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SH GTO ,D.C. - Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development Samuel
R. Pierce, Jr. today announced Project
Self Sufficiency, a demonstration pro
gram de igned to foeu public and pri
vate re ource in local communitie on
th pecial needs of 10 -income single
parent hou hold and to help the
predominantly female headed familJe
obtain employment and chieve elf-
fficiency.
Through project Self Sufficiency
housing sistance provided by HUD
ill be combined with child care, job
training and placement, and other sup
port rvice through public/private
r hip involving the u of a t
force compo d of g vemmerit and local
mmunity group .
HUD · t . de 5000 Section 8
hou . ng certificate for u in the Self
Suffici ncy demon ration.
E plaining the need for the Self
Sufficiency program, Secretary Pierce
referred to da from the U.S. Census
Bureau. The dat indicate that 11%
of more than 61 million familie in the
'United States were headed by single
parents, the majority of whom were
omen. ore than one half of the
. gnl paren familie with two or more
children had income below the poverty
1 el.
"Through Project Self-Sufficiency,"
the : cretary id' e ek to create
an awarene in local communities of
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yer
WASHI GTO , D.C. - ational Bar
A ciation BA) President Dennis W.
Archer announced that the BA Board
of Governors' quarterly meeting will be
held June 7-10, 1984 at the Bond Court
Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Archer, a
prominent Detroit attorney and presi
dent-elect of the ichigan State Bar
A elation, invited Black attorneys from
Ohio, ichigan, Kentucky and Tennes-
e to attend the concurrent BA Region
IV Conference.
Speaking to America' 19,000 Black
ttorn y, Archer said, "It is. critical,
a our number dwindle at the n tion'
major law firms, that we collectively
rategize to serve the Blac community
nd to increa minority acce to th
profes ion. I emphasiee ervice, becau
with one white attorney to ev< ry 399
whit citizen, the majority community
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CHICAGO TRIP - During the month of May, tbe ax P tzhe OIapter of t
Junior High School Honor Society spo red trip to the of Scie
Industry d the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illiaoi . nother educatlODai
nsored one to the Coo uclear Plant. Both trip pro eel to be eDli2bteu_
experie for tudent and chaperones, a non Pictured
the chapeion fo the Chicago trip: Alfred HoUiday; Barbara
Jo Viqil y, .. nt princip
SOUP KITCHE VOLUNTEERS - Th ax Petzh Chapter of th F irp in Ju .
rendered volunt r rvic t the Soup Kitchen Saturday, J 2.
found the experi nee a re arding on. Pictured abo , Let.:
. Lind nfeld James Wade.
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YORK - Marking its 15th
ry, the Black Executive Ex
Program of the ational Urban
Le ue will focus on a number of issues
HUD seminars to aid minority entrepre-neurs
Housing nd Urban Development
cretary Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. today
nnounced a eries of minar to a . t
minority ntrepreneurs to participate in
bu ine opportunitie on to be gene
rated by two De dministr tion initia-
tiv - Hou ing Development Grant
and Rental Rehabili J Pro rams.
The Secretary r d that the
new program fall within his announced
policy that "federally-as' ed programs
help local bu ine s in such a way that
dollars r turned over and maintained
within economically disadvantaged and
minority communi ties."
'Participation by minority bu ines
enterpri e in the new programs," he
noted 'will provide an opportunity for
them to be a full partner with the local
nd Federal Government in dding to
. the rent 1 hou ing stoe where needed.
The Housing Development Grant pro
gram, funded at 5200 million this year,
the special problems faced by the e 10
income single parent familie. We hope
to demonstrate the capacity of local
government to marshall publi and
private resource in th ir communities
into a comprehen ive and coordinated
rvice delivery sy tern to the . ngle
parent hou hold."
Explaining HUD's role in this effort
o help low income ingl parents, the
Secretary noted that the vailability of
decent and affordabl housin i a fir t
tep in creating stable living environ-
. mente
"In addition," Secretary Pierce said
"stable living condition ill give the e
ingle parents the freedom and security
to participate in the full range of upport
rvices leading to employment and
fuller participation in the community.
, e believe that a majority of these
single parents are strongly motivated to
become self-sufficient. We hope "that
this demonstration, which builds on the
public/private partnership concept en
visioned by the Reagan dministration
as the mo t effective service delivery
mechanism, will give them that oppor
tunity."
A notice in the May 21 Federal
Regi ter invites proposals from local
and county overnments to participate
in the Project Self-Sufficiency Demon
stration. The application deadline is
July 20.
to convene
well served. Despite a nationwide glut
of attorn y, the distrubing ration of
Black attorney to th Black client
ba (1:2155) erie for more trained
Black legal minds. On the 30th anni
versary of Brown v. Board of Education,
there is an urgent need for Blac lawyer
to continue the struggl ."
The ational B r oci tion
t B c b r
is de Igned to i t in the construction
or b tantial rehabili tation of rental
hou . ng in areas experiencing vere
hou ing shortages. The Rental Rehabilia
t ition Grant program, funded at $150
million, addre s loeal needs for mode
rate rehabilitation.
The seminars, which are being plann d
and organized by HUD's Office of Volun
tary Compliance and Busine s Develop
ment Divi ion, will describe the purpo
and intent of the new programs, how
they are intended to wor , and step
minority busine e may take to fa ciliate
their participation in the programs.
The first meetings have been cheduled
for the following citie: ew York,
June 4· ashington, D.C., June 5; At
lanta, June 7; and iarni, June 8. Addit
ional seminar. are tentatively planned
for the week of June 11 to 15 in Chica
go, ew Orleans, Dallas/Fort Worth,
and Los Angele .
The e ions, Secretary Pierce
emphasized, should be of interest to
minority busine smen, especially inves
tors and owners of rental property,
construction contractor and subcon
tractors, and upplier of building and
construction related g ods and rvices,
although other entrepreneurs are invited
to attend.
For
further information contact:
John Sheehy, Director, Division of
Business Development; Office of fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity; HUD,
Room 5246; Washington, D.C. 20410�
or phone: (202)755-6215.
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of critical importance to Blac s who re
. desirous of either beginning or enhancing
existing careers in busine ,as it presents
its annual eminar June 13-15, in
Atlanta, GA.
The gamut of ubjects to be covered
will range an the way from the changin
structure of corporate America in manu
facturing, con umer products and com
munications to coping with career con
flicts and stre . To addre the and
other issues the minar ill rely on a
number of outstanding expert drawn
from the corporate world and academi .
The close relationship between th
two areas is spelled out in the seminar
theme, "Colleges and Corporations: Part
ners for Progress." To further improv
thi relationship the Blac Executive
Exchan Program (B EP) ill al 0
relea e a rep rt "The Changing Struc
ture of Corporate America and Impli
cations for the urriculum of Blac
College and Universities - Pha Two."
The sermnar is open to intere ted
individuals. Further information may
be obtained by contacting: The Blac
ecutive Exchan Program; The a-
tional Urban Le gue Inc. 500 E. 62nd
Street, ew York, . . 10021.