:

I. Planning the daily program in cooperation with the director and the teachers aides and associated housekeeping personnel who will help implement this program under his supervision.

2. Organizing the children into groups based upon appropriate criteria.

3. Conducting initial interviews with child and parent
to explain the center and its program and leading monthly parent conferences (both individual and group) on a regular basis.

4. Supervising the activities of all day care center personnel to insure the program’s success.

5. Leading discussions with center personnel concerning problems that arise among the children.

6. Insuring that necessary center equipment and materials are avaiIable.

7. Attending staff meetings and supervisory conferences with day care center personnel.

8. Supervising administrative work of the day care center to insure that appropriate records on each child are mai ntained.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR HEAD TEACHER (Conti nued)

Minimum Requirements for Head Teacher
The minimum requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Holder of a Bachelors Degree in early childhood or primary education.

2. The ability to communicate and work with a cross section of people in the community.

3. Demonstrated capacity for supervisory and administrative responsibilities.

The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Graduate college training in child psychology and early childhood education.

2. Two years of experience in preschool teaching.

3. One year of staff and supervisory administrative experience.

4. Demonstrated s k ills in guidance and counseling.

JOB DESCRIPTION OF TEACHER AIDE

General Responsibilities

The Teacher Aide is directly responsible to the Head Teacher.
The main function of this position is to assist the Head Teacher in the preparation and execution of a daily program of total child enri chment.

Specific Responsibilities

In accordance with the general responsibilities, the specific responsibilities of the teacher aide include:

I. Assisting the teachers in all areas of the enrichment p rog ram.

2. Supervising groups of children in all the activities of the day care center program.

3. Creating an environment which promotes good learning. 4. Attending staff meetings and parent conferences.
5. Keeping appropriate records on the children.

Minimum Requirements
The minimum requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Demonstrated capacity to supervise children and sensitivity to children's needs.

2. A defined interest in child care work.

3. A definite plan and commitment to an educational program, leading to high school graduation and other courses which may be provided for broadening their background.

Preferred Requirements
The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Some college work in psychology, sociology and education. 2. Experience in a preschool child development program.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANT General Responsibilities

The child care assistant is directly responsible to the Head Teacher of the child care center, but to insure successful day care center operation, will take supervision from the child care director. The main function of the child care assistant is to plan and supervise all non-teaching child care operations for an individual child care center.

In accordance with the general responsibilities, the specific responsibilities of the child care assistant include:

I. Assisting the head teacher by supervising small groups of children during the enrichment program.

2. Insuring that adequate stocks of food, supplies, and equipment are available at the center.

3. Coordinating with the cook in the planning of nutritious meaIs.

4. Supervising the program of mid-morning and afternoon snacks.

5. Supervising all the hygienic procedures of the program — the'^ashing of hands and' toileting of children, bedding,

laundry, kitchen equipment and utensils.

6. Supervising children when they arrive in the morning until the beginning of the child enrichment program.

7. Supervising and performing the housekeeping operations of the center including direct supervision over the child care aide and the maintenance help.

Minimum Requirements
The minimum requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Three years experience in housekeeping and/or other service employment.

2. An interest in and understanding of child needs and problems. The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

I. High school graduation.

2. Demonstrated experience in supervision over housekeeping and/or other services personnel.

3. Demonstrated experience in the supervision of children.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CHILD CARE AIDE

General Responsibilities

The child care aide is directly responsible to the child care assistant The main function of the child care aide is to assist the child care assistant and head teacher in executing all the non-teaching operations of the child day care center.

Specific Responsibilities

In accordance with the general responsibilities, the specific responsib ilities of the child care aide include:

I. Supervising children when they arrive in the morning and in the late afternoon consonant with the child enrichment program schedule.

2. Helping to prepare, if necessary, and serving snacks.

3. Distributing materials and supplies where and when needed.

4. Assisting the children in performance of their hygienic needs.

5. Performing all housekeeping functions including cleaning of facilities, kitchen equipment, eating utensils, and

   laundry.

6. Supervision of children at nap time schedules or whenever needed.

Minimum Requirements:
The minimum requirements for this position are as follows:

I. An interest in and sympathy with child needs and problems. 2. One year experience in housekeeping employment.

Preferred Requirements:
The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Demonstrated experience in the supervision of children. 2. High school graduation.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR COOK

General Responsibilities

The cook is directly responsible to the child care assistant. His
main function is to plan and prepare nutritious meals for the children.

Specific Responsibilities

In accordance with the above, the specific responsibilities of the cook w ill incIude:

I. Planning and execution of a weekly menu. 2. Ordering supplies and equipment.
3. Maintaining kitchen cleanliness.

Minimum Requirements
The minimum requirements for this position are as follows:

I. Some knowledge of child nutritional problems.

2. Demonstrated experience in the preparation of food fo r large groups.

3. An interest in children.

Preferred Requirements
I. Three years experience as professional cook. 2. Academic study background in nutrition.
3. High school graduation.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR MAINTENANCE MAN

General Responsibilities

The maintenance man is directly responsible to the child care assistant. His main function is the care and maintenance of all facilities and equipment.

Specific Responsibilities

In accordance with the above, the specific responsibilities of the maintenance man w ill include:

I. Daily cleaning of floors and dusting of woodwork and equipment.

2. Scrubbing of walls and woodwork. *

3. Washing glass panels, doors, and windows.

4. General cleaning of all rooms.

5. Requesting necessary custodial supplies and equipment.

6. Maintenance and repair of buildings and equipment, where appropriate.

Minimum Requirements
The minimum requirements of this position are as follows:

I. One year experience in custodial and maintenance work. 2. An interest in the health and welfare of children.

Preferred Requirements
The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

I. High school graduation.
2. Five years experience in maintenance and custodial work.

CLARK COUNTY DISTRICT HEALTH DEPT.

Second and Stewart Streets — Box 400 Telephone 385-2322
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

November 2, 196$

Lubertha Johnson Project Director Operation Independence Las V egas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

I am pleased to be able to report to you that the Clark County District Health Department will be able to offer to you twenty- four. hours per month df nursing servibe for the day care programs planned under Operation Independence.

As your urograms progress and our staff grows we can review the nursing need and plan accordingly.

Please contact us whenever you are planning for your programs so that the nursing staff may assist you in planning your health programs.

EB: ah

Sincerely.

Evelyn f. Blake, R N Director of Nurses

CC 52

TO: FROM: SUBJECT:

CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Mr. Harvey Dondero
Marvin B. Wampler DATE: January 14, 1965 Vegas Heights School Building

The Vegas Heights School building was abandoned as a school facility June 1964. It was the School D istrict's plan to utilize one-half of this building as a central kitchen area for the schools in that district. The other one-half of the building was to be utilized as a warehouse facility. In-addition to the school building, a fenced playground was planned to be used for outdoor storage.

Because of the needs of Operation Independence Day Care Center, the decision was reached to forego these projected uses. In fact, the School District is actually in a position whereby it is leasing storage facilities while this building is being used by Operation Independence Day Care Center.

MBW:gg

GENERAL ENGINEERING

gBpomas E. Taney, P.E. & Associate
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ValuWion Engineers & Investment CounWllors

Dial 382-1565 384-0370

CALCULATIONS

ARPRAIBALB

12-9-65

Operation Independence 1165 Balzar Street
Las V egas, Nevada

OCBIBNB

Attn: Mrs Lubertha Johnson - Director Dear Mrs' Johnson:

At your request we have made an investigation of 2 parcels of real estate belonging to the City of Las Vegas and devoted to your use under Operation Independence.

The purpose of the investigation was' to determine the fair annual rent for the use of these 2 parcels as shown on the drawings submitted herewith:

FORMER VEGAS HEIGHTS SCHOOL

This building is a concrete block masonry structure with gravity wall, bond beam and concrete floor. The roof is asphalt shingle over wood frame and sheeting. The gross outside area of the existing building is 3213 sq. ft. The reconstruction cost at this date is $16,00 per sq. ft. or $51,408.00.

We estimate depreciation at 20% leaving a net value in the building of $41,126.00, Rounded for appraisal to $41,000,00.

The land consists of 1.62 acres fully improved with paved streets and all utilities, This land has a current value of 50<# per sq. ft. or $22,000.00 per acre. The value of the parcel is $35,640.00 rounded for appraisal to $35,000.00.

The total value of Land and Building is $76,000.00.

Private citizens will usually require a rental return of 12% on the building made up of 7% normal interest plus 5% to,recapture the building investment over a 20 year period. The land should return 7% on the appraised value. Using these figures wehave:

Building = 53% of total @12% = 6,36% Land = 47% " ” @ 7% » 3.29 Composite rate for rental « 9.65%

GENERAL ENGINEERING
Thomas E. Taney, P.E. & Associa^gs Dial 382-1565

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA VaM^tion Engineers & Investment Coi^^llors 384-0370 APPRAISALS DtnaN CALCULATIONS

The proper rent for the parcel is $7,334.00 per year. The furnishings included with the building have a fair market value of $12,000,00,
The furnishings should be liquidated in a 3 year period, since they will have to be replaced by that time. This will require $4,000.00 per year. Plus interest on half the value at 7% = $280.00, The

total rent for the building and land with furnishings now on hand is $11,614,00 per year, rounded to $1,000,00 per month.

This would amount to a rent rate of 31$ per sq. ft, for the building. This value is reasonable economic rent for the land and the building,

COST EOR ADDITIONAL ROOM
We estimate the cost to construct the extra room shown on the drawings

to be

1080 sq. ft. @ $16.00 = $17,280.00

If this work is contributed by local sources it will add this amount to your local contribution.

JEFFERSON CENTER

We find the buildings at Jefferson Center to be Class A, concrete and steel rigid frame structures with concrete floors and built-up roofs. The reconstruction cost at this date is $20.00 per sq. ft. The value of the space to be used in your program is made up of the 2490 sq, ft, in the recreation room and the 2220 sq. ft. in the class room and kitchen.

4710 sq. ft. @ $20.00 = $94,200,00. The rent should be 7% on this investment plus 2% recapture based on a 50 year service life, making 9% rental rate. The fair rent will be

$94,200,00 x 9? '■.$8,478.00 per year
This is rounded to $8,400,00 = $700,00 per month. There is 400 sq. ft.

Thomas E. Taney, P.E. & Associates
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Valu^on Engineers & Investment Coun^^lors

APPRAISALS

Dial 382-1565 384-0370

CALCULATIONS

of additional space which will be available as soon as sanitary plumbing and hot water can be provided. At an equal rent rate of 29{ per sq. ft. this space will be worth an additional $115,00 per month, making a total of $815,00 per month or $9,780,00 per year.

Re Cap of RENTAL VALUE

Vegas Heights School = $1,000.00 per month Jefferson Center = 815.00 per month

We trust that this will provide a staisfactory rental arrangement for these facilities.

Yours Truly!

Thomas E. Taney, Member American Society of Appraisers

• 'FIRST WESTER® SAVINGS

a n d .l o a n a s s o c i a t i o n

1/8 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH • LAS VEGAS. NEVADA MAILING ADDRESS P.O.BOX 920 • PHONE 385-1911

Edward J. Hellmer, President
20 August 1965

M rs.
Project Director
Operation Independence, Inc. 1165 Balzar Street
Las V egas, Nevada

Dear M rs. Johnson:

In reply to'your letter of.August 17, 1965, I am pleased to furnish you with the following information.

(1) The physical facilities which have been donated by First W estern Savings and Loan Association for the use of Operation Independence, Inc. , located at 1717 McDonald Court, Las Vegas, Nevada, have approximately 3600 square feet of usable space for your project. The approximate rental value on a monthly basis
for this structure is $396. 00 per month.

(2) This letter will serve as a firm commitment from First
W estern Savings and Loan Association to make the above described facilities available for the exclusive use of Operation Independence, Inc. for a period of not less them eighteen months from the date of
this letter. It is anticipated, however, that, at the expiration of the eighteen month period, upon a proper appraisal of the then existing situation by both First Western Savings and Loan Association and Operation Independence, Inc. , should a further need for such facilities be determined, that there would be no problem in extending the time that Operation Independence, Inc. could make use of these facilities under the existing arrangements.

Lubertha M. Johnson

MSM:z

Very truly yours:

M oss Senior Vice President

SAVE WITH INSURED SAFETY AT NEVADA'S LARGEST SAVINGS ASSOCIATION

&& ‘Sattey

918 WEST OWENS AVENUE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Mrs. Lubertha M. Johnson Project Dire tor
Operation Independence Inc. 1165 Balzar Street

Las V egas, Nevada Dear Mrs. Johnson,

"IT£ SELL TH liWHOLE STATE” 642-0314

October 20, 1965

_ your re: uest of ray opinion covering? the rental fee of 3396.00 pnr month, on .the property at 1717 McDonald Court. Las Vegas, Nevada: my considered opinion would be as f llows-

1. The.physical facilities, being new, would cover any prern. uisite setup by the Health department, Building Department, or any su -governmental agency connected with, or m charge of patroling the area of work that Operation Independence w ill be engaged in .

2. The subject amount of $369.00 per month, in my opinion, is not an absorbent fee. In fact, it is reasonable for commercial use of 3,600 square feet.

It is my considered opinion that the location and the amount are in accordance with the aims and budject factors within which

your program is desI ned. If I can be of any further assistance, please contact me.

BB/eec

mm kurs 5b

COMPONENT 7-12 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

B-5.0 — Teaching Materials and Supplies

Educational Supplies

Mimeo Paper, 10 reams @ $1.70

Stencils for teaching aids 4 quire @ $2.65

Newsprint, I ro ll

Paints (tempra), 120 sets @ $2.50(

Chalk, 454 per box, I gross

Crayons @ $1.00 box, 120 boxes

Educational flash cards, $1.00 per set, 5 sets per month

•

$17.00 10.00

70.00 300.00 54.00 120.00 60.00

Colored paper (poster), $1.00 per sheet 264.00

Penci Is
Scissors @ $3.00 per dozen, 144 pairs Paste @ 254 per pint, 6 gallon

57.00 36.00 12.00

$1000.00

COMPONENT 7-12 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

B-6.0 — Purchase of Equipment

6 48 5 5 1 1 1 2

4 6 3 5 4 ■6 3 6 2 . 4

Tables @ $55.00
Chairs @ $6.00
Easels @ $20.00
Screens @ $20.00
China & S il verware
Triple Sink Installed (secondhand) Refr i gerator/F reezer

Stoves @ 270.00

Cooking Utensils, Cutlery, and small equipment

Dome—Jungle Jim @ $20.00
Giant "Nursery Type" Blocks @ $5.00 Nursery Rhyme House @ $8.65

Indoor See-Saw @ $24.00
Bears’ Den Barrel, Rack and Board @ $28.30 Balance Board @ $7.95
Swings @ $163.50
Drawing Easel, ® $16.40
Television Set @ $195.80
Records @ $3.75

$ 330.00 288.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 250.00 350.00 540.00 292.00

80.00 30.00 25.95

120.00 115.20 47.70 490.50 98.40 391.60 15.00

COMPONENT 7-12— "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER (Conf.

6

3
4
3
6
3 3• 30 3

3 6 10 6 6 6 6 6 6

Chatter Telephone @ $2.00 Safety School Bus Q $4.00 Dairy Wagon @ $3.00
Mai1 Box @ $4.19 Coordination Board @ $2.50 Lacing Boot Q $3.19 Magnetic Train @ $5.50 Soft Balls @ $1 .00

Tape Recorder @ $199.95 Viewlex Projector @.$96.85 3 Panel Screens @ $16.50

Indian Beads @$I.50
Turn-a-Gear @ $.95
Magnetic Pets @ $2.95
Magnetic Community @ $2.95 Magnetic Members of Family @ $2.95 Magnetic Plant Growth @ $2.95 Magnetic Seasons @ $2.95

12.00 12.00 12.00 12.57 15.00

9.57 16.50 30.00

599.87

290.00

99.00 15.00 5.70 17.70 17.70 17.70 17.70 17.70 74.40 30.00

42.00 $5,178.00

1 Gross Magnetic Crayolas @ $3.50 10 Magnetic Puzzles @ $3.00 4 WaI I Clocks @ $10.50

i•

COMPONENT 7-12 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

B-7.0 — Ut.i I ities Telephone

Electricity

Installation at 2 facilities $50 per month per fa c ility

$1,200

$40 per month per facility 960' to be paid at 2 facilities

$20 per fa c ility per year
Water $7.50 per month per fa c ility 180

Garbage and
Trash Disposal to be paid for 3 facilities

to be paid at 2 facilities

______

$2,400

FEES POLICY July I, 1965

Fees for Operation Independence Day Care Centers:

1st child in a family 2nd child in a family 3rd child in a family

.45 daily .35 daily .25 daily

The policy of requiring a small fee is to enable parents to feel more identified with the child development program, by virtue of a fanancial contri­ bution.. This identification is instrumental in securing parental cooperation in all phases of the program. However, if the parents cannot afford

this fee, the child is still accepted for enrollment.

