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Opinion: Cornmentatv. souo. rats Letters
ODder JTP A· JX'OII'UQ year
1987 ere high school
gr oates. Although the Ia
requires special emphasis on
school dropou are not
receiviag the same service .
y legislation would refocus
JTPA on the harder· to-serve
population that· strusgIing to
get into the economic
. tream.
year, . the Committee
on Education and Labor,
which I chair, conducted an
O\'eI'Sigbt hearing on the per.
formance of the JPTA. The
committee fOcused i revie
on studies conducted by the
General Accounting Office
(G'AO) the so-called '
atchdog of the federal
gOYel1llDeDt. The GAO report
found the following:
- T e : ost job- ready
group received more intensive
services' t those most in
need.
- The JTPA program
he vily emphasize short­
term trainiDg aad the program
large participants who are
cas· t to place into jobs.
- O\u half of the adu
and 2/3 of the youths were
g in unemployed only 4
months after completiDg the
JTPA P'ogram.
My Iep)lltion will improve
the program to target the as·
. ce more acutely to needy
adults and young people;
aeate a new program to im­
prove youth services targeting
school dropou aDd in-schoo
are at-ri of school
d fuad-.
exc
fOI
propositi n. r
Washignto� D.C. Could
beco the b to build a
solid record in terms of turn­
ing that city around, whit
simulataneously erecting a
bridge to e White Ho in
1996. I say Run J Run!
Win Jesse Win! '
can
Ron Dtmiels �rve4 as th�
Ditector of the Nutiontll Rain·
bow Coalition and as th«
DqJuty Campaign MlI/IIlger for
the'Revuend Jesse JacJaon's
P1uidmtilJl Com.pai,a '88· He
Iuu erwd lIS Ptesidenl of the
NIIIioiUIl BIIIck Assembly tIIId
as OuWpenon of 1M National
Black Independent Political
Party. Oumally, M seves as
PresiMnt of the Institute for
Community o� and
Development in Youn&fwwn,
Ohio. He ""'Y be contacted lit
(216) 746-5747.
come "'t)M�
solve the We prob
facing their community. J ck·
SOD Action· . t the
doctor ordered.
On �e question of the
da��er of dru_� to our
famdaes communities and -
tio it .;. Jesse J cboD
raised th· issue to the Ie¥eI of
dational defense d natioaal
" security during his 1988
presidential campaip. He
to 01
people each and � v.uk
fI!.YII�I·1I � them to liYe a ..
free life and his perso I
aedtiIity OD this q . .
. peccable. But J Jack-
� also understands the root
ca es of drugs, 0'. and
violence. He is capable of
CbI.IIeIlapJ· «America to IIICWe
beyond the Oawed policy of
. building more priso and
1Od�· • priIoDers to
a eel:
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