P pul Ion up by 11%,
I
h e up 6% t
The Datio· B popula-
tioo grew � 3.1 millio or 11
percen &om 1� to 1987, ac­
cordial to the COlD erce
Department's Ce us Bureau.
The reau's late annual
popuJ lion e im te by ge,
ex, and race indicate that
BI totaled 29.2 million in
1987 compared ·th 26.8 milliOD
in the 1980 cens Only 19 per­
cent of the growth from IID­
migration.
The BI c population h
been growing faster tban tbe
C 16
To encour e more mullti­
cultural people to ee help, ...
tate mental healt director
Tho W recently ap-
pointed a 13-me ber co .
tee to educat pel"SODDel OD cul­
tural sensitivity.
The committee is respon-
ibUe (or . competen
tal health ser­
. Member-
dommittee member.
wu..�:lSar a • (fo
mental health prob e )," he
. d. "But n the s em· e -
of trust be- amined e find fe India
people,"
Ideally, co programs
I
By
PzpiUIl News Senrice
LANSING - A S30 IDlIJIIOII
ichipn eighbor eod Corps
program propo ed by Gov.
James J. Blanchard ould
provide 18 to 2O-year-olds ith
full-time employme and get
them off general a islance,
St. te Budget Director y
Solomon said.
to of
general ce, off Welfare,
and into minimum-w' j
where they're Ip· clean up
and fix up eighbor ood ,.
Solomon ·d.
The program uId COlt $12
inillio net, . the r 18
Inillion coming from sa . in
-Ie ral . ce, Lou Glazer.
deputy directo of the depart­
ment of Commerce said.
"The purpose of the program
n to save money," Glazer
said. "It' to provide (jobs and
community rk)."
He aid there are 8,000
youths in Michigan between the
es of 18 and 20 0 are not
employed.
Glazer . d the ate would
be paying full-time, year-round
minimum to 18 to 2O-year-
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