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t dRo lnd
d's • Christopher Edley,
dlrector, UNC Corporate
School funding
formula guarant
Inf rlor chool
school funding, with its heavy
reliance on local property taxes,
the U- M report said "School
districts with higher property
values, on average, have a
higher range of achievement test
cores and lower dropou rates,"
the researchers said.
They argued that the state
sales tax should be increased,
that property taxes should be re­
lated to income and that proper­
ty taxes raised from businesses
should be distributed equally
throughout the state. "Until the
school revenue base is
broadened and existing
problems in assessing property
taxes on the local level are dealt
with, there will continue to be
large inequities in per-pupil
spending and in educational
quality," according to Schwartz,
Abbey and Willis.
"Michigan faces a bottom­
lin qu tion of paying now for
programs and services that
prevent costly social problems,
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or forcing ourselves and our
children to pay considerably
more later to treat symptoms,"
the U-M researchers said.
Because of budget cutbacks,
the state does not have enough
inspectors to monitor day care
facilities adequately and res­
taurant sanitation has declined
markedly in the last decade, ac­
cording to the U-M report. In
ddition, children who need ser­
vices to cope with abuse, neglect
or delinquency face long waits.
Michigan has not been able
to make any progress on lower­
ing infant mortality rates, in part
because of increases in drug
abuse by mothers, the U-M
report noted. More than 3,000
Michigan residents seeking
treatment for substance abuse
are on waiting lists, with an
average eight week wait fo out­
patient treatment, and an eight­
month wait for residential
p-ograms.
Reducing spending on
human services may actually
cost the state in the long run, the
U-M researchers said Lower
. spending on substance-abuse
treatment results in higher
health care costs, they said, and
reduced staffing in mental
health services could threaten
accreditation for hospitals, with
a subsequent loss of in federal
Medicaid funds.
Farrakhan followers
. may run for political
office
Washington, D. C. - Fpl­
lowers of militant Nation of
Islam .leader Louis Farrakhan
may soon start running for
, elected Louis Farrakhan may
soon start running for elected
political office.
During a Washington, D.C.
news cconference last week Far­
rakhan blasted many of the
nation's current Black elected
officials charging that they had
" failed dto address the social
arid economic problems local
Black communities."
The first seats targeted by
Muslim candidates will be
Washington, D.C.'s non-voting
delegate seat and the 5th District
seat in Prince George's County,
Maryland. P.G. County is a
majority Black suburb of
Washington, D.C.
e car r
Los Angeles, Calf. - Recently
redred b etball great Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar has launched a
new b i career as movie
producer. The former Los An­
gele Lakers star is currently
working on a movie titled
"Recruiting Violatio ."
OlD YO K OW .. : that
43� of Black familie are
female head cd with no father
pre ·cnt. Thi compares to 13%
of while familie ..
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Name
Addres
y 11J-26, 1990
ace im
1
youth served.
African-American youth
numerically domin te all er­
vice sectors. However, tbey
are, most beavily represented in
th employment/training sec­
tor, followed by juvenile jus­
tice.
While the overall distribu­
tion of service reflects the ra­
cial composition of the county,
there is considerable disp rity
in levels of service between
sectors.
The majority of children
served in all sector except
substance abuse Jive in the
Detroit are. More than three­
fourths of all children receiv­
ing the most basic service
(housing, income support and
health) are Detroit residents.
The report al 0 indicated
that race is an important factor
in the way services are
provided. African-American
pre-dominate. in all service
sectors, and beyond the levels
to be expected from thei r
proportion in the population.
AFRICAN-AMERICA
females are pre cnt in par­
ticularly large numbers in th
employment and training ec­
tor: African-Amencan male
predominate in juvenile ju tic
programs. Other minoritie
. are erved in the largest por­
portions by chool-based cr­
vice and in child welfare
progra
Mental health and ubstance
abuse service have the
greatd t number of white,
with hite male predomin t­
ing in he mental health sector.
"A -risk" children arc
serve pr dominately under
public au pices in th housing
incom upport, and education
ector Three-fourth of th
youth receiving juvenile ju -
MICHIGAN U'I'I2EN Pap 13
ac
tice service are al 0 served by
public programs. It i ollly in
the mental health and cbild
welfare sectors tbat the
majority of youth are served
by private agencies. .
Youth Advi ory Commis­
sion Director Darolyn Smith
said, the majority of 'African­
American youth receive very
Iitae prevention services, and
they tend to be institutional­
ized more often because of
that.
Smith indicated federal and
state services are not funded
adequately to handle the large
number of youth in need of
service .
She e pres ed a need for.
community b ed organiz -
tions to pull together and get a
plan of action on a community
level to help African-American
youth.
HE AID'A lot can be
done 'on a community level,
and Jndicated the majority of
youth ar een by the com­
munity and not the system.
she identified the public
school . churches and com­
munity based organizations
what the youths are in constant
contact with.
"I think there can be a
tremendou impact on young
people, a positive impact," said
Smith about the community or­
ganization .
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