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A. 1993 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines. B. 1993 Lower Living Standard Income Level Guidelines. To obtain a copy of attachment(s), please contact Deloris Norris of the Office of Regional Management at (202) 219-5585.

To obtain a copy of attachment(s), please contact Deloris Norris of the Office of Regional Management at (202) 219-5585. (A) Panel of Experts Mailing List; and (B) Panel Roles and Responsibilities. CAPACITY BUILDING PANEL OF EXPERTS MAILING LIST Aaron, James (Federal) Phone: (202) 219-6825 Supervisor, Program Interpretation Unit Fax: (202) 219-7190 U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, Room N4709 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20210 Adams, V. Toni (Local) Phone: (510) 891-0060 Acting Executive Director of META/ Fax: (510) 839-3766 Human Resource Manager Oakland PIC 362 22nd Street Oakland, CA 94612 Blue, Gene (Local) Phone: (602) 254-5081 Executive Director and CEO Fax: (602) 252-3598 Phoenix Opportunities Industrial Center 39 East Jackson Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 Buonomo, John (State) Phone: (617) 348-5931 Director of JOBS Fax: (617) 727-9153 Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare 600 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111 Chaves, Melvin ("Skip") (Local) Phone: (305) 649-7500 President Fax: (305) 644-2100 SER - Jobs for Progress 42 N.W. 27th Avenue, Suite 421 Miami, Florida 33125 Dorrer, John (Local) Phone: (207) 469-6385 Senior Vice President Fax: (207) 469-6348 Training Development Corporation 18 School Street P.O. Box 1669 Bucksport, Maine 04416 Etzkorn, Jan (State) Phone: (217) 782-7500 Technical Assistance Unit Fax: (217) 785-6454 State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs 620 East Adams Street Springfield, IL 62701 Evans, Jim (State) Phone: (801) 538-8756 Deputy Director Fax: (801) 359-3928 Utah Office of Job Training 324 South State, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-7162 Fitch, Larry (Enterprise Council) Phone: (401) 277-3732 Director Fax: (401) 277-1473 Department of Employment and Training 101 Friendship Street Providence, RI 02903 Golian, Lois (Federal) Phone: (215) 596-6337 Executive Assistant Fax: (215) 596-0683 U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration 3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309 Graham, Heather (Federal) Phone: (617) 565-2242 Federal Representative Fax: (617) 565-2229 U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration One Congress Street Boston, MA 02114-2023 Hitt, Paul (Local) Phone: (417) 895-6899 Local Office Manager Fax: (417) 895-6876 Missouri Division of Employment Security P.O. Box 50656 Springfield, MO 65805-0656 Jackson, Glen (At-Large) Phone: (202) 638-3912 Assistant Director Fax: (202) 783-6536 Human Resources Development Institute/AFL-CIO 815 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Kiley, John (Local) Phone: (319) 326-0744 Director of the Eastern Iowa SDA Fax: (319) 322-8241 Eastern Iowa Community College 304 West Second Street Davenport, IA 52801 Lawrence, Mary Ann (Local) Phone: (812) 288-6451 Director of Programs and Research Fax: (812) 284-8314 Hoosier Valley Economic Opportunities 1613 East 8th Street P.O. Box 0843 Jeffersonville, IN 47131-0843 Loadholtz, Anne (State) Phone: (904) 921-4275 Training Specialist Coordinator Fax: (904) 921-4360 Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security 2671 Executive Circle West, Suite 200 Webster Building Tallahassee, FL 32399-2166 Loyle, John (Local) Phone: (206) 754-4113 Division Administrator Fax: (206) 754-4119 Pacific Mountain Job Training and Development Department 719 Sleater Road, SE, Suite 200 Lacey, WA 98503-1133 Manson, Phyllis (Local) Phone: (202) 724-7049 Associate Director for Employer Services Fax: (202) 724-7068 Washington, D.C. Department of Employment Services 800 C Street, NW, Suite 317 Washington, D.C. 20001 Martinez, John (At-Large) Phone: (602) 417-1402 Director of Employment and Training Programs Fax: (602) 252-0315 National Council of La Raza 111 West Monroe Street, Suite 1610 Phoenix, AZ 85003 McGuinness, Dorothy (Local) Phone: (410) 315-9680 President Fax: (410) 315-8664 Business and Workforce Development Center 877 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard Suite 305 Severna Park, Maryland 21146 Mehringer, Alice (Local) Phone: (817) 335-5111 Employment Services Supervisor Fax: (817) 336-8527 Texas Employment Commission P.O. Box 591 Fort Worth, TX 76101 Moore, Dail (Federal) Phone: (202) 401-3438 JOBS Program Specialist Fax: (202) 205-5887 Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Family Assistance 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW Aerospace Building, 5th Floor, East Wing Washington, D.C. 204470-0001 Morales, John (Local) Phone: (602) 344-3778 Administrative Director Fax: (602) 344-2392 Yuma Private Industry Council 2725 South Avenue B Yuma, AZ 85364 Porter, Mike (State) Phone: (206) 393-0463 State Board of Technical and Community Colleges Fax: (206) 477-4053 State of Washington Fax: (360) 586-6440 4055 Southwest Prince Street Seattle, WA 98116 Praeger, Richard ("Rick") (Federal) Phone: (202) 219-5339 Program Analyst U.S. Department of Labor Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment Programs 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N5426 Washington, D.C. 20210 Rusher, Trenda (Local) Phone: (313) 484-6650 Director Fax: (313) 484-6634 Washtenaw County - ETCSG 555 Towner Street P.O. Box 915 