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ORIGINAL TO CITY CL[RK 25��9t��
CITY OF ST. PAUL ��"c�� NO.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
NCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM
PRESENTED -
COMMISSION ATF
RESOLt1EQ, that the Council of the Ctty of Satnt Paal does
hereby approve applicatton for grant to the 5tate of Minnesota
�orernor's Coaamtssion on C�t�e Prevention and Controt fo� pr0�ect
entttted Daytons B'luff Yvath �cttoa Program. (�ultt-servlce center);
and be it
FURTHER RESQLYED, th,�t the 1�►yor is hereby authorized to
�xecute the said appltcattan fa� grant an behatf of tbe G1ty of Saint
Paut, a co py of appltcation f�r grant being on f11e tn the Offtce of
the City Cterk and 4ncorporated herein by reference.
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COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Coun�T 1 �9�' 19—.
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Mr. President, McCarty '0 CT 9197�
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To: The Honorable Members of the City Council
From: Mayor Chaxles P. McCarty, Cha.irma.n
Lawrence Cohen, Vice-Cha.irman
Saint Paul-Ramsey County Crimina.l Justice Advisory Commission
Date: September 30, 1971
At its meeting on Wednesday, September 29, the Criminal Justice
Advisory Commission recomnnended tha,t the Saint Paul City Council pass
a resolution which would approve the application for flanding for the
following pro�ect: Da,yton's Bluff M�il.ti-Service Center -- Merrick
Community Center.
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Governor's Commission on Crime/
Prevention and Controll
State of Minnesota
St. Paul� Minnesota
Gentlemen,
Enclosed please find Application fox Grant, sutamitted on oehalf of the J�.yton's
Bluff t�fulti-Serviee-Center. The information contained wit:�in this application
directly reflects the input of the community at-large� Dayton's i�luff Community
Council & Te.�n Center Inc., RArr►sey Action Frograms, Merrick Co�r.munity Center,
and the T7irector of the D�yton's Bluff Multi-Service-Center.
It is wort�:y to note that this proposal is bein� subr.,itted s�it� the understanding
that the Ramsey action Programs, United Fund, and Governor's Cri�:�e Cotnmis�ion
wil� in fact snare not only with the funding, but €�1so aith tne staffir� of the
projected services. It goes without saying that no ar,e of tne t�gencie� c�uld attempt
to accompli�h alone, the proposed services and programs outlined ir. tt.i:� apL�lication.
It must also be stated that the cooperation betwe-:n the ���encies has been a
thin�; of beauty. It is our collective hope, that the neces:�a.ry to�,�s to begin
• the ir^plem�•ntation of the needed serv�ces will be given to .u:�.
;hzrin; Lhe a��st year� the program that was funded by t��e ;rim� Com:�:ission has
been able to t�ring about significant chan�es witY:in '�ne �ay�toti's 31ufi Community.
Niany approaches to the various problems were attemptPd, so;re failinz; while athers
re�chez the �aals hoped for. The Bluf: Carr��,iunity is ur�dergo:.� a change, just as
a;�her co:�1:C;UT11t1G'S in the City are� and therefore many of tne �rograrr�s identified
ir� �r�is proposal h�ve changed since �97�. It is our cai�ective feelin�g, tnat s�rvicea
arid pro�;rai.�s sh�uld chal�ge to meet the ever ehanginb ne�?cLs of c� com�:°;unit5, rather
t,�aii tc. ��mair. tt.e same from year to year.
Or:e of t7e �r.ajor .�han�;es in t'ttis proposal aver t'r�e 197�� �pi=4:icat�_an, is the change
in pc�sitinn �f one rovir:g korker to tnat of a yoizth ccor:zi�ator. The immediatQ
i:rpl:.c�tions o;' this change would lsad one to ttiwn�: tr:a� t2ie rov�n� aspectr� of
t;�ir 1;roject are either not necessary, or that anottier area oz ne�=d nas been
establis�ed. Tne answer to this situation is t�ie fac.t th�t tt�e ne<�d for a youtn
coordinator has been brou�;Y�t to our atter:tion� by the n���:'�ers �>f' youti: who �ave
nr-.n identifyinp; with the Center. It is also impott�.nt to nate tt�dt tNO r�ving
w�=�kers will be iunctioning in the pra�ram, insteac� o° tY:e one that was built
into the i��7� grant.
In sumrr,ary we are excit�d and very eager ta begin �nrk on a pr��,`ram that has been
�'talxed about--di�cus:�ed at rr,an� msetin��", and mo,~� i:uj7ortant t� be��n to bra.ng
r�eeded services to the residents of this co�r'.:uni.ty•
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� S'CA`I'� OF' MINN�:�OTA APPLICA'S1QN �'OR GRANT
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CRIME Page 1
t PREVENTION AND CONTR.OL
APPLICATION NUMBER _
Application is hereby made for a grant under (Lea��e Blank)
4 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act D�1TE RECEIVED
I� of 1968 (P.L. 90-351) in the amount and for the pur-
poses indicated. (Leave Blank)
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1. Title of Project: -
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DrYTOTI'S BLUFF' YGui:' kCTIC"v' ��v�hn'.•: ( �:�I,TI S:u.RViCE C:�dl� )'
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L� ❑ Original ❑ Revision � Continuation o�Grant No. 11E_O�i—50-070-049
� 3. Project Duration: 4. Total Federal Support Sought:
� January 1971---Janua_ry 1974 �o7,R�3
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`� G. Applicant: 7. Project Director:
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'= Cit j� of �t. pa�.�l I%!rs. �udy Goa�aon
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,,. �t. Faul, i:innesot�.
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" 8. Financial Officer: 9. Official Authorized to Sign Application:
(Name,title,address and telephone) (Name,title,address and telephone)
i�Ir. Clerr�ens Schlecl>, Cor:iptroller Charles P. ��icC�rty� P�iayor
City of �;t. r'aul ,Gity af St. i'�.ul
Court Hot�se ,
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10. Type of Agency or Institution: 11. Type of Governmental Unit: .
� Public ❑ Private Nonprofit ❑ State � City ❑ County a Other
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,� APPLICATi�:i�i FOR GRANT
GOVF.RNnR'S COh1MISSI(3N ON CRIME Page 2
' PRF:VFNTION AND CONTROL
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The ��ra_:tee Contri'out_�_on (;>�,`Ji0 ) rerlec�s ��:o sotzrces of r,o:e�j� Urhich c�ill be u�ed
t0 �UIi� t17E ��O}JG'Y'at�Il�� �U�_�°t�� Or t:�' �'_'-,"_C(' C@;7�@i• �r� fl'JO S01.1Z'C@� <1T'@ .
l. �;y,210-----Pr:;.ority re _.�_��± �hat 4:h� �ucr.._���w �o �he Go.7.�ui:it� �ae�lth �. �::'elfare Planning
Council by ��Ier.r�c';: Corn; ur_it;;- Cer.ter, � _ ;�s-.,,e �:L �'^.e �a}-ton's :31ufz A�ulti Service Center.
� � The rlannin�; Counc�il �!�;�.�:�ed �l�e �rio�^i�:- re�;�,es� on �o th� ili�ited Fund, and requested � �
t�?dt ,SL1C�1 be fUYl:�C'�3 �>.S �:�_° . :nUc1I^� �� l --•�
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to be u�e�l in t�e �.rea.s oL �o:°ra� _ -�•
It is irnportant tc rote, �.'�_�� ;���ri�� t_•�e ur: _� �.a: :.iie �N_:1_L�.. :-.ion reflects ���710 in
local �-' . �, .. . .
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in order to ccrn;�lc:e t:��, „: °;n� o` a .4r J�c^ �:;�er.
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Court ;�ervices etc. 1-:il� corstztute t�i�-�r =_�a.�cr :or�� re�,;o�_i :i.i�ili��. Thi� contriblztion .�:
��rill reprc�;e:it cv�:r wl�, "�'i0 in .>�:..�� �-�-_::�� .
� � It is our int�r.tio�_� �c� �c,���„ct �.��� ,__ ��,�w .c�::; '�_�uth Corps <�n�i Jc�nrish �'ovatienal Services, �
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in s�aff �ervices. � � � � � ��� � �
' In order to e��tc,„��s'n a. ccor,ir_��t:�� �i��:;ro�ac:�: '�o _ �'u�ti �nrv ice Cez:ter, tne Senior Coordinator
j of Tar�;et .4re� "�:,", e,�; l 1��-: o;� N�,::.��_ � :`_c��or_ �-ro�;i�-_:..m, ♦ :�c: Une :�x�cutive Directc�.r �:�' Plerrick
Com;,iunity Center� G�rill �Lafi tnis ';en��r �_r �.n «r't-r�sor;,r c::�;ac��t;;. It is the intent o� ttiese
�t•JO indi_vi��ual� to be r�.�o�,.rce pe�_l�� :'�_� ..'.:e Ji: ec�cr o� the ^�eraice Cen�er and its staff.
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16. Explanation of Budget:
The local or Grantee's Contribution is explained in item ��15, page 2 (a) of
this proposal. The remainder of the proposed total budget ($24,528) breaks
down as follows:
(1) Director's Salary - $10,460
This salary is in line with other Federal Project Directors Salary
and falls well within the United Fund's Wage & Salary x'idministration
Manual for such a position. The Director will be responsible for
the direction and supervision of 8 staff and implementation of all
programs. �
(2) Youth Coordinator - $7,200
Minimum entry level for this position. Individual will be respon-
sible for all "In-House" programming such as program schedules,
speakers, planned activities. In addition worker will provide
individual and group services to persons using center.
(3) Secretary - $2,400
• Based on 1/2 time (20 hour week). Remaining 20Y will be secured
through Neighborhood Youth Corps individual.
(4) Bookkeeper - $2,000
Based on 1/4 time. Individual performing this task is currently
the head. bookkeeper at Merrick Center.
(5) Fringes
Social Security - .054 of $9,000
Health Insurance - $22.70 per month
Disability Insurance - $.62 per $100 of benefits
� Unemployment Insurance - 1% of $4,800
(6) Consultant Services - $250 '
• Will be utilized in funding of project to pravide educational and
training opportunities for the Director & Youth Coordinator in order
to increase their ability to perform the assigned tasks. Such train-
ing may include: University of Minnesota Extension Seminars - Classes;
Minnesota Welfare Association Seminars; National Federation of Settle-
ment Training Sessions.
(7) Construction - $500
� Due to the nature of the present facility there is a definite need
to partition the large rooms for multi-usage. The majority-if not
all of the "construction will consist of removable items (folding
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room dividers - screens for various clinics, etc.).
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� STATE OF MINNESOTA
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CRIMF. � APPLICATION FOR GRANT
PREVENTION AND CONTROL Page 3
17. Applicant's Agreement: � � �
The und��r>igned represents. on behalf of the applicant, that:
(<i) An�• grant au•arded pursuant to this application shall be subject to and will be administered
in c��nformit�• w•ith conditions applicabie to the Fiscal Administration of Grants under Part B.
Titl<� I. of P.L. 90-351, General Conditions Applicable to Administration of Grants under Part
B, Title I of P.L. 90-351 and other policies, rules and regulations issued by the Department
ot Justice or the Gu��ernor's Co�nn�ission on Ci•ime Prevention and Control for the administra-
tiun uf grant pruject, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
(b) An}• funds a�•arded pursuant to this applicatiun will be expended only for the purposes and
acti��ities ce�vered b�• the applicant's appro�•ed plan and budget.
(c1 An� ;urids ����ai•ded pursuant to this appiication will be used to supplement and not to sup-
plant ]r�ca] fund� other�ti•ise� available for lan� enforcement programs and, to the extent prac-
tical, ��•ill be used to increase such funds.
(d) The applicant �+•ill ha��e available und will expend from non-federal sources; as needed, ade-
quate resources to defray� that portion of the total costs as set forth in this application as
• `Grantee Contributiun" and as approved by the Commission.
(e) The Applicant �sill compl}• with and will insure compliance h5� its contractors with Title VI of
thc• Ci�•il Rights Act of 196� (P.L. 88-3521 and all requirements icnposed by or pursuant to
regulations of the Department of Justice issued pursuant to that title, to the end that no per-
son �hall. on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in,
be denied the benefits of, or be other�vise subjected to discrimination under any program or
acti��it}• for w�hich the Applicant receives Federal financial assistance; and gives further assur-
ance that it w•ill proinptly take any measui•es necessary to effectuate this co�nmitment.
(f) The Applicant will assume the funding of improvements funded under the Act after a reason-
able period of Federai assistance.
(g) An�• grant a���arded ptn•�uant to this application ma�• be terminated in whole or in part by
the Go��ernor's Comm�s,iun on Crime Pre��ention and Control or its designee at any time.
(ti) This application consists of the following in addition to this form:
Detail Project Budget For First Year
Project Plan and Supporting Data
18. Date: 20. Signature oE Authorized Official:
�� 19. Total Pages in Application:
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APPLICATTON FOR 6RANT
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gUDGET ITF,�q FED. SHARE IACAL SHARE TOTAL
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1. Personnel ' ' '
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DireCtor-Judy Gordon-100/r$10�460 ' $10 4(� � '
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Youth Coord.-Tony Angles-100�$?,204 ' 7,200 � �
Secretary �0°rb--$2,40c� ' 2,400 ' '
Bookeeper-Patricia Hicks-25�»�2,C� ` 2,000 ' '
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$OC��. +S@CUY'lty • 1�1� • ♦
Heaith Ir�. • 3�8 • •
Disability Ins. � 74 � �
Unemployment Ine. �' $23,7?8
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� Professional Education & Training . 250 . . 254
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3. Travel . . .
Director-----2000 miles � 10� ' ' 200 '
Youth Coord.----2000 miles Q l0a ' ' 200 ' 400
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4. Equipment ' � �
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4 Desks � $100 •
1 Ma.megograph (� �150 . � �
2 File Cabinets @ �50 • •� �
1 IBM Typewriter @ �250 . • ��,� , l��
Misa. Office Supplies @ �400 . • �
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5. Construction . • '
Modifications are needed to ready the . . �
current facility for multi service . . �
usaQe � •,...�_ _+ �0�. � l,000
6. Other ' ' .
Rent � �275 P/� • • �
Util3.ties t� $105 p/m ' ' •
Insurance $400 ' �
Occupancy �9�
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Program Supplies $500 ' � •
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Program Activities �1,000
Posta�e $150 ' � fi�$10 . �,�10
FEDERAT., TOTAL . �y24 �8 . '
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high rate of juvenile delinquency as ref.lected in the ;ncreasinq number of. police
contacts with youth in the area. Tn addition, a large number of youth in the area
are involved in drug usage , to various degrees.
The followinq describes each problem area that the Multi-Service Center will be
:.oncerned with:
Youth
The underlying youtt7 problems in the community seem to fall into the following
categories:
1. A sense of failure within the "syskem" , outside the peer group. This rnay be
realted to non-accomplishment in schools , poor farni?y relationsnips, etc.
2 . A feeling of host�lity ar�d cie.fiance towaril th4� socic�ty �.vhicli allowcd the
above "sense cf failure" to come about, and hasn't (from the kic�s point of view)
invented an antidote fer it.
3. An identification with peer groups who are "anti-society" , and who are
actively destructiv� toward those elements in society v�hich they find di�agre�able
(i.e. materialis�n , schools , adults, pa:ents, etc..) This destruction is often of a
revenqeful nature and is aimed at anyone or anything the people involved see as
problem causes. The methods of�destruction are usually illegal actions such as
theft or vandalism.
4. A lack of awareness oi c�ppartunities which exist for success within socially
acceptable bound s e
• 5. Ignorance of inethods of char�ge within society througli cor_struction rather
than destruction.
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6. E���ntual resignation to un?awftzl, individually damaging patrerns of
living, which in turn reinforce the �riginal sense of f.ailure.
This •is a somewhat simplified accounting of a complex problem. However, it
reflects the si.tuation in Dayton's Bluff insofar as our delinquent youth are
�oncerned. These are the problems that have been identified by youths themselves,
parents, school personnel , and tr�ose who work closely with the cammunity.
Based on tnese problems, there is a need for a program in the Multi-Service
Center which would attempt to do the following:
l . ; � Provide within existing "systems" more chance for posifiive reinforcement,
and ta make youth aware of their successes.
2. 1: ! Influence youtn to see;c socially acceptable means of problem solution
for themselves .
3. t : Encourage particip�tion in community groups which can affect changes a.n
social systems in a socially constructive manner.
4. t.. Discourage seli-damaging forrns of behavior (i.e. illegal acti.ons) and
provide channel� through which hostilities and frustrations may be released l.armlessly.
5. Diverr j;uveniles from the criminal justice system by offering alternatives
ta court referral. �
Education
Dayton's Bluff has some notori�usly poor physical school facilities , Dropouts
are not uncommon. Parent-Teacher Ass�aciatic�ns are ill-attended. There appears to
• be a deiinite lack of knowledge within the community about curricu3.a , counseling
and other school re?ated issues. 1'acilitics of the schools are not often oper� f�r use
of the general ccmmunity, which constitutes a waste of money and space.
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All ot these problems affect the eciucatian of our youth, and encaurage negative
attitudes toward learning. This itz turr_ affects social behavior of youth.
' In order to meet the need tor improvement of the educational process in Dayton' s
Bluff, we would propose to do the following th:ough the Multi-Service Center:
l. � � Advocate strong comm��nity involvement with school-related issues, such
as improvement of buildings and educatianal service.
2. ��: Advocate that scl-�oals disseminate mare information about soci.al services,
curricula , etc. , to parents and other concerned residents. \ �
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. 3. � �� Seek methods of aiding youth who are having educational difficulties.
Health
Dayton's Bluff has a high concentration of welfure recipients and fami?ies with
incomes just beyond poverty level (see Addendum #1) in particular for those persons
with limited funds available for heal.th care. The following conditions can be problems:
1 . Lack of funds for transportation, babysitters , etc. , necessary to a11ow
for getting where low-cost services are offered (outside the immediate area) .
