con
ro P
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I
i t id nti fy a
thre hold 0 a f ty net below
hich, the four directo feel, tate
ervi hould n ver fall," he
added.
FOR THE first tim a concerted
ffort i b in mad to coordinate the
fforts of all human ervi dep n­
m nts, aid John Peterson, program
dev lopment director of th Office
of ervi to th Aging.
"Their work i not going to
produce a 20- cond ound bite, but
a lot more can b do in delivering
rvices to the poor by coordinating
efforts," he aid.
Each department prepare a Ii t of
problem are .Vanda id, adding at
the interagency meeting the in­
dividual department lists are
clustered together to come up with a
tatewide priority Ii t of i sues.
"However, this interagency effort
i in no way a ub titute of any ef­
forts being made by any oth r tate
agency or good working relationship
between other agencie ," she aid.
Bill Allen, chief deputy director
of the Department of Mental Health,
aid so far the vernor has accepted
all the recommendations pert ining
to psychiatric care, maternal sub­
tance abuse and children'S services.
ACCORDING TO V ANOA, the
interagency effort has been succe -
ful.
"It has allowed us to educate one
another," he aid.
One of the matters being iden­
tified as important for human er­
vice i expan ion of maternal
upport ervice. These services
would match Medicaid services that
provide nutrition and counseling to
pregnant women.
"Today services are being
provided till the child is one month
con nu d from P 9 1
ntic p opl to build tru tu
hou ing nd in 1 -f mil
dwelling ," id Dorothy B ker,
enterprise zone i tant for th city
of B nton H bore "Thi would
in our b re identially."
Th average hous in Benton
Harbor for bout $20 to
" e hop to freeze the total
assessee value for a certain number
" Baker said. .
TH CITY give up all its tax
dollars, where will the e cess money
com from to run cbools and other
programs?
"This is an expensive project, but
ny money the, city makes i
foregone revenue," said John
Iverson, urban pecialist for the
Michigan Department of
Commerce.
Benton Harbor i the only
enterpri e zone in the state right now,
but Iver on said, "'We see the
enterpri e zone as being successful
and it could be applied to other
di tressed cities like Detroit, Flint,
Bay City and Saginaw."
"The second most distressed city
in the state is 'Highland Park," said
Rep. Bob Emerson, D-Flinl
"Highland Par ought to have the
same advantages that Benton Harbor
does," Emerson said.
The housing opportunity zones
policy is still in its discussion stages
and proposals are being made to the
Legislature and will be brought up
within the next couple of weeks.
"Bl c vote don't know what
t Republican party ts, nd wh t
they know of it i D vid Duke, J
Helm nd Willie Horton" id
Carter. "We have to get bac to a
place wh re th Black community
can ee the philo ophy of the
Republican Party and n t thi nega­
tive image ... " In outlining n ry
tep to overcome Blac ' ntipathy
to th GOP, Carter agreed that it
behoov orne Republicans to play
down their party affiliation wh n
campaigning... metime.
TIl Y I10ULD BE IN their
campaigns at lea t a year ahead .. .in
private forum with Blacks who are
community leaders, of busines men
and Clergy to identify tho e who
might be receptive to their can­
didacy, Carter and Dornbierer point
out.
However, it is not enough for can­
didate to meet with a few Blacks
and then have the leadership do their
campaigning for them, the consult­
ants emphasize. In fact, Campaign
Directions recommends just the op­
posite by urging candidates to go out
into the community in a major grass­
roots effort to consider their con­
cerns.
"Black believe Republicans
don't care about them (and), over­
coming thi perception is the biggest
hurdle in winning the upport of
Black voters," Carter empha ized.
Once an effective campaign team
has been e tablished in Black neigh­
borhoods, campaign advertising
must be done through community
outlets uch as the Black press
(newspapers) and radio (stations) in
order to target residents who are ac­
tive voters, the consultants con­
cluded.
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