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 St. John, Alan (State) Phone: (314) 882-2860 Executive Director Fax: (314) 882-0365 Missouri Training Institute University of Missouri-Columbia 11 Middlebush Hall Columbia, MO 65211 Surville, Shirley (Federal) Phone: (202) 219-9092 Employment Service Supervisor Fax: (202) 219-6643 U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Employment Service, Room N4470 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20210 Swanson, Carol (State) Phone: (515) 281-5048 Business Labor Liaison Fax: (515) 242-5144 Iowa Department of Employment Services 1000 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50319 Twomey, John (State) Phone: (518) 465-1473 Director Fax: (518) 434-2289 New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals 150 State Street, 3rd Floor Albany, NY 12207 Visdos, Robert (Local) Phone: (202) 728-0200 President Fax: (202) 833-2467 NETWORK One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 410 Washington, D.C. 20036 Wintrich, Ina (State) Phone: (602) 965-4012 Senior Program Coordinator Fax: (602) 965-3660 Arizona State University School of Public Affairs Advanced Executive Program P.O. Box 873007 Tempe, AZ 85287-3007 Young, Myrna (Local) Phone: (716) 847-1120 Executive Director Fax: (716) 847-1550 Everywoman Opportunity Center, Inc. 237 Main Street, Suite 330 Buffalo, NY 14203 Zuidema, Byron (State) Phone: (612) 296-3700 Assistant Commissioner Fax: (612) 296-0994 Minnesota Department of Economic Security 390 North Roberts Street, 5th Floor Street Paul, MN 55101 DOL NATIONAL OFFICE PROJECT STAFF: Beran, Dolores Phone: (202) 219-5229 U.S. Department of Labor Fax: (202) 219-7190 Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N4469 Washington, D.C. 20210 Kolodny, Elaine Phone: (202) 219-5229 U.S. Department of Labor Fax: (202) 219-7190 Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N4469 Washington, D.C. 20210 CONTRACTOR SUPPORT: Kirsch, Michael Phone: (202) 408-8282 Technical Assistance and Training Corporation Fax: (202) 408-8308 2409 18th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 McCarthy, Carole Phone: (202) 408-8282 Technical Assistance and Training Corporation Fax: (202) 408-8308 2409 18th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 ATTACHMENT B Concept Technical Assistance and Training Corporation (TATC), a contractor engaged by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, is currently undertaking a consultation process with employment and training professionals to identify capacity building needs and requirements for the employment and training system, including JTPA (Titles II and III), Employment Service, One-Stop, and JOBS programs. As part of this process, TATC has established a Panel of Experts who will be responsible for providing oversight and guidance to TATC on capacity building issues. The role of the Panel of Experts will be to: - Serve as a focal point for identifying capacity building priorities and activities - Identify tasks, roles, and responsibilities of National, Regional, State, and Local level agencies and organizations in an on-going capacity building process and system - Develop recommendations and implementation strategies for a 5-year capacity building plan and annual technical assistance and training priorities - Coordinate as appropriate with related programs and initiatives (e.g., the Enterprise Council for Title III programs, One-Stop, School-to-Work, Labor Market Information) - Provide guidance on electronic communication applications - Provide leadership in direct project work in implementing the capacity building plan (at a later stage in the project). Membership The Panel of Experts will consist of a working group of approximately 35 members including Federal, State, and local representatives from JTPA (Titles II and III), the U.S. Employment Service, One-Stop, and JOBS. Members are representative of a wide variety of interests within the system - - small and large states, small and large urban and rural substate areas, and are geographically distributed throughout the country. The Panel is intended to be a "working group" rather than a "policy-making group" and consists of persons with program operations experience as well as persons with knowledge of system technology needs from a user's perspective. Operations The Panel of Experts will meet as a full group two times during the period of 1/1/95 and 9/30/95. The scheduling of additional meetings of the Panel of Experts beyond this time frame (i.e., continuing this group on an on-going basis) will be determined at a future date. It is anticipated that each meeting will be one full day in duration. TATC will be responsible for payment of Panel members' travel costs associated with attendance of the Panel meetings (i.e., airfare, lodging, and meals), which will be held in Washington, D.C. The Panel of Experts will be convened by TATC, who will be responsible for scheduling the Panel meetings, preparing the meeting agenda, ensuring that pre-meeting materials are distributed to Panel members in a timely manner prior to each meeting, and for facilitating the Panel of Experts meetings. Additional meetings with subgroups of Panel members may be required during the course of the project. TATC will distribute a summary of project activities to Panel members on a monthly basis, as well as other project materials (e.g., draft reports) on an as-needed basis. Panel members will be given a minimum of two weeks to review and provide feedback to TATC and other Panel members. The Panel of Experts will operate under a consensus rule.