2. Major health crises can eat up money normally expended for rautine
health care , as well as money necessary to provide adequate f.00d and shelter for
the family. Therefore, routine health care gets neglected, and/or the family
suffers physical deprivation, and,/or bill callectors begin to create psycho.logical
pre s sure s. �
3. Information regarding s2rvices is not always dispensed to those most in
• need of assistance. Therefore, througn lack of knowledge on t}ie part of the potential
recipients they da not receive t�l�se services.
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4. Importance of good nutrition, immunizations ar�d other preventative measures
are not fully understood , or are not recognized as feasible on a limited budget.
In outreach contacts, Dayton's Bluff Multi-Service Center s�aff has heard the
expressed concerns of residents Gbout health care ar.d health care services (or lack
of such) . A resident compos�d community task force has deemed health to be a
major item of concern. . .as related to adults and youth.
To begin to meet the health-related needs of area residents , the following thin�s
need to be done by the Multi-Service Cen�er:
1. Identify within the community specific health service needs unmet by present
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2. Detei-mine what factors contribute ko non--utilization of existing services.
3. Seek methods of aiding residents of Daytcn's Bluff to obtain adequate and
reliable medical care.
� 4. Assure that residents are informed bf available services and take advantage
of them. �
Community �Development and Organizational Development
Organization in the Dayton's Ii�uff area which are action oriented toward communily
development are for the most part small in n�embership. Members af, these groups
(i.e. , Dayton's Bluff Community Council) tend to be professionals and businessmen,
and possibly do not reflect the larger cornmunity �vishes in their actiens. It would
appear that all c�roups are, by structure, somewhat closed in membership and very
• weak in recruitment of community representation. Groups are diversified in interests
but oftentimes will duplicate efforts toward developmer.t unnecessarily.
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The problems summarized are:
1 . Lack of "average man" representation to grotips dealing with and making
decisions. about community development.
2 , Lack of unity and common structure among groups whose purposes and
interests are the same.
T}ie Multi-Service Center can facilitate beYter community and organizational
development by: �
1 . Furthering the recruitment of representatives fror:l the community who shall
become active in community development. -
2. Motivating existent groups toward unified efforts on behalf of community
betterment. �
Senior Citizens
Problem areas:
1. Lack of information on'cily wide services and organizatioris concerned with
senior citizens. Thus, non-utilization of available services.
2. Financ�l and/or physical handicap restrictive of proper personal, health,
home upkeep and community participation and lack of services in these areas.
3 . A ser�se of isolation and�lineliness derived from lack of social outlets.
Methads of Approach:
1 . Dissemination of public service information to senior citizens on a regular basis,
2. Provision of services to the elderly (in the area of. health and property
• maintenance p:imarily) .
3. Involvement of senior citizens in active community development through use
of individual talents or skills.
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4. Establishment of social, recreation�l autlets for residents whirh are
feasib.te in terms of location, expense, and time.
B. Target Groups.
The entir.e Dayton`s BluffCommunity will be benefited by the creation of
the Multi-Servic� Center.
C. What it is hopec! t�:e project will demonst:ate or achieve.
The overall goal of this projeet is to substantially improve the qual.ity of
life in the Dayton's Bluff Community. The specific objectives we hope to attain are:
l . Prevention and reduction of criminal and delinquent behavior among
youth in the L�ayton' s Bluff. Commiinity.
2. Establishment of better school-commuriity relationships which wil:
foster improvement in the overall quality of education.
3 . Reduction of the number of youths in Dayton's Bluft who drop out of
school. '�
4. Improvement in the availability and adequacy of health services in
Dayton's B luff.
Hopefully, this project will demonstrate that a Multi--Service Center approach to
community problems can best achieve the foregoitig objectives. With partic�alar
reference to criminal and delinquent behavior, we hope to demonstrate that combinirrg
� a youth serving prog:am with cther prc,gra.ms airrxed at improving �the social and physical
environment of a ccmmunity or neighborhood will best serve the purpose of preventinq
crime and del.inquency.
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i'he Merrick Communityr Center will ass:.ime overall responsibility for the organi-
zation and administration of tl-re project. VIerrick and the Ramsey Action Program (RAPj
will provide the staff not covered by this LEAA grant.
The following descriaes the methods to be used in the implementation of the projec�
in each of the problem areas. �
You th
1 . Community rovers and the VISTA youth workers will identif.y the youth in the
area who are exhibiting symptoms of social failure. These symptoms would include
illegal action, as well as learning diff�culties, family non-involvement, efic. Identifi-
cation will take place through referral (school, probation, etc. ) or through on-the-street
contact. All youth workers will attempt to establish a trust relationship with the kids,
and from that base learn wliat influences are particularly destrur,tive to them. '3'he
task then would be to (a) change the influences and/or (b} alter the attitudes toward
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the influences. In (a) workers will contact schools, families, etc. and act as liaison
, or intermediary for the yotzth. They will rEfer youth to agencies where needed services
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are available (i.e. tutoring, medical aid) and follow up to see that services are re-
ceived. In (b) the workers wi.11 provide di:�ect counseling to individuals or groups ,
seeking to reinforce pasitive beraavi�rs verbally and in some cases, through supportive
measures. The intent of youth worker contacts will be to�establish for the youth, a
link with the adult world which is meaningful and trustworthy. The relationship shouia
be one in which expectations on both sides are defined, to .allow little room for growth
• of suspicion or letdown.
Community rovers have been utilizing tnese methods within the Dayton's Blutf
area. Referrals are beii�g r�ceived from w�lfare, schoals , courts, probation officers.
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Street contacts are made daily. Group meetings (direct counselinq) are being held
regularly. kesults of these efforts as reported by youth and workers are worthwhile.
2. '.'In-house" yout?� workers in the agency will be responsible for providing
youth with rel.i.able information orl drugs and their effects. A drug information center
at the Inne Place , with the VISTA youth worker responsible, is te�ztatively planned.
Speakers will be utilized, primarily ex-users , since �Yie youti7 are requesting non--
clinical, voice of experience advice on drugs. .
3 . Resource speake:s, films, pamphlets, �tc. will be made available to the
�auth .on major issues of concern (i.e. pollution, Viet Nam war. . .l . In dealing
�vith all such issues, emphasis will be placed on tr,e "what youth can do" approach. .
The VISTA youth worker, assisted by tre �community de��elopment specialist, will
advocate the formation of youth groups to confront such issues and to be representative
of youth to organizations seeking workable soluti.ons to the problems. This information
of groups will necessarily be a vehicle for expression of individual concerns, skiJ.ls
a�►d talPnts. It will provide a peer reference point, based in constructiveness but st'ill
al�r9�raing outlet of angers, fears , and fr.ustrations.
4. Youth will be informed of op�ortunities for volunteer service fio the community.
Individually they will be encouraged to participate in some form of service suited to
their needs and skills. The purpose for this is twofold: 1) it has the potential of
expanding perspectives--human/community need as opposed to individual need. Z) it
can allow the individual to b� positivel_y reinforcea in service to "society" , through
• public recognition or a simple thank-yoa.
We are planning a continuatioii (and hopeful expansion) of a service project which
involved youth throughout the summei�. Tre teenagers assisted senior citizens in
property maintcnancP.
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5. The youth center (Inne Flace) progr�rr� will continue to operate five nig)Zts
per week, prividinc� recreational outlets. Sep�ial events will be helci outside r�gular
hours. The center will be staffed by volunteer chaperones selectec� for their ability
to relate to youth and for creativity in desigrLing activities which are learning
experiences rather than simple time consumers. �Je are currently seeking additional
chaperones , and will bc using Volunteer Service Bureau and colleges to recruit.
The VISTA youth worker will spend 20% oi his time ir. center, assisting in training
of volunteer staff �nd being available to youth for specific problem consultation. , '
� 6. Employmen�t opportunities information will be made available to youth. Cur-'`
rently we have been referring youlh to the Mirinescta Department of Manpower Services
office eitl-ier at 1Vlerrick Cammunity Ce�iter or ciowntown, making referrals to NYC , arzd
assisting kids with application completion. The community development specialisf
has had contact with MDMS to propose a Dayton's Bluff office. The VISTt� youth
worker will be assigned to develop and maintain a jobs for youth bullekin boards,
making use of all possible resources. The board wi.l� include information on trainin�
programs, job openings, job descriptions and requi.rements, career ladders , thougri
its primary function will be to assist i�z immediate job location and referals to
vocational cou'r�sPling. �
7. Continuation of participation on pre-adolescent ongoing programs (6- .13) such
as those sponsored by Mayor's Council in Youth Opportunity, (TRIPS, Swims, Summer
Foods, etc.) .
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l . Our er�ucational coordii7ator• has estahlished contacts with local PTA presidents,
to advocate the involvement of. PTA's with school improvement a.s opposed to social
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activity. She will act as an advisor ir, recruitment, plannin.g, and other areas which
- might increase part�cipation. She will be available to other educationally concerned
_ residenC qroups, also, as an advisor. The coordinator wi.11 be continuing to do.a
substantial amount of community outreach with hopes of discovering the reasons for
non-involvement, Information she derives will be transmitted back to PTA' s and other
groups for their use, in counteracting lack of participation. Hopefully, increas�d
participation in community groups and emphasis of fihese groups on action to b�tter
schools will build the pathway for achievemen.t of goal #l. .
2. The educational coordinator has begun a survey of Mounds Park Junior High ,
Van Buren School , Harding High School to determine what in fact the schools offer
in terms of curricula, vocational counseling, social sen�ice , etc. She has contact;ed
principals and counselors v��ithin the schools. Th� information which she accumulates
regarding each school will be submitted to PTA's. We will encourage the furth�r
dissemination of such data by th�e P'TA to the total cotnmunity, by means of open house
and flyers.
3. Commu,�ity rovers and VISTA youth worker will identify youth who are having
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learning difficulties. The educational coordinator will investigate tutoring programs
city-wide, concentrating on staffing and operational structure. Should there be a
substantiai nurtiber of youth in need of tutoring within the area , the agency will
affiliate with already established tutoring programs o.r will foster an independent
tutoring program staffed by volunteers o Either in affiliation or independence. the
agency will recruit volunteer tutors and provide locations far the program to occur.
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At this point a tutoring program seems a strong possibility, since the majority of the
youth who have contacls wi.th community rovei•s are k�ehind in classwcrk and have little
or no hope of catching up on their own.
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Health
1 . All VISTA and RAP staff will be assiqned to participate in a comprehensive
heaith survey (by RAP) of Target Area "C" , which includes the Dayton's B1uff Community.
: (See Addendum #?.) . The results of this survey (t�king place in October, 1971) should
give us a strong indication of community concerns and needs. In additian, the VISTA
health wcrker will be activel�l doing outreach, seeking out those individuals in need
of inedical service and recording pertinent data for a future follow-up and referral system.
2 . The VISTA he�lth worker will also investigate city-wide and area medical
, resource's, and will b� responsible for relaying information about such back to the
community. This will be done through newsletters , posters , and if possible, radio
announcements.
3. The agency wi11_ work toward establishing locations for well-baby clinics,
walk-in clinics, and low-cost medical service, if the need for these is shown -
sche�iuling with Dayton's Bluff,'
4. We will actively work with St, john's Hospital an� Mounds Park Hospital
toward use of f�ilities , equipment, and staff for low-cost service. The administration.
of St. John's Hospital has indicated to RAP an interest in extension ot low-cost medical
aid and the Dayton's Bluff Multi-Service Cent�r v�ill cooperate with St. ;ohn's in
such an endeavor. We shall attempt to recruit for the hospital necessary lay valunteers
to staff the project, and will refer to the service persons in need.
Community Development and Organizational Development
• 1 . The community development specialist has been acting, in advisory capacity
to groups wishing a�sistance in structuring and planning. - (i.e. Dayton's B1uff Com-
munity Courcil and Dayotn's Bluff Community Council - Teen Board, Inc . , who
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originated as one ccuncil, sepnrated', and are attempting to rejoin forcesl , As an
advisor, he will emphasize t?ze importancn of wide :epresentation, and will aeek to
devise methads of assuring this.
He will present groups with alterr�ative plans for structure and operation, keeping
in mind his role as an advocator. The agency purpose in this pursuit, as with
education, will remain basically to stimulate residents to act on their ov��n behalf aild
to become a moving force toward ccmmunity betterment.
2 . The VISTA senior r.itizen worker and youth worker will encourage their r_lients
to participate in existent groups , ar.d also to form new groups to deal with issues
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of particular importance to each generation. They will act as liaison between clients
and the community development specialist, to facilitate. the exchange of information
and advice. Again, the role af the VISTA's in this regard is advocary.
SENIOR CITIZENS
A-1 , a) Identification of. senior citizens by name , address, phone number,
to take place through outreach by a VISTA senior citizens worker. The VISTA will keep
records of such data to be supplemented by other staff in-formation. Also, records
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shall be kept of service needs.
b) Establishment of reliable and regular means of notifying all senior
citizens about pertinent events. Possibilities are newspa.per articles , a communiky
newsletter column, radio announcements, flyers, poskers , mailouts.
c) Notification of specific services of interest to individuals using
the records of service needs as a reference, by teleph�ne or mailout, or in scme
• cases, home calls,
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convenient methods of trar.sportation, or seeking volunteer drivers.
b) Seeking to set up local health care clinics , if needed, in cooperation
with community hospitals.
c) Naintaining a follow-up system to assure that th�se seniors in need
of health care service receive it. �
d) Establishing and maintaining a direct service program to assist the
elderly in up}�:eep of their p.roperty. This would utilize NYC workers and youth volunteers.
The center has had this program throughout summer, 1971 and it mefi with great success.
Harding Hiqh School has indicated interest in a proposed "volunteer service for credit"
plan, and our community development specialist is pursuing this possibility. The
advantage of such a program is tliat it n�t only aids senior citizens materially, but
has also increased constructive interchange }�etwe�n qenerations. The elderly have
been able to see the more positive aspects of youth (such as willingness to work and
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enthusiasm) . The youth who participated in the summer pragram gained a recognition
. of the problem encountered in aging, as well as a sense of responsibility for coping
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with those problems. This program has been an effective chanrael of community
involvement for the youth, and we foresee expansion io the point where a committee of
senior citizens could be the "managers" .
C-1 , a) Comrriunity development specialist and VISTA senior citizens worker will
advocate the forrnation of senior citizens groups to provide an eff.ective voice in issues
of concern. They wi11 advis� and assist in the structuring of sucti groups. Also,
� these two staff inembers will encourage individuals to participate in already existing
organizations (i. e. Dayton's F31uff Community Council , etc.l . �
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b) VISTA senior citizens work�:r will create an awareness af opportunities
for volunteer service geared t� the abilities of the elderly.
D-1 , a) VISTA's efforts will be expended ?n making available to senior citizens
Golden Age Cards , "Meals on Wheel s" , and other such ongoing programs.
b) Churches and otl-ier organizations in the area will be encouraged (by
VISTA workerj to contribute space for crafts.or gaine groups and volunteers will be
solicited to assist in formation/operation of such groups.
III Results
A. Evaluation
The evaluation of this project will be designed to measure achievement of
the stated objectives. The exact instruments have not been developed, but a generaL
outline of the evaluation procedure is described here.
ObjecEive No. 1 - Reduction of Criminal and Delinquent Behavior.
• Evaluation Method � .
l . Review of appropriate statistical data describing conditions prior to the
� implementation �f the project. This would include such things as:
- Number of youths arrested from the Dayton Bluff area over a specific time
period classified�according to offense, number of previous arrests and previous
correctional history. �
- Number of Dayton's Bluff youth adjudicated delinquent by the Court over a
specified time period.
This data will then b� compared with similar kinds of data after the program
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has been in operation for a year. , Other kinds of data will also be collected such as
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number of youths partic4patin.g in the pr�gram, type of participation (counseling,
recreation, etc.); of�time involv�d in the program. In the case of those youfihs who
were delinquent officially or exhibited delinquent behavior when brought into the
program, we will attempt to`follow up a selective sample of these youths to determine
whether or not they became involved in the criminal justice system.
Objective No. 2 - Establishment of better school-community relationships.
Evaluation Mekhod �
A comparative analysis of participation of residents in PTA's and other school--
community groups as exists at present with their state a year from now.
A. Structure.
B. Number of residents involved.
C. Utilization of school facilities for community programs. �
D. Development of prograrris by the schools to assist children with learning problems
Objective No. 3 - Reduction in the number of youths in Dayton's Bluf.f who drop
out of school. �
Evaluation }�Iethod
Comparisons will be made between the number of youths who dropped out of school
over a year'.s time prior to the program with the number who drop out after the program
has been in operation for a year. At the end of the program year, we will distribute
a questionnaire to youths participating in our program to determine whether or not,
from their point of view, services offered through our program have improved their
� school performance or prevented them from dropping out of schoal.
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Objective No. 4 - Impravement ut th� availabilicy and adequacy of health services.
�valuation Method �
As stated in the- methods section we will conduc� a survey of residents to determine
their desires for improved delivery of health servir.es. Based on this survey, we
would attempt to implement pr�grams designed to meet the residents' needs. Af�er
programs are implemented, another survey of residents will be conducted to d:etermine
whether or not the residents feei that these progratx�s have met their health needs.
Additional evaluation metriods will b� developed �is the progra�n.is implemented. �
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One way of developing these methods would be zo form an evaluatory committee �
consisting of a staff inember, a board member, a representative of the �Iealth �- Welfare
Planning Council, a representati��e of the Governor�'s C�ir��e :ommission, and a
community resident.
B. Significance
This program, if developed to its fullest potential has a great deal of signifi.-
cance in the realm of cooperation. It represents the coordination of efforts by three
separate agencie_s within the area (Merrick Community Center, Ramsey Action Prograrn,
and Dayton's Bluff Multi-Service Center) to achieve with the community a solution
to its more pressir.g problems. �he sharing of staff, facilities and equipment makes
a network of coverage possible that. none of the aaencies alcne could provide. I
believe this type of sharing is possible for areas otr�er than Dayton`s Bluff--not simply
possible but almosk i.mperative. If vre are able to make it work here (and I believe
� we will) maybe we will instill in �ther agencies the courage to enter into similar
workinq relatior.ships.
