LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES

UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

183

EXAMINING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH FROM
IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES, FOCUSING ON WAYS TO ENSURE THAT
THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, PREPARE THEM FOR THE
WORKFORCE, AND/OR HELP THEM GET INTO COLLEGE

January 15, 1991

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1991

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, prepared

opening statement...

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8

Soares, Angela, and son Dexter, Roxbury, MA, accompanied by Carol Brooks;

Jamie and Stacey Goins and daughter, Miranda, Jacksboro, TN, accompa-

nied by Carolyn Cox

10

Dodd, Hon. Christopher J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut,

prepared statement..

Chiles, Hon. Lawton, Governor, State of Florida..

Prepared statement (with attachments).

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina,

prepared statement...

Dixon, Hon. Sharon Pratt, Mayor, District of Columbia.

Prepared statement

Renier, James J., CEO, Honeywell Inc., and chairman, Subcommittee on

Education and Child Development, Committee for Economic Development,

Minneapolis, MN...

Britt, Robin, founder, Project UpLift, Greensboro, NC; and Kevin A. Tarpley,

Youth Coordinator, YouthBuild, Belmont, MA, accompanied by Emmanuel

Moore.....

Prepared statements of:

Mr. Britt (with attachments).

Mr. Tarpley (with attachments)..

National Education Association, prepared statement

YMCA of the U.S.A., New York, NY, prepared statement...

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Ambach, Gordon, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers,

prepared statement..

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Grover, Herbert J., State superintendent of Wisconsin, President-elect, Coun-

cil of Chief State School Officers, prepared statement.

162

Woodwell, Margot, director, The National Media Outreach Center, Pitts-

burgh, PA, prepared statement...

164

Cauthen, Henry J., president, South Carolina ETV, Columbia, SC, prepared

statement.

167

Moyers, Bill, All Our Children, Public Affairs Television, Inc., New York, NY,

prepared statement..

170

Howe, Harold II, chairman, and Samuel Halperin, study director, William T.

Grant Foundation Commission on Work, Family and Citizenship, Washing-

ton, DC, (with an article entitled "Thinking About Our Children and Youth

by Harold Howe, II), prepared statement...

173

Perez, Sonia M., policy analyst, Policy Analysis Center, National Council of

La Raza, prepared statement on the Status and Needs of Hispanic Families

and Youth.

183

American Academy of Pediatrics, prepared statement.

188

Matava, Marie, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Social

Services on behalf of the American Public Welfare Association's National

Commission on Child Welfare and Family Preservation and the National

Council of State Human Service Administrators, prepared statement....

American Medical Association, prepared statement..

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