COMPONENT 7-12 — OPERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

Budget Comparison

The total approved budget for the operation of the Day Care Services Center from July I to December 3I, I965, was $60,562 ($54,462 plus $6,000 estimated enrollment income). The proposed budget for the 12-month period January I, 1966, to December 31, 1966, is $123,588. Based on a comparison of a 12-month operation, the proposed budget reflects only a three per cent increase in dollars, while the proposed number of children to be served
has doubled. The savings, which are reflected in the above comparison, are traceable to increased use of sub-professional staff and voluntary contribu­ tions of the equipment to be used in the new centers. Furthermore, the
Day Care Center Director, the health program, and office logistical support (clerical and bookkeeping) are budgeted to the Community Services Center, CAP Component 7-13. The following, is a comparison by budgetary item's;

I. Personnel: 1965 (6 mos.) $35,633; 1966 (12 mos.) $86,438
The increase is proposed because of the addition of two more
centers, which will double the enrollment potential of present
day care services, and the full implementation of the child develop­ ment program under Project Head Start Program. The savings reflected by the low amount of increase are traceable to a proposed increased use of sub-professional personnel to operate the centers. In addition, provision for a family representative has been deleted because experience indicates that effective family counseling

can best be served by the teaching staff and the new services proposed in the Community Services Center program.

2- Consultants: 1965 (6 mos.) $340; 1966 (12 mos.) $1,500
The proposed decrease in consultants budget is reflected In a proposal now under consideration to initiate a separate component for all specialized training and to rely upon the professional staff for new year to conduct on-the-job training.

3- Travel; 1965 (6 mos.) $340; 1966 (T2mos.) $100
The decrease in the proposed budget reflects the decreased necessity for gasoline mileage costs because family representatives are not being used in the proposed center operatJon.

4- Space Costs and Rentals: 1965 (6 mos. $8,700) 1966 (12 mos.) $16,752 The increase in the 1966 proposed budget represents the proposed expansion from one to three day care centers.

5- Consummate Suppl ies: 1965 (6. mos.) $300; 1966 (12 mos.) $10,180 The increase in the proposed budget is explained by two factors:
1) the approved 1965 budget made no allowance whatever for food costs; 2) the amount of food and consummate educational materials reflects the doubling of proposed child enrollment.

COMPONENT.7-12 — OPERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

Budget Comparison (Continued)

6. Rental, Lease, or Purchase of Equipment:
1965 (6 mos.) $5,240; 1966 (12 mos.) $5,178

The proposed decrease represents savings because of donation of equipment which can be used at the two new centers.

7. Other Costs: 1965 (6 mos.) $2,914; 1966 (12 mos.) $3,440 The proposed decrease reflects a budgetary adjustment whereby purchase of -educational consumable supplies is now being charged to consumable supplies.

DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

Statement of Hiring on an Open Competitive Basis

The following personnel, which will staff the three day care centers, will be employed on an open competitive basis, using the United States Employment Service and public media for recruitment.

1 Assistant Child Care Coordinator 3 Head Teachers
5 Assistant Teachers
3 Child Care Assistants

5 Child Care Aides
3 Cooks
1 Maintenance Man (other maiptenance men will be hired as needed)

Priority will be given to those applications originating from the target area group to be served.

COMPONENT 7-12 — OPERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

Maintenance of Effort Statement

This proposal embodies an expansion of child day care services
funded by CAP Grant No. 7-2. In addition to the real estate contributed ($6,000 NF) for the center in the initially-funded program, new facilities have been contributed for the operation of the two new child care centers proposed in the expansion program (see CAP Item 2.1). Furthermore, the immunization program for the care center will be contributed by the Clark County Health Department, to include both personnel and supplies (see
CAP Item 2 .It. Other new physical fa c ilitie s to accomodate expansion plans have been offered 'and, when full documentation is available, will
be added as a non-federal contribution.

Most equipment that is purchased for use will be new and is over
and above what is being used now.' Given the requirements of the expansion program (from one to three day care centers) and the relatively small amounts in the proposed budget for new equipment, the large amount of
local resident and community contribution of equipment is apparent.

The general local level of expenditures on and contribution to anti-poverty effort prior to the date of application will be maintained and not reduced to compensate for the funds involved in this project. The non-federal share of the cost of this project represents a net

addition to expenditures and contributions of the type described in the approved application.

COMPONENT 7-12 — OPERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY CARE SERVICES CENTER

Cost Per Beneficiary Of Program

The immediate beneficiaries of this project are the number of children actually served. It Is anticipated that average daily enrollment at the centers will be 120 children during the entire 12-month period. The cost per month of serving this enrollment

is $86 per child or an annual .cost of $l,029 per child.

The 120 average enrollment figure does not take into cpnsidera tion the actual number of children who will be serviced during, the entire period. If the total number of dropouts, transfers, and graduates to elementary school are considered, the actual number
of children served will increase to approximately 250. In addition much of the benefit of this program can be understood and appreci­ ated in terms of its effect upon the family of the child and especially upon the other siblings in the enrollee's household.

Eccsicatfc Apportunities Office CoMsunlty Action Program *Washington 0. C.

t*oo leasee*

CONWAY, MOE & litBBS

Certified Public Accountants IV) South Thud S' Box 2070 Las Vegas, Nm ada

This Is to *hlw that we have accepted the a s s It to serve as
the certified public accounting fire for the Clark County €canowlc Opportunities Board, which assignment will Include the Installation
of an appropriate records systee acceptable co the Federal fovern- eant and susceptible to the application of penerelly accepted auditing procedures.

The undersigned fire has been In the practice of public accounting In tha City of Las *«gas for 20 years and Is anfi has bean the designated Independent auditors for eoay private business and financial Institu­ tions plus various political and sub-po)Itlcal entitles. Including tho Clark County Schoo’ district.

WO wish to express our appreciation for glvHg us an opportunity to be service In this area.

HC:Jb

ec: Hr. Harvey Dender©, Chaireon Economic Opportunities Board P. 0. Bea 551
Las Yagos. Itovada

April 9, 196$

Yours very truly. COMWAY, MOE S HIBBS

Matson Conway

Mrs. Lubertha Johnson Project Director
Operation Independence, Inc. 1165 Balzar Street

Las Vegas, Nevada 89106

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

FLORA DUNGAN

Public Accountant

EXECUTIVE TOWER
401 SOUTH THIRD STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101

I have your letter of July 9,. 1965, and will be happy to provide the services of supervising and auditing the financial records of the federal funds which will be administered by your

board.

The costs of the services will be based on the amount of work required to be done, but should there be an excessive amount of time required, I shall be happy to donate part of the services so that the fees will not be more than the project

warrants.

d COPY

truly yours^__

Flora Dungan

July 12, 1965

*NEWCOMC IMTXHDCWT

FOBT OFFICt BOX BH LAUB /EGAS NEVADA __ -

W JAN A PM

APPEMI

January 3, 1963

Clark County school District

Mr. Harvey Dondero
Assistant Superintendent of Schoc s Las V egas, Nevada

Dear Sir:

ke: Operation Independence

In regards to your le tte r of December 19, 1962, 1
that such a program as outlinedin your memorandum, would certainly benefit the families in this school .a*re

Possibly the greateefneeo would be to teach basic reading and writing ekills. A great percentage of our adult population have never had the opportunity to gain from formal education.

The need for a Vocation Program is paramount. Many people are
not equipped for any type of employment due to the lack of the basic tools. A trade school would tend to ease this need.

Detroit, Michigan, is now teaching reading, ano writing to those people on the relief rolls.

Evidence of school attendance is demanded oefore the Welfare checke are mallee to the participant.

About twenty percent (20%) of our absences are <^ue to the child' staying home to baby-sit. This only compounds the situat.on. Illnesu ana lack of adequate clothing keeps the balance of our pupils out of school.

I would be happy to cooperate in any way to assist further cevelcp- e*nent of this operation.

//Principal

firm ly

believe

LtLANO B NEWCOMER SUFC»IHTtHOthT

CLARK

Clark County School District

"

ROBT ornrt BOX #B,
LAS VEGAS NEVADA^

P3NDIX f (Con+i oued)

... JNTv BO*«O or KHOOl TRUSTEE*

TO: Vocational Rehabilitation Department of the State Department of Education

FROM: Galen G. Good, Principal Madison Elementary School

School S=L:STM“
dec children having to remain at home to be "baby sitters" is .boat 2?L

. *n li«ht of o*u*nt spent each month in the late of llevada nr. SESW.-3KS5S“>

nr.. .•*!..<»» ftSny iivi^ rtn peoduo. d..ir.?i.

!*X^JX^to Thi818 •fe91ing *

......

Ms Jis., n School ' January 23, 1963.

Mr. Harvey Dondero
laaistaat to Superintendent Cl«rk Ccejity School u istrto t I^us V egas, Nevada

Dear Mr. Dondero:
A.» per written instruction# your office, dated January 2, 1*695-

The following report is hereby subaittec;

1. The numbar of absence# anong school children because of illness are: 55

2. The rambar of absences caused by elder children haring to regain bom to be "baby-sitters’* are: 2J

3. Approximate mater of drpeuts in mj school are« are:
I feel that such a progra® would be advantagess to t^he people

in ny school .a*re

Sincerely,

H.P. FiUgereld principal

rEPTrpw

Mr. Harvey i’ondero Assistant Superin’endent

Dear Mr. -ondero:

APPENDIX (Continued)

*Of the 91o absences at gh.•■•nd ~c- 1 •n:« <■—:r up to December 14 r' I estimate th; r 60" (54(-< -u.: I- t..< to illness and 20; (18J, .couit. oe ’ue t> children actiru r ty fitters. The other 207 may ce d s.- to carelessness ■ t: • p.->rt of the parents in requiring t. eir children to be .ou' st■ • t their attendance.

AtVeg Heiht«‘ estim * •....
was due to .lines and th- oth- r 30^. 98) die to . ?k of concern.

In the Kindergarten we ve had 6te absences th rr ■ rely 60% f398)due to iilne.s and (226) du- to lack of . ?■: ern.

My opinion is that, some such program as hat r een suggested is desperately needed.

Respectftlly,

Edna Lundgren (J PRINCIFAL

Highland a-d V- r.; Heights Schools

January 7, 196)

COMPONENT 7-13 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

CAP 2 . PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS

Name of Applicant Agency
"Operation Opportunities — Clark County"

Economic Opportunity Board

2 .1

, PROVISION OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE

$4,800 — @ $400 per month, estimated approximate rental va.l ue
of three new structures Iqcated at 2024 Carver, and 2032 Carver, Las Vegas, Nevada. This estimate by donor, First Western Savings and Loan Association, is confirmed by a private real estate appraisal (see budget justification). The combined facilities have approximately 3,500 square feet of usable space for Community Service Center projects. The commitment from donor extends on a firm basis to February, 1967; but there is a provision for continued use of facilities after that date, if the facilities
can be used by Operation Independence.

$8,400 — @ $700 per month, estimated approximate rental of the former City-owned Jefferson Recreation Center. This estimate has been confirmed by a private professional appraising firm (see budget justification). The buildings at Jefferson Center are concrete and steel rigid frame structures and have been well maintained. 4,710 square feet of usable space is available for the use of this project. City granted the use of this facility upon the completion of new recreational facilities to serve the same neighborhood.

2.2 INCREASE IN NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION

The contribution from non-federal sources from this community action program are in addition to the aggregate expenditures or contributions for similar purposes from non-federal sources which were being made prior to the submission of the original program and development application. ■

2.3 RESIDENT PARTICIPATION.

A. This component has been developed through Board Membership. Its membership is from Clark County or persons representing statewide agencies concerned with economic problems in Clark County. This Board includes target area representation!.,

B. The Economic Opportunity Board is a volunteer Board to provide policymaking decisions, program approval, and staffing approval. In addition, under this component, six neighborhood councils will be established to develop and implement "grass roots" action programs.

C. Residents of the area served will be utilized whenever possible to fiI I positions in this component. The neighborhood service worker and aides will be selected democratically by each Council and will be directly responsible to that Council.

2.4 MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

1. The Executive Director and Program Coordinator of the applicant agency will effect liaison between existing agencies and the community action program.

2. Representatives of a II major human service agencies in the county are represented on the community action board which meets regularly to discuss coordination and program planning. Those agencies involved in the project proposal services are coordinated in purpose through special planning meetings.

C. Different component projects have been linked by the cooperative planning of the major public and private agencies concerned.
This component project was selected by the Economic Opportunity Board as a priority program in terms of its importance to poverty groups. This project will be executed by Operation Independence, which is also the delegate agency for the day care centers

(CAP 7-12). This project marks an expansion of services to be provided the target community by Operation Independence.

2.5 ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS Attached

2.6 CHECKPOINT PROCEDURE ON COORDINATION

The Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County has approved -this program and budget, and all related agencies have participated
in coordination and planning. Representation includes the Employment Security Department, elective officials, Clark County School District, State and County Welfare DepartmentsCounty Health Department, U. S. Department of Labor, Labor Unions, Probation Department, Youth Opportunity Center, University, and Voluntary Agencies. (See listing of Board Membersnip attached to CAP 3.)

Since the basic objective of the proposed Community Service Center is to provide a central service agency in the major target area
to bring community resources to low-income residents, every
effort is being made to -coordinate with public and private agencies to provide’ required services, in the future it is anticipated

that many agencies will send detached representatives at scheduled hours to the main center and its three branches. Appendix I documents some of these coordinating efforts and commitments already receive; from community agencies.

ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY’S REGULATION UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

Operation Opportunities - Clark C o u n t y (hereinafter called the "Applicant" (Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

AGREES THAT it will comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) and the Regulations of the Office of Economic Opportunity issued pursuant to that title (45 C.F.R. Part 1010), to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which the Applicant receives Federal financial assistance either directly or indirectly from the Office of Economic Opportunity; and HEREBY GIVES ASSURANCE THAT it will immediately take any measures necessary to effectuate this agreement.

If any real property or structure thereon is provided or improved with the aid of Federal financial assistance extended to the Applicant either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant, or in the case of any transfer of such property, any transferee, for the period during which the real property or structure is used for a purpose for which the Federal financial assistance is extended or for another purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits. If any personal property is so provided, this assurance shall obligate

the Applicant for the period during which It retains ownership or possession of the property. In all other cases, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant for the period during which the Federal financial assistance is extended to it either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity.

THIS ASSURANCE is given in consideration of and for the purpose of obtaining either directly or indirectly any and all Federal grants, loans, contracts, property, or discounts, the referral or assignment of VISTA Volunteers, or other Federal financial assistance extended after the date hereof to the Applicant by the Office of Economic Opportunity, including installment payments after such date on account of applications for Federal financial assistance which were approved before such date. The Applicant recognises and agrees that such Federal financial assistance will be extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this assurance, and that the United

States shall have the right to seek judicial enforcement of this assurance. This a'ssurance is binding on the Applicant, its successors, transferees, and assignee, and the person or persons whose signatures appear below are authorized to sign this assurance on behalf of the Applicant.

Date December 15, 1965_______________

3051 Paradise Road, Suite 15

Las Vegas, Nevada
(Mai Iing Address)

Operation Opportunities - Clark County (Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

(President, Chairman of Board, or comparable authorized off Iola I)

O■ffice of Efigkomic Opportunity FORM APPROVED. APPLICATION FOR CI^UNITY ACTION PROGRAM BUDGET BUREAU NO. 116-R019

CAP. 3 APPLICANT AGENCY_____________ ~

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY , , DO NOT FILL IN: (For administrative use) "Operation Opportunities — Clark County"

*EOcpopnoortmunicity Board_________________ [ ____________________________________ 33 ■ GOVERNING BODY

etc.)? Attach a description of the governing body, its relationship to its own staff, and its

3-2__________ ROLE OF GOVERNING BODY ‘

Indicate the responsibilities exercised by the governing body by checking the appropriate box or boxes.

,

OTHERfSpecify)

□ MAKES MAJOR POLICY DECISIONS

□ APPROVES THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THE APPLICATION

as required in Part F of the CAP GUIDE.

□ yes □ no

3-5________________________________ IDENTIFICATION OF APPLICANT

, - .l -j ,-r . j , . Insert the identification number assigned to the applicant agency by the Internal Revenue Service in the space provided.

CAP FORM 3 \ JAN 65

I INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IDENTIFICA- TION NUMBER

QQ nnncnc-

(Use Continuation Sheet if necessary.)