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The real advantage c�f this metlzod of �pei-ation is that it considers the growth
of the larger community (T�rget Area and city) while concentrating upon fihe smaller
area needs and allowing for a sense of localizat�on. It seems vitally important, some-,
how, that in these days of family detErioration, X�opulation growth, expanding cities ,
and so on, that people are able to retair! a sense of belonging to and activity in some
small unit of self government. Alienation arises quickly through inability to r.omprel�iend
the huge mass of "the city" , and being but a microscopic portion of that mass. But to
be an individual functioning part cf the community, the whole of which is a sizeable ,
chunk of the mass, gives one person a means of relating to, and feeling important ir�;
� the city.
Resources �
Merrick Community Center, a �United Funci Agency located at 715 Edgerton Street,
has been providing Social Services to the Greater East Side of St-. Paul since I908.
Sponsored by the Chrisfi Chi1d Society, Merrick Center is governed by a 27 member
Board of Directors. The Center employs 9 full-tinae Social Workers, a 2 full-time
non-pr�,fessional staff (secretary, maintenance).
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Merrick Center's program services are both preventative and crisis orientated in
nature. Services are offered for alI age gr.oups, thr�ugh a well defined program.
(See Appendix �3) . �
Merric}: Center has pioneered in many areas oi Social Services, most notable
being the establishment of. a Daytime Activity Center for the Retarded Adult, and
assuming the Delegate Agency responsibility for a Community Action Program under
� Title #2 , Economic Opportunity Funds.
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In 1964 the Center, with the cooperation of �he lZ�msey County tiVelfare Departnl�nt,
and the St. Paul Association of R�tarcied i.hildren., zn:itiated a formal.program for• tl�e
retarded adults who up to this time were without service. The .prime pt�rpose of this
program, was directed at meeting the needs of the retarded adult through a compre-
hensive program which include� wark activity, impro�.�ing communication s�ills ,
physical therapy, gross motor skills, personal care and grooming , basic academics,
and basic exposure to new areas of life.
Today this program is seroicing 20 adults and their families. Many changes have
been incorporated into the program to meet the ever changing demands of the partici-
pants. More emphasis has been placed on "work activity, " in order to prepare the
individuai for placement in the labor forcP. ,
In 1965 application was made by Merrick Center to the Ramsey Cauncy Citizens
Committee, for purposes of assuming the responsibility of DelEgate Agency for a
. Community Action Program in th� Roosevelt Housi.ng Prcject, Merrick Center operated
this program for appraximately three years , and then i-eturned it to the Citizens
' Committee. (See Appendix #4).
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Presently Merrick Center is proposing to act as the Applicant for• the establishment
of. a Multi-Servic,e Center in the Dayt�n's Bluff Community. Currently the Crirnc�
Commission is funding a Teen Drop-In Ceriter located at 919 East 7th St. , and it is
this facility that is intended for the Service Center, The creation of the D�op-In Center
uncovered many needs that were directly reiated to the high rate of delinquency in
the community, and generated considerable concern toward �establishing a Service
� Center which would i�ave under one roof, all of the needed services deemed necessary
by the Community.
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The resources available for this�project have been detailed on page 2 of this �
application. Basically they can be divided into three areas: (1) United Fund
Priority Request, submitted by Merrick C;enter, (2) Existing United Fund and P.amsey
Action Program monies and (3) In-Kind funds, both.hard and sc�ft match. It is the
intent of this proposal, that the above listed sources of funds, coupled with a grant
from the Crime Commission, will bring the realizatio� of a n�ulti-Service Center to
reality. TI7e Bluff Communit,� wants this service; the existing staff realizes the need
for this service; bath want the opportunity to initiate such services.
Included in this proposal is the chart of organization, which will explain the '
operational aspects of the project (See Sppendix #5) .
The staffing pattern for the program is as icllows:
1. Director, Mrs, judy Gordon
Education - Uraduate from John Marshall fienior High School , Rochester,
Minriesota, 1963 , Graduated from Macalester College 1967, B.A. Sociology.
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Work Experience - Social Work Careers Program , 1966
Job Corps Resident Advisor, 1967
Special Schools Counselor at Minnesota Residentia.l
Treatment Center, 1968-1969
� Work and Training Specialist at Ramsey County WIN Project
1969-1971
Mrs. Gordon is currently on staff, and preparing the current services for the pr�posed
Multi-Service Center. �
2. Mr. Tony Angles, Youth Coordinator
Lifetime resident of St. Paul
Attended Humbolt High School
Work Experience -- 3M Company, 1969
� Consolidated Printing , 19 70 •
Staff Member af the D:op-In Center, 1970
. Mr. Angles is an ex-offenc�er and member of FOCUS. Sper�t approximakely 6 montYis
speaking to various teen groups �nd schoals.
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3. Secreta� (applications wiil be plar�d whe;a lh.e project is funded)
4. Mrs. Patricia Hicks , Bookkeeper
Staff inember of Merrick Center, assigned to this project 25% of her time.
Has been employed by NIerrick Center for the past 15 years.
5. Mr. Thoma s O swalci , Neighborhood VVo?-ke?-
Attended Nazareth Hall and St. Paul Seminary .
Employed as a Teens-In-�Action (OEO} tiNorker
Involved in counseling and teaching at Boy's Tatem Town
Worked 3 years at East Area Community Services
6. Miss Sharon Gamache, Education Coordir.atcr
Education - B.A. Music and Lnglish, Minor in Education, Sioux Falis College ,
South Dakota.
Work Experience - Colman Independent School, South Dakota, Teacher
� Incarnation School , Minneapolis, Teacher
Ea st Area Community Seivice s, Group Worker
Jackson Wheelock Service Center, Career Counselor
7. Mr. William Magnuson, De-tached Worker
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Staff inember of Merrick Center assigned on a full-time basis to this project.
Member of Merrick .Center staff for the past 5 years. Prior experience with
the Ramsey County Probation Department.
8. Miss Laurie Willwerschied, De-tached Worker
Staff inember of Merrick Center, assigned on � full-time basis to this
project.. Member of Merrick Center for the past 3 years. Prior experience
with. the Vb'ilder Founda�ion.
9. Mr. V1lilliam A. Buth , Project Supervisor -
F.�cecutive Director of Merrick Cornmuni�y Center. Employed as a staff inember
of the Center since 1962 .
10. Mrs. June Carpenter, Senior C�ordinator for Targef Area "C"
• Employee of Ramsey �cti�n Programs, which will be providing staff. service
in the areas of Community Developm�iit, Educational De�elopment, and VIST�
Volunteers.
,
�
The Dd ton� s Bluff area ineludes in entirety census tracts
31, !�, and �5. It also includes portions of census tracta 17
and 46.
The Daston� s B1uPP area is within RAP Target Area "C", which
was estPblished by the cenaus bure8u conaidering five criteria.
They are as f ollows :
1. Income level below poverty
2. Dilapidated, substandard housing
3. Children in broken homes
4. Males in unskilled �obs
5. Low educational attainment
Income Reaidents Total Population
� Census Tract Below Povert A es 6-18 1960 1�
��7 `�a.� -�--rbfi r'-- s�5
31 26.� !�?0 21�38 2513
4�. 22.8� 722 , 3227 24i�9
� 45 19.3� 119 6 1�898 11µ�66
46 10.3� 163i h757 S7o7
'.=°.��,- Above figures are based on information"'obtained from Ramaey
Action Pro�ram Planning Sectian, and are ba�ed on 1970 census .
Citywide avera�e percentage of belvw poverty level income per census
tract is 18.��.
For census tracts 31, l�1�., and 45 the avere�e percec7tage of below
poverty level income is 2z.8�, while for tracts 1? and 1�6 it is�
20.2�. For all census tracts within the �ayton' s Bl-af'f' area the
avera�e is 21.8`i�, which is aocaewhat higher than the c�tywide figure .
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To be answered by intervietver:
• Census Tract:
Sex of person answering surveq: Male Female
Race: White Black Other
HEALTH SURVEY �
HOUSEHOLD BACKGROUND
1. Address
2. How long have pou lived at this addresa?
If less than 1 year, previous address
3. Please easwer the follawing questiona as they pertain to you and all the
members of your family. (For the purpose of this survey, £amily will in-
clude all the members living under one roof.)
First name Relation- Check wAich
of each fam- ship to one is
AAe Sex ilv member Family head _ _ respondent
A.
� B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
4. Has arryone in your im�ediate fsmily had any medical training, such as a doc-
tor, or. nurse or first aide? If so, interviewer check any of the belaw that
might apply to the family:
Name of Family Member
Volunteer
Doctor
Nurse - RN or LPN
Lab Technician
- Nurses aide
Medical corpsmen in service �
Other training
• Firat aide �
�
�
Nav I'd like to get so�me infarmstion about the health care you and the members
of your family receive.
. 5a. Where do you usualiq go for care such as when someone in qour family is sick?
(get specific names.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
5b. Haw nbout for emergencies, where do you uaually go when soa�eane, asy, breaks
a leg?
A.
B.
C.
D. .
6. Do you have what you consider to be a family doctor?
Yes � No
� _� .
If so, could you give us his name?
7. How do you get to the doctor?
Drive Taxi ,_ Friend Bus
Walk� Other
6. Do you and your familq go for periodic medical check ups, thaC ia do you or
your family membera go for check upe every so often, even a�hen you are not
i!1?
Ye s �_ No______ S ome t ime a
9a. How often have r�ou seea a doctor in the paat year?
9b. How often have any of your other family members seen a doctor in the past
year?
1�a. Have your children been imaunized for childhood diseases such as diptheria,
smallpoar� whooping cough, etc.?
Yes `No'�� Does not apply
If not, o�hy not�
� lOb. Do you follaw up with imo�nization booatere for:
Children Adu2ts
If not. Why not?
11. What illneases or injuriee in your fami2y required medicai care dnring the
• past 12 months?
12. When was the last time you or a member of your tgmily were h�spiCalized
longer than a day?
1 to 5 months ago
6 months to s year ago
1 to 2 years and 11 months ago
3 years to 4 yeara and 11 manths ago
5 years to 9 years and 11 montha ago ,
10 years or longer
Never
(If never is checked - Skip 13, lr and 15)
� 13s. Whet hospital was used?
13b. Did yau get good care there? Yes Na
14. Everyone iikes and dislikes so��ething about the hospital t�hey go to; which
of the fallowing statements are true about the hospitel you go to?
(Check all those that apply.)
My doctor is on the hospital didn't hsve a doctor on any hospital
$�g�f staff
Easy to get to Difficult to get to
Keeps you waitin� too long Will provtde care without much delay
Treats you discourteausly or Treats you caurteously or polite2y
impolitely
Good care
Too expensivp Not toa cc�stly
Qvercrowded Can easily be edmitted for needed
care
Friendly Unfrien�ly
Gloomy snd dirty �Clean and cheerful
Staff really cared about me
15. How do you usually get to the hospital? Drive Bus Walk
Taxi Police Friend Ambulance
• 16a. Have ou or an member of ,
y y your family ever use� �hP emcrgeacy facilities at
St. Peu2 Ramseq Aospital?
Yes No
Quest�on No. 16 ¢ontinued , . . , . � .
• 16b. If so, did qou find the service: Acceptable Eacellent ^
� �Good_ Fair _____ Poor �„ Dofl't know________
16c. �Tss there 'anpthing about tbe emergency care that qou didn't like?
Yes No
�_. _..._
If ao� what?
I6d. Were there some things about the emergencq care qou liked?
Yes�_ No
If so, what?
17a. Have you ever used an ambulance? :
Yes No ��
17b. Glt►en was the laet Cime qou or a n►ember of your family ueed sn ambulauce?
1 to S monthe ago � �
• 6 manths to a year ago
1 to 2 yeara and 11 months sgo
3 years to 4 qears and 11 mcaths ago
5 qears to 9 year.s aad 11 moathe ago •
10 years or longer �
Never
18. I am going to read a� l•isL af reasons that people saaietiaMes give us for not
seeing a medical do�tor �rhe�t �erhaps they should. Thinking back over your
o+�m experience�, pleaae tell me wtiether or not e�ch of these hae ever kept
you (or anyone in the family�, from seeing a do�tor.
D�id you (or asryone i.n tl�e f�ily) ever put off seeing a medical doctor
becauae . . . �
. Yee t�1�
A. You didn't kno� e good doctor?�� � 1 2
B. You didn't want to apend the mor�ey aa a doctor �
unless you had to? 3 4
. C. It unight be painful; tl�e doctor might hurt you? 5 6
D. You vere too bueq to aee a doctor� you didn't have '
t im�e? 7 8
Queation No. 17 conti�ued
• And have qou (or anyone in the family) ever put aff
seeing a medical doctor becaase . . .
Yes No
E. You have to wait too long in the doctor'a office 1 2
F. You don't like to bother the doctor unlesa it's
necessary? 3 4
G. You didn't think the doctor could help you anyway? 5 6
And have you (or atiy�one in the femily) ever put off
seeing a medical dactor because . . . .
H. Traveling in the city ia such a problem? 1 2
I. It takes too long to get to the doctor's office? 3 4
J. Didn't have a family doctor. 5 6
ASK ONLY IF CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN THE FAMILY
K. It's hard to go bec+�uee ot looking after
the children? 7 $
L. Is there any other reason you have ever had for
. putting off seeing a doctor? (IF YES, SPECIFY) 9 1Q
19. Same peaple feel it is hard to underatend a doctor's explanations about
sickness. Does your family doctor explain about (your/children's) pro-
blems in a way that was easy or hard for you to understand?
Easy Hard
20a. Now, all things considered� how satisfied are you with the medical care yon
and your househol� have been receiving? (Please check that one that applies)
Very satiefied Fairly satisfie�� Not too satiefied_,�
20b. All things considered, haai satiafied are you with the hospital care you and
your houaehold have been receiving? (Please check that one that epplies) �
Very satisfied Fairly satisfied_______ Not too satisfied_
21. If qour doctor hsd an assiatant who inad had medical trainin� snd was under
. his supervision:
A. I w�ouldn't care if he treated me
H. I would not �an� him treating me
' r•
22, Bvery tasily paya for ita doctor 'expea�es in a different �ay, please rheck
• those that appl�.
Inaurance _ -:
' oan 'tncoaie � , . ' � . . .
� ,
Medical aseistance
____..r_
Msd icare
Other . .
Like�ri,e ovith your hospital expensea could you please check thoee beluw
Chat apply. . . .
.��.
Iuaurance
tkm It�+come .
_�^ Medical Ass,�stsnce �
,
� Med icare
__....___...
��_ Other
23a. Zf inedical expet►aes are paid by i:tsurance, aak 1f it's:
• Private '
Employer or group
Both
23b. If a private insurauce plan, trould you,mind telling us the premium rate?
(Surv�eyor should nota rste per amount o! time)
23c. Do pou consider tris insurance plaa adequate coverage?
24t. Do the pe�gle �h3 wa;_!; ia your fAmily have plana at �ork ahereby when theq
are sick Cb�.., s�i�.l rer��tna thPir wages?
Yes No
24b. Are these w�ges adcrcu±Fe?
�•: Np .
24c. Wh� ha� sk�i�s? theFe rlan(s)?
25. Are you�fms►i3.iar. �R-it`: �:n:y �-in° �f. rr.e-paid medical care, such as Group
Aealth, �a`�..ic::� t��•r.•,ri.�f�� nedf.��i care along with hoapitalization?
� I£ available, would you mak� uee of it? Ye� No ^�
I alreadq use such a program. Ye�_ No
26. Have yon. thonght about other doctora or cliaics that you or. your family ,
� would prefer to go to but didn't for varioua reaeons? .
Yea No
......___
A. Could you give us the names and addresaes o# medical facilitie8 you
might prefer going too.
B. �Thq aren't you uaing these fscilitiea naw?
A�.�.tt,�r hAalth concern for every fawily is dental care, realizing thia we would
like to esk same questions that apply to that area.
27. Do you and the members of qour family go to the dentist each year, even
though your teeth are not bothering you?
Yes No 3ome do, eome don't
28. Where do you go for dental care?
. 29. When was the last time you or other members of your family vieited the
dentiat?
30. In generRl �v=��ild pou agree .or.disagree Mith the follawing atatementa4
Agree Diaegrec Dosi't knoM
A. Der,r�'. �r.:.., :j� !.�;, @XQP.1IS�.V@ .
, ��
B. DFUs.,.s*_._� 4� ��x��� 4 �•c,�FO;•..;'t. interest
in L:�iC 3.T ;!,j9'��•�;;',"-_'�
....��.
C. Zt tFker t:�� I�;,•,._ si: �;•�� •��n sppointment. .
D. W�.1� �:a :it���'•_•.tt:e^r.*, t� �ar;:;.tt is usually
sa�:: r.::vr���zly ?;y �:h� �Fatiat '
�_
31. How da ;r.i� p.^; ��r. c`.r_F:f��a:�, ex�t�•nsr�a? (Check mare than one if it appliea.)
71,t:tv.n''� C'um "����•�,,n NSedical Assiatance
, ._.__..�. _._`._
� ;,r? .
. . . _-'��a.w��� . .
� 32a. Do you or c:.;; ::�r-.:i.'.� member see n medical doctor aho examinea eyee?
Yes _,_. No_,�
Optametrist Ye� N�
Qu�stion No. 32 contirnud
• 32b. If so, what is/are their names?
32c. If anp member(s) of your familq aear glaeees, wfiere did you get them?
�3, Do qon or any family member feel yoa might need glaasea, but you haven't
gottea them because o! the coat?
Yes po
34. Do qou or anq familq member receive aaq care from a specialiat(s)? (Such
as eye, pediatrics, gynecologist, ect.)
