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RESOLUTION NO 5,592
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS
CETA PLANNING COUNCIL FOR TITLE I PROGRAM
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1977; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. The recommendations of the Central Arkansas
CETA Planning Council for Title I Program for Fiscal Year 1977
are hereby approved and accepted by the Board of Directors of
the City of LIttle Rock. Those recommendations are set out on
Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part of this Resolution
as though set out herein word for word.
SECTION 2 . This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: September 21, 1976
ATTEST: APPROVED:
i y Clerk Assistant Mayor
EXHIBIT "A"
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
MEMORANDUM
September 3, 1976
TO: Mayor and Board of Directors
FROM: Carleton E. McMullin, City Manager
RE: CETA TITLE I TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FY '77
The following information and accompanying tables of data are offered
in support of the staff's recommendations concerning new funding of training
components in the CETA Title I program.
We anticipate that approximately $3,190,428 will be available for our
area. Adoption of the following recommendations would permit us to operate
within that allocation.
1. Skills Center
Recommendation: Concurrence with Advisory Council proposal (vote
unanimous) that operation continue at present level,
but under single contract with State Board for
Vocational Education.
Comment: Most performance indicators indicate general effec-
tiveness of this component. However, staff believes
that by contracting with a single agency rather than
both Voc. Ed. and ESD, duplication of effort and
costs can be diminished and specific responsibility
for overall performance can be clarified.
2. Opportunities Industrialization Center
Recommendation: Fund to serve only Little Rock and the balance of
Pulaski County at an amount not to exceed $316,000
(includes $30,000 for training allowance payments to
participants) .
Comment: The Advisory Council recommended (vote 6-1) funding
at approximately $266,000, which would have eliminated
an increase earlier this year to expand the Jackson-
ville Center and move it to North Little Rock and also
reduce by an additional 25%. The 25% reduction would
correspond to that portion by which the counties of
Faulkner, Lonoke and Saline would have been served.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
r ' BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
CETA TITLE I TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FY '77
September 3, 1976
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Eighteen percent (18%) of all participants should have
been from Lonoke and Faulkner Counties. Two percent
(2%) were actually from those counties. (See Table I)
Several were served from Saline for a few weeks but
could not continue because of transportation barriers.
Moving of the branch from Jacksonville to North Little
Rock was a pilot project intended to facilitate access-
ibility for persons in Lonoke and Faulkner Counties,
and initiate a course for bricklayers. Neither
objective was successful. Instead, the center actually
increased the number of training slots for clerical
skills, a need not sufficiently substantiated for our
area, Other reasons for proposing a reduction for this
component include high administrative costs (37% - See
Table II) , and comparatively low number of training
hours provided to participants (286 hours - See
Table III) .
3, In-School Work Experience (EOA of Pulaski County)
Recommendation: Concurrence with Advisory Council recommendation
(vote unanimous) to fund at level of 350 slots.
Comment: This program for teenagers in school was expanded to
500 slots early last year. It is especially popular
in outlying counties, serving youth from virtually
every secondary school in the area. If additional
funds become available, this component might be
expanded in outlying areas to offset OIC funds to
serve only Pulaski County.
4. Out-of-School Work Experience (EOA of Pulaski County)
Recommendation: Concurrence with Council's recommendation (vote
unanimous) to fund for 200 slots, but that contract
be probationary for three months to ensure that the
contractor can serve that many participants effectively
within new, more strict federal guidelines for work
experience components.
Comment: Last year's slot level was expanded to 250 due to
economic recession and related factors. With
improvement in economy and stricter guidelines for
this program, emphasis should be given toward com-
ponents that train participants with more marketable
skills.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
CETA TITLE I TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FY ' 77
September 3, 1976
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5. On-Job-Training (Employment Security Division)
Recommendation: Concurrence with Council (vote unanimous) that com-
ponent be funded at present level, but probationary
for three months to ensure that the contractor can
serve all segments of the community without regard
to race or sex and that all geographic areas can be
served equitably.