3-< BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON STAFF DIRECTOR

Has the director or principal administrator of the staff of the applicant agency been selected? If answer is “YES", attach biographical data

GSA DC 6 5- 11 589

BOARD MEMBERSHIP
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BOARD OF CLARK COUNTY

Mr. Harvey Dondero, CHAIRMAN, Assistant Superintendent, Clark County School District

Mr. Ray Sturm, Clark County School District, Director of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education

Mr. Lyal Burkholder, Clark County School District, Director, Area Zone
Mr. Earl Brunner, Principal, Highland Elementary School
Dr. Leslie Shuck, Special Assistant, Research and Project Design, Clark County

School District

HEALTH AND WELFARE
Mrs. Stella Fleming, Director, Clark County Relief Administration
Mr. Ernest 0. Skagen, District Director, Nevada State Welfare Department Dr. Otto Ravenholt, Director, Clark County Hei I th Department
Miss Genevieve Arensdorf, Nursing Supervisor, Clark County School District

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Mr. Charles Spann, Assistant Manager, Las Vegas Local Office, State DEpartment

of Employment Security

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
Mr. Edward Young, Board Member, Neaada Tuberculosis and Health Association Reverend Charles Shallow, Director, Catholic Community Welfare

Mr. Joseph H. Mankins, Area Representative, U.S. Department of Labor and Director of Apprenticeship Training

Mr. Ted Lawson, Secretary, Central Labor Council
Mr. James Arnold, Secretary, Southern Nevada Building and Trades Council

UNIVERSITY OF NEVABA
Dr. Ferren Bunker, County Agent, Clark County Extension Service Dr. Juanita White, Regent, University of Nevada

LEADERSHIP
In Target Areas
Dr. Charles West, Private Physician
Mr. Robert Mullen, Chief of Probation, Clark County Probation Department
Mr. H.P. Fitzgerald, Principal, Kit Carson Elementary School
Mr. David Hoggard, Attendance Officer, Clark County School District
Mr. Robert Reid, Attorney at Law
Mr. James Snowden, Citizen
Reverend Newton Tigner, Retired Minister
Mr. James Anderson, Executive Director, Nevada Commission on Equal Rights for

Citizens

In Community at Large
Dr. Clare Woodbury, Private Physician Mr. William Morris, Attorney
Mr. Lee Walker, Attorney
Mr. Karl Marshall, Rancher, Moapa Valley Mr. Paul McDermott, Businessman

LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT
Mr. William Briare, County Commissioner
Mr. Vernon Bunker, Nevada State Assemblyman
Mayor Oran Gragson, Mayor of the City of Las Vegas (Represented by Robert McPhearson Mayor John Batchelor, Mayor of the City of Boulder City (Represented Emory

Lockette Mayor William Taylor, Mayor of the City of North Las Vegas (Represented by Milton

Weiss) Mayor William R. Hampton, Mayor of the City of Henderson (Represented by Ida

Bel Ie Riggins)

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. John Bunten, Assistant Superintendent for VocationaI-Technical and Adult

Education
Mr. Keith MacDonal, Superintendent,.City of Las Vegas Recreation Department Mr. Jack Staggs, Administrator, Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Mr. William E. Kearns, Counsellor in charge, State Department of Vocational

RehabiIitation
Mr. Lee Burhham, Acting Director, Administrative Services, Department of

Employment Security
Mr. Gene McCoy, Banker, First National Bank of Nevada
Mr. Al Lansman, SBA Advisory Committee Member
Mr. Franklin Coleman, Chief of Counseling, and Special Services, Nevada

Employment Security
Mr. Pat Schoppe, Manager, Nevada State Employment Service Mr. A. A. McCollum, Sahara Nevada Corporation

11/65

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek

PRESENT: Executive Director
Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County April 5, 1965 — presently employed

PAST:

Executive Director
Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association Reno, Nevada
December I, 1959 — March 31, 1965

Number and kind of employees supervised: (100-125 persons)

Four Supervisors covering four different office locations:
(a) Two work with Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association program

and activities, with staff including program, occupational

therapist, stenographic, clerical help, varying from 7 to 15 persons; (b) Two Supervisors of demonstration and research programs:

(I) USPHS grant of $175,000 for home care program in a four-county area in Nevada, which involves some 100 persons trained and supervised in paid service.

(2) Welfare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, grant for the reduction and prevention of dependency, for $34,000 with supervised personnel in the office, day care, and youth programs.

(c) Two-three contractual research specialists involved in the above demonstration/research projects.

Description of Work: I was employed directly from Geneva, Switzerland, to assume
position of the Association’s Executive Director. I am responsible for administering
all activities, services and programs of the voluntary health agency on a local, as well
as a statewide basis. The original Association program was somewhat limited. I was responsible for broadening it so that through community organization efforts and Board development, effective State legislation in I960 was passed that gave the State a progres­ sive tuberculosis control program and created increased hospital facilities for patients.
1 organized committees in each county and through the above enabling legislation and the above citizen action groups have either expanded or initiated the following programs: casefinding efforts, including statewide mobile x-ray surveys and school skin-testing program; increased programs in health education of the public, professional education through organization of seminars, workshops for nurses; social research, with a motiva­ tional study attached to one project concerned with utilization of services and facilities; increased inter-agency cooperation; directed past two Christmas Seal Campaigns that
yielded highest percentage increase in the nation of all Tuberculosis Associations.

In addition I have developed projects that were funded by the USPHS and the Welfare Administration of Health, Education, and Welfare:

(I) Public Health Service grant was given under the Community Health Services and Facilities Act of 1961 for the Chronically III and Aged for $175,000 for a 3-year demonstration program — ’’Visiting Homemaker Service of Northeastern Nevada."
This is a unique service, the only rural program in a sparsely-populated area

in the USA demonstrating that such a home-care service is economically
and mechanically feasible in a sparsely populated area which runs 500 miles from one end to the other and covers nearly 50,000 square mi les.
We have trained over 100 Visiting Homemakers; a class of 17 Indian Homemakers,

VITA

Elaine Lewis Walbroek 2.

two other classes (one in northern Elko; the other at Fort Me Dermitt) of
some 20 Indian trainees are In progress. Organizational efforts involved
the Indian community, the tribal council. A current caseload is 50. Nearly 50,000 hours of paid service has been given and 300 cases served in the first two and one-half years of the project. It has been termed one of the most successful of the projects granted In itia lly under the Community Health Services and Facilities Act. It has involved coordinating efforts of many agencies and four counties; and it is well on its way to being self-supporting when the

grant terminates.

(2) Welfare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare grant, was given to the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association for "Operation Independence" in 1963. This project started two years ago as a self-help community-wide endeavor in a fringe, in-migrant community with a multiplicity of social, economic and health problems. To date, this project has a day care center, youth programs, a four-thousand book library (the first in

Las Vegas to serve as a branch), and other programs. The Welfare grant is a developmental grant and is primarily concerned with observation and documenting the social processes, mechanism and interactions of such a self-help project.

The target area, which contains 40^ of the entire State’s Aid-to Dependent Children load, has been designated as such by the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board — A Board which was created basically from the technical advisory committee of "Operation Independence." It is the only such Board

in Nevada.

(3) The Fort McDermitt Indian Project is in process.
Working with the Inter-Tribal Council, a member of the Indian Health Service, the Tribal Council, and the State Welfare Department, a community development program has evolved under CAP 6, Title II and CAP 9, Title IV - Work Experience. This is a unique project, the first in which Federal, State, County and local agencies have cooperated, working with an Inter-Tribal Council to secure
funding for a depressed Indian Reservation using Title V. The project was submitted January 22, 1965.

In another area: I took the lead in developing a statewide nursing needs survey in 1963-64; secured monies from medical societies for the survey; established an executive committee to implement recommendations which in­ cluded a two-year nursing school on the University Campus. Through committee necessary funds were raised for first year planning on-campus and the entering class of nurses-to-be will begin September, 1965.

Present Responsibilities as Association Executive Director: Delegation of the appropri­ ate portions of the responsibilities is made to staff of the Association; together with proportionate authority for their fulfillment but not for the over-all responsibility for results nor for any portion of accountability.

VITA — Elaine Lewis Walbroek 3.:

GeneraUPIalining Direction, Coordination, Managementrand"Publie Relations: _ ! 'IV-tr.;-•

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Provides leadership to the Association in establishing goals and objec­ tives to be attained in various programs, working in committees and with Boards.

Identifies and evaluates program needs; develops plans and programs
to meet needs so identified. This includes the gathering and analysis of data, establishing time schedules; laying out plans for accomplishing the work, such planning again involving staff, committees and citizen participation insofar as possible.

Directs staff in implementing policies (policies which have evolved through joint Board and Executive Director thinking) and programs originating from such policies.

Presents recommendations regarding programs and budget with sufficient background information so that the Board of Directors can formulate Association policies and take official action; keeps the Board advised
of developments in the field; orients new Board members to the purpose, functions of the Board and Association; acts as a non-voting secretary
to the Board; coordinates State activities with the National Tuberculosis Association program.

Coordinates Association work with related services and participates in community organization so that programs of more than one agency concern are coordinated, preventing duplication and gaining program strength;
e.g., this has involved meetings with most major human service agencies
in the State (Community Service Councils, State and County Health and Welfare Departments, County School Districts, Boards of County Commis-'-r- sioners, State Association of Hospital Administrators, legislative committees, Employment Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U. S. Indian Health Service. Serves on committees (e.g., Governor's Advisory Committee on TB Eradication, which evolved through efforts of Association); the University of Nevada Advisory Committee to the President, on Schools of Nursing; State’s Mental Health Planning Committee; Advisory Committee

to the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada; Chairman, Nursing in Nevada Survey, as well as a member or chairman of many conference planning committees including those of the American Public Health Association, Nevada Social Welfare Conference, etc.)

Organizes Association work in developing demonstration projects. This includes x-ray programs which have led to hospital x-ray admission pro­ grams maintained by the institution itself, mobile x-ray program which led to State Health Department’s purchase of the first state-owned unit. (For other demonstrations, see page 1.)

Executes contracts, assures maintenance of files and records, makes necessary reports to the Board; Committees and to the public.

Acts as principal public relations officer of the Association in both informal and formal contacts with other agencies; organizations and with

(6)

(7) (8)

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 4.

the public, giving necessary information regarding activies and oper­ ations. This includes preparing and delivering speeches; preparing information material for local and statewide distribution to committees, newspapers, TV and radio; preparing an annual report; reporting to the Board on a regular basis, meeting a minimum of four times a year with
the State Board and monthly with different committees; providing staff services (e.g., agenda preparation, minutes, notices and provision of technical assistance and consultation); interpreting program to inter­ ested individuals, telephone and personal callers, groups; stimulating other groups, agencies, organization to constructive program action in
the field of health and/or welfare by themselves or in concert with others.

(9) Controls and coordinates operations and activities within the organi­ zation, sets up lines of communications between the various offices, approves office procedures, assures accountability for programs and proper expenditures of Association and grant monies, directs the conduct of program review, employs staff, assigns responsibilities.

(10) Provides linkage between the Board, staff, committees, county chairmen, other organizations, agencies, and the public at the county and state

level. Works with Federal Agencies, including Regional and Washington Offices of the Welfare Administration, USPHS, Employment Service, Eco^> nomic Opportunities, in developing projects, services, programs.

(11) Assumes role, along with coordinating and community organization efforts, as liaison wherever possible, filling an action vacuum where official agencies are unable to act and where such action pertinent to interests

of the Association and are feasible, (e.g., bringing program needs
•to attention of;the State’s Executive Office and legislative committees, where official agency personnel cannot; securing monies for specific needs of official agencies where their budgetary restrictions prevent the filling of the need.) Responsible for contracts negotiated on be­ half of demonstration projects with the Federal Government; with State agencies for purchase of services, e. g., Visiting Homemaker Services contract with the State Welfare Division.

(12) Responsible for disbursement and accounting of all funds, which in past fiscal year totaled over $200,000; responsible for records from which certified audits are obtained; for routine bookkeeping procedures.

Research and S ta tis tic s

Develops research projects and demonstrations which have been funded by the USPHS and the Welfare Administration of Health, Education, and Welfare,
doing much of the project design and writing. Directs compilation of statis­ tics to document program needs, working with other agencies, e. g., the State Welfare Department’s Bureau of Research and Finance.

VITA — Elaine Lewis Walbroek

5.

INFORMATION OFFICER AND EDITOR League of Red Cross Societies Geneva, Switzerland
(1958-59)

5

Persons Supervised: Two clerical-steno; three translators; production department staff, four persons; assisted by Secretariat Library staff.

Editorial ResponsibiIities

Editor monthly publication "News and Report" circularized through the 84 national society members - Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

1. (1)  Responsible for publication of 44-48 page monthly in t*hree languages, English, French, Spanish. Content included 10-12 short some-time fictionalized features covering different pro­ gram areas, designed not only to cover ongoing Society programs as news items, but to encourage and stimulate other Societies to engage in new areas of interest.

2. (2)  Interviewed League Bureaux Chiefs/personnel, documenting and reporting their missions.

3. (3)  Reviewed promotion material, including audio-visual material, posters, pamphlets, brochures and books produced by member Societies and others in the field.

4. (4)  Developed editorials for publication by Secretariat officials.

5. (5)  Covered national and international news events of interest to member Societies, training courses and workshop conducted by League.

6. (6)  Responsibility was not only to write, edit and produce the three-language publication which served as the official publi­ cation of the League as its news vehicle and Idea forum, but in the process to stimulate leadership to program action.

Production ResponsibiIities

(1) Researched feature and news material in publications written in some 10-15 languages, working in process with translators.

(2) Did layout of publication.

(3) Secured and edited report material from each of the five League Bureaux; secured promotion material from National Societies.

(4) Supervised translation, proofreading (in English) and production.

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 6.

Information Officer ResponsibiIities:

1. (1)  Corresponded with member Societies relative to the publication and its circulation; and on general activities of League.

2. (2)  Worked with representatives from national Societies visiting Geneva to brief them on League activities.

3. (3)  Worked with other international organizations including World Health Organization and International Labor Organization.

4. (4)  Covered conferences, helped in preparation of the General Assemblies and reported on them to membership.

5. (5)  Helped develop English language broadcasts covering League activities.

6. (6)  Helped develop ideas and the comprehensive promotion material kit for the Centenary of the Birth of the Red Cross used internationally.

   During this period was accredited to the Palais de la Presse during the Summit Conferences; covered the activities of World Refugee Year programs, worked with committee in developing ideas to stimulate international interest.

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Executive Secretary
Santa Cruz Tuberculosis and Health Association California
(1954-57)

Description of(Work; Employed as Executive Secretary of a county Tuberculosis and Health Association. Responsible for community organization and health association programming.

Of special interest, developed a program which received statewide attention — "Senior Citizens Opportunities" (SCO)

Through interest in health and welfare problems of the Aging, I developed a community-wide senior citizen program in an area where 20$ of the population is
over 65 years. Generally retired on modest or meager incomes, and coming from another area, this large population segment was relatively unintegrated with the balance of the community created interest sections, study groups, recreational
and community service activities which were financed entirely by membership efforts. In 18 months, these sections totaled over 20, with numerous sub-sections within

them and the organization’s membership totaled over 1,000.

Planned, developed and guided the organization through its first two years during which it became incorporated, a member of the United Fund, and the first such group in California to have its own Board, club house, paid director and

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 7.

self-government. Through membership efforts in securing county government support, we established the first geriatric clinic in framework of a Public Health Depart­ ment in California. SCO eventually involved most major human service agencies
and organizations, including city and county government in assuring its success; and in turn, it involved much of the membership in greater participation in the life of the community.

The organizational efforts, I recorded as 16 mm. color film (15 minutes) to serve as an amateur documentary film.

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Advertising Director Leask’s Department Store Santa Cruz, California (1951-53)

Description of Work: Responsi bIe for a 11 advertisi ng media for medi um-size de­ partment store including 17,000 column inches newspaper advertising space year, radio spots, special mailing pieces.

Developed promotion ideas, did layouts and advertising copy, for newspaper. Did layouts, copy, and supervised production of special direct mall pieces.

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Circulation and Promotion Manager Miller Freeman Publications
San Francisco, California (1948-51)

Description of Work: Responsible initially for circulation promotion, promoted to be circulation manager for the second largest publishing firm (next to McGraw Hill) of trade and business publications in the nation. These included OIL, MINING WORLD, LOG, PACIFIC LAUNDRY AND CLEANING JOURNAL, WESTERN BAKER.

Administered department of some seven to twenty persons concerned with magazine circulation, subscription and renewal promotion, direct mail procedures, advertising.

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Research Technician
News and Intelligence Bureau Office of War Information San Francisco
(1944-45)

Description of Work: Did research work using monitored radio news material, news­ papers, other references to develop files and background material for Intelligence primarily on Japanese governmental and military personnel.

VITA Elaine Lewis Walbroek 8.

EDUCATION:

University of California Berkeley, California

Graduated with B.A. 1944.

Postgraduate work includes:
2 Units — University of California, 1956
as participant in conference,
workshop on Aging — Santa Barbara Campus, 1954 NTA Institute

PUBLICATIONS:

I have written much material primarily in connection with the publication edited in Geneva; in developing promotional brochures, pamphlets, in copy for advertising purposes; in correspondence primarily designed to stimulate individual or group interest in specific programs.

In the past year, I have written three projects which have received grants from
the Federal Government: "Operation Independence"; USPHS Visiting Homemaker Service of Northeastern Nevada; VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America). In addition, projects have been developed In connection with the Economic Opportunities Board
of Clark County which are currently being processed: e.g., Program and Develop­ ment application for the Opportunities Board; a day care services center; a Neighborhood Youth Corp — the latter two projects total $175,000 and both are in connection with "Operation Independence", a self-help program in a fringe, in­ migrant area peripheral to Las Vegas which has been organized and sponsored by
the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association for the past two years. Developed Economic Opportunity organizational efforts in Clark County.