Yea No
'. If yes, what kind of apecialiat4
35. Do you feel you or any family member needa a epecialist'e attention but
aren't getting it?
Yea � No
If not. v�try? (check thoae that applq)
� Cost Transportatiaa Fear Convenience
Don't knaw auy Other�_ Can't get refer�ed to a
apecielist _ Dan't kncw hoa to get referred to a epecialist
3b. Do yau ax ::�. "._<;�:�;• m��;ber receive care fran a chiropractor?
� . 1,�
37. Whea :.._ , . .. , ., . :��•_�`: ; -. .;;.�k usuallq there are prescribed medicines,
pills ;�x r„•:,�� ..... _ :;a: �;�-;�R•;-;;%.,��r -giy� them, where do you nsually get these
prescribec' +r��:.i� ;.�cr::: -:•r . :-.. :�•i.�t3r,:t.ans filled?
38. Wt:;* �;_... ;��:�. , .. ... �k.- �v,:F•" , ���eck those that aPP1Y)
:;_ ;:�:� :r:_y.:•, . . :`,,-..�: �.,M.._._.. Lo�w Cost Delivery service
. . .. ....,i'.t:: .......$ .._ , ?'i-HS'tR
39. Have ;�a�� . :?" '•y`' . , 'r �..E.`. � :.:_,:;:�:.;.���1*�n filled because of high cast?
• i e_:-:----�-__ ' --
��ti
4Qs. �tave you ever asked a druggiat for medical edvise before 8eeing a doctor?
#
Yea No
��� i
40b. Aas' ycu� �di�tigai#C' �eves raferred��qou to a doctor? � " - � � .
• Yes _ =_. _ ,
41. With today's fast pace ot living �ne realiae people have to cope with ma�+
pressurea and tenaions. Becaus�i'of this, it !s aiten neceeaary for people
to aeek advice and help in desting with the �eeulting problems. Have
you or any member of pour family ever used tihe couneeling service of any .
of the folla�ing camnwity agencies? (Please check asry you or a famflp
member hae used).
a,_Community Mental I�ealth C1lnic
Famil� Service `
Wilder Child Guidance CenCer
Catbolic Social Service
��Privete couaselor - �
_Veteran's Hospita! ` �
Clergyman
� __,___Family doctor
_�,THamm Paychiatric Clinic
42. Looking at your neighborhood and the kinds of problems people have to deal
with day to daq, do you eee a need for ainy of ttie l,llawirg aervicea to be�
located in your neighborhood? ••
A. marriage couAaelor
� �couna��or gar s2abhblfcs
���ua�l�or for drug�al�users
couase�or for psrsntrehild, proDle�s
counselor !or financial problenee
counselor to help �►ith individual emotional problems
other
_,_ dop'� consider anq of them tueded .
B. Which of the abave do qou conaider most important?
:r . . � .. �
...
43a. Do you feel drug abus� is 8 problees in qour neighborhood?
Yes No Don't ka�
b. If Y�r�, ahich of the fQllowing aaye do you feel Nill t�elp solve the drug
problem for qour co�ity?
drug infox�coatioi► and education for adults
'-drug inforwgtioa sad edncatian for touth
drug counselor
, . zehabilitation center
� en�rgency drug service
stronger police control
� 44a. Do you think parents 1n �our. neighborhood feel comfortable and capable of
talking openly �ith their children about the area of sex?
Yes y N_� Don't kaoat _
b. Would you �ilias to attssd -seriea o# mestings that aould d#s�uss t�oa to
. talk openly �bout sex vith your children?
ye� ' D�'t �CA` Doean't apply
�{if no ch�ic�rea ia ttte famf:�,y, �#sr�gas+d queetiona� 45, 46, 47) . .
45. • flas yoar �c�ild�ev+er bad cantact wi� �th� :�chool auree for,auy of the
foila►��g re�aona? (cbsck �hqs� that� apply)
Deatal checkup
I�mmunisst�-.(�bota)
Illness at actaol
Ilinass at homs
46. Aas the school nurse ever suggeated that. y�w:r chiLd or s mQa�ber of your
fmmily seek further medical attention?
Ysa '1'e:s No
=:�...
..�...._� _..._-..
If yes, check the ones that apply:�
; . �� ,
_Owm fe�ily doc�or . .
Dentist ;-
Eye doctor
�`Speech therapiat .
� Other
47. Did th� scteooL nurse.che�cic baak.�►itb qP�t W make sure you sovght out this
help? . .
. :
Yes No . .
48.. Have you or has your familq rver had a visiting nurae, other- than e achooi
sRUrse, visit your ho�me? . ,
- Yes 110 . . Never knea �sueh s service existed
.r__._------
As�e you•awere �hat ao�s o� your aaighberi msy h+tv�e had a vi.eitiag nuree in
their home?
Yea No„�,_
While you or (Wife) vas preg�snt �lth your laat child did you (wife) go to
a doctor or 'clin3c for �ny kfad o� care for pregtisitcq. � � � �
Yes No
___...-__..� ._....�.
*If yes, zohatr:mbdt�=-off���p�gn�n�:did you first go to the doctor?
Befoxe your child's first bfr�hda�►•did.,�s�rget to tlie dactar for check-upe?
• Yes No '. � •
�f yes, abaut' haov metryr ti�es dfd' �- get to the doctor?
Ansrer only if reepondent or a member of the respon�dent's family is over the
age of 65. . . . .
49. Do you .Qr a me�mber �a� your family uae Medicare?
. Yee �_
50. Doea Medicare allaw yon or � family member to receive all the medical
attention you. fe�l you ne�d? �
Yes No
�..�.._ _.___--
Sle. Do you feel qoa are adequately informed about health services and facilities
in your area?
Yes �_ Pio
Slb. What is the best way of letting qou knoa of new health services?
A. St. Paul neWSpaper
B. Church Bulletins
C. Co�emtuiity gtoups
D. Church Groups
E. Area newepapers
52. The purpose of thie survey aas to find out what medical services sre most
needed and would be m�st valutble to you and your neighborhood. Would
any of the follo�ing apply to you and your neighborhood, if so p2ease check
the onea that applq:
� Loa cost neighborhood health clinic
_____Better tranaportation routes to medical facilitiea
_.____Babysitting services for a�dical appointments
__,___Etealth care claases ,
,�_,First aide training in the neighborhood
�Shuttle bua from the neighborhoed to medicai fscilities
�, Neighborhood I�ental Health Clinic
Familq pla�ing information and care
_Loa cost haalth insuraace
_,_,,,I�ore adequate coverage from Medicsre
____._Lov� cuet dental care
_.____School medicsl aervi�ces extended to adults
La`r cost epe care .
Directorq of inedical oervicea a�td medical insurance in qour area
_ Low cosC teenage clinic �
Emergency phona 8e�cvice for health insurance
�,Doctor in your comnunity
Drug information and treatment ceater
Knowledge of scmeons ia qour immediate area wha has FirBt Aid
training and kno�e Nhere to receive emergenrq help (inclnding
transportation�.
_Venerea� disease infordation a� care
Do you have any ideas nhich we have not mentioned?
• Which ot the three or four abova if would
, any, you coasider the maet
important? (Please List)
� 53. Would you be ailling to volunteer socie �ti,e�e to �eork for impravement of the
health services in your nel�borhood?
Yee� N;� Msybe_______
Could you suggeat someone alse abo might be villing to volunte�r some
time to �ork for improvemeat of the health services in the neighborhood?
� , � ,
r
• •:.
• � .
;:.
•
�
Wn��1d y�t� �.AA1C at ehis liet and ch�ck off all of the aources of y�our family
income?
" Privste e�ployment: Full time _
Part t=
Unemploymant ccmpenaation
Public As�iotance
Social Security
Other retirement fimda
Private Sanings
Other
Would qou give ua �n eatimate of the total monthly income of y*our tamily?
$ 0 - $200�._____
$201 - $350
�35i - gSOO�
$501 - g650_
$651 - $�0 __.___
5841 - $950
$951 & over
�
• We are aaare that �obe are often very hard to find. Would you mind telling me
where everyone in the family aho Morks outside the home is employed. That is�
the name of the placea Where membere of yaur faaily work.
a,
Person a name Emplaqer
b.
Person s nama Employer
c.
Pereon a name Employer
a.
Peraon s name E�ploqer
i
MERRICK CfiN&�7NITY CENrER
• 715 EDGERTQN STREET
ST. PAUL, �MINNE30TA
,
SUM�fARY OF SUM�R PROGRAM 1970
S�er 1970 arriaet� and venished, befo�e you could blink ydar eye, I �voul,d
like to takp a few ;ihin�t�s to share with you some af the pPtigrams st�d serviCes
�thet were offered li�r Meirrick Genter, during the past three mcmths.
The prog�re�ne o��ere�] w�re a8 follows:
l. Tot Lbt Progt►�j�:
2. Da�r ,C�mp Progr�rn
3. �teside:rt Cap� progr�n
4. In Ho��e Prog�+atn
5. Speei�l Swi�h I�egram
6. Operetian T.R.E.P.
7.� Special Activifiy Program and Farm Program
8. Ext+ended Cara�it�g Program
9. TutoaE�is��. Pr�gr�mm
10. Cacnynity CeunQil Funt3ans .
11. Extension Servi�es prbgram �
12. Ea�laym�n� Progrem
�OT_,IAT P�,Q�M
,. ,
� For the fd�t►th ye��� tNerriek Center offered a program designed to aAeet the
needs of the � to 6 year old child. This summer, 42 chilcbcen were irnolved in
a prog�ram wt�ich provided ca�structive, fun filled activities foa� the young.
Aetivitie� 3nc�uded €iel.d trips, a visit from a policeman, trip to the R�m-
�p Ccx�nty Fair, dress up day, and a f3.t�a1 pie�ni� for the participent� and
the�r fa�nili�s. A staff of 1 D3reator and 6 Camse�ca�s, prav�ded the mueh
needed indiwi�el attent3.an, as weli as afferiAg group experienee far the
me�ere. �
It has been our► experienee, that m�ny of the yourtgaters have fauud it hard to
leave hoane fvr a few ha�rs, and relafie to sc�neone oth�r t�.an Mom. The o�Qp-
ortun�.ty ef€arded through the Tot Lot Program has lesseruad this fear, end fe�r
ma�dy it has me�ar�t fihat their first y�ar tn school has be�n more �roduetiv�.
�t may be notewr�rttl7y, fihat two of the par�ieip�unta in t'h�s y�ars pro��n,
traveled frd� t�lahe, Nebraska for th� second sun�mer to be in our �rogr�m.
b�AY CA@+� P�AM
Merrick Day Camp a�lcamed 134 ch3ldrean �vho had eampleted �e firaC through
sixth grade. A �taff ef 2 Direetor, 6 Sr. Caunselors, s�d 2 Jr. Caunselors
p�atmed a pregre� and act�.vities far� tw� -.. three week �esatca$. Oriet�tatiaan
week -- June 15-19th-- wa�s uti].ized te inerease the skills e� knaavledg� of
the staff� On Meoday, 3utie 22, en eager etaff inet a graup of over eager ehild+
ren, and began wh�t turned out to be a very succeaafi�l caat� progr�.
� am sure that Dsy Cemp meent differ�nt things to each ir�ivtthial. However,
• I am e�o sure that if you were to esk a �na�orit�y of tl�a earwpers, t weuld
�Y
all agree t�at being able to partieigate in the eut.-of-doe�r�a at Ca�p Wilder,
nas a wel�ca�e �ummex► vacet3c�as.
� cz�
Each grdup (ce�sfating of 1 camselor arid 1.2 campera) was assigned #o their a�n
ea�npeite. Nere they had ar� opportunity to do ntheir thing". 3aa� b�uilt ela-
borate campsitee, w3th fences, and neture centers, while athers were interestet!
in a�er espeets of cemp. Overnights for the older ehildret� end late nig�ts
fvr the ya.mg aiere well recefved. During such programs, tIie eampers had en
appartunity to displsy the skills at�d talenta they had aquired �ring ea�.
Swi�ming and eaanpir�g go together like cheese atr�d egple pie. St �vas herd te
firid anya�e a�o eamplained when it was their time to uee the avoimming facili-
ties. In eddi#ion te free awimming, ]�e�sons �ere given to all of the ehildren.
Addi.tional camping ecti�kities incluc�d fishing, hikiing, eamp eeurt, archery,
rature lore, aud a tour ef the W31der Nature CeAter.
In e�senee, a program wes offered�that�masyd�fEe�ent:ftian:•�he Fell and Winter
Progr�n of Merrick Center, but a program that challenged the it�fv3dual ability
of each ehild attending Day Camp. .
It was a sad dey when en excellent sta�f said their final ferewe2la te a p,�dap
of children tha# were unknown to them 6 weeks prior. Eaeh steff inember ha�r-
ever, had the sati.sfeetatan of lme�wing th+�t they had cet�trilwted in s�ane way
to a grewp of deaerving vhildren.
I�AD OF RA�PI_DS
•"H of R Campers Are High �tfnded" ... , ,.So the eang goes. It is a soa�g that goes
back 18 years. For it wes 18 yesrs ago the Merriek Center engag�ed in a eo-
aperative e�ing progr�n, aperated et 3t. Croix State P�rk.
Merriak Center and Hallie Q. Brown Hcnase, en3ayed a successful 1�970 C�mping
Seescm. Eaeh agency is respansible for one-half of the campers; ac�nintrative
respansibil.�ties; staffing far the c�np; and �ther ingredients necessary to
prwicle a quality c�ging program.
This summer, 100 beys and girls from Merrick Center in grad�s 4 - 9, were f�-
trodueed to e new way of life. Cabin grcwps ec�sis#ing of approocimately 12
ind3v3duals, embarked c�qnn 12 days of fun and exeitement. Again this year 3
twelve day eeasione were offered.
It is hard tQ recall all of the significant h8ppenings the# took place at e�.
All fio of�en Se�tlement Houses have been quest�aned ebaat the "large amaunt
of time" devoted to carr�ing. While fun and recreatio� are pert af the program
offered at Mead of the Rapids, we do bring ebout sigtzifieant sociel change.
One girl in particular, wrote a letter to �he Gar� D3reetcrr thsnking her for
the opportu�ity to atfiend e�mp. During her stay, �his indiv3chie2 was able to
vtaark out problems that were eonfra�ting her both at can� and at hane. It wes
a very trying sitvation to �ay the ieast. 3he ended her letter by eaying '
that she ce�u].ein•t wait for the e�iarice to help others, and htiped that she wauld =
be considere� far a ce�n�elor*s pc�eition when she was old eneu�. �
� In summary Head of the Rapids attempted to expose todayts ya�th to eaund pro-
graanring, Overni.ghts, cr�aft programs, s�3m�ir�g end group living ehallenged
each individuals resaur�efulness and i�g�enuity. We ncst anly att�npted ---
we accamplished.
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YI� Ii�JSE PROGRAM °
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Merri�k Center wes apen two evenings a week, �to prov3de for ar�d �rith the teen-
agers developing programs of' their �ho3ce. Open lounge, or gym or meybe 3ust
a chaACe to sit and telk, wss enjoyed by all.
In addition, Well Haby Clinie met on the 2nd and 4t� Fxidays, �aring for the
needs of yotu�g mothers ar�d their infants. On the 3rd Manday, Fam31y Planning
and Health Clinies offered their services.
0� Thursday afternoons a caoking class was held for the yaungsters. There is ec
nsiderable 'l�►uth to. �the statement that "The quiekest way to a ehild ia thrc�ugh
his etemraeh".
SPECIAL SWIM PRUGRAM
A speeial summer sw3nming pragram canducted � Tuesday and Thursd8y for a aix
week period of t3n�, was aiell received by 50 bays and gir].s. Free transpar-
tetion and usage of Wilder Pool provided the neeessary means to "keep cool"
during the sumner months.
OPERATIOH T,R.I.P.
Thraagh the cooperat3,on of the Neighborhoal Youth Corps and Plern�i.ng Ceuncil,
• Merrick Center enjoy�d a totally ne� and differenfi summer program. Eaeh Wed-
nesday 50 individuals fram Dayton's Biuff Ca�nunity and the Cannamity servecl
by Merrick Center, boarded a bus for points of intereet in and arouncl the City
of St. Paul. Trips were planned to Fort Snelli.ng; A cruise dc►wn the Mississ. -
ippi River; Visit to Crystal Caves ar�d Agricultvral Taurs. The progr�n was
offered free of charge, which also included lur�ches for the children.
SPECIAL ACTNITY PROGRAM & FARM PROGRAM
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A "BLITZ� Program v¢as offered during June to involve those not motivated by
the plenned progr�ns that were offered. Plenning was concl•acted by the teens
at�d supervised by staff.
Activ3ties ineluded a trip doam the App1e River; Canoe trip down the 3t. Croix
River; Go-earting; Overn�ght campiag in 3t. Cro3x Park, and swimming at Tur-
tle Lake.
Twelve grd�de and Jr. hi� boys end girls were 3ntroduced to rurai living-
throu� the Center*s participat3on in the C3ty Farm Exehsnge Progra�n.
The participarts resided w�tth the farm families during their three dsy visit.
A canplete exposure fio faxm life ineluding ehores, reereatian and special
eetivities were affered. I have a feeling that whil.e the 12 had a� excel-►
lent time, they arere happy and more appreciative of hame and their families.
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A graup of teenage girls tried their han8 at roughing 3t aut•of-doars. Terms
sueh as tent poles, trench shavels, fire buekets etC, so� becam� part of their
life.
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It was interesting te nete that the weaker sex,accustamed to the finer things
in Life, perf ormed in exee llent f ashi o�. This may be partly due to the fact
that wher� it c�n�e da�n to the reality that if I did�nt clean the dishes and
help with the cooking, I would*nt est. In any event, the girls out�did them-
selvea and totally e��ayed their experience.
Ttl'�RIAL �'ROCRAM
Mert�ick Center was irnited for the seco�d year, to beccxne imrolved in the Tut-
ariel Pregrem offered by Operatiai Insi�t.