Comment: The program is generally and comparatively effective.
(See Tables II and III) However, because of the
comparatively small percentage of non-white and female
participants served, the probationary period is
requested to assure that al.l_groups are recruited,
enrolled and otherwise served without discrimination
due to race or sex.
* 6. Special Manpower Services (Urban League)
Recommendation: Concurrence with Council (vote unanimous) to discon-
tinue funding this component due to inability to serve
outlying counties effectively and the relatively high
cost of training for the amount of training provided.
Comment: Outlying counties were not served equitably by this
component. (See Table I) Council members, staff
members from those counties and participants in the
program have expressed explicit opinions that other
components could meet the needs of those areas better.
Information presented in Table III , while not
pretending to indicate definite training costs, does
offer a comparative analysis of actual training time
provided to participants. The staff understands that
part of the total expenditures must be accounted to
recruiting, counseling, job development and other
services. But these services were provided by all
components.
The basic purpose of this component was to provide
"motivational and attitudinal training" and then
assist the participants in finding jobs. Specifically,
the proposal submitted by Urban League and incorporated
in the contract contains these words in stating the
first objective, "By June 30, 1976 the Urban League. . .
will provide motivational and attitudinal training for
(450) applicants and direct job placement assistance
to 150." Elsewhere the contractor proposes that
"group and individual sessions will be held for 20
hours during one week."
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
CETA TITLE I PROGRAMS FOR FY ' 77
September 3, 1976
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7. Outreach Training Program (Central Arkansas building and Trades Council)
Recommendation: Concurrence with Council (vote unanimous) to fund at
present level.
Comment: Although the project served relatively few people (47)
it has helped bring non-white participants into
relatively high paying trades which have been difficult
traditionally for them to enter. Average hourly wage
for these began at $5.22 compared to $2. 78 for all
components.
8. Bank Teller Training (First National Bank)
Recommendation: Concurrence with Council (vote unanimous) to continue
funding at present level.
Comment: This is a very small ($11,000) project initiated as a
pilot program, unique in that we contract directly
with a business organization. It was sufficiently
successful to warrant a second funding on a pilot
basis.
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* 6. Staff recommendation for the Special Manpower Services (Urban League)
were not accepted by the Board of Directors, which voted at its
September 21, 1976 meeting to fund this component in the Pulaski County
area only in the amount of $68,000 for a one-year probationary period,
with the funds to be provided by a reduction of this amount from the
budget of the Out-of-School Work Experience component. See Page
of Board Minute Record A-5.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
TABLE I
CACETA TITLE I
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PARTICIPANTS SERVED BY COMPONENT AND AREA
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AGENCY PULASKI FAULKNER LONOKE SALINE ROCK
Equitable Allocation
Percentage 34% 11% 7% 7.5% - 40%
Skills Center
of Participants 33% 9% 7% 9.0% 42%
OIC
of Participants 35% 1% 1% 7.0% 55%
In-School
of Participants 42% 17% 11% 7.0% 26%
Out-of-School
of Participants 24% 17% 3% 10.0% 46%
On-Job-Training
of Participants 35% 17% 5% 7.0% 37%
Urban League
of Participants 18% 1% 6% 3.0% 72%
OTP (Apprenticeship)
of Participants 21% 6% 5% 5.0% 63%
First National Bank
of Participants 25% 75%
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TABLE 1.I.
CACI:TA TITLE 1
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES SPENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AGENCY TOTAL EXPENDITURES ADMIN. EXPEND. %ADMIN. EXPEND.
Skills Center 818,000 137,000 17%
OIC 361,000 133,000 37%
In-School 358,000
93,000 6.5%
Out-Of-School 1,076,000
On-Job-Training 325,000 12,000 4%
Urban League 86,000 21,000 24%
OTP 23,000 6,000 26%
First National Bank 5,000 -0- -0-
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