PAPERS:

I have presented pers at meetings of the following organizations:
American Association of University Women, in California, in Nevada; American Public Welfare Association (regional); Council of Social Agencies and Nevada Public Health Association; National Conference on Homemakers in Washington, D. C., May, 1964; National TB Association on legislative activities; Nevada Medical Auxiliary;
Western TB Conference; and have lectured in several University classes on the role
of voluntary agencies; on health services on community organization. Have recently been involved in leading community groups on Implication of Economic Opportunity Act,

MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICES: Have held offices in the Nevada Public Health Association, the Council of Social Agencies, the American Association of University Women, the National Rehabilitation Association, Soroptimist; past president 6f the Nevada Social Welfare Conference, .secretary arid vice^president of the Council of Social Agencies, chairman/of many study groups including problems of aging, community problems, nursing needs.

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Office of Econont.v Opportunity APPLCATlOH FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

(This form is to be filled in by the applicant agency'

name of applicant agencV

Operation Opportunities — Clark County

BUDGET BUREAU No. 1

counsel.)

-Economic. Opportuni 1

Q PUBLIC
PRIVATE NONPROFIT

-------LarkCounty I _______

If applicant ist a private nenprofi^ganisation

of higher education. answer all of the following guestion..

Has the applied^ 1.4.2 If the answer isr

If^YES'ySft

If the ab^y^

do you certify such a ruling?

INCORPORAY

4.4.1 PRIOR CONCERN Hu If the answer is "YES’

NONPROFIT

roSr- ‘Jniinf’ltcrnal Revenue Service I

in process

4.4.2 . SPONSORSHIP

problems of pobi

resolution from the Kponsurine a,

L2 PUBLIC AGENCY If public, indicate whether applicant i,
□ STATEIS! I I COUNTY(IES) F~]CITY(IES) I 1 ,NST,TUT1°N<8) OF HIGHER EDU< - T> ;H

.□ TRIBAL COUNCIL(S)

1—1 fSee Item 4.3 for definite) OTHER (Specify)

If applicant is a public agency, proceed to hem 4.7; do not answer Items 4.3 through 4.6.2.

INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Vas the institution in existence prior to August 21. 1964” Q YES Q NO PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

of 1963, Public

°( ru‘in* bY

Internal

September 26, <964, ir. Nevada

concern with poverty

CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORITY

bJief^herSIT d’ aS a duly?ieenksed attOrney at law- hereby certify ‘hat to the best of my information and

“i,y’ -1 ■»

-"" p'-r-

address

Lee E. Walker

'l”0 S. Third ■

, j$ ,'erjas, Nevada

CAP FORM

I IS90

4.6.1 PRIOR CONCERN

"Operation Opportunities — Clark County", the Economic Opportunity Board, was recognized in September by the County ( missi
on October 9, 1965, by the Governor of ths tats Nevada, recognized authority to secure Economic Opportunit • - r the' area. Prior to the application for such recogniti ■ and up to the time the Board was funded under the Program and Developmeni r s t No. 357/1 in March, 1965, the Board Members, ind<: dually ana c a Body, worked to determine need and establish prior ties • >r and poverty programs. The f ices for the Economic Op art »nity ard was opened ApriI 5, and funds were available for disbursement

ApriI 22.

0ffice of^^nomic Opportunity form approved. _______________ APPLICATION FOR WMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM W | budget bureau no

116-RO19

.CAP 5. COMMUNITY INFORMATION

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY- I T o NOT FILL IN: "Operation Opportunities — Clark County" i

(For Admin istrath e I se)

Economic Opportunity

Attach a map showing the boundaries of the community.

"A" Westside "B" I ndian Vi I Iage

Clark County, Nevada

o Q-

! 70

3.150 _____

ITEM TOTAL POPULATION

PERCENT OF POPULATION LIVING IN RURAL AREAS

TOTAL NUMBER.OF FAMILIES
. TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES WITH INCOME

AREA “B”

AREA "C”

770

X FAMILIES WITH INCOME LESS THAN $1,000 u.

FAMILIES WITH INCOME FROM $1 ,000 - $1 ,999

u.

1,526 .2,010

3,244

I9 __ -150 300 600

7,200

80 __ 23_ 2 10 4_ 30 8 140

16 I ,000 *%: *%

FAMILIES WITH INCOME FROM $2,000- $2,999

Board|

67,779_ LESS THAN $3,000 6,780

5,600 17 I ,050 14

5 MALES 14 AND OVER IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
H L 83,100

PERCENT OF SUCH MALES WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED

X FEMALES 14 AND OVER IN CIVILIAN LABOR

% o58

%

4
%' *% *%

UJ =»

i

FORCE ; 37,700 PERCENT OF SUCH FEMALES WHO ARE

4,500

250:

.

UNEMPLOYED

% 711

* Indian V iI I age and Moapa Vai ley i show little unemployment

but heavy though indeterminate

PERSONS UNDER 2X 1 8
PERCENT OF PERSONS UNDER 21 RECEIVING

A.F.D.C. PAYMENTS
PERSONS AGED 65 AND OVER

*

i[jnderemp 1 oyment ' 87,600'

PERCENT OF PERSONS 65 AND OVER RECEIVING OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE

3.3 ; 11.500 7.5

%

17_ 50 _ 700 4 20 % 50

%

5

70

40 %

CAP FORM 5 (Page 1 of2) JAN 65

COMMUNITY TOTAL

265.421 10

"C" Moapa Vai ley

AREA "A”

28,000 %%%

I 80
u %%%%

LU
o
z LESS THAN $3,000 10

PERCENT OF ALL FAMILIES WITH INCOME

(Continued on Page 2 of this form.)

■

12,000 %%%I%

I 100

30 I ,200

AP 5. COMMUNITY INFORMATION (Conlin "Operation Opportunities — Clark County"

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY

Economic Opportunity Board
PERCENT OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL

PERCENT OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL

TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS 25 AND OVER

PERSONS 25 AND OVER WITH LESS THAN B YEARS OF EDUCATION

PERCENT OF PERSONS 25 AND OVER WITH LESS THAN 8 YEARS OF EDUCATION

PERSONS AGED 18 TO 25 WHO WERE EXA-M- '

PERSONS REJECTED BY SELECTIVE SERVICE

PERCENT OF PERSONS EXAMINED WHO WERE REJECTED BY SELECTIVE SERVICE (4F and I Y)

156,400 1 7,000

13,000

.6,000 46

Not Ava iIabIe

653 32

5 ,000 424

. ■■■—._Z7,.Q.Q.Q..

89

76 500 350 24

BIRTHS PER YEAR

_______________ (1963)

5-,.356 160

80,000 3.360

2.8^0.00

_ 4Q.Q . .

DEATHS PER YEAR OF INFANTS UNDER

12 MONTHS _ (1963)_
INFANT DEATHS AS A PERCENT OF BIRTHS PER YEAR (196jj

NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS WHICH ARE SUBSTANDARD

SUBSTANDARD

Negro.
American Indian _ Other Non-White

322 *

l.,5Q0 .__2QQ_
* 322 Indians resi de in the Moapa._l.ndlan .Reservation,.52t n i I e s — This

area wiI I shortly be under conisideration as Area to be served with Economic

CAP FORM 5 (Page 2 of 2)

_NA_

in the CAP GUIDE.

Attached

Office o^JKnomic Opportunity FORM APPROVED.

APPLICATION FORCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

BUDGET BUREAU NO. 116-R019

COMPONENT PROJECT: CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION

'■Economic Ojfyartunitv 4 el of

NAME OF APPLICANT AGENCY ! COMPONE NT PROJECT NO.
"Operation Opportunities — Clark Co1j'ri,tv"l_____ I 3_____________ ;_____________________ _

7.1 BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF PROJECT

"Operation Independence" Community Service C e n t e r _________ ___
7.1.1 SUMMARY OF PROJECT Describe the component project, using only the space below:
Initial application for the estab I i shment of a Community Service Center and Neighbor h '< District Counci Is to coordinate with other pub I ic agencies and provide a wide rance, >f. social services geared to specific area needs.

AREA AND GROUP TO BE SERVED

population to be served (pre-school, aged, families with children, etc.)

The Community Service Center will serve all ages of the low-income families located in the Westside area (Target "Area A" — see CAP 5).

The Center will serve 1200 families located in Target "Area A" •- See CAP 5, Targe! •

7.2

Afea n

_____________________

DELEGATION-OF ACTIVITIES TO OTHER AGENCIES
NAME AND ADDRESS OF DELEGATE AGENCY

"Operation Independence" I 165. Balzar

las Vegas, Nevada_______________________

TYPE OF AGENCY Is the delegate agency a (check one):

[ I PUBLIC AGENCY Q OTHER (Specify)

Attached

COST CATEGORY

1. PERSONNEL
2. CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACT SERVICES
3. TRAVEL
4. SPACE COSTS AND RENTALS
5. CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES
6. RENTAL, LEASE, OR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT 7. OTHER COSTS

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION

FEDERAL GRANT REQUESTED UNDER TITLE ILA

' pH INSTITU TION OF HIGHE R EDUCA T ION

CAP FORM 7 JAN 65

|X~| PR IVATE NON PROF IT ORGAN IZ AT1ON

PREVIOUS APPLICATION

$

BUDGET

ESTIMATED .COST_________ I IO, I I6

12,995 2,430 13,200 2,165 2,240 3,800

7.4.1 BUDGET DETAIL Attach a statement giving the basis for estimating the cost

with the instructions set forth in the CAP GUIDE. Where convenient, the < >st esti­ mates should be shown on C. \P 1 orm 23 (Budget for Component Project).

7.4.2 PERIOD OF GRANT How long will this component project be financed by the grant requested in this application?

* 146,946 -W'
NUMBER OF MONTHS

13,200

$ 133,746

12 .

t.

February 1, 1966
___ January 51, 1967________

INTRODUCTION

OPERATION INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

This application proposes to establish a Community Service Center with three branches in the poverty area of West Las Vegas. The delegate agency, which will operate the Community Service Center, is Operation

Independence, a self-help organization which was designed to halt an area's drift towards "slumness", with primarily a focus on the development of local leadership and confidence in such leadership. There has been a pre-planning and development period of two and one-half years in which the organization has developed structured committees concerned with youth programs, community health planning, vocational and educational guidance, and day care services. The involvement of the community in these initial stages was predicated on the assumption that anyone who participates in a study of his own problem will become involved personally.'

A study has been underway under the aegis of a Health, Education,
and Welfare Research Grant awarded in February, 1964, which has formed a basis for some of the planning involved in this Community Service Center. The prelim­
inary results of the study indicate two dimensions, which have determined
the pattern of organization of the Community Service Center: I) The study
has helped to define the problem areas around which the basic services of
the Center will be geared; 2) The study further shows a necessity for devel-. oping neighborhood groups, based on personal involvement, which can function
as the intermediary links between the Center and individuals in the community. Several quoted projects such as Neighborhood Services, a project in Washington, D.C.; the New Haven Project; the Oakland Interagency Project; have pointed
out, in support, that mere provision of services does not of necessity
guarantee utilization of services.

In summary, therefore, the philosophy of the proposed organization must accomodate at least four dimensions to achieve a successful community organization involving a maximum number of individuaIs ..in its program: p I anni ng.

I) 2)

The Community Service Center must enlist the energies and sympathies of the target area residents.

The Community Service Center must provide basic services to members of the community without duplicating efforts of other public and private agencies.

for grant submitted June I, 1963, to the Social Security

See request
Administration, and resubmitted October, 1963, to the Cooperative Research Grants Branch of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

3) The Community Service Center must open up lines of communication to a I I residents of the target community
in order to insure that all such residents are aware and can make use of center services.

4) The Community Service Center programs must reflect the thinking of and the planning efforts of the target area residents.

In order to meet these four requirements, a dual organization is proposed, both of whose programs will be staffed by this project. On the
one hand, Operation Independence, the delegate agency, will inaugurate
and supervise the operations of the Center and its branches. On the other hand, six local autonomous neighborhood councils will be organized to provide the channel of communication from the Center to individual residents and to afford the residents a voice in community planning. Each of the six neighborhood councils will elect a delegate to the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County, thus assuring that policies and programs proposed and discussed at the council meetings can receive proper attention at the policymaking level. In addition, a delegate to Operation Independence’s Board will be elected to insure neighborhood representation at this level.

This dual organization can be seen to fulfill the requirements cited above by considering the following factors:

I. Operation Independence has been successful in enlisting wide support among residents of the Westside community. One reason for this success, it is felt, is that the harmonious relationship between Operation Independence and other agencies in the community at large has enhanced the effectiveness and therefore the prestige of Operation

Independence. This prestige factor has been responsible in part in recruiting more of the community and creating both target area and non-target area support. The expan­ sion of the present program of Operation Independence

can only increase this kind of involvement and partici­ pation. In addition, a successful community organization devoted to a "war on poverty" must enlist also the
interests and energies of the very residents it is designed to serve. The establishment of neighborhood councils is designed to foster that involvement at the "grass roots"

level. Furthermore, the very dignity, which is conferred and achieved through the kind of participation as evidenced in the Operation Independence experience, will also accrue to the participants of the neighborhood councils. The effect of a gratifying involvement in the solving of one’s own problems is already a long step toward achieving a solution.

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OBJECTIVES

The coordination of these two types of organizations within one project will also assure that the harmonious relationship already established between the target community and the larger community can be used to provide solutions to problems felt by those most suffering from conditions of poverty.

2. The Community Service Center will provide basic services not only at a main center, but will also rotate its
staff through three branches. Furthermore, it will fund and provide assistance to a staff of neighborhood service workers and aides, who will be elected by and responsible to the neighborhood councils. This will secure the main channels of communication to insure maximum resident utilization of the Center's services and resources and involvement in its program planning.

The beneficiaries of this program are residents of the major target area in Las Vegas. This area has all the characteristics of poverty including: large concentrations of marginal and dependent families, highly

mobile populations, and heavy concentrations of public welfare recipients. Unemployment and underemployment are high.

The Community Service Center will serve as a "point of contact" between the poor residents and the services which will be mobilized to help them. The Center will bring a number of services to the neighborhood level and coordinate these in a central and accessible fa c ility . The Community Service Center also will be a nucleus around which neighborhood organization, involvement, and action can be developed.

In the target area many family units do not exist as commonly accepted in our society. A large number of family units look to the female, rather than the male, as head of the household. In families where the woman is the instrumental authority, the family may function, but in an entirely different manner than the traditional structure. If a male head of the family is in existence, he should validate his position through his contri­ bution to the everyday life of that household group. Presently, this does not seem to exist in many cases.

Consequently, one of the basic priorities in the application of multiple services is to insure that the male shall eventually accept his obligations and assume his proper position in the family structure. A recent study done in the target area of concern has offered validation for the proposition that the adult male under 35 is the group experiencing the
greatest pressure. For example, when asked to assess the kinds of difficulties one experiences in Las Vegas, only 20 per cent of men under 35 indicated they

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had no problems with jobs, housing, or places to eat. This figure compares with 42 per cent for men over 35; 37 per cent for women less than 35; and 56 per cent of women over 35, who expressed none of the above problems.^

A form of sub-segregation apparently exists within the Westside community which contributes further to the difficulties. One may identify this as a lack of prestige among children with vaguely identifiable family ties, as compared with those from the recognized family units. Children in the former category are forced into a multiple segregation pattern to which they must adjust within the community. Such adjustments frequently are not made by the chi Id.

For example, although the statistical breakdown on Nevada’s ADC program is imperfect for exact determinations, two trends appear clearly
in the data from December, 1962, to the present: I) While the absolute number of Mother-Grantee cases in the state as a whole seems relatively stable, the number of Westside cases has increased almost 50 per cent;
2) The number of children served in the ADC program has during this period increased approximately 12 per cent while the number of mothers has increased only 5.2 per cent, as suggested above. These trends suggest that, while other areas in the state are being relieved of ADC burdens, the situation in West Las Vegas is deteriorating even further. This is emphasized the more when one considers that the number of children within each family group receiving aid is increasing. If reduction of ADC caseload is to be effected by gainful employment of the mother, then ever-increasing facilities for child day care .centers and coordinated family services is mandatory.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Community Services Center program will be specifically directed at the functional problems of target area residents. Services will include:

I) Coordinating educational opportunities for and recruiting of functional
iI Iiteratures for on-going basic education programs; 2) Increasing library services to enhance the cultural resources of the community; 3) Assisting
the unemployed and underemployed (especially the adult male under 35) to increase their earning capacity through coordination with Manpower Development Training Act programs and other vocational training, on-the-job training,

and work training programs, sponsored under the Economic Opportunity Act or other Educational Act Titles; 4) Instituting a consumer education service; 5) Operating a day care service with a child enrichment and parent education program; 6) Establishing a health program with special emphasis on day

care enrollees; 7) Providing a youth educational and training program;
8) Coordinating neighborhood service worker p;rogram to bring all services down to the house level.

2 See Survey for Operation Independence, Report Number Two, September, 1965,

per Grant 176, Cooperative Research Grants Branch, Welfare Administration, Department of Health Education, and Welfare.