Yauth from the nefghbarheed who were in need of special assistance in reading
soan feund that schc+el ec�ld be fun ena worthwhile. While the progrann was
directed tcx�ard aeademic acheivement, it was app�eached an the basis that the
3ndividuel o�auld experience many new things and when poss3b].e read abcx�t auch.
QONrUN�'lY COUNCIL PROGRAMS
Under the general direetian of the Payne-Mirmehaha cannasnity eaunei�., 92 bdys
and girl$ were iavolved in variaus temn ever�te. P�c�grems such as "T^ Bell,
SoftbaLt, end Baseball were pravided , giving the Temy U*s snd Mieg Ta9ni 0's
an o�pou►tut�i.ty to make their mask� in the reco�rd books. E�ch individual was
given a ehance to play regardless of the3r ebility. Our girls te�n a�e� the
divisiaa� they canpeted in fnr the secand year.
• A final ball �eme and picnie for all partieipants and their parente at Phalen
Fark brought an end te a successful prog�ram.
In August the Ceuncil spansored art Ice Cream Saeie�. and Voter Edueatie� Night.
Iee cre�► and eake - nusic» and a chance to hear fram the candidateo running
fo�r public c�ffiee in our area, eanei�#:u��d the agende foa� the evening.
�NSION SERVICE �PARTi�£NT
M]ARI JUANA------LSD----�ACID---.-�-SPEED
�gly worde ... Werds which h�saever, are part of today's tQengge voe�bua.ary,
The Extension Services �epartment spent the better part of the summer menth�
dealing with the problem of drugs, and those situatians c�used by such. Un�
en�layn�nt, it�dividual evunseling, family troubles, and trying to motivate the
un-motivated were but s part of the servi.ces extended.
It is hard to judge the i�act of many man haurs devoted to such situations.
Our intent wes to be awsre of what was happening, where, and what Merriek
Center c�uld do to bring ab�t a meaningful ehange.
Such problems d� net oanly exist during the summer months. It is well under-
- st�ed that a lcmg term epproaeh is needed te curb the apparent problem. and
• begin a new road aheed for thoee in seareh of more meaningful experienre.
Through � eooperative venture with the courts, Pelice Deportment, and other
Social Agencies we hope t• close the gep that exists.
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E�1E!LOY't�NT PR�OGRAM
Merrick Center, in eeop�ration wi�h the Phalen Aree Cannunity ��pit�yrnent Pro-
gram, ea�ployed three y�ths from our comm�nity to essis� aur off3ce staff and
help with msintenence of the Center.
It was interest�tng to see a m�rked change in the attitudes of these three
individuals.
Fer the f3rs�C time they were able to direct their taltnts in a positive
directiar�. They were p$rt o� a team that hed a 3ab to do. So�neone c�1^ed
about whet they were doing. I am sure that eaeh o€ these indiv3duals left
the Center with a gr�ater underst�nding of what we are trying to accanplish,
and with a set��e of indi.vidual aecomplishment.
Well that was ��e su�nmer of 1�70. Many th3.ngd �ere aCCO�mpli�h�d, and many
things are 'still left td be a��anplished. With�it a well treined staff,
noc�e of th� above would have been possible. With summer behind us=, are 8re
now looking forward to a successful Fall and Winter Progra�m. I em confident
thefi fien months from now, I will be able to write a similer report bn aur
accam�lishments.
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Exeeutive Director
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� 3?ATF.t�N? OF APPLICANT'3 ELIGIBILITY
The Spaac�soring Agency: The delegate agency applying for
Ecaanomfc Opportunity Act funds is the Chriat Child Society of St. Paul,
Inc. , a noan-sectarian organizatior� incorporated in the Stete of Minne-
sota in 1936 as a nan-proft social service organizatian. Ttte Christ
Chfld Society is a tax exempt, charitable organization under both
State and Federal rulings of the Internal Revenue Code and is regularly
audited and registred under ttie Charities Registration Act of 1961,
Laws of the State of Mi�esota. The incorporated purpose of the Christ
Child Society is to "develop, constitute end maintain a program for
the spiritual, moral, educetionsl and recreational needs of the
children and persaa�s of the City of St. Paul, Caunty of Ramsey,
� Minnesota." �" The Christ Child Society carries out this funetion
through Merrick Comrnunity Center, located at 715 Edgertoa Street, St.
P�ul. Merrick C amRinity Center ie a participating agency in the
Greater St. Paul United �nd and Councils, Inc.
The eanduct of the Center's program has been non-seetarian since
its organization, serving the residenta of a specific geographic aren
of St. Paul's East 5ide , regardl.ess of rece, religian or national
origin. Merrick Cam�unity Center has traditionally offered a program
af Socisl Service utilizing the concept.s of pre£essional social work,
and m�inCain� membership in the Nat�.onal Federation of Settlements
and Neighborhood Cent�ers, the American Can�ing Asaociation, and the
Minnesota Welfsre AsBOCiati�.
On may 4th, 1965, the Board of Directors at its regularly
� schechiled manthly meeting, re-affirnied its position of non-descrimi-
1. Article III Amended Articles of Incorp orati� of the Christ Child
av���abl�Iupc�rs ��s� a� fhe ��n�ere�f�ice��orporatian and By-Laws are
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: • natory practices and filed with the St. Paul United Fund a statement
to that effect.
I . EXPRES3ION OF PURPOSE
The purpose of the proposal is to administer a program which would:
l. Coordinate the exisfiing programs of social, recreational,
health, educational, and welfare services currently of£ered to
the area residents on a fragmented basis. It is obvious from
studies, reports of new programs and general knowledge of the
community, that n�ny resources are aveilable to the residents
of the housing neighborhood. This proposal does not intend
to duplicate, or assume, other agencies' funetions. Yet it
is apparent, that the residents of the area need to be made
aware of the available resources, and be helped to take ad-
� vantage of them. It is the intent of the proposal to have the
staff of this agency act as coordinators of the facilities
available, to the extent which would be permitted by the
�ousing Authority and to act as a lisison between the agenciea
offering services and the persons who should benefit from them.
This indicetes that the role of the agency staf£ will be in
"case finding" as well as "enabling" the residents to take
advantage of the services availeble. This would be accomp-
lished by assistfng the residents to become aware of the
services, assisting them in meeting their transportation
needs, and praviding them with child-care, as they take ad-
vantage of these serviees. '
2. Offer additio�al direct services to the residents, when
� current programs or existing �camrunity resaurces are i.nadequate
to meet th� escisting needs by:
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• a. Organizing and staffing can�runity organization graups
which wi21 work toward the betterment of neighborhood
life and area grawth and development, utilizing the
Social Work methodology of Comnalnity Organization
and Citizen Participation.
b. Co�ncentrating on the integration of the housing pro3ect
with the neighborhood and motivating the residents into
the "meir� stream" of carmunity life in the greater area
and St. Paul com�nunity: This will be done by assisting
the residents to participate in groups which have as
their focus, the betterment of the ca�rnunity. (These
groups include recreation association booster groups,
PTA graups, lawn and garden clubs, corm�aunity betterment
� graups, and Boy and Girl Scouts) . An attempt will be
made to enable the residents of Public Housing and the
surr�nding neighborhood to meet face to face over
corrnnon interest end concerns. Wider applications of
this eoncept will be to involve residents in district
and city-wide organizations to assist them to assume
leadership in the eamiunity.
c. Providfng easework and/or referral services for those
' families end individuals who are in need of intensive
social casework, or who need "on the spot" counselling
and guidance in ttie everyday struggle to meet the de-
�mends of life in the "poverty cycle." It is not the
intenti� of this proposal to duplicate other agencies'
� roies or funetia�s. It is an accepted theory that many
multi-problem families remain dependent due' �to their lack/of
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, initiative or ability to seek aut social services. This
proposal includes a neighborhood "family worker" who will
help families solve their imnediate problems and assist
them to seek out more intensive services to eliminate the
the causes of their problems.
d. Providing two Social Group W orkers to concentrate on
children and teen-agers who are currently regarded as
"problem" yaungsters by the schools, police, probation
affice, social agencies, or other responsible organizat3ons.
Their efforts will be directed toward helping these ehildren
. to modify current behavior patterns, and reorienting them
toward achieving more positive personal goals, especially
� in the areas of educational achievement and legal compliance.
e. Conducting, organizing, ar coordinating the purchase of
services not now available fran existing social, legal,
health, and other agencies in St. Paul, when necessary to
meet the needs of the residents.2
3. Provide a�neighborhood resource and a physical locatior► for
offering social services to the residents of the surrounding
neighborhood; specifically, an apartment unit in the Housing
Pro3ect which will serve as the office and small meeting space
for the program's headquarters.
2. Copies of letters from agencies willing to co-operate in thia pro-
grsm are attached as Exhibit A. '1`hese agencies are: Ramsey County
Welfare Dep�rtment, Family Service, The Bureau of Catholic Charities,
The Department of Parks and Recreation of the City of St. Paui,
Family Nursing Service, The St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment
� Authority and the Divisioz� of Spec�al Services of the Department of
Education.
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'i • II . DESCRIPTION OF NEEDS
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A total of 6,305 persons live with3n Census Tract #17 , the area
to be served by this praposal. Within Franklin D. Roosevelt Publie
Housing , the area of specific concern, reside 1,146 persons, 58 of
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' wham are non-white. The 316 units of Roosevelt Names are eoncen-
trated in a four-square-block area, mai.nly in four-unit apartment
buildings constituting a small portion of the total land area of
the tract, yet eanprising one sixth of the tractts population.
A small connwnity building housi,ng the offices of the Housing
Authority as well as the maintenance shop is located fn the Project.
In addition there is a roam in this building available for camNinity
use, which accommodates approximately 50 people. There is no play-
. ground within the Roosevelet Homes area except for a large unim-
proved field cantiguais to the Pro3ect, owned by the Housing
Authority. For supervised recreation, the children in this area
must go to Hazel Park Playgraund, located one mile Sautheast of
the �roject, or partfcipate in the minimal program offered in the
community building. The schools serving the children living in
Roosevelt Homes are all located some distance from the Pro3ect.
Ames Elementary School, serving kindergarten through the sixth
grade and Blessed Sacran►ent Ca#holic School, serving ehildren in
ffrst through eighth grades, are both three-quarters of a mile fran
the Pro�ect. Haael Park Junior High School and Harding Senior High
School are loceted one and two miles respectively, from the Pro3ect.
At present the followi.ng servicee are available to residents of
• Roosevelt Hanes:
a. Nursery School, canducted by the St. Paul Parks and
Recrestieen Department, meeting for 1� haurs per week.
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Attendance averages 25.
b. A well-baby clinic i� conducted by the Family Nursing
Service once a week in the community building.
c. The St. Peul Board of Education has conducted a Hane-
rnaker Edueatia� Ccuree in the past; its future fs not
eertain.
d. Bay and Girl 5cauts have a combined total of 25 children
active in sca�ting.
e. A senior cit3zens club under the auspices of the Parks and
Recreatiaa� Department meets one afternoon per week.
f. A half-time worker from the Department of Parks and
Recreati� prwides recreational programming for the
: � resi.dents of the Project , other than the Nursery and
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� the Senfor Citizens' programs mentioned above.
� g. Services of t�he Family Agencies in the �oc3a1 welfare
' field in St. Paul are available to residents of the
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Hanes, thraugh their normal intake procedures.
III, STAT�STICAL DATA
The previaus material illustrates to sane extent the comnunity
with which we ere c�ncerned, and what canmunity resaurces are
evailable. The follaaing material presc�ts a statiatical view
of the residents of Rooaevelt Homes. Of the 1,142 peaple living
in Roosevelt Homes as of September, 1964, the age and sex breakdo�m
. is as follaws:
� 0 to 19 years of age--689 (no sex breakdown is available
a� children) - 60.]96 of the population;
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20 to 64 years of age--3S8 - 117 male end 241 female -
31.5l6 of the pagulaticn; �
65 asid over--95 - 22 male and 73 female - 8.49d of the
populaticn.
To be meaningful, thase ststistics nust be cae�ared with population
charscteristics of Ce�su� Trsct 17 and the total City of Sfi. Paul.
The nun�er of children living in Roosevelt Ho�mes is 60.196 of the
total papulatiar� of the pro�ect. In Censu� ?ract 17 , 43.996 of the
populatiau is un�er 19 years of ag�,, whereas, only 36.596 of the
City pc�ulatian falls in this category. T°hese atatistics indicate
the extr�nely high praport3an of children residing in Rooaevelt
Hanes, ca�ared to tht immediate surrounding comnunity, and total
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The stntfstics for adults bet�ween the ages of 20 and 64 indicate
that in Rooesvelt Kanes 31.5� of the pa�pulaticm falls within thie
category. Of thiB total, 10.496 are male and 21.196 are f�male, 3n-
clic�ting the disprcportionnte nu�ber of a�e-parent, female heads
of familiea. In Cestsue Trect 17 , 47 .196 of the papulation fs118
within this age range; 2296 anele and 25.196 femnle. In the City
of St. Pau1, Sl.�i of tt►e pc�pul�tian is betaeen 20 and 64 yeare
of age, 24.296 being male and 2T.496 being female. These figures
indicste t�ro ms3or itenis of d3spe�rfty betaeen Roosevelt Hanes,
its immed3ate surraunding ca�aumity. and the total city; i.e. the
hfgh praportian of ehildre�t� and the high pro�orticm of femel�
, heada of hauseholda�. ?he popuUtian 65 yeers of age and aver,
� however,ac�psree. favorably to thnt of the tract and the eity.
Z"!x inca�e statisties for Rc�osevelt Homes sre more aut of pro�ortiaa
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� � to the rest of the cam�nu�ity than is the case with the preceding data.
f The average annual femily incane for the City of St. Paul is $6,500.
In Roosevelt Hanes this figure shrinks to $3,917 .53 for the non-
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elderly families, 55.496 of these with an incan� of less than 53,000
� per year. 95.3a6 of the elderl.y families have incomes of �under $3,Ot10.
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� this average for Census Traet i7 , thus pulling this f�gure doam ecan-
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` siderably belaa the City-wide average.
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� On 4-1-65, the staff of Merrick Ca�nwnity Center prepared for its
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board of directo�s a memo describing the social needs existing in
� Roosevelt Hame�, using Family Centered Project criteria and statis-
� tics.� In additio� to thi.s material, the foregofng statistice point
� • aut even more emphatically the existence of poverty in Roosevelt
� Hcnnes. The fact that poverty exists in e Public Housing Project is
not surprising, for Nausing Pro3ects were apecifically created to
give adequate, clean and dece�nt hausing o�portunfties to low-incaa+e
families. What ia o£ COI'1C@M1 i haweve�, is the attitude of the re-
sidents, that living in public low-rental housing is the "end of the
line" for marry of tl�m. Hecause of the large number of children in
the area, it is of c�cern to the reeidents and to the management
of the hanes that there is a dearth of recreational facilities and
services for them. Even more basie, hawever, is the fact that s
large number af children of ane-parent familfes, are grawing up
withaut the influence of a total family unit; in most cases the
maseuline figure being the missfng parent.
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3. A copy of that memo "The Descrfptian of Social Need in the
Roosevelt Public Nausing Area", dated April l, 1965 , is attached as
Exhibit H.
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• The Roo�eve3t Hanes nei�borhood ia located t coneider�ble dist�nce
from dcwntawn St. paul, where aaoet of the family-serving egencie• and
resourcea are loeat�d. 56.5�96 of the nan-elderly families residing in
Roosevelt Homes are r�ce3viAg scme form of public assistance. Caeeaork
service is a part of this assistance, but unfortunately, few can �vail
themselves of the total opportunity presented by the cesework sgencies
aith which they eeme in eo�ntact. If a mother wenta to go do+�#aNn to
see her ca�eworker, she faces so meny probZeras, i.e. , arranging baby-
aitters, transport�tion, clothing. etc. , that anly a highly n�otivated
ind3vidual can faee up to this taek. It is clear that in Roosevelt
Hames we are not desling Mi.th highly-matfveted peaple but rather w3th
many people who aecspt too readily the fset that they are at the
bottan of the aocial and e��anic acale. Already there are instencea
• of e�econd generetiot� fea�.lies in Roosevelt Homes being ez� public �ssis-
tance, and w3th the extremely high number of children in the ares, it
is in��eretive that all the resaurces of the ca�nunity be made avafl-
able to thein to get th�n cut of the eycle of poverty, before they too,
becane publie welfare recipient8 in their own right.
IV. �OG_AAM OF THE PROPOSAL
� The prapoeal suba�3tted by an exiatfng ncs�-profit e�ial agency,
?he Christ Child Society-Merrick Camiunity Center, embodies within it
the philosphy of the, �ney and the profes�ian of Social Work. The
� efforts of the program �rtll b� directed to serve people and their
needs, to overcon�e the debilitating :xial, educatianal. health
(physical and aAental) , end ecas�a�tic circua�stsneea in which peraaan� in
! tt�e "poverty" group fiud theaiselvee. This Program ia based on the
car�victiat� that perso�s can be helped to a better and more procLuetive
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• n�ode of behav3or, by the concentrated application of social services
available in the canmunity of St. Peul, Minne sote.
The methods and techniques proposed herein are for the most part,
proven by experience of other ageneies in similar housing pro3ects
and neighborhoods in St. Paul end elsewhere. Specifically, the delegate
agency has used two �blications of the United States Department of
Health and Welfare and the United States Housing and Home Finance
Agency: Serv_ice ,for�£ m,il_ies Living in Public HousinQ and its follaav-
up report, Two Year Proax�ess Reoar* - Joint Task Porce an Educa�ioz�,
Health Welfare Service�, and Haueing; A canminity report of the Group
3ervices and Recreatie�n Cauncil of the Greater St. Paul United Fund
and Councils, Inc. "Memorandurn - Subcommifitee ori Leisure Tfn� Servicea
to Low Rental Housing Projects - Report" May 16, 1958;4 personal
•
interviews with the Executive Director and Extension Director of the
Mt. A3ry Public Hauaing Extension Office of Capitol Co�rmunfty Services
Inc. of St. Paul; the Director of the Greup Servfces and Recreatio�
Council of the Greater St. Paul United F1�nd Inc. ; the Bxecutive Director
and Director of Caaaunfty Services of the St. Paul Housing and Redevelop-
ment Authority;and fieally, the cort�bined thfnking o£ the prafessional
staff of Merriek Carmunity Center.
