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OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Economic Opportunity Program

Program Purpose and Accomplishments

Activity: Special Impact (Economic Opportunity Act, Title I-D)

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Purpose: Special Impact funds are used to provide significant and highly visible economic and community development impact in urban and rural areas with high con

centration of the poor.

Explanation: Special Impact funds are granted to community development corporations which are concerned with fostering and increasing ownership of production and commercial facilities by poverty area residents.

Accomplishments in 1972: In 1972, $25,000,000 will be awarded to replace depleted venture and operating capital of eleven grantees, and to convert six planning grants to operational status.

Objectives for 1973: The entire $30,000,000 request for fiscal 1973 will be

required to maintain the eleven urban and seven rural CDCs last funded in fiscal 1971 at their current levels.

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OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Economic Opportunity Program

Program Purpose and Accomplishments

Special Programs for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers (Economic
Opportunity Act, Title III-B)

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Purpose: Funds are used to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families to improve their living conditions and develop skills necessary for a productive and self-sufficient life.

Explanation: Programs for Title III-B are geared to long range efforts and immediate needs. Long range efforts are full-time job-oriented education, training, non-agricultural job placement, self-help worker-owned economic enterprises, and self-help permanent housing. Activities for immediate needs are temporary housing, child care, and emergency food and medical services.

Accomplisments in 1972: In 1972, projects funded under Title III-B will reach an estimated 325,000 eligible household members through 80 grantee organizations functioning in 36 states. (Not included in these figures are the Emergency Food and Medical Services projects which are expected to serve an additional 125,000

persons).

Objectives for 1973: The $35,000,000 budget estimate for 1973 will sustain the present program level.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Economic Opportunity Program

Program Purpose and Accomplishments

Activity: Legal Services (Economic Opportunity Act, Section 222)

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Purpose: The Legal Services program has the mission of providing representation which will benefit the poor and help to alleviate their problems through the legal structure.

Explanation: The Legal Services program provides legal advice, counseling and representation by lawyers operating in local neighborhoods, and preventive legal education to poor people. The program also provides training and education in poverty law, operates programs to encourage the entry of minority groups into law schools, and mobilizes the legal community to attack the legal problems of the

poor.

Accomplishments in 1972: In fiscal 1972 the Legal Services operations funding of $58,800,000 will maintain the program at its 1971 level. Special emphasis is being given to improving program management in view of the possible transfer to an

independent corporation.

Objectives for 1973: The funding of $71,500,000 for fiscal 1973 represents consolidation of all OEO funding sources currently available to Legal Services and looks toward creation of the proposed corporation. The requested funds will be used for the operating programs, research and development, training, evaluation and program administration.

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Purpose: This program provides overall direction, management and support of the Federal antipoverty programs administered by the Office of Economic Opportunity, and assistance in the coordination of the programs of all Federal agencies in the integrated attack on poverty.

Explanation: Funds for this activity provide for the Office of the Director in Washington, Regional Directors' Offices, and supporting staff offices in both headquarters and regional offices. Also included are those general administrative costs which cannot be charged directly to any operating program.

Accomplishments in 1972: Obligations for General Support are expected to remain at the 1971 level through 1972.

Objectives for 1973: An increase in costs is projected for 1973 reflecting the pay increase costs of January 1972.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1972.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

MENTAL HEALTH

WITNESSES

DR. JEROME H. JAFFE, DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ACTION OFFICE FOR DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

KARST J. BESTEMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF NARCOTIC ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEN

TAL HEALTH

DR. WILLIAM E. BUNNEY, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF NARCOTIC ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

RALPH A. HOWARD, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SPECIAL ACTION OFFICE FOR DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

CHARLES MILLER, II, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE BUDGET, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PAUL L. PERITO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ACTION OFFICE FOR DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

Mr. FLOOD. We will now take up the supplemental estimate for drug abuse programs of the National Institute of Mental Health, the presentation to be made by Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Director of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention. I see you have a supporting cast with you and we will have their names placed in the record.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DR. JAFFE

We have a biographical sketch of Dr. Jaffe which we will put in the record.

(The biographical sketch follows:)

Dr. Jaffe was appointed by President Nixon on June 17, 1971, to serve as Director of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention in the Executive Office of the President, and as Special Consultant to the President for Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

During the year preceding his designation as Director of the Special Action Office, Dr. Jaffe chaired a special White House task force created by the President to assess the drug abuse problem in the United States and to make recommendations for a national campaign to combat it.

Prior to assuming his present position Dr. Jaffe served as director of the drug abuse program of the Department of Mental Health of the State of Illinois, as well as associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. As director of the Illinois drug abuse program, Jaffe pioneered innovative techniques for the treatment of heroin addiction, including the use of new substances to reduce the use of heroin and comprehensive, multimodality prorams combining methadone maintenance and therapeutic community treatment approaches.

Dr. Jaffe has been a consultant to numerous State and local governments and private organizations and has been a frequent contributor to professional journals.

A native of Philadelphia, Jaffe received A.B. (1954) and M.A. (1956) degrees from Temple University. Following graduation from the Temple University School of Medicine in 1958, he completed his internship and part of his residency

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