Special emphasis will be placed at the Center on a coordinated program geared to the needs of the community’s youth. Direct services to youth will be furnished through the establishment of a tutorial assistance program and specific vocational training classes such as sewing, where feasible. Other direct services to be provided at the Center include programs of adult education, including workshops in home economics and consumer education. Indirect services will be provided by the referral of Center
staff to outside agencies. The Center will also be utilized as the central office for community social agencies, who may choose to detach an individual from their own staff for service at the Center.

Concerted attention will be given to providing social services through existing agencies, supplemented by the direct services of the

- Community'Service Center s-faff. The Center staff wiI I initiate active working relationships with other newly developed community action programs.'^'

The three branch centers will provide physical facilities for the child day care services program, as well as office and meeting area space for implementing the program of the six neighborhood councils.
The distribution of staff and aide personnel will be flexible enough to provide staffing for the branch centers as wel.l as staff support for the six neighborhood councils.

Employment: Experience in the Westside area showed that some of the.seemingIy "unemployable" people can be placed in jobs and in training. However, many members of the community lack both job skills and basic education. Many youths with no work experience are unable to find .jobs.
The proposed manpower programs will focus on unskilled, culturally deprived,, and "hard-to-place" potential workers. There will be a job development program with staff contacts with private. industry as well as coordination with the proposed Small Business Development Center.

Counseling and Job Placement: The Center staff will screen applicants and through continuous coordination with State Department of Employment Security make the necessary referrals. The counselor will be familiar with the Department of Employment Security procedures and wiII have a.knowledge of the job market and requirements of employers.

Training Opportunities: Center staff w ill complete applications
for trainees entering MDTA programs and other vocational education programs. Opportunities for on-the-job training will also be developed with employers. Effective coordination with the Clark County School District will be maintained so that youth and adult education programs can be developed to meet the educational and vocational training needs of the applicants with respect to ' improving employment opportunities.

Work Training: The Community Service Center will promote work training for those youth waiting to be placed in jobs. There will be coordination with Title V, Economic Opportunity Act, "Work Training",

Appendix I contains a sample of the letter sent to appropriate agencies requesting their participation and cooperation in the Center’s service program.

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and special programming is being developed within the local Title V
program (funded for 1.3 million for Clark County August, 1965) for NYC youth.

Neighborhood service workers and aides staffing the six neighborhood councils will "reach out" to find those who are unemployed, to try to arrange for interviews with the employment counselor. The services of this staff
will also be used to make periodic contacts with on-the-job training employers, and schools, to determine the applicant’s progress and to maintain contact
with those placed in jobs for a minimum of six months to assure adjustment
on the job.

Social Services

Child Day Care Services: Operation Independence has already established a child day care service center which incorporates a child enrichment program as well as family counseling. Expansion of this operation to three day care centers are being proposed under a separate component.
The Community Service Cester will operate these Centers, developing and enriching the child instructional program and coordinating the operation of all three Centers with o'her Center social services.

Family Counselinq: Center staff will be accessible and readily available to discuss child-rearing, adolescent difficulties, marital and money worries, and other family difficulties. The main focus of counseling will be the referral of clients to appropriate social service agencies in the Las Vegas area already providing many of the required services. This will
be closely coordinated with the Day Care Center to insure that family counseling is geared to the support of the day care program.

HeaIth: The Clark County Department of Health will contribute twenty-five hours per month of nursing service to insure an effective immunization program for the day 'are centers. Contracted services with
a private physician and nurse wi L be used to implement the health program of the Day Care Center. Neighborhood service workers will be trained so that they can both be alert to heaf-h problems in their contacts with residents and be aware of the community agencies to which the resident can be referred for appropriate medical service.

Education:

The Community Services Center wi I I support the preschool, remedial education and evening programs of the neighborhood schools. It will provide recruitment and coordination with such programs as exist under other titles of the Economic Opportunity Act.

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Consumer Education Service: The Cooperative Extension
Service of the University of Nevada will be contracted to establish and carry out a consumer education service. The basic aim of the service is to help families solve their financial problems through better management of existing financial resources. This program will include training of the neighborhood service worker so that individual residents can be serviced with appropriate information and guidance. (See Appendix II
for the full program.)

Under development is a consumer group purchasing program to
be operated by Catholic Community Welfare. If this program is implemented, this consumer education service will be coordinated with the consumer purchasing operation.

Neighborhood Educational Support: The Councils established in
the six neighborhood districts, staffed by the neighborhood service
workers and aides, will be geared to mobilizing community support for a variety of educational programs which are deemed necessary by the Councils. Their goals might include, for example, support for free lunch programs, guidance and other remedial programs within the school or to insure
that feasible changes result which would enhance the student's use of his educational opportunities. The Council staff will be used in their contacts with individual residents to help solve specific individuals difficulties
in coordination with the school.

ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION

The Community Services Center will be responsible to the Board
of Directors of Operation Independence and will operate under the supervision
of the Executive Director of Operation Independence. The key administrative staff includes the Community Services Center Project Director, Executive Director of Operation Independence, and the Assistant Directors for Coordination and Staff Training, and for Program Evaluation. This staff will be responsible for planning and directing all the services offered at the main Center and
its three branches as well as gearing the Center staff to support the programs of the six Neighborhood District Councils.

Neighborhood District Councils: The Neighborhood District Councils will be organized under the direction of the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County, who w ill provide one full-tim e coordinator to help establish these councils. The Economic Opportunity Board will establish guidelines
for these councils to include provisions for democratically elected officers and executive board, the promulgation of by-laws, and monthly meetings.
The by-laws will be developed and approved by the councils themselves. Each council developed at the neighborhood level will represent from 4,000 to 6,000

target area residents and will elect one member to serve on the Economic Opportunity Board. At Council meetings prior to Economic Opportunity Board meetings, a report of current activities, programs, and proposals will be formulated so that the representative can give a comprehensive monthly report to the Economic Opportunity Board. In addition, each Council will elect one member to the Board of Trustees of Operation Independence, the delegate agency, to insure that all planning of Center activities will be coordinated with individual Council programs.

The Councils will serve as a public forum, where local residents

may raise grievances and discuss programs for the problems. Each Council will elect a Neighborhood

coordination of all activities can be achieved.

from the Council membership
Community Service Center to
and firing of such staff is
Each newly elected staff worker is on a three-month trial period to insure
a satisfactory relationship between the Council and its staff. The
Neighborhood Service Worker and Aide will submit monthly logs of all activities to their Council, Operation Independence, and the Economic Opportunity Board. Each month, in turn, Operation Independence, will submit a report to each Council on the activities of its Neighborhood Worker and Aide so that

effective

Community
space and
whatever special action programs are deemed important by the individual Councils, the neighborhood service staff will make direct house-to-house contact with all residents of the neighborhood. This contact will serve to acquaint residents with the services of the Community Service Center, of
other programs under CEO, and of existing resources within the community.
He will make referrals to the Center for individual problems that he encounters during these contacts. This field work will also help him keep the Councils alert to the actual needs of local residents.

The Neighborhood Service Worker and Aide will work out of the Service Center and its three branches, and the Center will provide secretarial support for his activities. In addition to supporting

The training of the neighborhood worker staff is the responsibility of the Directors and Coordinators of the Community Service Center. The

latter will carry out a one-month intensive training program including field work to provide these workers with the information and interviewing know-how to make meaningful contact with local area residents. Following this program, there will be weekly staff meetings to insure coordinated efforts between the neighborhood workers and the Center staff. In addition, such additional training seminars as may be developed by the Center staff are required training for Council staff.

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solution of neighborhood Service Worker and Aide be employed by the

itself, who will then
serve that Council. The control of hiring the responsibility of the individual Council.

Contracted Services:

Operation Independence plans to enter into contracts with the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Nevada and a private physician to provide professional services in the areas of consumer education and the day care center health program, respectively. In addition to establishing their respective service programs, such staff will coordinate their services between the main Center and its three branches as well as provide advice and consultation to the Center staff, all on a regularly scheduled basis.

The Community Service Center itself will employ the following coordinators:

Child Care Coordinator: The Child Care Coordinator will develop the program and administer the operation of three day care centers. This program entails three special provisions: I) a child care program involving warm, protective care for children of parents who are seeking employment or training for such employment, or for deprived children who need constant care for an emergency reason; 2) a child enrichment program which will offer maximum educational opportunities at the pre-school level; 3) a parent consultation program and educational program which will insure maximum parental concern and support for the goals of the day care center
as well as parental cooperation in the solution of the child’s individual problems.

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The child care coordinator will direct the planning of the educational program of the day care centers and supervise its execution. He will conduct staff meetings with the teaching staff to promote their own professional training. He will coordinate all family referral services for parents of the day care center chi Idren and arrange other conferences with the nurse and social worker when appropriate. He will supervise all housekeeping services in the day care centers including
the planning for and purchase of materials, supplies and equipment.
He wiI I make available to the teaching staff basic professional literature and provide for the attendance of staff in appropriate professional conferences, institutes and workshops. He will coordinate the health program to insure that each child in the day care center is receiving
the requisite medical services.

Employment Coordinator: The employment coordinator w ill direct
the employment services of the Center and its three branches. His main function will be to coordinate the needs of the applicants to the job opportunities within the community. This will entail continuous cooperation with the State Department of Employment Security, so that he is aware
at all time of the procedures and opportunities of the Employment Security Department. He will also act as liaison between the Center and the Employment Security Department to plan and improve services at the Center with respect
to the special needs of the target area. He will also screen applicants,
carry out the necessary vocational counseling, and make Job referrals, when appropriate and as indicated by the Employment Service. In addition, he
will act as liaison between the Center and other agencies in the community including business institutions to widen the opportunities for target
area residents by the opening of new employment opportunities, job develop­ ment, and the establishing of on-the-job training programs. Close coordina­ tion will be maintained with the Title V, Work Experience, program which
also provides training opportunities.

Education Coordinator: The Education Coordinator will act as liaison between the Community Service Center and the educational agencies

of the community including the Clark County School District, Nevada
Southern University, and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Service. The purpose of this coordination is the promotion and support of such pre-school, remedial, and adult education programs as will meet the special needs of the target area community. Where appropriate, he may
plan and supervise classes held at the Center and its three branches such as sewing and crafts. He will coordinate with the Neighborhood District Councils to determine community educational needs and to encourage resident participation in available educational opportunities. In conjunction with the Employment Coordinator, he will conduct vocational counseling for applicants to insure referral to appropriate agencies providing vocational education. He will plan and supervise a program of cultural enrichment
for the Center including expansion of present library facilities and encourage the development of other cultural resources such as a theater group.

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Social Work Coordinator: The social work coordinator will
act as liaison between the Community Service Center and the existing social work agencies, mental hygiene clinics, and other related agencies in assuring an effective referral service for target area residents.
He will also assist these agenoi-es, when appropriate, in solving
i ndi victual- fami ly problems. Because of the intimacy of the relationship

_between this coordinator and the local resident, in contrast to public agencies, it is anticipated that family service counseling will be performed at the main center and its three branches. The social work coordinator wi f l also be part of the neighborhood service worker training

____ program and in coordination with this staff will take and counsel referrals based on their house-to-house contacts. He will work closely with the state and county welfare agencies in areas as determined by those agencies.

Each Neibhorhood District Council will receive resource materials prepared by these coordinators, who alio will provide guidelines and other written materials to facilitate the efforts of the Neighborhood Service Worker and Aides. The coordinators will be available for the training
and staff development of these Neighborhood Service Workers and Aides and for staff phone inquiries and visits from staff members and residents.
This will be insured by a flexible schedule permitti.ng coordinators to rotate from the njai-n center to its three branches.

Neighborhood Service Workers and Aides: Al I service workers and aides will be trained to interview individuals., to convey information, and to_record the suggestions, services or other assistancethe resident seeks or receives. They will have a general understanding of allthe services
of the Center and the major resources of the community, andwill encourage the use of these services. The neighborhood service workers and aides will be elected by the Neighborhood District Councils from their own membership.

__-The training of the neighborhood workers is the responsibility of the Community Service Center staff.

The neighborhood service workers and aides will have a dual function: I) direct contact with every resident within the District to insure maximum utilization of Center and community facilities; 2) direct staff support to implement the programs of the individual District Council. The training of this staff will stress sensitivity in personal interviews at the home to the variety of'famiIy problems and needs; and it is anticipated that their acquaintance with Center and community services will enable them to give
on the spot guidance and referral counseling. The neighborhood service
worker w ill be a full-tim e position, while the neighborhood service worker aide, a half-time position, will assist the worker.

Training of neighborhood service workers and aides: The respon- sibility for the training of the neighborhood service workers and aides rests with the director and staff of the Community Service Center. Weekly meetings and seminars are planned to be conducted by coordinators at the Center, to

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apprize these workers and aides of all services of the Center and the possibilities of services at other public and private agencies. Staff members from other public agencies such as the Neighborhood Youth Corps, Title V Work Experience Program, Job Opportunities Center, for example, will also lead such seminars to insure full dissemination of knowledge about available programs. The social work coordinator will be respon­ sible for direct casework training including procedures and techniques for interviewing, case reporting, referral and follow-up. Neighborhood service workers and aides will be encouraged to develop professional capacities in their employment by taking appropriate courses and training at Nevada Southern University and the Clark County School District Adult Education Program.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COMPONENTS

This program will provide support for the day care service centers, CAP Component 7-12. The child care service coordinator on the staff of the Community Service Center will direct the operations of the day care centers. The health program for the children will be administered
by the Community Service Center. In addition, family problems which
have arisen and noted in the day care operation will be referred to the Center resources for appropriate action.

The training activities for the child care staff will be carried on jointly by the day care center and community center staff. A separate application is anticipated for a community action training program, of which a major provision will be directed toward day care teachers and staff.

VISTA is an ongoing program. A project involving ten VISTA volunteers was awarded to Operation Independence programs, February,
1965, Component No. 4. Three VISTAs were assigned in successive months with the last assignments terminating in early fall, 1966. A renewal application will be made for VISTAs to continue in helping in the develop­ ment of Operation Independence programs.

Neighborhood Youth Corps enrol lees, through Contract No. S7-0125-30-004.000 has been identified with the Operation Independence program since its award June, 1965. The ongoing NYC program will continue to support Operation Independence with an anticipated 20 to 30 enrollees being assigned to it.

EVALUATI ON

There is an ongoing study of the impact of the total Operation Independence program under an HEW research grant.

4------------------------------------------------------------------
Grant No. 176, awarded through the Cooperative Research Grants Branch, Welfare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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The program for research in 1966 includes three components:

I) An empirical survey of the Westside community to determine the impact of Operation Independence and the Office of Economic Opportunity programs, to identify social economic characteristics, and to study intensively the attitudes about employment opportunity and actual job hunting experience of residents. The emphasis upon employment

as a research focus was based upon the Westside community’s own identification of this area as a key problem, as evidenced in the 1965 Survey cited above. Additional inquiry as to
the power structure and basic motivational patterns of the community w ill also be incorporated.

2) A compilation of basic data about the business ownership in the Westside community and its employee composition.

3) An introductory analysis of the role of labor unions in
the Westside employment picture. This analysis will be based upon a case study of a single union to identify its compositions, its attitudes toward non-discriminatory hiring practices, and its potential for organizationaI contribution to Operation Independence goals.

The Assistant Director for Program Evaluation for the Center will establish internal instruments for evaluating the effectiveness of the Center’s operations. These instruments will include periodic surveys, studies, and interviews to determine whether the help sought resulted in satisfactory assistance and appropriate services. Detailed legs will be maintained by all the coordinators and the neighborhood service workers from which evaluation of services can be made.

RESIDENT PARTICIPATION

This proposal is the outgrowth of the experiences of Operation Independence in community services during the past two and one-half years.

Originally sponsored by the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association, Operation Independence was established and is now governed by a Board of Directors, whose membership consists of about one-third established community leaders and two-thirds of low income individuals, who had expressed social,

as well as personal, concerns to the staff. Operation Independence is now
an incorporated, nonprofit and totally independent organization with direction by Negro residents of the Westside community only. Outside intervention
comes only at the request of Operation Independence staff or board and
usually consists of technical advice from public and private agencies.

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The two major in itia l goals of Operation Independence were
the awakening of interest and concern within the target area in community problems and the definition of those problems. In response to the first need, Operation Independence established a multi-purpose office in the community to serve both as a cultural and service center and a focal meeting area to stimulate community concern. The second goal entailed
a survey in 1965 of the problems as defined by the community.

The opening of this multi-purpose office provided an opportunity
to begin genuine contact between the Operation Independence Board and residents of the community. In recent months an average of 20 persons per week come to the Center seeking information about Operation Independence,
but more importantly, seeking advice and solution to a wide range of
personal problems. In addition to the help provided in purely service
terms, some of these persons have been recruited for direct participation
in the planning efforts of Operation Independence itself. Even for those persons who did not have the time to serve as active members of formal committees, their participation in general activities was secured through cooperation in various Operation Independence activities such as the securing of donated equipment, fund drives, and distribution of publicity material.

The pressing problem of child day care prompted the establishment of day care service in 1964. The 1965 survey indicated that employment
and educational opportunity were the major concerns of the community.
The relationship of these problems to general considerations of health
and family welfare indicated that services in all these areas are necessary

if a meaningful program of expanded services is to be undertaken. This proposal reflects the inter-relatodness of all these problems in providing consultants and services for all areas.