The main ca�cept of the program is that of coordinating or develaping
further,services current2y available through a host of ageneies but
which are:
a. Not evailable ia suff3eiet�t quantity or quality.
b. Nat being used in aa advat�tageaus manner by the residents.
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4. A copy of that memorandum is e�ttached as Exhibit C.
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• Thie proposal is baeed an certain aesumptioe�s wh3ch have not been
scientifically tested by thorough reeeareh but rather ar� knov�m to be
exiatent thrau� experience, observetian and general knowledge. For
exgmple, a ane h�lf-time recreetian leader serving a popule�tion of 1100
persons, approximately 6qi of ahom are children, is an 3nadequate amount
of staff service in thia area. When S�6 of the families are one parent
households, social disorganizaticn is pravalent in the area. We are
also canvinced thet lack of edueation, training or o�rportvnity for
�mplo�yment or emplcyyment upgrading is a potent force in the creatfan
of a "hausing pro3ect" attitvde which fs at best one of inferiority
or despair an the part of a large number of the residents. It ie the
intent of this program to break the cyele of poverty whi�h feed� ac�
these factore of soeial disorganization.
� Most of what is listed in the body of the prc�osal as aesum�tiona
and the dtatisties or facts affeet.it�g the residents, 3: the result of
the work of professianal staff a�embers of the Hausing Autharity,
Merrir.lc Center and other Social Agenciee. The 3taff of Merrick Center,
recognizing the neceaeity to detern�.ine the cat�cers� of the residents,
has also used the actual face to face diecussio� method with tbe in-
digent residents and repr�eentatives of the neighborhood through the
Roosevel.t Booater graup, the anly evailable organiaatia�n in the aren
at the preaent time. Th�ir ideas, eooeerns end request8 for service
are ineorporeted fnto this pragosal. These meetings are the fore-
runner of th�e organisatia� of a eitizana' participation group whfch
will funetio� ae a riei�hborhood adviaory council.
Using the resairees of profe�sia�al ateff thinkfng, residents e�
� pression �f need and previaus experience, it is intended by the dele�ate
ageney to pravide a progr� whieh will direct ita+elf to the immediate,
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• obviws and la�g-unm�t aocial problems of the neighborhood. We shsll
accomplfsh this goal through staffing of community organization graupa
and providing a family worker, ar�d two graup workers, in additian to
purchasing badly needed services which are unavailable at this time.
The secondary cc�cept of the program is that of integratian of
the residents of the pro3ect with the surrounding area to better
achieve a stimuleting and meaningful pattern of association and
living for all the residents of the area. In addition, the pragram
wili concentrate o� provid3ng direct service of a type that is by
its natvre the purview of the settlement house; that of serving the
children, youth and families in fiheir neighborhood when they need
service.
• It is the speeific intentia� of the delegate agency to arrange
for or with existing social agencfes for the follawing services
whenever needed:
a. Family life education
b. Home Econaaics instructia�
c. Legal aid
d. Intensive cesework services fran Family Service A ssoc-
iation of St. Paul and the Bureau of Catholic Charities :
of St. Paul.
e. Hamemaker - haa�e aide serviees.
f. Public Health Nursing service.
g. Volunteer $ervice thrwgh Volunteer Bureau of St. Paul.
h. Famf ly i�ursing Service.
• i. St.' Pau1 Health Department.
j. Health Educetio�.
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`1• k. Dental Henith.
1. Reereatio� Serv3eea.
We have made arrangements with Family Nursing Service, Familq Service
Aasoeiatian, the $ureau of Catholic Charities, the Ramsey County
Welfare Dep�rtment, Th� Department of Park and Recreation of the City
of St. Paul, and otber applieable agencies to continue providing
services to the residents of this project, or to contract with the
delegate agency to provide special services as needed.
Currently the Board of Edueation end the Welfsre Dep artm�at are
administering programs funded thraugh the EOA serving sane of the
residents of the hausing pro3ect. The staff will attempt to asaiet
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the residents of the homea to take ndvantage of the servieeg offered
° • by these programs, i.e. , Head 3tart, Compensatory Educatian, Cultural
EnricMnent and the Work e�nd Training Progrem of the Ramsey County �
` Welf are Department.
The Family Worker wwld be the staff inember primarily responsible
for helping the residents take advantage of the available cannunity
reswrces, i.e. Legal Aid, Family Nuraing 3ervice, etc. , altbough the
entire staff wauld aseis� in thie process. This wauld be dane by be-
caning aequainted with the residents and their problems through
door to door eontacts in the eammunity. By this process the family
worker will beeome knawn to the residents as the person to whum th�y
ca�n turn for help. In turri, the family worker and other ataff a+em-
bers would becane thoroughly familiar wfth camrunity resourees, so
that praper referrals eould be ma8e. Exedrt�ples of problems for whieh
� referrals wvuld be made are: Family caunselling; Rnarital eau�aelling;
homemakers aervices--both of an instructfve and direet service neture;
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� finenciel management; vocat3anal guicTance; legel aid; and� health.
Case aides from the camrnunity wauld be available for such tasks as
: babyaitting, so mothers can keep appointments for services, driving
the clients to another agency if necessary, and hause keeping assis-
tance--specially for the elderly.
By participation in these programs and services the residents
can re-awaken their latent talents and direct themselves toward
� meaningful social goals.
It is proposed to work with the problem boys and girls in the
area in a specific program patterned after one which is currently
conducted by Merriek Center. That is: a) to seek out the troubled
yauth by "henging" wifih them, and by requesting referrals from other
• youth-serving ageneies; b) to form them into groups, staff the groups
and meet with them a� a regular intensive basis; and c) to be avail-
able for counselling or for assistance in appearing in court, seeking
employment, returning to school, etc. , all efforts to be direc�ed
toward modifying their disturbing behavior patterns.
The families and individuals will be given the same intense
service by the family worker who will agressively seek out problems
through door to door contacts, aceept referrals by ageneies or by in-
dividuals, in order to assist the clients with their problems.
The C anminity Worker will organize neighbors and groups of
neighbors to work ez� the speeific coneerns of the housing residents
end of the wider caaanunity thraugh self-help projeets and progrems.
The City of St. Paul, thraugh its normal recreational progre�
• serviees, hae been able to provide only a 25 hour per week person to
serve the residents of the Hausing Pro,ject with organized recreatfonal
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aervices. This lack of adequate service is due to the lack of funds
for providing additional services.
With the intentfon to bring the most comprehensive program of
services to the reaidents of the Hausing Pro3ect, the Delegate Agency
conferred with the Commissia�er of Parks, Recreation and Public Build-
ings, regarding the feasibility of purchasing additional recreational
manpower, supplies and supervisory services from that City department.
(This has been agreed upa� in principle by the Comniseioner) . It is
proposed to add one full time professional staff to the staff of
the Department of Recreation who would be assigned to the Roosevelt
Public Hvusing Pro3ect and its surrounding neighborhood to develap
a comprehensive program of recreatianal services for the residents
• of the area, in additia� to what is already provided.
A contract, eovering the duties of the recreational director, the
lines of authority and supervision, the cost per month and the pro-
' vision of equipment and supplies, wi11 be drawn up between the De-
partment of Reereaticm and Merrick Comnunity Center. In this relatiot�- .
ship, Merrick Center e�311 act as the Prime Contractor, and the City
Department as a sub-cantractor, providing the services.5
With the additia�n of recreational leadership and the expansio� of
recreational prograna, the need for it�ereased program fecility is
evident. The limited grass field to the South of the Pro�ect, (oamed
by the Hausing Authority) will be developed and maintained as en
adequate play field. This presents the additional apportunity of
emplaying a work crew to develop' and then maint�in the graunds and
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5. A copy of a letter agreei� to thie idea in principle is afitached
as Exhibit D.
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• fields as reerQatio�al aides; these "aides" will be recruited from
the residents of the public housing. In addition, the development of
an expansive new program will require the addition of graup aides in
the roles of coaehes, un�pires, referees, field supervisors and assis-
tant teachers fn ski21 classes, thus providing additional econamic
opportunity for the residents of the pro3ect to earn extra wgge,
In sunmary, it is the plan of this agency to arrange for,provide,
coordinate, or bring to bear, the most comprehensive system of soeial
services avsilable in an intensive "crash" program to specifically
focus on the reaidente of the public houaing area in order to help
them break the cycle of poverty which ie their lot.
The provision of the service, the eo-ordinetion of the progr�ms
or the directing of the clients to the appropriate aervice or prograrn,
• is not to be done by this ageney in an arbitrary or official manner.
Rather, it is the intention of this praposal to involve the residents
in the determinatiat� of the type and kind of service needed.
The provision of the opportunity for the reeidents to express
themselves and to request and plan for the eetablishment of service�
will be through the bloek graups, the neighborhood and community
cauncils and throu� a representstive advieory graup patterned after
other Board C am+3.ttees using Board membere, staff inembers and re-
sidents of the area or group served. The final details of this
organ3zatien will be worked vut se the existing groups becane more
familiar with the staff end agency and the suepected needs become
more apparent.
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� • V. �'tAF�OF BER,V�CE3
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`'� The proposal it considered to be a separate demo�stretian
� "pra�eet" of Merrick Coimrunity Center end as such, will be staffed
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;;;;`� as a 8eparate entity under the supervieion of the Board and staff
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�`� of the Christ Child Society - MQrriek Canimunity Center. The persaamel
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:`:.:� prsetices p�rtaiaing to regular Cen�er staff, also epply to etaff of
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,; this progrem.6 In all 3ob descriptions and selary rengee discuseed
� herein, the qppliceble salary rengee emd descriptions of the Greater
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St. Paul tlnited fl�nde end Cauncils, Ine. aiil be used. Salari�s,
� '� therefore, will be ecmmen�urate with the 3ob responsibilities and
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�a will be ca�arable to aimilar poeiti�s in Merrick Connunity Center's
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�� • , The pos3ticns end a syaopsi� of qua.l.ifications and dutie� ar� a�
follows: �
1. East Area Ext�nsion Director - Mast�r of Social Work -
:
` 2 ysers of e�tperience (Braneh D3rector) - responsible to
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Exeeutive Director. It�spas�sible for: a. The sdministratien
� and supervisian of the total program df servire offered
thraugh the projeet prapo�al, b. The supervieion of feur
full-tia�e program workers and the office personnel. c. The
forn+ul�tioz► and direetion of the program of direct aerviee
offered through the exte�nsian. d. The development of new
program aerviees. e. The discovery af new needs and
methods to meet them. f. In ec�junction with Che Executive
Direetor, also b� reaponsible for the cantractual agreements
• � wfth coaperatirg agenciet�. g. Coordinate the use of the
6. A eapy of the offieial persa�el practiees of thi,� agency, ada�ted
by tt►e Bosrd of Direetoccs os� March 6, 1962, is ettached aa Exhibit "E".
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ph�ysieal facilities placed nt the dispos�l of the Extensfon.
2. Camnrunity �Torker: M.S.W: or B.A. and three years of
experienc�e - respa`ssible to Extension Director. Using
the method of eama�,mity org�nixatian and the technique
of citi�en pertieipatioon in the hous�g progect and
the surroundir�g area, be resp�sible for: a. The organi�a-
tion of a residents' gr�p of the hous3ng pro3ect. b. The
develapment of "bloek groups" es the core of "grass raots"
eitizen parti�ipation in the ha�sing pro�ec� and the
wider canm�u�ity. c. The involvement of these gra�p�
in a broader aver-all ca�anunity cauncil (the involvement
of ma�y ne3ghborhood otganizati��) at�d the provision of
neceesary staff serviee to s�ne.
• The funetioc� of this �taff person would be to work with
the residents of the hausing area snd the wider caaanunity
to effeet a meaningfu2 interaetion of the residents o�
the hanes with those of the wider eonn�unity.
3. Family Worker: M.S.W. or B.A. and 2 years af related ex-
perience - responsible to Extension Oireetor.. (Ma�or
�oncentratiean of time t� P.H, residents.) General re-
sponsibilities i�clude ease firiding, referrals to appro-
priate cantainity resaurces snd dir�ct service to ind3vi-
duals end famtiies in need of cese work or counselling help.
Specifically, the worker n�ust: a. Make the type of
aerviee available knawn to the residents. b. 3eek out
end eggreseively bring service to reluctent residents.
� c. Eetablish approprigte lines of earn�nication with
existing f�nily treafi�nent agencies and resources.
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• d. Provide direct case work serviee to individuals
and families who cannot make uae of the available
earnr�unity resourees. e. Provide on-the-apot
caunselling and informal direction to resident�
' needing emergency services to meet the demands of
living in public hous3ng. f. Receive referrals
from other pro�ect staff. g. Follow-up on re-
ferrels effected to provide encillary or supportive
services as recommended or needed.
4. Two Social Group Workers (ane male and one female) : M.S.W.
or B.A. and 2 years of related experience - responsible to
Extension Director. Ma�or concentration to be on "Problem �
• children and Teenagere" in the housing area and surrounding
neighborhood, working with groups of children and/or teen-
agers who have been evidencing problem behavior in the
hane, school, neighborhood, or wid�r conmrunity. Specific
respons3bilities include: a. The estebliehement of �`
appropriate referral mechanisms with the schools, social �
workers, the caurts, poliee snd other social agency
persorinel in the area. b. Formation of groups of
referred individuals and the conc�uctia� of treatment-
oriented program to assist the members toward resoluti�
of their probleme. e. Establishment of a working re- f'
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lationship with existing groups or "gangs" and the
formulation end conducti� of pragr�n to assist these
• groups and individuals in the development of more posi-
tive attitudes and behavior patterna taward society in
general and education and la�r speeificelly. d. Work .
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� with indivi�al group members when necessary or effeetuate
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''� mea�it�gful referrals to the family worker for further de-
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*� , v�elo�ment of a pra�ram of aerviee for the individual.
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;; S. S��retary-Ree�ptionist: High 3chool diploma - Steno-
graphic sittlls. R��onsible fio the Bxtensiar� Director -
Ma�or reep�eil�,tlity in the office of the Extension
�; Departa+�t. Spee3fic responsibilities include: n. 3tenc�-
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gre�phie sarviees for the total staff of the East Area
'��: Extensiaa. b. Reeeptian aervices of both telephane mud
�°�� persanal eartect d�ring the establiehed office ha�r� of
� the Extensien. c. Related purchasing, d�uplicating as
� needed sn8 necessary.
,� 6. Part-t3me grouQlCaee aide8. Neighborhood residents. Higr►
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3ehool diplc�ns or astuteneas of perser�ai eonduct e mini�a
`� requirement. ResQc�peible to either social graup workers
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�:� or to family aorker. Ma�or eancentratf� on the lisison
� between the residents and the staff, .and the assistanee
� of etaff in pursuit of the progr�n. (May take over leader-
� ship of graups ae they begin to be more organized and leas
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problem-orietrted.) Sp�cifieally: e. Assist the family and/
or group workers in establishiag and conducting the total
� progra�n of serviees. These inelude bab�+sitters, hous�e-
;� keepers. dr�.vers, meintenaaee erewa for recreatio�el
:� field, eaach�s, w�npir�a, referees, field supervisors,
A assistat�t teac�era in skil]. classes and office ai�iee.
b. Asewnee reepa�ss3bility for la�tlershiQ undar intensive
• aupervista�, when neces�ary or when develo�pm�at of grautps
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'' �.s at a level to permit this type of leadership. c. Asautne
�;;:�� leaderahip of graups deemed needed (c�ue to lack of avail-
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,�`,.i� of the soei al graup aorker.
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� M�o To: Zhe Members o� the �oa�rd of Directors of Merrick Cannunity Genter
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Fra�ni Staff
Re: The Deaeriptiaa af $oci�l. �eed in the Roosevelt Publfc Hausing Area
�',,3i ,tr,�oc�uetf�g�;, �t tha �est��a of the �oint committeee of Exte��lon
5erv�"ces end Eca�c�ai:� t3�pa�rtutsit� of air Hoard of D3rectors, the material
to follow is greae�xt�td to pai�►t e�ut to the total membership of the Board,
the kinds of social ltrobl+�a►s or tociel need that exists in the area under
eae�sideratia�. Fs�r pvrg�ea #�f definition emd backgraund we wi11 reiterate
� �aae of the �nat�x�i�3. +�h#;e� haa been presented previausly in the "Poverty
Packa�e" and in o�er pertinez�t me�ore�nda. We have also regearched other
aocial agenei,es and i�titutioas for mnteriei whieh is pertinent to the
sitvation.
For the purpoae of this +�ao the staff is considering the ter+ns "Soeial
Probiem", "Social Dleed", or "need" to be ayna�ymous with and to meen,
". . . . . . . a eariditi� af�eeting e si�nificsnt number of peaple in aeys
eonsfdexed unde�irabl4, �ti sbout w�3eh it is felt something ean be dane
by eolleetiv� so�ial ae#,taar�." 1. By definit3on, then, a prcble�
• neeessarily doee not rt�p�eaarnt �uet the thinking of aa�e member of this
staff or of a�e persoe� it� society, but rether miust represent th� thinkSng
� of a r�mber� af perso�s or os��nisatit�s. It w311 be the intent of thi.s
me�no to e�nrey to the e�enb+ere of the Hoarcl the p�rticular eondit3c�adEs
� whieh we €l.nd to exi�t #t� th� propo�d area of aerviee �nd fio �ubstanti�te
our b�liefs by th� pub1l+�►ed or unpublished opinias�s of other re�paessible
persacia reprRSentin� ��pac�,tble organivatio�s. The residents of the
srea, who to t�hi.s poiu! �ave Aot be�n intervieaed, msy also have edditia�tel
capcer�� not mentitmed 3�erein. We da �ot at this time int�nd to autliae
�° to the Board the method� by Nh3,eh ►�ree intend to �olve the probla�s.
xather, we intead to do�aent "nesd" only.