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1. Module 9 - Post Program Data and Performance Management 2. Module 10 - Level 3: The Past Into the Future 3. Module 11 - Evaluation Questions For Post Program Data: A Sampler 4. Module 12 - A Study Guide For Follow-Up and Evaluation 5. 1990 TAG Index 6. TAG + Merged Index To obtain a copy of attachment(s), please contact Deloris Norris of the Office of Regional Management at (202) 219-5585.

I. Agency Descriptions II. Work Site Development Suggestions ATTACHMENT I: AGENCY DESCRIPTIONS THE USDA FOREST SERVICE The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides leadership in the management, protection, and use of the Nation's 191 million acres of forests and rangelands. The agency is involved in a variety of human resource programs including administering and hosting programs that provide work, training, and education to individuals who are minorities, economically disadvantaged, elderly, disabled, and youth. Two such programs suitable for youth are: (1) Youth Conservation Corps and (2) Forest Service Hosted Programs. ETA supports these efforts and recommends that SDAs explore this resource as possible work sites and other services. Almost 6000 seniors are employed under the Senior Community Service Employment Program work sites in the national forests. These individuals can provide intergenerational support to youth. A supply of brochures explaining Forest Service programs and other informative materials are being transmitted to you under separate cover in sufficient quantities to distribute to each of your SDAs. U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE The Public Health Service administers various health care programs in both rural and urban areas of high need for health care services. Some of the programs include Migrant Health Centers, Community Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, Family Planning Clinics, Maternal and Child Health facilities and Healthy Start Clinics. Through its facilities the Public Health Service offers such jobs as nurses aides, intake clerks, and medical records technicians. Not only are these jobs available to economically disadvantaged youth participating in the "Summer Challenge" program but many have the potential to lead to full time, permanent careers. The Public Health Service has informed their providers about the "Summer Challenge" and has asked them to identify meaningful youth employment opportunities. These providers are also being encouraged to contact the applicable SDA to express their willingness to participate in the program and to explain the services they may offer. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE AND CONSERVATION CORPS The National and Community Service Act of 1990 recognized the need for a renewal of the ethic of civic responsibility in the United States. The Act authorized the creation of a Commission and charged it with numerous responsibilities including the making of grants in four areas: K-12 schools, higher education, youth corps, and national service models. The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps (NEWSWEEK) is the membership organization for youth corps programs. In 1993, almost 80 youth corps -- also known as service or conservation corps -- are operating in over 60 cities and counties in 19 States, serving more than 17,500 young people in both year-round and summer programs. Youth Corps harness the energy and idealism of young people to meet the needs of communities, States, and the Nation. "Corps members" most often work in crews or teams of eight to twelve with an adult supervisor. Youth corps crews undertake a wide range of work projects, some of which are similar to the forestry and parks projects of the 1930's Civilian Conservation Corps. NEWSWEEK has requested that each operative youth corps initiate contact with applicable SDAs to discuss possible participatory linkages. NATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR YOUTH The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) is an organization comprised of fifteen of the largest national youth-serving organizations that work together on behalf of today's youth. The organizations are: -- American Red Cross; -- Association of Junior Leagues International; -- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America; -- Boy Scouts of America; -- Boys & Girls Clubs of America; -- Camp Fire Boys & Girls, Inc.; -- Child Welfare League of America; -- 4-H, Extension Service; -- Girl Scouts of the USA; -- Girls Incorporated; -- National Network of Runaway and Youth Services; -- The Salvation Army; -- WAVE, Inc.; -- YMCA of the USA; and -- YWCA of the USA, National Board. Together, NCY members seek to provide a united voice for all youth, advocating for improved conditions and positive development opportunities. The NCY is informing all of their members of the "Summer Challenge" and encouraging them to contact SDAs to make work site arrangements for this year's program. NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SUMMER SESSIONS The North American Association of Summer Sessions was established in 1963 primarily to develop summer sessions standards and programs in colleges and universities. The activities of this Association are exclusively for educational purposes. The goals include the development of quality summer programs for academic enrichment and the provision of a place to stimulate personal growth. The Association currently has a membership of over 200 colleges and universities and is encouraging them to make their summer session facilities available for participants of the "Summer Challenge" program. ETA has provided the Association with an SDA directory and asked them to advise their members to make the initial contact. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS The American Association of Museums is the national association representing 8,000 of America's museums. The Association is the national accrediting body for museums and serves as a voice for museums through an active government affairs program. Membership includes museums of all sizes and kinds throughout the United States -- from art museums, natural history museums, and historical sites to science and technology centers, arboretums, planetariums, children's museums, zoos and botanical gardens. The Association is encouraging their member museums to make their facilities available to summer youth and to make the initial contact with the appropriate SDA. Many of these museums may be able to offer academic enrichment services, especially science related activities, as well as quality work sites. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Secretary Reich and Secretary Seasoners have agreed to combine their efforts to achieve maximum impact on the "Summer Challenge" program. Both Secretaries addressed the "Summer Challenge" conference in Washington, D.C. held on April 14. The two Departments have been working together to assure the success of the "Summer Challenge" program in 1993 and in future years. As an initial step, a joint letter signed by the two Secretaries has been sent to all SDA Directors, the chief elected official for each SDA, and to all Local Public and Indian Housing Authorities. The letter explains how the agencies can coordinate and work together to create a variety of meaningful jobs and academic enrichment activities. The Secretaries urge their respective systems to accept the challenge and take immediate steps to join forces in this summer youth effort. Each local housing authority director has been requested to contact individuals at the applicable SDA. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL This private non-profit organization seeks to eliminate poverty housing in the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. By having needy and affluent people work together in equal partnership, Habitat builds new relationships and a sense of community as well as new housing. Through volunteer labor, management expertise, donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates homes with the help of the homeowners. Former President Carter volunteers a week of his time each year to assist in building homes. Houses are sold at no profit to partner families, and zero interest mortgages are issued over a fixed period. Habitat does not accept government money for construction of new houses, renovation or repair of existing houses, or for project operating expenses. There are currently over 850 affiliated projects in all 50 States. The organization through these affiliates will make work sites and supervision available to youth in the "Summer Challenge" program. ETA feels that these are quality work sites and encourages SDAs to explore work experience possibilities with Habitat International. GREEN THUMB, INC. AND OTHER SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SPONSORS Green Thumb is a national, private nonprofit organization, that provides training and employment opportunities, and is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of-Labor. Green Thumb, Inc. currently serves over 20,000 participants in 44 states and Puerto Rico. Participants in Green Thumb, Inc. are economically disadvantaged persons who are 55 years of age or older. The primary focus is to promote part-time community service opportunities, provide skills training, and transition into jobs offering improved income and benefits. Green Thumb currently works with over 10,000 public and non-profit agencies who host community service employment training for participants. Green Thumb, Inc. has experience operating JTPA funded Older Worker and Dislocated Worker programs, English as a Second Language programs, SSI outreach programs, Weatherization programs, and Community Service Employment programs for youth. Green Thumb, Inc. is uniquely situated to assist SDAs with the "Summer Challenge" program in a variety of ways: (1) work sites for the placement of youth; (2) supervisory assistance from SCSEP enrollees; and (3) linkages with agencies that have SCSEP enrollees, including educational organizations that may be able to work on enrichment efforts. In addition to Green Thumb, Inc. there are several other national sponsors and State agencies on aging which may be able to assist SDAs in a similar manner. The following is a list of national SCSEP sponsors: Association Nacional Pro Personas Mayores, National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., National Council on the Aged, American Association of Retired Persons, National Council of Senior Citizens, U.S. Forest Service, National Urban League, National Council on Aging, Inc., and National Asian-Pacific Center on Aging. U.S. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE The Conservation Career Development Corps (CCDC) program, operated by the National Park Service, is an initiative to attract and prepare high risk inner city minority and female high school and college students for career opportunities in the National Parks in urban areas. This is a demonstration project to utilize the urban park facilities as training sites. Planning for this initiative was coordinated with ETA, the Justice Department, and the Interior Department. The CCDC program is operated through a Regional structure by the participating urban parks, under the supervision of a site program coordinator. The participants receive work study and training activities in all disciplines and get unlimited exposure to the park professionals and the conservation mission. Participants are recruited, selected, and paid in accordance with JTPA rules through SDAs and PICs serving the inner city areas. ETA endorses the CCDC program and suggests that SDAs having access to the program look into possible linkages. ATTACHMENT II: WORK SITE DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTIONS The following suggestions were developed by the Children's Defense Fund in consultation with ETA. These were handed out at the "Summer Challenge" conference held in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1993. Service Delivery Areas may find some of these suggestions helpful in creating work sites. The steps listed here are by no means exhaustive and may have already been taken. They are only offered here as possible ideas that may be of assistance to program planners. -- Convene a meeting, or series of meetings, with neighborhood groups and community-based organizations (CBOs) already working in poor neighborhoods to explain how the summer program works and seek ideas for new projects or work sites. -- Contact youth-serving agencies such as those listed under the National Collaboration for Youth in Attachment I and discuss ways in which participants can be used to strengthen or expand summer recreation and enrichment programs already planned for this summer. -- Call Head Start programs and child care centers that may be able to use summer youth as teacher's aides. -- Talk to the directors of local museums or zoos to explore possibilities of placing participants as tour guides or aides in public information offices. -- Collaborate with civic groups or CBOs to develop neighborhood improvement projects that can engage substantial numbers of youth in efforts to improve parks, community centers, or other public and private non-profit facilities in low-income areas. -- Explore ways of using participants as tutors in summer Chapter 1 programs sponsored by local education agencies or summer reading programs run by public libraries. -- Identify "Meals on Wheels" or other programs for elderly residents in low-income communities that may offer opportunities for youth to serve as supervised assistants to professionals or adult volunteers. -- Contact community colleges and other post secondary institutions to identify planned summer activities that may be adapted or expanded to involve youth. -- Talk to the director of volunteer programs in local hospitals, Red Cross chapters, and community health centers about the possible placement of summer participants as aides to nurses or other medical personnel. -- Identify local day camps or residential camps in the area that may be able to use summer participants as additional camp counselors and aides supervised by older youth and adults. -- Seek out youth service or conservation corps programs that engage youth in many areas in community improvement projects while also offering close supervision and educational activities for corps members. -- Call officials in charge of community relations or outreach activities at nearby military installations to discuss possible placement of youth at such facilities. -- Arrange meetings with public school, community college, and university officials to discuss supervised landscape, maintenance, and repair positions for summer participants. -- Meet with fire and police department officials to discuss possible employment for youth participants as public information community affairs assistants, or in efforts to disseminate safety information to the public. -- Contact local government officials and non-profit agency directors about possible employment for youth in office, recreation, and service areas within their organizations. -- Explore the possibilities of working with community theater groups to hire summer youth to write, design, and perform small theater productions that teach elementary school aged children about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, gangs, etc. -- Place calls to local housing development organizations and discuss construction and repair projects involving youth participants. -- Encourage city and county governments to hire summer youth as tour guides and public information assistants in airports, tourist attractions, and visitor centers. -- Ask that public schools, universities, community colleges, city governments, and public safety offices consider hiring summer participants to distribute and/or administer surveys related to safety, community service needs, etc. -- Contact local library officials and suggest the possibility of hiring participants to help with reshelving, reorganizing, preservation of historic documents, cataloging, and staffing bookmobiles. -- Request that city or county juvenile justice officials consider hiring youth as assistants for tutoring, job training, and fine arts program assistants targeted at youth who have come in contact with the juvenile justice system. -- Talk with the director of the local animal shelter to explore the possibilities of placing summer youth participants as animal grooming and/or exercise assistants.

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