In order to insure that all residents of the community be
reached, so that maximum utilization of services could be achieved, a decentralization of facilities and services is mandatory. Three branch centers will be established. The six Neighborhood District Councils,
as the medium of communication and responsibility for direct resident contact, offers a solution to the major concerns of involving residents of the target area at the neighborhood-block level, assuring their participation in the over-all formulation of goals. It is further proposed that a democratically-elected member from each Council serve on the Board of Directors of the Economic Opportunity Board.

Operation Independence has demonstrated its position in the county and has been designated by the Office of Economic Opportunity as the target area organization to which programs concerning the target area
have to be submitted to determine feasibility and +o prevent duplication
of effort.

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COMPONENT 7-13 — "'OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

PROJECT TIMETABLE

Neighborhood Couric i I s :

The in itia l meetings of the six neighborhood councils w ill take place in December, 1965. There will be monthly meetings on a regular basis beginning January, 1966. At the February meetings of the Councils, it is anticipated that elections can be held for the neighborhood service worker and neighborhood service aide. At that time these designees can be placed on the Operation Independence payroll and commence a training-program to be undertaken by the staff of the Community Service Center, provided funding authority has been granted.

Community Service Center-:

The Community Service Center is ready to go into operation immediately upon notificatlon of funding. The staff training program for. the neighborhood service workers and aides, as noted above, can also immediately begin. It should be noted that Operafion Independence has been in operation for two and one half years, and for over one
year has conducted a day care center (See CAP Component 7-12). The present administrative and clerical staff of the day care center is budgeted on the Community Service Center component and the day care center is a continuous operation. Other resources contributed to the Center including a 4,000-volume library are also available immediately as are the sites for the main center and its three branches.

7-13 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

Operation Independence, as the delegate agency, will have . the total responsibility in carrying out the component project. The relationship between the applicanr and the participant agency w ill be set out i ri a working agreement.

Operation Independence has been working on poverty proDiems in the target area since its inception in March, 1963.
The original sponsor of Operation Independence, the
Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Association, had planned

for and achieved full independence of operations for the delegate agency; Operation Independence is also the delegate agency, for the operation of a day care center (CAP 7-2) and a proposed expansion thereof (CAP 7-12). This project is a logical expansion of the services already developed by this organization.

The applicant agency will supervise the activities of the delegate agency through its Executive Director and Program Coordinator. Funds will be disbursed b.y the applicant
at regular intervals and will be contingent upon- proper expenditure reporting and progress reports of the delegate agency. Such progress reports will be reviewed in the light of the goals and program as outlined.in the program of work of the delegate agency.

ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY’S REGULATION UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

Operation In d e p e n d e n c e (hereinafter called the "Applicant” (Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

AGREES THAT it will comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) and the Regulations of the Office of Economic Opportunity issued pursuant to that title (45 C.F.R. Part 1010), to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which the Applicant receives Federal financial assistance either directly or indirectly from the Office of Economic Opportunity; and HEREBY GIVES ASSURANCE THAT it will immediately take any measures necessary to effectuate this agreement.

If any real property or structure thereon is provided or improved with the aid of Federal financial assistance extended to the Applicant either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant, or in the case of any transfer of such property, any transferee, for the period during which the real property or structure is used for a purpose for which the Federal financial assistance is extended or for another purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits. If any personal property is so provided, this assurance shall obligate

the Applicant for the period during which it retains ownership or possession of the property. In all other cases, this assurance shall obligate the Applicant for the period during which the Federal financial assistance is extended to it either directly or indirectly by the Office of Economic Opportunity.

THIS ASSURANCE is given in consideration of and for the purpose of obtaining either directly or indirectly any and all Federal grants, loans, contracts, property, or discounts, the referral or assignment of VISTA Volunteers, or other Federal financial assistance extended after the date hereof to the Applicant by the Office of Economic Opportunity, including installment payments after such date on account of applications for Federal financial assistance which were approved before such date. The Applicant recognizes and agrees that such Federal financial assistance will be extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this assurance, and that the United

States shall have the right to seek judicial enforcement of this assurance. This assurance is binding on the Applicant, its successors, transferees, and assignee, and the person or persons whose signatures appear below are authorized to sign this assurance on behalf of the Applicant.

Date

S~\ /? G 5

Operation Independence
(Name of Applicant or Delegate Agency)

authorized official)

1165 Balzar

Las Vegas, Nevada (Mailing Address)

APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

BUDGET FOR COMPONENT PROJECT

FORM APPROVED.
BUDGET BUREAU NO. 116-R019

This form is to accompany each component project form (CAP 6, CAP 7, or CAP 8) in applying for a grant under Sections 204, 205, or 206 of Title Il-A, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Applicants are not required to use this form — they may substitute a typed budget which contains the same information in the same order as on the form.

NAME OF APPLICANT

"Operation Opportunities — Clark County" Economic Opportunity Board

BRIEF TITLE OF PROJECT

"Operation Independence" Community Service Center

DO NOT FILL IN: (For Administrative Use)

PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY APPLICANT AGENCY

COMPONENT PROJECT NO.

7-13

NUMBER OF PERSONS

COST OF FRINGE BENEFITS (Indicate basis for estimate)

SUB-TOTAL, PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY APPLICANT AGENCY

$

Cost of fringe benefits estimated at 8.02^ of total .payroll F.I.C.A. @4.2%

8> 176

______ Nevada Industria I Commission @ 1.12%___ ;_________________ _
_______Unemployment Compensation @ 2,7%____________________________________________________________

SUB-TOTAL, PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY DELEGATE AGENCY(IES) $ 110,116 TOTAL, PERSONNEL $ | |Q | |6

CAP FORM 23 (Page 1 of 2) JAN 65

____________________________

.

B-2.0 B-2.1

B-2.2

NATURE OF SERVICES

NATURE OF SERVICES

BUDGET FOR COMPONENT PROJECT fContinuec//

CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACT SERVICES

CONSULTANT SERVICES
BASIS FOR FEE ESTIMATE

SUB-TOTAL CONSULTANT SERVICES

OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

--------------;--------------------------- - FEE TO BE PAID

$

$ 0

FEE to BE PAID

$ 3,450___________ 9,545

12,995 12,995

Mi 1eaqe (1 oca 1)

600___________

1,200___________: 630

2,430

B-4.0

Carver Street. Faci1ities

Jefferson Center

ITEM

Real Estate Appraisal - see budget ju s tific a .

TOTAL, SPACE COSTS AND RENTALS $

CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

8,400___ NE........ 13,200 NF

COST

See attached 1i st

Telephone

Electricity Auditing Insurance

CAP FORM 23

(Pag. 2 of 2)

GSA DC 65-11596

ITEM

__________ BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE________________ COST_____ Real Estate Appraisal - see budget justifica.._£_._ 4,800___ NE_____.

Apfl^CATlON FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PRoW aM

Medical Program (Day Care Cerr"er) Estimated by Clark Co. Health Dept.

Consumer Education Service

B-3.0

ITEM

6000 miles @ 104 mi- for principle staff____ £ Mi1eage (1oca1)_______________ 12,000 miles104 mi. for neighborhood workers

Estimate by Cooperative Education
Service of University of Nevada________

(See Appendix II for program and budget

Out~df—town travel____________ Staff travel to conferences, workshops, etc. 21 rlaye travel expenqee and per diems

justiTicatig n. SUB-TOTAL, OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES $

TOTAL, CONTRACT SERVICES $ TRAVEL

$75 per year per person (GSA rates)_ _____ $ 1,725 Janitorial Supplies___________ Based on experience - $20 per month 240

Office Supp1ies

Postage

Based on 4000 letters and publicity annuallv _______200___________

ITEM

TOTAL, CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

TOTAL, RENTAL, LEASE, OR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT

OTHER COSTS

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

1nsta11ation and monthly charge____
$100 per month__
Based on experience__________________________ Complete casualty coverage

TOTAL, OTHER COSTS

$

S

$

$ ,

_

$

2,165

COST

2.24Q_________ _ !

2,240

1 ,200___________ |

I.200__________ 1,200 _________

2’00

3,800

ITEM

COST

BASIS FOR COST ESTIMATE

__________ COST____________

TOTAL, TRAVEL COSTS

SPACE COSTS AND RENTALS

$

GRAND TOTAL, COST OF COMPONENT PROJECT

.f 146,946

_

COMPONENT 7-13 - "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

B-

Number Persons

1

1.

1

1

1

1

1

6 6 1 1 2 1

- Personnel Employed by Delegate Agency

1.2 -

Position or Title Executive Director

Assistant Director for Coordination & Staff Training

Assistant Director for Program Evaluation

Child Care Services Coordinator

Education Coordinator
Employment Coordinator
Social Service Coordinator Neighborhood Service Worker Neighborhood Service Worker Aide 400

Bookkeeper
Secretary
Clerk-Typists
Custodian (90 hrs. per month)

420 420 300

Salary per Month,

$ 800 625

800

750

Per Cent of Time
on Project

100% 100%

25$

100%

100% 100% 50$ 100$ 50$ 100$

100$

Months to be Employed

12 12

12 .

*10

12

12 12 10 10 12 12

12 12 ■

Cost
$ 9,600

7,500

2,400

7,500

7,500 7,500 4,500

24,000

12,000

5,040 5,040 7,200 2,160

$101,940

625 625 750 400

100$ $2.00 per hour

* 2 months of salary deducted because Coordinator will participate in Child Development Training Program in 1966, sponsored by OEO.

TOTAL

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

General Responsibilities

The executive director of the Community Services Director is appointed by the Board of Trustees of Operation Independence and his job is to administer and develop the total program of the Center including the day care service, and serve as liaison between the-Board .and staff.

Specific ResponsibiI 11ies

In accordance with the general responbiIities outlined above, the duties of the executive director include:

1. Supporting, facilitating and progressively improving the services of the Center within the policies approved by the Board and in accordance with work program herein enclosed.

2. Providing leadership in planning, organizing, and staffing all Center services.

3. Informing staff about existing programs, services and resources avallable.

4. Acting as liaison between the Center and all public and private community organizations to insure effective coordination and maximum u tiliz a tio n of a ll resources.

5. Developing new leadership and encouraging in itia tiv e among target area residents, thus insuring that the channel of communication between the center staff and area residents is expanded and that the planning criteria meet the real needs
   of low-income area residents. This effort would include a continuous supervision of center staff to fulfill this require­ ment.

6. Insuring provisions for budgeting, appropriate reporting procedures, a program for staff development, and coordination with on-going research programs.

7. Interpreting the Center to the community. The emphasis of the public relations responsibility Is the integration of Center program and activities with on-going community efforts.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (cont)

Minimum Requirements

1. A Bachelor’s degree in a social science disciplined ' Two'years
of active full-time community organization work can be substituted for each year of college study.

2. Five years of community organization or social work with at least two years of administrative and supervisory experience.

3. Knowledge of staff development programs and social work procedures and of the principles and practices of personnel supervision.

4. Demonstrated experience in intergroup relations.

Maximum Requirements

1. One year of graduate study in social work or related disciplines.

2. Ten years of paid full-time community organization and/or social work experience, with five years administrative and supervisory experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR COORDINATION AND STAFF TRAINING

GeneraI ResponsibiIities

The Assistant Director for Coordination and Staff Training is responsible directly to the Executive Director of the Center and his primary function is the coordination of a I I staff activities and the establishment of a training program for Center paid and volunteer staff.

Specific ResponsibiIities

The specific responsibilities of the Assistant Director for Coordination and Staff Training include:

1. Establishing an intensive training program for the neighborhood service worker and aide. The objective of this program is enable these workers to act as competent and effective social worker aides in house-to-house resident contact. This entails both administration and teaching.

2. Initiating a program of staff development for Center personnel which entails not only weekly staff conferences but specified seminars, which would invite community agency personnel to fully acquaint center of all community resources. Coordination with Southern Nevada University and the Cooperative Extension Service w ill be developed and Center staff w ill be encouraged to participate in all special programs.

3. Developing similar programs of staff development for all NYC enrollees, VISTA volunteers, and Title V, Work Experience, trainees, as well as for general community volunteers.

4. Assisting the Executive Director in the detailed administration, supervision, and coordination of staff activities.

5. Planning staff schedules at the Center and its three branches to insure a flexible service program to provide maximum service to the target area.

M nimum Qualifications

1. A Bachelor’s degree in a social science discipline. ONe year of social work or community organization experience can be substituted for college work.

2. Three years of social work or community organization experience. 3. One year of experience in supervision and administration.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR COORDINATION AND STAFF TRAINING (cont)

‘ 4. Demonstrated experience in staff development and training. 5. Demonstrated experience in intergroup relations.

Preferred Qualifications
1. One year of graduate work in social work or related disciplines. 2. Five years of social work or community organization experience. 3. Three years experience in supervision and administration.

4. One year experience directly in the establishment and operation of a staff training and education program.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION

GeneraI ResponsibiIities

The Assistant Director for Program Evaluation is responsible directly to the Executive Director and his primary function is the establishment of instruments of evaluation of program services and the analysis of such evaluation to provide guidelines for improvement.

Specific Responsibilities

The specific responsibilities of the Assistant Director for Program Evaluation include:

1. Establishing reporting procedures, forms, and logs to be used by Center staff.

2. Evaluating such data to determine effectiveness of service. Outside methods of evaluation such as field interviewing
   with residents, community organizations, and other groups
   will be developed to measure the effectiveness of the Center’s operation.

3. Preparing monthly reports for the Executive Director evaluating
   Center services, which would incorporate suggestions for improvements.

4. Preparing a final report on the effectiveness of the Center.

5. Leading staff discussions and seminars to implement evaluation program and suggestions for improvements, as indicated in the monthly reports.

1. A Bachelor's degree and one year of graduate work in an appropriate social science discipline.

2. Five years experience in social work and/or community organi­ zation work.

3. Demonstrated experience in the establishment of evaluation procedures and programs.

4. Demonstrated experience in administration and supervision of personnel.

5. Demonstrated experience in research techniques.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION (cont.) Preferred Qualifications

1. A Master’s Degree in social work or related disciplines.
2. Three years experience in supervisory or administrative capacity. 3. One year experience in program evaluation and planning.
4. One year experience in research and report writing.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE EDUCATION COORDINATOR

General Responsibilities

The Education Coordinator is directly responsible to the Executive Director. His primary function is to serve as a liaison between the Community
Service Center and all the educational agencies of the community to
promote and support such pre-school, remedial, and adult education

programs as will meet the special needs of the target area community.

Specific Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities of the education coordinator include:

1. Establishing a working relationship with all the educational agencies of Clark County including Southern Nevada University, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Service, and the Clark County School D istrict.

2. Assisting these agencies, where appropriate, in the development
of programs especially geared to the needs of low-income residents.

3. Supporting the existing educational programs, including the Basic Education Program, by appropriate publicity and referraI.

4. Planning and supervising classes at the Center and its branches where appropriate. Such classes as sewing and other crafts might be appropriately held at the Center.

5. Coordinating with the Neighborhood District Councils to determine community educational needs.

6. In conjunction with the Employment Coordinator, conducting vocational counseling for applicants and insuring referral to appropriate agencies.

7. Directing the cultural program of the Community Services Center including the expansion of the present library.

8. Promoting other cultural developments in the community such as a theatre group.

9. Serving as a member of the teaching team under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Coordination and Staff Training in all of staff training programs of the Center.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE EDUCATION COORDINATOR (cont.)

Minimum Qualifications

1. A Bachelor’s degree in education or social science discipline.

2. Three years experience in teaching and/or administration of educationaI programs.

3. Detailed knowledge of existing community educational resources.

4. Demonstrated experience in program coordination.

5. Demonstrated experience in intergroup relations.

6. Demonstrated sensitivity in counseling of low-income clients^

Preferred QuaIifications

1. A Master’s degree in educational administration or guidance and counseling.

2. Three years specific experience in educational program planning. 3. One year of full-time educational guidance or counseling.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR

General Responsibilities

The Employment Coordinator is directly responsible to the Executive Director. His primary function will be to coordinate the employment needs of target area residents with job opportunities in the community.

Specific Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities of the Employment Coordinator will include:

1. Cooperating on a continuous basis with the State Department of Employment Security, so that he is aware at all time of the procedures and opportunities offered by that agency.

2. Acting as liaison between the Community Services Center and the Employment Security Department to plan and improve services at the center with respect to the special needs of the target area.

3. Screening applicants, carrying out the necessary vocational counseling, making job referrals, when appropriate and as indicated by the Employment Department.

4. Coordinating with the proposed new Small Business Development Center, and the existing NYC and Title V, Work Experience, programs so that qualified low-income applicants can be properly referred.

5. Instituting a program of job development for target area residents by direct contact with business institutions and other agencies
   in the community.

6. Serving as member of the teaching team under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Coordination and staff training

   in all of staff training programs of the Center.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in an appropriate social science discipline. Two years of actual experience in vocational counseling or employment in an appropriate agency can be substituted for a year of col lege.

2. Three years paid experience in vocational counseling and/or experience in employment service or agency.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR (cont.)