� �,��,d,,,s_ar It ,,,a�',,, : In ti�e prepsr�ti� of thfs �o, tha staff
, hae atte�t�to ����sa�r�r o�' the dfit3tvdea af the eanaunity re�a�li.ng
i the groblema whieh �r�� tn haus3�g p��eets, and to highlight saa�e of .
� the epecifie pz�la� �� the Hc�ard'�a �fc�r+nation. To 8ay that t�eed
� exists is a genersl�sa�asa. Me 3�►t�d to it�i:se the need or problem
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in speeifie. We a�,to raa23se th� �Ilt�t is a�trEad here is �ust what_ ia
� obvia�us. Any �r of aftuotiass, �ts�a dr�aatic, yet importmt to tfiose
it affeets may alao ere� � if a p�+�ogr� of service i+s institutea. Also,
� a�at is regarded as a g�o�].em ar �te+�d �b� +�e perso� may not be a wc�ivar-
sally shax�ed ce�ees±n. With fihea� ���rss as the bese of ateff thi.nkiaa�,
� the foliowit�g fe pre�rnt:
� Whereas, it is t�e �t. ��ul Hou
i . a� and Rede�vtic�p�ent Authorfty whic�
� i�c�itisted the requ�s� fo� serviee tu Roos�velt Haae�. we are of the
" • apini�an that disau�sian � need cu�ht �Co begin aith the stati�ties of
t that office. P�atl�et3�eXly, ars feel t�t�tt etatisties need to be
`� eanstaatly, undsrrt�l � ter� of fihe itiva� beitigs +�ich they repreaestt.
' � �e 8t�c�� of 8:s�i�l P�►a�L� - Faul 8. Hortca and 6eraid R.
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�� f�; � t+� +�"�y-Crb 'ts. �1ep York 1955.
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A. FamiZy Units: It is a geaersl.ly aeeepted princ�.ple that it is desir-
al�le for children to groM in aat► s�vironaneat s�h�re there are two parents.
' Laek of such a Pu�damental fa�,ly unit een caantribute to a myriad of
� i.ndividual and fa�ilial probleaw: laek of th� prcper identificatia» symbol
for a msle hesd of ttse hause; laek of support for the diseipline of the
ehildren by the aother; ll�k of eseist�ee iA the deeision mak3ng proegss
by the other partner; pt�s�al n�edst of the parent which refleet in the
day to day facing �rF �#fe sitU�tims; ead g�nera2ly, a laek of the btaie
femily uni� whieh iroeia�y �eto. In the area und+sr �a�naideretian, less
� theon 5�6 of the d�ild� have two parent', ea�ared to a city averege of
89�6.
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�. Family dise�gaRdsttit�: In �t. Faul there is a aocial science sca�le
u�ed to ite+�ise tl�e de�rae of soeial breakdowr� in the familie� receiving
, service fran the au�or sae�al work �enciea. Feunilies with a large ra�uaber
= of identifiable an�lfunetioat are referred to as "hard•eore" femiliea and
� ca�n�e traeta of the etty Mith aAOre th� 50 hard core femilies are caa-
' sidered to be the �nost needy arens by the Family Centered Pro�eet office,
the administratore of tbe s�ale. ?his partieular een,�s traet has
residing within it a totel of exaatly 50 sueh families.
C. Nu�rber of ehildren: Althvugh we do not Delieve that ehildren in
� numbers represent s speeifie social problem, they do pose a need faetor
� to be recka�d �rith - espeeiallg if the large »umbera are dtaproportimate
• in the age distributian, in their financie.� bsekground or laek of it,
� 3n their belongiag to inec�mplete f�nily unite, in their ne�d for "normal"
eervice such as rerreatiaa, .�aauting, ea�nping, ete. , whieh ia at a
� pre�ium even in lese "child pa�ulsted" areas of the city. In the area
of eaneern, 5396 af the population is 15 years or less in age as cam�ared
� to 299b � ths c3ty wex�, attd 11�6 of the �hild papulation af the srea
� is four years or yauiger. The aaneera £or adequate service for this
yauthful populatian is the expressed problem poirtted aut by theae
; statistfcs.
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� D. Ineon�e level of f�ili�s: � City of St. Paul enjvys en av�rage
� iaeaa�e of �6,Sfl0.00 pe�c fa�ily, vrhile in the Hausing Pro�ect praper, the
i average ar�nuai i�et� is uQC�er �3,OQ0.00 - t?►e official definitia� of
� "poverty" as �tetablisl�td by �'hec Eccac�ie t�pport�unity Act. (Eveu na� the
goverrm�ent reca�ises �t a fi�ure of $4,000.00 per year is • a�re
F realis#ie figtre.� '!he �ed re�3dents of t� area heve en averege a�a�sl
4 ineane of $1,24E1.Q0, �eraily drerived fra� ald A�e Assistanee grants.
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p
ervices o e b c s , a pa�nphlet published by
� Hc�ne Fina�ce A�ge�t�blished a eha�"t ofl"Ma or Pr bl�ss�3erviees a�d
� Pro�c�► Resourc�e� of Ca�eerA Lo ��t�3den#� of Public Housi�". the gro-
i ble� as liated �res "1. poon c�uaskeepi.n� skills �nd use of tia�e,
r 2. debts and �ty �N�t, 3. fswtly dise�trd �d confTiet, perso��lity
; � diaordere end ot'�tr p�+� 3�t fs�i2y ad�uat�ent, 4. care and superviai�on
� of ehildren af wo�k� +�a�hers. S. probiems of youth; emplayn�at, contin-
; � ued eduesticm, idleuesa, l�ehsvios problaare, b. fn�uffieient 3nean+� for
un�ploye8, 7 . illit�r�e,y ar little edu��tiati, 8. unemQloya�t of youth
� aac�d adulta, 9. ehild�tt �nt1 youtb with siptefal p�oblems; ed3usfi+nent
and behavior, eD��+e M�lt negleat, �hysiQally or a�entally di�rabled,
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10. problems of elderly or disabled adults , i.e. unable to care for self,
etc. , 11, special needs of disabled and youth, and 12. health for adults,
aged and ehildren." 2.
Whereas, other responsible organi�atians have expressed concern for the
needs which have been evidenced to them in the pursuit of their duties in
the general social welfare scheme , we cannot quote some of them due to
the confidentiality of their material. Nowever, it is possible for the
staff to summarize the c�eerns thusly: Marital confl3et and diseord,
pre-delinquent acting out end behavior, 25 children on probation currently,
69 children under 18 years arrested from that census tract in 1964, 17
dropouts fran high school out of 133 who began the school year 1964-65,
youthful marriage, educational level distinetly lower than the city at
large, and a general feeling of isolation from the surrounding community.
Roosevelt Public Housfng Pro�ect ie the smallest of the pro�ects in the
city of St. Paul, both fran the area covered and the number of residents.
It� the words of one police representative, "it's a good pro3ect" . The
persans who reside within the pro�ect are forced to attend schools out-
side of the pro3ect area unlike the other two whieh have elementary
echools within the boundaries of the pro�ect. The housing is basice;lly
that for families and therefore there is a low percentage of elderly
living within it. The area surraunding the pro�ect proper is a new,
middle incane, one family dwelling type of neighborhood with middle claes
� mores and expectations. Generally, the project existed before the
surr�nding neighborhood was develcyped. The surrounding area fs
exclusively caucaeian; the pro�ect is interracial, but to a small degree
in ecxnparison to the other pro�ects. In spite of these factors, ifi ig
the opinion of the staff that this pro3ect tends to isolate the residents
more so then the others, due to fts distence from other general connunity
resourees. Although the staff favors public hauaing as a cancept of
social welfare, it is generally against the "pro3ect" due to its isola-
tiaanist tendencies end its debilitating end"ghettoing" effect on those
who reside within it; a "pro3ect kid" is something apart in the general
community.
A question continually asked of the staff is, "What do yau propose to da
when the money runs aut?" in relation to the servfce of need in the
housing area. Staff has given ample consideration to this very eignifi-
cant and respansible eoneern of the Board. It eppears that any meaningful
program should have am evaluative period to conaider what hes been done �ko
alleviate the need. Six ma�ths prior to the pro,jected cessation of the
Economic Opportunity Act (currently June 1, 1966) the Board and Staff of
Merrick Center should �ointly evgluate the program from the pointa of
view of: Did the need exist as suspeeted? Did the progrem meet the
need end help te solve or reliev� the problem? Does the canmunity at
large reeognize the need for the continuance of the progrsm? Is the
eammunity at large willing to provide the funds to maintain the service?
3hould the Board divert Center funds to the Haising area and establish
selective progr�ns nf serviee in both areas? I s the Houafng and
� Redevelopment Authority in s positian to take over the program or
2. Services or Families Livin S� Public Ho�.isin - U.S . Dept. of-Health,
Education and Wel are an U.3. Housing and Hame Finance Ageney,
Washington, D.C. 1963.
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contract for the service? And finally, "What is the opinion of the
Planning and Research Council of the United Fund concerning the role and
responsibility of Merrick Center and the service it offers to the East
Side of St. Paul. If the opinion of the responsible parties involved ie
that the Center ought to continue its program of service, the Board and
Staff should then make evexy conceivable effort to secure the funds to
maintain the program, be it private, or public funds. If, on the other
hand, the decision is reached to abandon the program of service, the
agency would have a six month period to prepare and warn the community of
its eventual and planned withdrawal from service to the Roosevelt Public
Housing area.
In conclusion, the members of the staff of Merrick Center are of the
opinion, "need" exists in the Roosevelt Public Housing area. Respons3ble
parties have indicated that Merrick Center and its type of service
program would be the logical agency to meet the needs and attempt to
solve the problems, sither by direct Center efforts or coordination of
other available social services. As indicated in a previaus memorandum
(March 2, 1965) to the Board of Directors, this is the kind of movement
and extension which is within the previous program scope of the Center
and which has been accepted by the agency in previous years.
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• 3. Other generalizations and statistics not quoted have been gathered
from the 1960 U.S. Census and selecfied documents from the Police
Department, the Probation Office, and the St. Paul Housing and
Redevelopment Authority.
I�MORANDUM �j�h i �,'� �
• To: Mr. Gordon Shepard, Chairman, Leisure Time Activities Coune3l
From: Mr. Ray Mock, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Leisure Time Services
tb Low Rental Housing Pro3ects
Date: May 22, 1958
Sub�ect: Comrnittee Report
Attached is the repor� of the Study on Leisure Time Services tn Low Rental
Housing Pro3eets, including Conclusions and Recommendations.
The latter was approved by the Subcommittee on May 16, 1958 , and by the
Agency Clearance and Special Studies Committee who met on the same date.
Representatives of the C�sework Cauneil's Committee on liaison between the
Housing Agency and the S�cial Agencies also attended this meeting.
The Leisure Time Aetivities C rnancil, at its meeting of May 22 , 1958, re-
ceived and approved this rep�rt.
It is now being transmitted to the Planning and Research Council for con-
sideration and approval.
REPORT ON LEISURE TIME SERVICES
� TO
LOW RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS
I INTRODUCTION
A. The leisure Time Activities Council assigned to the Agency Clear-
ance and Special Studies Committee the analysis and coordination of ser-
vices at the low rental housing pro3ects.
B. The Ageney Clearance and Special 5tudies Committee established a
Subcemmittee with the following purposes:
1. To survey the leisure time services availahle to McDonough and
Roosevelt Homes.
2. To review the recommendations made by the previous eanmittee.
3. Review the plans for facilities and services at the Mount Airy
Projeet.
4. To relate to work being done by the housing Pro�ects Corr�n3,ttee
ef the Casework Cwncil.
5. Te submit findings and recommendations.
C. The 5ubemnmittee has been meeting regularly since December and has
followed the above steps as listed above.
II REVIEW
A. Leisure Time Activities C aineil was involved in original planning
� of facilities. From the o�tset, the Comrtninity Building was considered
inadequate, but limited funds due to G overnmental formula prevent ad-
�ustment.
B. Lefsure Time Activities Cauneil - Housing Pro�ects Go�rdinating
Committee 1952-53 recommended that the Playground Bureau assigri staff
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, to both Roesevelt and MeDonaugh. This was put int� effect in 1953, and
since that time additional personnel have been added to the original
assignment.
At the same time , varieus volunfiary agencies initiated services at the
pro�ects. Some of these programs have been dropped and some are still
in effect.
C. Facility planning at Mount Airy
In view of the closeness of the Valley Playground to the Mount Airy
area, the Playground Bureau has been able to enter inte agreement on
the joint financing of a Community Building containing adequate facili-
ties to serve the area.
Future planning with the Board of Educati�n in the event of the erec-
tion �f a grade school will add to the facilities by virtue ef eite re-
lationship.
D. A continuing problem is the responsibility for both facilities and
services at Raosevelt and McDonough which have been reported from time
to time as inadequate by variaus canmunity agencies including police,
welfare, schools, leisure time and social agencies.
� III INFORMATION PERTAINING TO £ACH HOUSING PROJECT
( Information deleted because ft is not perti.nent. 2/19/65)
IV PROBLEMS
(Note: Mr. Maurice Connery, School �f Social Work, University of Minn-
esota, who supervised a graduate study on Juvenile Delinquency at the
MeDonough Homes and Mr. William Hoffman, Assistant Executive of the
Family Centered Cammittee presented the following information to the
Committee.)
A. The potential planning in the Mount Airy Project is a great oppor-
tunity. It should effect not only the residents but also the community
as a whole.
B. Basic Problems
l. Families using low rental housing projects are families with
problems. Maybe temp�rary or chronic problems.
a. Need to learn how to live together.
b. Need to learn how to use the resources available to them in
the comnunity.
2. Experience else where has shown that when a�eneies, individual-
ly, try to w�rk on a discreet basis that the lack of coordination
� results in costly duplication.
C. Basic needs in low rental housing pro,jects.
1. Community Organization
a. Enab2e residents to make use of services and facilit3es
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• b. Constant study and research. N ot enough is known on how to
really make the housing projects reach a sound purpose.
c. Personnel should be related to each project to be a catalyst,
to coordinate, to guide and direct the resident to help themselves.
2. A variety of forees and services all have a parfi, but due ta
the multiplicity and to the single approach, the residents do not
seem to be able to grasp the potential help available.
3. Leisure Time services and facilities are vital, yet should be
related to the total services.
4. A worker experienced in community organization should:
a. De identified with a cornmunity agency, not as an agent of the
Housing projeet.
b. Be identified with the project, thraugh closeness of office,
continuity of work.
5. The Director of thQ pro�ect does do a certain amount of these
things, but it is beyond his normal work load, and due to his posi-
tion of management, the epproach of the reaident is not good.
6. The creative potential of pro3ect in leadership and planning
can be stimulated, and the value ef service would be enhanced.
7 . The relation of such a worker to a community agency is vital.
a. Implication of community relationship to the project
b. Use of agency resources
c. Graup relationship to agency
d. To keep services and attitudes from being inborn and isola-
tion pro�ect and project residents.
• 8. The recent study showed that those children in the pro�ect who
had little or no tendeneies toward delinguency did not participete
fn the formal activities afforded in the pro�ect. Parental control
is a factor.
a. The Neighborhood Center approach of working with people
rather than offering things on a "silver plate" is essential.
D. Project workers, who are wArking with femilies in the housing projects,
have repeatedly reported a lack of leisure time and group services.
1. Such services are not only needed, but the direction must be by
pro�essi.onally trained staff in view of the type af family to be
served.
E. Rate of delinquency is high, due to the fact pattern existed bef�re
mavement into pro3ect, and has continued.
F. Family Centered Pro�ect fs working with 150 multiprablem families, all
of whom have had a history of problems for many years.
2096 of the 150 reside in housing projects. They were not selected because
of where they resided, but because of "hard c�re" problems.
CONCLU3IONS
• I I,OW RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS
A. The types of families in residenee.
1. A large riumber of children per family
2. Continual movement of families in and out ef the pro3ects
a. Those that ere located in the praject f�r a short time are
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• usually those that are mare willing and able to participate in
community plenning and offer leadership.
b. Those that reside in pro,ject over a long period are usually
less capable for a variety of reasons of contributing to community
plenning and leadership.
3. Approximately one-third of the families are "one-parent" fami- .
lies.
4. Basfcally low-income families
a. Unskilled type of worker who fs the first affected by movement
in the labor market.
b. Partially unemployable
c. Pensions
d. Public assistance recipients
5. Forrner environment of family has not been condueive to the de-
velopment of community partic3pation or leadership.
6. Inability to live together, inter-family problems.
7 . Inability to use cann�unity resources.
B. Family problems - single and multiple
1, Less job security
2. Broken homes
3. Juvenile del3.nquency
4. Dependency - lack of motivation, instability
5, Multi-problem families of long history as evidenced hy the
Femily Centered Pro3ect.
� C . Relationship of low rental pro�ects to neighborhood �nd the com-
munity.
1. A low rental housing pro�ect should be accepted as any other
neighborhood of the community in physical and social planning.
a. Isolation of such pro3ects affects the attitude of the resi-
dents to canmunity resaurces and services, and also, affects the
pro3ect.
2. Serviees provfded within housing pro3ects or adjacent facilities
are open to the neighborhood as a whole.
II LEISURE TIME FACILITIES
A. The provision of leisure time facilites should be on the basis of
a standard established for the cortorninity as a whole.
1. These statidards should include faeilities f�r year-r�nd use ,
with and without leadership.
2. Neighborhood resa�rces should be utilized.
B. Planning for leisure time facilities ahould be on a total neighbor-
hood basis.
III RECREATION - GROUP WORK OPPORTUNITIES
A, Recreational �
• The public reereation services extended to housing pro,ject nefghborhoed
should be at least on a similar philosophy as prov3.ded to other neigh-
borhoods in the canmunity.
Adequate space for such a program is essential. .
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• B. Neighborhood Center - Group Work Services
In view af the social problems existing in individuals, within families
and in the neighborhood, the services as provided hy a Neighborhood
Center agency are essential to a low rental housing project. This in-
cludes coordination of services and resources available, community or-
ganization and direct group work services and resource referral.
The Neighborhood Center agency providing such services must have neigh-
borhood identification such as a physical base for staff and program
space as needed.
C. City-Wide Services
1. The various eity-wide services, whether paid or voluntary lead-
ership, are essential corr�nunity resources that are needed to develop
an overall pattern of services similar to any other neighborhood af
the city.
2, The development of adequate voluntary sponsorship and leader-
ship for the programs of the Voluntary Agencies has not been sue-
cessful.
Consistant and intensive efforts must be exerted to the residents
�f a project to avail themselves of these resources.
3. The city-wide services using paid leadership should make avail-
able services in which they are particularly skilled,
• When a city-wide service has facilities w3thin a reasonable pro-
ximity of a pro�ect neighborhood, the facilities should be used es
a resource. Hawever, when facilities are not closely related,
such services should be extended to the project neighborhood.
4. It is essential that a close relationship he established be-
tween the recreat3.on-group work services and the other social
services.
The coordinating services as described in the function of a Neigh-
borhood Center cari be ins�rumental in developing a closer rela-
tivnship in total services and establish clear channels for refer-
rals.
IV AUSPICES
A. Relationship of the Housir►g Authority
1. Under the State and Federal laws, the Housing Authority has a
relationship of a landlord to tenant in the operation of low ren-
tal housing projects.
2. Under the Federal Laws, establishing auth4rity for low rental
hausing pro3ects, the local administration cannot provide social
work, education or recreational services to tenants.
a. The St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority is the local
� administrative agency which owns and operates the low rental hous-
ing projects. The projects have been made possible with Federal
assistance.
B. Provision of physical facilities for recreation - group work dEr-
vices
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• 1. The Housing Authority should provide basic facilities.
2. The Community has a responsibility of providing facilities to a
project neighborhood on fihe same basis as any other neighborhood.
C. Provision of leisure time - group work services
1. Hasic reereation services are a responsibility of the Public
Playground Department.
2. The voluntary Agencies in the Community have the respansibility
of providing services and resources to hotising project neighborhoods
as they may to any other neighborhood in the con�nity.
RECOI�NDATIONS
It is recormnended:
I That, in view of types of familfes in residence, the existence of a
variety of social problems as well as multiproblem families and a relatively
dense population, services of the leisure time agencies should be pro�ected
to low rental housing pro�ect nefghborhoods on an intensive basia similar
to what may be provided a� other neighborhood in the city with similar and
related problems
II That the pattern of aervices provided should relate to the total ne3gh-
borhood in which the low rental housing project is situated and nat �ust the
• pro�ect itself.
III That more adequate recreational facilities should be provided:
A. MeDonc�ugh Hc�mes
1. That support be given the proposed legis3.ation that will enable
municipal departments to jointly develop physieal facilities, end
which would enable the Playground Bureau and the Board ef Education
to develop the area at the Mississippi Sche�l into an adequate
neighborhood play field. •
In the event the legislation is not proeured, it is recaranended
that the Scheol Boerd turn over a part of the present school
grounds to the Playgrwnd Bureau for develapment.
2. That more use be made of facilities in the Mississippi School.
B. R�osevelt H anes
1. That the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authorfty continue
to develop the play area on the property of the Ro�sevelt Homes.
2. That the Playground Bureau seek ta develep a neighborhood play
field in the area bounded by White Bear Avenue, Johnson Parkway,
the Northern Pacifie tracks and Orange Avenue to serve the total
neighborhood.
C. Mount Airy Hanes �
� That the present facilities plans be earried out.
D. General
That the Agencfes serving these pro3ect.s shauld be encouraged to
explore and develop the more intensive use of the neighborhood
facilities both public and private, such as church, school, civic
and ether facilitie�.
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� IV That the Pleyground Bureau expand its present program of re�reational
services.
V That the Christ Child Community Center (now known as Merrick Community
Center) provide its services to the Roosevelt.Homes neighborhood.
VI That the Capitol Community 5ervices provide its services to the .
McDonough Nousing neighborhood.
VII That the Capitol Community Services continue to provide services to the
Mount Airy Neighborhood.
VIII That priority be gi.ven in the consideration of the funds necessary £or
providing Neighborhood Center agency services to low rental housing pro�ect
neighborhoods. �
XI That the Neighborhood Center agency initiate and carry out the process
of coordination of services in housing project neighborhoods and that all
leisure time services and the hausing management cooperate in this co-
ordination. That a coordination canmittee be established in each hrnasing
project neighborhood.
X That the St. Paul Hc�using and Redevelopment Authorifiy be urged to pro-
vide suitable space for the staff and program of the agencies participating
in the provision of serviees.
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� Exkiibit D
C 0 P Y
Letter fran:
CITY OF ST. PaUL
D:�Ft:RT1wENT OF PaRKS AND RECR�t1TI0N AND FUBLIC BUIL:�I�JG.S
5'+5 city xaii
St. Paul, Minnesota
July ?, 1965
Mr. Richard A. Flesher
bcecutive virector
� Merrick Community Center
715 Edgerton Street
St. Paul, Mianeaota
Dear Mr. Flesher:
In accordanee with your letter of July 6th, the Bureau of Parks and Recreation
xill provide recreation� personnel and services� as well as nece$sary suppliea�
ti+ith the underatanding that the expecise involved wil� be paid for by the
Merrick Comraunity Center.
The esti,�ated cost far one year is aa follows:
One Director � ?,3�•'�4
Share of Sup�rvisor'a salary f30U.00
Athletic equipment & suF�plies 1,�)O.UO
Athletic field maintenance �;�.00
Total. . . . . .. .. . .. .... ... . . . . . . . . .:: 13,100.00
These estimate8 are based on a pro rate share of what the average center used ia
the year 19�+ for supplies and the cost of ifeld �naintenance. The director's
salar�r ia a fir�e figure for the year 1965• If and when. tYieee servicea are
provided to the Rooaevelt Hoa+es for the Merrfck Corr,munity Center, I believe we
should have an agreement in writing covering the responaibili.tie� and oblig-
ations of the Bureau of Parka and Recreation and the Merrick Com�aunity Center.
• I aincerely hope that this arrange�aent will work out �uccesefully for everyas�e.
Sincerely,
F"R1NK L. LOSS
Commisaioaer
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PART I �
:T'HIS nc�r��r, entered into as of this ��d��,y of �" ti=�j,.,c ,
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1971, by �u�d between tr.e Merrick Community Center�Chri.�t ��Ld :��,ciety,
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follows:
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proper n,ar',x:er a; retermined by and to the satisfaction af the Con'.:�actc r,
• perfcr.n services for the Dayton's Bluff Multi-Service Cer.i,er. :':zch :� �vices
shall �e i.z; cc�l.i<�:ICe with the attached genera.l descrix��ic�n c: y,��rforT�:.�,nce
requ.irc>:.�ents t.�s a:�_ ?.i���.ble and which is incorporated here.ir: r�� reference and
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• 3. R�';PORTS, RECORDS, 1�PJ �'VALUATZON. The Agcncy sizall maj�t�u�,
when a�?pl.ica�le, as dc�+ermined by the Contractor, such rer��rrls, re��crt.s an�'�
accounts �e.;arding pratierty, personn�l ar.d fir_ances as a:e neeu�ci t:: assure a
pr.;�er �cc�-;.��ztir.� fer a.11 prc ject funds, be they United :1�und r,:i:�..Le_�, . :?ei•a.l. ,
monies, :i'ct�s:c?�tic�n L'tmds, �3.c:zations, ete. All records ir�_11 r��� r.t���_:� � v: il�:`;le
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The Contractual Agreement between the Dayton's Bluff Council�Dayton's
Bluff Coi:�tmity Council and Teen Council� Inc., and the f�ierrick Cor�:unity Center�
Christ C!zild Society shall contsin the following:
1. LJpon a�eement, Merrick Center will assume the 1^.dr,iinistr�tive and
Manat�erial responsioility for the operation oi the Dayton's Bluff Multi-Service
Center. '1fi:� wi11 include all social services so directed by the D�vton's Bluff
Council.
"_. Services will include but are not limited to Health, Senior Citizens,
Educati:�n, Conueunit;; Organization and Youth.
3. A�;ency will contract with other agencies or orgar_iza,tions d��med
necessary for the operation of the Service Cente'r with the consent o� or upon the
direction of' the Contractor. In the event of conflict, the decisi�n �f the
� Joint E}cecutive Committees of the Agency and the Contract��r sh�.l.l be t�r�nvened to
asbitrate.
�+. :�[errick ^enter will assume responsibility for all contracts a�d
perser.nel policies foM staff not covered by such.
5. A�l contributions to the Servicp Center wi1Z be turned ove.• Lc ttie
Merrick Cerlter t:� be admini�tered for the intended purpo;:,e�.
6. t'onthly m�etin�;s xill be held �rith the �'.:�;�tc:n's n�iu.ff ;;o�it;y
Council ^.,nc� "'een Center, >ne. Board of Directors and t;,� �ecu' : ve Pireti:*or
of tderrick Center, the I?trector of tt�e Service Cer.ter. �he :f=�:��c>r `wor�:�.nator
of Tsr�et 1'�rew "^," and �.ny otkyeT per.sons deemed nec�• �c��.r�;� or ciesirable.
7, '�e Director o� the Service Center will `1e �?:rectly resperisible to
the btecutive Director of MerriGk Center.
� Fi. The Executive Director of Merrick C�-nt�r sha11 bf� ci�x•ect.Ly responsible
� to the Dayton's B1uPf Board of Directors re�ardi.n�; service::� ir. its area, and related
progra�.
9. The contractual agreenaent may be terminated on 60 da3-�' nati�^e, by
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OFFICERS AND BQARD MEMB�RS OF CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY - NERRICK COMhRJNITY
CEIdTER
Term ends
Dec. 31$t
' Mr. Gereld Bilski 1973 Mr. James Lilly 1972
1944 N. Wheeler - 55113 1694 Dodd Road 55118
(Midway Nat. Bank - 646-2561 (2) 454-2117 (1)
1578 University Ave.-55104
Hame Phone fi45-1882 - Mrs. William Me12oy 1973
786 Upper Colonial Dr. 55118
Mr. Anthany Crea 197� 227-3342 (2)
670 Montena Ave. E. - 55106
771--6102 �1� Mr. Michael Monahan 1972
Rm. 332
Mrs. Maurna Donovan 197� Hamm Bldg. - 55102
160 Wo�idlawn - 55105 227-9231 (1)
699-5304 (1)
Mr. A1 Mueller 1971
[rirs. Carol Faricy 1g72 2205 Arcade Str. - 5511?
912 Lincoin - 55105 484-3818 (2)
• 22fi-3652 (1} (835 Johnson Pkwy. - 55106
774-9797)
Mrs. Richard Flesher 1973
2774 Huroa 55113 Mies Alvera Montanari 2972
633-2688 (1� 1652 Duluth - SSiQb
771-1239 (1)
Mrs. Carn�el Frescone 1973
826 E. Fifth Street 55106 Mrs. Patrick Marcogliese 1973
77fi-4582 �1� 709 Hedfori - 55101
776-5290 (1)
Mr. Patrick Henry 1971
1827 Kennard Mrs. Louis Piccalo 1972
55109 397 Maple - SS1D6
777-5953 tl) 776-2170 (1)
Mrs. Dennis Hesly 1913 �, Edwin Ryen 1973
1617 Ridgewaod Lane 55113 937 Summi� Ave. - 551Q5
6�34-067$ (�) 225-6833 (2)
(612 Osborne Bldg. - 55101
Mrs. Jahn Noffman Z971 336-0321
2851 Wellesley - 55105
699-�1fi9 ��) Mrs. Richerd Rosacker 1973
1012 Downing
Miss Mary Ann Kight 1973 222_Zp02 (1)
1642 E tna 55106
• 776-u951 �2) Mr. Deniel J. Schneem�n 1971
792 Upper C alanfal Dr. - 55118
Mr. Richard Klein �971 226-4337 (1)
806 Osceola - 55105 (I,ambert Schneeman Ins.
226-6794 • 1622 �Piobeer Bldg. - 55101
(218 State Capital 221-2474 (21 222_5536
• Officera �nd Board Member� • 1970 Mies Agnes Taruscio i973
115I Herbert 55106
Mrs. Courtland 3ilver 1972 771-6035 (1)
2170 Lvwer St. Dennia 5511b
699-5587 (1) I�s. John Tucci 1972
479 Marsrland � 55101
Mrs. Harold Schul.tx 771-2858 (1)
1176 Hawthorne E. - 55106 1973
771-4834 (2)
Mr. Jerrold 3u llivan 1972
17R0 �ortland - 55101
(Camierce Bldg. - 55101 (2)
�us. Ph�e 224-3396
Mr. 3an� Taruseio I972
697 Hoyt - 55102 �
776-8433 (I�
•1977. OFFICERS
President Rieherd Klein
Vice President Mrs. Gerald Donovan
Viee Presid�rt Mra. �li�.lism hlellay
• Vice President Mrs. Aichard Faricy
Recarding Seeret�ry Miss A lvera Montenari
Treas+urer Mr. aerald Bilski
Assistsnt Tres�urer Mrs: John Tucei
Auditor Mr. Daniel Schneemen
Histo�ian Mre. Riehard Fericy
SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
- Rev. Dor�eld Bargen
1853 Selby Avenue 55104
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pr.c�Posal for thE> estat�ii.shr^ent of a servic.� ceater within the Dayrtdn�s_
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_ � mi�r�ity as a � rirrity are�. thraue�h�nt itS plannir.g sessior.s I�st ye�r� `
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an�l a�: .z rc���I.t o�' 'tl�i� c•ffor�„ thexe are curre;���;� tx� �t�f� staFf n�r�.ot�r� �
� w�rkinr� �v�.th-�n th�} a�rea �.le�n� with th� �c+�n staff rnemt���r.s of ti� rSerri�;:.1:
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,F� r�mmu�:.ty C,Qnter, RAP�s 'two sfaf.f ;�ersr�n� P
. , of eci�:cati.c�r. �nd c:oranurtity devclopn�nt, and shortly �ve shall be senctinc�
�� t� � sevcral Vi.at� �'o�unte�xs to ccr.rr�IeT.rnt thc effoxtr: of this parti.cular .
mu2ti-s�rva.cc �G�icc�it. 1'he Vistas, c�h� �vill. be s�*�,nGarec! bl� Ra�
�: '; /�ction Pro�xams, wil3 be concerr.eci with autzeachirn the �esicicnts af
" the c�mr:�.in�*;�, and r��+�x`�°inc� thc`ir inf4rma#ion to th� c�nr_crnc�d ac�+�ncy -�
< - �erviceR w�c!cinr� w�,th�.�t t.he bas�.c .coF,r of hFaltF�i education, sania� _
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e�ho sexve ti7e y�eith� �f �:hc Blu£f C�*�r�unfty, ae��e t1�k� �ot�nti.�2 fc,t
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�.n the d�t�rni.t�g �a: the�1� ner�3s, ard th�re�c���� r��' � �n� thc ;��ss�.hility ;
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# ser.��icc ccn±er �vith�.n the Da;�t�n's F�luff Arc�:►. ^t�r TMC h:�5 .
bec�n c�rcezr.ed aboui: tre r.^rd Sar services .1nc1 �rc c�r:�*:� for `y'
thi s ;�arti�ular area � and reF�zese^tatives Sron tt�c i'luff Area
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the area co�munity resiclerts.
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Dear Mrs. Gordon:
I under�tetnd that the Dayton� s Bluff Multi-aervice
Center I is �pplying Por 1'und� Prom the Gov ernor� a Crime
Commission in order to �ta�y in operation in 1972.
My famil� has benefited from the ssrvices the Inne Pl�ece
VT�� ha� had in the pa�at, and I Peel th�rt with the pr o�;ram
re.a�ching into �¢reas other than those �ust for youth, the worth
• of the center to our community will be much greater.
Please accept thia letter a�s my vote of �pprovnl Qnd
aupport, �rhich you may ehare with anyone ne�easarg to help
get funde .
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�:ulta :�ervi.ce Youth Center. '
725 Euc1iE St.
�t. Paul, Minn.
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dn or about June 15� I97�. T�R bo,ps a Fwnalci Zack anc kr�Fn ';au�tec, �•rere aasi�n�c;
• bv your ofrice to czzt �ra�� and per£orm other tasks for the senior cit�zen a.nc�
hanaie�o . They mad.e it pos�iable for the:n t�o �et thin�s c?one . :� coulci have not
ac;:ieve �-ith aut v�ur he1.p. Each time Tom Osw2.ld or �i..::. ;i e�.:.: ._ , .,.. u;�.1 ,:. v1�,,,�,.
r�,i�� �: _. .ls appearance anc' check to see that the bovs did t�ie work ri;-ht. I've in—
�o,yec? tiorki.n� with vou youn� me�= very much. t�e highlv r�conmerr.: t"i.G tvpe of. servic�
for sen�drr�citizens and disable people, anc woulci 1.ike to see ti-,is pro�ram carriea
into the f�-.tt:re. yor united we .stam� divi.ec� ��e fall. Thanks to t�.e j�ulta Service Youth
Center dn� the you� bogs anc3 p�irls for ,your help.
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July 22, 1971
, Dear Mrs . Gordon;
M� children h�e very much en joyed going �rimming a,nd
on bus tripa thia awuuuer Prom the Inne Place.
� I have heard that the program ia planning to grow and
begin oPfering Da�ton�� B�uPf residents more types of
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Our family hopes that this hetppen becauae we feel it i�s
needed very much.
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