3. Detailed knowledge of community occupational structure and needs including an understanding of employment procedures of the Nevada State Department of Employment Security.

4. Demonstrated experience in intergroup relations.
5. Demonstrated sensitivity in counseling of low-income clients.

Preferred Qualifications

1. A Master’s degree in guidance and counseling

2. Five years of paid experience in vocational counseling.

3. Two years experience in supervision of personnel in vocational counseling or employment service.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE COORDINATOR

GeneraI ResponsibiIities

The Social Service Coordinator is directly responsible to the Executive Director. His primary function will be to act as liaison between the Community Service Center and the existing social work agencies, mental hygiene clinics, and other related agencies in assuring an effective referral service for target area residents.

Specific Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities of the Social Service Coordinator include:

1. Coordinating the family service program of the day care centers to insure that all family needs of day care enrollees are met.

2. Assisting other social welfare agencies when appropriate, in solving individual family problems.

3. Performing counseling for all referrals from neighborhood
   service workers and aides as well as applicants who apply directly at the Center or its three branches.

4. Serving as a member of the teaching team under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Coordination and Staff Training in all of the staff training programs of the Center.

5. Working closely with state and county welfare agencies in areas as determined by those agencies to insure maximum utilization of community resources by low-income residents.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master's degree in social work or Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years social work experience.

2. Three years paid experience in a social welfare agency.
3. One year supervisory experience in social welfare work.
4. Demonstrated experience in intergroup relations.
5. Demonstrated sensitivity in counseling of low-income clients.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE COORDINATOR (cont.)

Preferred Qualifications
1. Master’s degree in Social Work.
2. Five years paid experience in a social welfare agency.
3. Three years supervisory experience in a social welfare agency

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES COORDINATOR

GeneraI ResponsibiIities

The position of Child Care Services Is directly responsible to the Executive Director of the Community Services Center, under the super­ vision of Operation Independence. The explicit function of this position is the direction and planning of operations of three child day care centers and coordination with all other Community Services Center functions to meet the needs and fulfill the responsibilities of the child development program. The position, therefore, requires the dual function of direct supervisory line operations as well as staff admin­ istration.

Specific Responsibilities

As part of the general responsibilities outlined above, the specific responsibilities of the child care services coordinator will include:

1.

2. 3.

4. 5.

6.

7. 8.

In coordination with the staff of the Community Services Center and the Child Day Care Center staffs, developing general
policies for the operation of the day care centers and
specific policies for the improvement of the educational program therein.

Conducting staff meetings with teachers and aides.

Arranging conferences with other staff, such as director, social worker, and nurse, where appropriate.

Managing the day care center budget including the purchasing of materials, supplies, and equipment.

Supervising day care center service personnel including the planning and provision for recruiting, training, and evaluation of staff.

Making available basic professional literature and encouraging staff attendance to selected professional conferences, institutes, and workshops.

Discussing and helping with the problems of the staff and the chi Idren.

Inspecting day care center fa c ilitie s to insure adequacy of equipment and supplies and to maintain high standards of hygiene and child care.

CHILD CARE SERVICES COORDINATOR (cont.)

9. Participating in training programs of neighborhood service workers, aides, and all other volunteer Center personnel, to fully acquaint such personnel of day care service needs and operations.

Minimum Requirements for Child Care Services Coordinator

The minimum requirements necessary for this position are as follows:

1. Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood or primary education.

2. Five years of successful teaching experience.

3. The ability to communicate and work harmoniously with a cross section of people in the community.

4. Two years of successful supervisory experience including general administrative responsibilities.

Preferred Requirements for Child Care Services Coordinator The preferred requirements for this position are as follows:

1. Previous experience in preschool teaching and program development.

2. Holder of a Masters degree in early childhood or primary education including, graduate work in child psychology and urban sociology.

3. Five years of general supervisory and administrative experience including staff administrative work.

4. Demonstrated successful experience in working with residents of an urban poverty community.

5. Demonstrated s k ills in guidance and counseling.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE WORKER AND
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE WORKER AIDE

General Responsibilities

The Neighborhood Service Worker and Aides will be elected by and be responsible to the Neighborhood Councils. His training will be the responsibility of the Community Service Center staff. He is the indigenous worker who is the connecting link between the client and the resources of the Community Service Center and other community resources.

Specific ResponsibiIities

1. Staffing the operation of the individual Council and implementing the programs of these Councils.

2. Making direct house-to-house neighborhood contact to convey information to low-income residents, making appropriate referrals to Center with regard to individual problems, and following
   up all such referrals to insure effective service.

3. Maintaining a complete roster of services agencies and organ­ izations within his community to insure effective referral.

4. Receiving and investigating complaints from clients about lack of service or quality of service.

5. Maintaining adequate logs of a I I contacts and results.

6. Acting as liaison between neighborhood resident and Community Service Center and making suggestions to improve service and to define new problem areas.

7. Recruiting volunteers for support of Council and Community Service Center programs.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Should have his roots and interest in the community.

2. Demonstrated concern about community problems.

3. Sensitivity to individual problems in an interviewing situation.

4. Similar life experience to that of his neighbor, especially in terms of education and previous economic standing.

5. Ability to work with others on Center staff, including ability to avoid hostile, antagonistic, or defeatist attitudes.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE WORKER AND AIDE (cont.)

6. Demonstrated capacity to perform clerical functions of main­ taining logs and filing appropriate reports of his contacts.

7. Demonstrated capacity to learn and to develop, including a desire to do so.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Commitment to further formal education in relevant areas.

2. Previous experience in community organization or social casework experience.

COMPONENT 7-13 — ’’OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

PersonneI

T itle Executive Director

Budget

Sa I ary Compar i son Proposed Salary

Assistant’Di rector for Coordination and Staff Training

Assistant Director for Program Evaluation

Child Care Services Coordinator Education Coordinator Employment Coordinator
Social Service Coordinator Neighborhood Service Worker

and Aide Bookkeeper

Secretary Clerk-Typist

per

Month $800

625 800 750

625 625 750 400 420 420 300

Salary Comparison and Source

$750-$9l4
(State Welfare Dept.)

$562-$680
(State Welfare Dept.)

$788-$.960
(State Welfare Dept.)

$716-$1060
(Clark Co. School District)

$567-$762
(Clark Co. School District)

$536-$648
(Dept, of Employment Sec.)

$680-$828
(State Welfare Dept.)

$382-$464
(State Welfare Dept.)

$403-$503 (Clark County)

$403-$503 (Clark County)

$322-$403 (Clark County)

Mrs. Lubertha M. Johnson Project Director
Operation Independence, Inc. 1165 Bqlzar Street

Las V egas, Nevada Dear Mrs. Johnson:

•first WESTERltSAV

A N D LOAN ASSOCIATION

118 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH • LAS VEGAS. NEVADA MAI LING ADDRESS: P.O BOX 920 • PHONE 3851911 Edward J. He!Imer, President

20 August 1 965

In reply to your letter of August 17, 1965, I am pleased to furnish you with the following information.

(1) The physical facilities which have been donated by First Western Savings and Loan Association for the use of Operation Independence, Inc. , located at 2024 Carver, 2028 Carver and 2032 Carver, Las Vegas, Nevada, have approximately 3500 square feet of usable space for your project. The approximate rental value on
a monthly basis for this group of three structures is $400 per month.

(2) This letter will serve as a firm commitment from First Western Savings and Loan Association to make the above described facilities available for the exclusive use of Operation Independence, Inc. for a period of not less than eighteen months from the date of this letter. It is anticipated, however, that, at the expiration of the eighteen month period, upon a proper appraisal of the then existing situation by both First Western Savings and Loan Association and Operation Independence, Inc. , should a further need for such faciliti be determined, that there would be no problem in extending the time that Operation Independence, Inc. could make use of these facilities under the existing arrangements-.

MSM:z

Very truly yozuxs, Afi'R—

Melvin S. Moss Senior Vice President

SAVE WITH INSURED SAFETY AT NEVADA’S LARGEST SAVINGS ASSOCIATION

LAS.VEGAS, NEVADA

Mrs. Lubertha M. Johnson Project Director
Operation Independence, Inc. 1165 Balzar Street

1552 M iller

-ITE SELL THE ^OLE STATE" 642-0314

November 3, 19&5

Las V egas, Nevada
Re: Properties at 2024 Carver, 2028 Carver, &20J2 Carv r

Dear Mrs. Johnson,

In answer to your request of an approximate rental value
on the above mentioned properties. This appraisal is made with the understanding that the subject properties will be put into first class condition and relandscaped. When subject properties were personally reviewed, they were in the process of being re­ furbished.

The average 3-bedroom, 2-bath house is renting between 125.00 an 1 '145.00 s month. It would be my honest opinion that

after Refurbishing and the necessary landscaping put in, the properties should rent, at a fair price, for the following: 1. '’024 Carver; 3-bedroom, 1^-bath, kitchen, and

livingroom; approximate 1,150 sq. ft.------------------------------- $0*103. 5 2. 2028 Carver; J-bedroom, 2-bath, kitchen, living­

room, dining, room; approximate 1,350 sq. ft.------------------j>140.00. 3. 2032 Carver; 3-bedroom, 1-bath, kitchen, living­

room; approximate 1,000 sq. ft.-------------------------------------------§125.00.

Please note that this appraisal is made subject to current market c .editions and only if subject properties are refurbished in the suggestsi manner as previously stipulated.

•Sincerely yours,

Bob Bailey,
Real Estate Broker

A. R. (Art) TRELEASE

CITY MANAOtR

Mrs. Lubertha Johnson 1165 Balzar
Las V egas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

August 25, 1965

^/LSSVEGJS

This letter will confirm the decisions made at the meeting in my office on Friday, August 20 concerning discussion of the use by Operation Independence of Jefferson Center.

The city will relinquish the large room on the north end of the Jefferson Center building for the exclusive use for Operation Independence plus the Joint use of the restroom facilities, the drinking fountain and the exclusive use by Operation Independence of the dressing room areas formerly serving the swimming pool.

It was agreed that Operation Independence could, at their expense, partition the large room on the north end of the building to fit their specific needs and that Operation Independence would provide the necessary custodial services for these rooms used exclusively by Operation Independence.

Would you please acknowledge by return letter
the contents of this letter as being in agreement with the decisions made at the meeting of August 20.

cc: Mayor & Commissioners James Anderson, NAACP Recreation Department

ART/Jm

A. R. Trelease City Manager

GENERAL ENGINEERING
Stams E. T«ney, P.E. & Associates^

i Etartomrs & Investment Couns^fors

12-9-65

Operation Independence 1165 Balzar Street
Las Vegas, Nevada

Attn: Mrs Lubertha Johnson - Director Dear Mrs Johnson:

At your request we have made an investigation of 2 parcels .f real estate belonging to the City of Las Vegas and devoted to your use under Operation Independence,

The purpose of the investigation was to determine the fair annual rent for the use of these 2 parcels as shown on the drawings submitted herewith:

FORMER VEGAS HEIGHTS SCHOOL

This building is a concrete block masonry structure with gravity wall, bond

BBS

The roof is asphalt shingle over wood frame and bean and concrete floor. »-x«—, —«--------- -

sheeting. The gross outside area of the existing .b..u..i.l.d..i.n.g....i.s. 32 3 sq
The reconstruction cost at this date is $16,00 per sq. ft. or $ , . • We estimate depreciation at 20% leaving a net value in the building of $41,126.00, Rounded for appraisal to $41,000.00.

The land consists of 1.62 acres fully improved with paved streets and all

- - - ft. or $22,000.00 utilities. This land has a current value of 50<t per ,sq.

per acre. The value of the parcel is $35,640.00 rounded for appraisal to $35,000.00.

The total value of Land and Building is $76,000.00.

Private citizens will usually require a rental return < t 12?. on the building made up of 7% normal interest plus 5% to recapture the buiIding investment over a 2u year period. The land should return 7. on the appraised value. Using these figures we

Building « 53% of total @
Land 47% 7% Composite rate for rental

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA £ APPRAISALS

’■'■□mas .

ra . ’ & Associates Dial 382-1565 £ 384-0370

OSSISMS

CALflUUAriOMB

The proper rent for t‘i<- parcel is $7,334.00 per year. ■ ie furnishings included th t! dir i fair market .va ue
The furnishings snould be liquidated in a 3 year period, since they will have to be repkneci by that urae, This will require $4,000.00 , ner year. Plus interest on half ’he value at 7°, = >28;'.OO, [he

total rent for the buildin ; and l.tnd with furnishings n«w on hand is $11,014.00 per year, rounded ■ 1,000.00 per month.

This would amount to a rent rate of 31f per sq, ft. :or t..e luilding. This value is reasonable economic rent for the lane and the luilding,

COST FOR ADDITIONAL ROOM
We estimate the cost to construct the extra room shown on the drawings

to be
If this work is contributed by local sources it will add this amount to

1080 sq. ft. t* $16.00 « $17,280.00 your local contribution.

JEFFERSON CENTER

We find the buildings at Jefferson < enter to be Cla■••• concrete and steel rigid frame structures with concrete floors a-..' j.lt-ip roofs. The reconstruction cost at this date is $20,00 per sq. it. he value of the space to be used in your program is made up of the 2i10 sq. ft. in the recreation room and the 2220 sq. ft. in the class room and kitchen.

4710 sq, ft. $20.00 » $94,200.00. The rent should be 7b on this investment plus recapture based on a 50 year service life, making J". rental rate. The fair rent will be

$94,200,00 x 9’* -.$8,478.00 per year
This is rounded to $8,400.00 - $700.00 per month. There is 400 sq. ft.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

appraisals

Thomas 'an- Valil^on

& Associate^ W

___________________ __

GENERAL ENGINEERING

Dial 382-1565 384-0370

of additional space which will be available as soon as sanitary plumbing and hot water can be provided At an equal

ner so ft. this space will be worth an additional $ll->. >u pe month, making a total of $815.00 per month or $9,780.00 per year.

Re Cap of RENTAL VALUE

Vegas Heights School Jefferson Center

$1,000.00 per month 815.00 per month

We trust that this will provide a staisfactory rental arrangement for these facilities.

Yours Truly,

'Thomas E. Taney, Member American Society of Appraisers

COMPONENT 7-13 —' "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE"

B-6.0 •— Purchase of Equ i pment (GSA Prices)

COMMUNITY ; ERVICt CENTER

' ’ ■$ /5o

1,107

____ 34 $2,240

4 Double pedestal desks @ $64
4 Executive chairs @ $77
2 Secretarial desks § $116
3 Electric typewriters ® $369
2 Fi I ing cabinets (5 drawer) @ $55

I Adding machine ® $197
2 Typist chairs @ $17 .■

. ’

COMPONENT 7-13 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

.Statement of Hiring on an Open Competitive Basis

The following personnel, which will staff the Community Service Center, will be employed on an open competitive basis, using the United States Employment Service and public medica of advertisement for recruitment.

I Assistant Director for Coordination and Staff Training I Assistant Director for Program Evaluation
I Child Care Services Coordinator
I Education Coordinator

I Employment Coordinator
I Social Service Coordinator I Bookkeeper
I Secretary
2 Clerk Typists
I Custod i an

The six neighborhood service workers and six aides will be elected by
the Neighborhood Councils which will be composed of target area residents.

Priority will be given to those applications originating from the target area group to be served.

COMPONENT 7-15 • " "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

Maintenance of Effort Statement

The general local level of expenditures on and contribution to anti-poverty effort prior to the date of application will be maintained and not reduced to compensate for the funds involved in this project. No community service center in the target
area exists which would provide a basis for comparison. The non-federal expenditures for this project, therefore, represents a net addition to expendi-tures and contributions for components

of 'this type.

COMPONENT 7-13 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

Cost Per Program Benef i c i ary

The total number of "poverty" families in the target area is 1,200, or approximately a population of 6,000 persons. The program of the Community Service Center is designed to provide service for all
age groups in the target population. The cost per year, per program beneficiary, is $22 or only slightly less than two <$2) dollars per month. Since many members of the community above the low-income

level will participate as volunteers in support of program services, the actual costs of all this volunteer time and effort will raise this monthly figure well above two dollars.

Since the low-income residents live throughout the Westside community, any effort to raise their standards and solve their problems will inevitably benefit the entire community of 28,000. Culturally deprived children, for example, provide a school environment which tends to "drag down" the level for al I pupiIs and any effort to

change that picture through a child development program (see CAP Component 7-12) will initiate gains for all. Similarly, as low
income adults become aware through the efforts of the Center, the Neighborhood Councils, and the neighborhood service workers of their problems and means toward solution, it is expected that these residents will contribute their ideas, efforts, and talents toward community-wide

improvement projects.

Mrs. Lubertha Johnson Project Director
Operation Independence, Inc. 1165 Balzar Street

Las Vegas, Nevada 89106

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

FLORA DUNGAN

Public Accountant

EXECUTIVE TOWER
401 SOUTH THIRD STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101

I have your letter of July 9, 1965, and will be happy to provide the services of supervising and auditing the financial records of the federal funds which will be administered by your board.

The costs of the services will be based on the amount of work required to be done, but should there be an excessive amount of time required, I shall be happy to donate part of the services so that the fees will not be more than the project warrants.

d COPY

July 12, 1965

Verpr truly yours,___ Flora Dungan /

MIUON COMWAY C F. A. RKWMIT MOI C. F A CLAMNCl T HIMI C F A

MALCOLM 9 CLARK. C F A

CONWAY, MOI & HIBBS

April J, *51

*EeeneM bpporttsaltlos Office Ca—unity Astles Pregrea Washington, •. C.

Certified Public Accountant

I

St Bor20?'

i
I at Vtgaf, Nevada

’> South Thud

This Is to *advis that us boos aceopbad ths asslpuaent to serve *»
the certified public ^eeauntlnf fine for the Clart County Economic Opportunities Mord. uMeh eMlfMssnt mill Inclwds the iamtallotion
of an appropriate records system *accaptabl to the I*Fedor govsrn- ■mat and susooptlble to the application of generally accepted auditing

The *undorslgne fire hat teen la the practice of public account I I n the City of Lao Vofas for 20 yoort *an l» and boon ths *designate labopsaiieat auMItars for «eoy private business *an financial Institu­

t*ion plus various poll!tool *an aub-polI ties I anti ties, inclwllnf the Clorb County Seheol •letrlct.

W ulsb to express our I*aaptIporao sorvlee la tM» area.

for giving us an opportunity to be

Yours vary truly, CAMAY, MM * MIMS

e*&' cYo sa w a y

MCtjb

ea: Mr. Moruoy teeMrs, Chalraoa tti— Ie *CpportuHtle *Mar F. .* Mr Ml

COMPONENT 7-13 — "OPERATION INDEPENDENCE" COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

APPENDIX I
Coordination with Community Aqencies

The attached is a sample of a letter sent to the fol lowing organizations:

I. Special Children’s Clinic, Nevada State Health Department 2. Mental Health Clinic, Nevada State Health Department
3. Family Counseling Service
4. Social Service Department of the Southern Nevada

Memorial Hospital 5. Legal Aid Society

6. Nevada Southern University
7. Bureau of Services to the Blind, Nevada State Welfare

Department
8. Nevada State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation 9. Youth Employment Service (Sertoma Club)

10. State Welfare Department
II. Catholic Community Welfare
12. Clark County Attorneys’ Wives

These are agencies with which most of whom Operation Independence has enjoyed a close working relationship, especially in the operation of the day care center, CAP Component 7-12.

The succeeding attachments are letters of commitment and support from public and private agencies, which are the product of present coordinating efforts. It is expected that as the center clientele reaches sufficient magnitude, a program of detached service from public agencies will become feasible.

Fattier Shallow, Director Catholic Community Welfare 212 North Fain Street
Lae Vegas, Nevada

Dear Father fhallow,
An essential criterion for assuring the rucoess of

the proposed Comunity Services Center Project It that coordination between the Center and all other private and public agencies in the field of welfare services be main­ tained. The main purpose of such coordination is to insure that there will be no duplication of services at the Center offered by other public and private agencies.

In the light of thia criterion, space can be made available at the Center for u member of your staff to pro­ vide service# of Catholic Community Welfare as well a# to insure this criterion.

Your consideration of such coordination is earnestly solicited. We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

LFj/ew

cot Harvey Dondero Robert Van Horn

November 16, 196$

Sincerely yours,

Lubertha M. Johnson Project Director

BOX 551 TELEPHONE 736-501 1 LAS VEGAS. NEVADA

BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES Mr. Chester T. Sewell, President Dr. Clore W. Woodbury, Vice Presi Mrs. Helen C. Cannon, Clerk

17 November 1965

Mrs. Lubertha Johnson, Executive Director Operation Independence
1165 Balzar Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

You may be assured that the Clark County School District will support and cooperate in all phases of the educational services portion of your proposal for the establishment of a Com­ munity Services Center in the West Las Vegas area. Our relationship with this project will follow the policies and regulations established by the Board of School Trustees.

The School District has demonstrated their willingness to cooperate with special projects conducted in the past by Operation Independence by making space and buildings available to support the Day Care Center Service Program.

It has been noted that part of the proposal for the Community Services Center involves an Education Coordinator who will counsel and guide individuals to use existing educational facilities and programs. It was also noted that he will be available to counsel with the School District in order to work with us for the implementation of educational programs for the residents of West Las Vegas. This arrangement will be useful in order to assure that our programs will meet the actual needs of portions of the community, as well as providing a channel for communication which will promote maximum community wide utilization of our resources.

Sincerely yours,

L. B. Newcomer, Superintendent

LES:LBN:rz

AMERICAN RED CROSS

CLARK COUNTY CHAPTER

O. BOX 952 • TELEPHONE 384J 22 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

November 12, 196$

Operation Independence 116$ Balzar Avenue
Las V egas, Nevada

Attention: Mrs. Lubertha Johnson Dear Mrs. Johnson:

This will calrify and confirm the things we talked about Wednesday, November 10th, when Mrs. Jarrett and I visited with you.

1) Our chapter can furnish instructors for First Aid and / or Mother and Baby Care. We would try to find instructors who could teach at any time and place suitable to your needs.

Mother and Baby Care is a 12 hour course and Standard First Aid is
a minimum" of 10 hours. The latter may be followed by Advanced First Aid, which is 16 hours additional.

As we mentioned to you, we hope that qualified persons might be found who could be trained as instructors (30 hours) so you could have an on-going program. First Aid may be taught by lay persons, but Mother And Baby Care may only be taught by R.Ns.

Also these courses will be taught from time to time at the Chapter House, 212 Mesquite, and are open to both men and women. A Junior First Aid course of 15 hours is available for young people in the 6th, 7th, or
8th grade, or who are 11, 12, or 13 years of age.

2) We hope to have an Area Nursing Representative come in the first of the year to teach instructors for the Care of the Sic# and Injured.

This is taught by lay persons but they must have speech facility, etc. to enable them to present material to others. We will let you know . when the date for this is definite and perhaps you can help us recruit qualified persons for the course. This is a 30 hour course for the instructor training, but only 12 hours when being taught to community g groups.

3) Another 8 hour course is available, called Fitness for the Future. This is a discussion group led by specialists on nutrition, exercise, mental health, etc.

To summarize: Red Cross will supply training, supplies and educational supplements in some instances, such as films. You may either refer persons to our classes or set up your own. If there is anything else we can do to help, we shall be glad to dismiss it) with you. 'X

Sincerely,

A WORKING PARTNER IN YOUR UNITED Fl|ND OF CLAMCOUNTY I /J

Moris S. Peltz
Economic Opportunity Board 3051 Paradise Avenue
Las V egas, Nevada

Awaiting your pleasure, I am

November 12, 1965

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Clark County Legal Aid Society, I want to express our - appreciation for your attendance and presentation at our meeting today.

In accordance with your request, enclosed herewith please find
the most recent "Standards & Practices" of our Society. As you can see, they do not limit in any way the sources of referrals. As a matter of practice, we accept any applicant who meets our qualifica­ tions without regard to the group, organization or individual refer­ ring him.

Confirming our conversation following the meeting, a committee of the Board will meet with you to discuss the possible coordination and cooperation of Legal Aid and the O.E. 0. program at any time convenient to yourself. I look forward to such an opportunity to explore the relationship of the two groups.

Sincerely, HILBRECHT & JONES

President
Clark Cojnty Legal Aid Society

LTJ:cm
cc: Gerry Stevens Enclosure

state

of nevada

Mrs. Lubertha M. Johnson Project Director
OPERATION INDEPENDENCE, INC. 116$ Balzar Street

Las V egas, Nevada

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH A t WELFARE WELFARE DIVISION

SECOND AND BONANZA STREETS

November 19, 196$

In response to your letter of November 16, 1965 I would like to assure you of my fullest cooperation and interest in your project to establish a Neighborhood Service Center in the West Las Vegas community.

As you are undoubtedly aware, our major function is assisting persons who are blind in the areas of adjusting to blindness, vocational rehabilitation,, and sight restoration. I feel that in all probability the people living in the area covered by your project are not taking full advantage of the services which our agency offers. I will be happy to do anything I can in the way of time and effort to assist you.

Sincerely yours,

John D. Tait, Rehabilitation Counselor Las Vegas District Office
Services to the Blind Division

P. 0. Box 791

Las V egas,

Nevada

89100

JDT/bb

APPENDIX I I

Hr. Ferraro Bunker Cooperative Extension Service University of Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Mr. Bunker,

November 16, 196f>

Pursuant to our disouseions In the east few weeks regard«nc the establishment of a consumer education program at our nronosed Community Services Center, let
me outline the type of service we would exoeot vour agenov to nrovlde.

Your office would provide a full-time staff member to
be housed at the Community Services Center. In coordination between this staff member, our Center staff, ana the resources of your organisation, we would expect the establishment of the following programs?

(1) The recruitment and training of leaders fcr both youth and adult programs of consumer education with low-income families.

(2) The involvement of low-income families In on-going programs relating to consumer education.

(3) The establishment at the Community "ervices Center of planned programs, activities and workshops in all areas of consumer education.

We feel that your agency with its wealth of experience and resources in the area of consumer education could nrovlde a rich nrocram for the low-income residents of the "estside com­ munity. May we have an outline of your proposed nrogram and budget so that we can finalize our planning?

LMJ/ew

cc: Robert Van Horn

Sincerely yours,

Lubertha M. Johnson Project Director

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

MAX C. FLEISCHMANN COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

RENO. NEVADA 83507

Mrs. Lubertha M. Johnson Project Director
Operation Independence Inc,. 1165 Balzar .Street

Las V egas, Nevada Dear Mrs. Johnson:

OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

December 6, 1965 ,

We have reviewed the proposed project for the institution of a Consumer Education Program to be conducted with and through Clark County Cooperative Extension Service and the University of Nevada.

This project would involve the employment of a full time Cooperative Extension staff member to be housed at the Community Services Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The responsibility of this staff member would include the following:

1. Work closely with and coordinate efforts with the Community Services Center in matters relating to the involvement of both the youth and adults of
low income families in a wide range of educational opportunities with emphasis on consumer education.

2. Recruit and train leaders for both youth and adult programs of low income families.

3. Involve low income families in on-going educational, social and recreational programs.

4. Strengthen the efforts and activities of organizations and groups now serving the area.

5. Enroll low income families in planned programs and activities (workshops).

We feel that the proposed program would provide a new and needed service to assist in enriching the lives of the low income residents of the west side community. A review of the proposed budget to carry out these activities appears to be adequate to finance this special assignment.

On the basis of the objectives, this proposed project and the supporting budget, the University of Nevada, through the Cooperative Extension Service, is pleased to accept this assignment, the final approval dependent on the action of the President and the Board of Regents.

WToseph F. Stein

JFS:mec Associate Director

University of Nevada and U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperating

cc: Mrs. Elaine Walbroek Mr. Ferren Bunker

A PROJECT FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING WITH LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
TO PROVIDE FOR BETTER LIVING Proposed: November 1965

The Clark County Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Nevada
in cooperation with community groups and agencies recognize the significance of educational programs to meet the problems which are prevalent among Clark County’s low-income families. In many families, poor standards and lack of skills are per­ petuated from generation to generation. It is the desire of the community to change this pattern by providing opportunity to develop to a greater degree the full potential of these people.

Regardless of the level of income, a program designed to improve the use of that income is important. Educational opportunities must be provided for both adult and youth groups to train homemakers and potential homemakers in nutrition, housekeeping, home management, and family living patterns which will improve their standards of living.

The Cooperative Extension Service is currently providing, to the extent of its ability, educational programs on an informal basis for the benefit of the entire population of Clark County. These programs give special emphasis to education in home economics, youth development, and agriculture.

The programs planned and requested for low-income groups are within the functional responsibility of the Extension staff. Traditionally, it has required more time, effort, and specialized training to involve these families in the educational opportunities which are available to them. Many of them are not aware that this service is available. It becomes the obligation, therefore, of the Extension Service staff to provide educational programs as time and means will pennit, which will assist in reducing the causes of poverty.

Although all aspects of the proposed program are now available through the Cooperative Extension Service as a part of its function and responsibility, local people of the westside in Las Vegas and community leaders familiar with their problems recognize the urgency of providing additional personnel who have specific responsibility with families and conmunity groups of the county where problems peculiar to the low-income group exists.

Because of the similarity of planned programs and activities to those now. being conducted as a part of the overall educational program of the Cooperative Extension Service, the full resources and facilities of the office are
available to implement these efforts with families in low-income brackets. The strength of programs with low-income families, however, is predicated on.the ability to develop leadership among these people who will aid in organizing them and involving them not only with educational opportunities of the Cooperative Extension Service but also the services and program activities of all agencies and organizations.

The work recently completed by Marjorie Stevenseh, Extension Service Specialist of the School of Home Economics, University of Nevada, which was a research study provided through the Economic Opportunity Act, verifies the desire and need of educational programs with low-income families. Quoting from her report conducted July 12-September 12, 1965, Mrs. Stevensen recommends:

’’Based on results of this two-month study, there should be a series of discussions or classes planned for low-income families. These should include information on nutrition, menu planning, basic cooking skills, and
consumer education. Information should be of a nature that is realistic with actual incomes and amount of income spent for food. Many visual aids should be used and, if possible, at least some meetings should be held in homes.

”If it is possible to work with a welfare or other agency which can identify low-income families, this is an advantage. Approval by the agency or society involved will assist the person teaching the nutritional material. A
flexible approach with time and teaching material would be important. Personal involvement by the teacher is important.”

METHOD OF PLAN OF OPERATION

The programs will be administered and conducted through the Cooperative Extension Service in Clark County. The Home Agent will be employed and should be officed at the Operation Independence Conmunity Service Center. She should have special competencies in leadership, organization, and training which would involve both children and adults of low-income families in a wide range of educational opportunities and service activities designed to improve living standards.

THE AGENT WILL:

1. 2. 3. 4.

Recruit and train leaders for both youth and adult programs with low-income families.

Involve low-income families in on-going educational, social, and recreational programs.

Strengthen the efforts and activities of organizations and groups
serving the area.
Enroll low-income families in planned programs and activities (workshops).

AIMS AND FORMAT OF THE PROGRAM ADULT

To plan the format for adult homemaker workshops, the Extension staff and an advisory council of local leaders will consider the topics to be studied, hours for the training sessions, plans for care of children, transportation, meeting place, and facility requirements. The workshops will be set up to include those topics and project activities to help homemakers achieve the following objectives:

(1) Prepare simple meals to make the best use of the available foods and meet the family nutritional needs.

(2) Make better use of income through better buying practices and better care of clothing and equipment.

3. (3)  Improve housekeeping standards and management abilities.

4. (4)  Improve family relationships.

The long-range goals for the women includes:

1. (1)  Acceptance of their roles as homemakers and citizens.

2. (2)  Independent living.

3. (3)  Development of potential for employment.

Each workshop will be planned and adapted to meet the needs and interests of those who enroll. To make the program of most value, an effort will be made to organize people into groups who will have common problems and interests. For example, it may be more worthwhile to those in a particular workshop if they were uniformly facing problems as a young mother and homemaker.

Every possible avenue will be explored to make each workshop and training program fit basic needs.

YOUTH

Staff members of the Cooperative Extension Service and representatives of youth groups in council with community leaders will develop the programs of educational, out-of-school activities for youth. They will also plan the ways and means by which these activities can be most helpful in improving standards of living, social and economic adjustments, skills, and abilities to contribute toward home and com­ munity improvement and leadership qualities and abilities as opportunities to help them achieve their full potential.

The program will be to provide these opportunities for youth ages 9 to 19,
both boys and girls. It will recognize the value of existing youth organizations and activities in meeting the problems of children.

Special training courses and projects will be adapted to the interest and needs of children of different ages. These children will be integrated into county-wide programs and activities to extend their scope of involvement and fellowship with other children.

The effectiveness of the youth program will be largely dependent on the ability and leadership of employed personnel to train and use a large corps of voluntary leaders.

Salary, Home Agent

Office Equipment (GSA prices) Desk

File. Case Executive Chair

Office Supplies (one person)

PROPOSED BUDGET

~ 100.00 - 53.00 - 77.00

$7,500.00 230.00

Travel expenses - 9,000 miles @10t per mile

Three In-Service Training Meetings
Travel to Reno - 120.00 Per diem - 45.00

Basic Supplies and Equipment Needed For Home Economics Instruction (all prices not to exceed GSA quotations)

75.00 900.00

165.00

100.00 20.00 10.00 20.00

50.00

Areas to Receive Emphasis 1. Nutrition

Menu planning Basic cooking Shopping

2. Housekeeping

cooking equipment Dishes to serve food Dish washing equipment Silver

Broom, toilet brush, mop, scrub brush, pail, and cleaning supplies

3.

4.

Home Management

Family living

Bed, sheets, blankets, pillows,100.00 mattress pad cover, dish towels,
hand towels, wash cloths, and cleaning rags

5. Clothing Washing Mending

6. Equipment

(Available at day care centers)

7. Groceries, fabrics, and other household items

Toys and other recreational things for snail children

Sewing supplies (use our machines)

Washer 8 Dryer
Range
Refrigerator
Iron and ironing board Sink

50.00 25.00

300.00 $9,545.00