HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 68-25WHEREAS:
Since 1965 the Anoka County Community Action Agency has
served as the operational arm of the Anoka County Council
of Economic Opportunity, inc., designing and imp!ementing
programs purposed to eliminate poverty in the midst of
plenty by opening to everyone the opportunity for educa-
tion and training, the opportunity to work, and the
opportunity to live in decency and dignity, and
ViHEREA S:
Many residents of the City of Columbia Heights have been,
and are, successfully involved in programs such as Head
Start, Family Counseling, Job Counseling and Placement,
Upward Bound and the Neighborhood Youth Corps, administered
by said Community Action Agency, and
WHEREAS: The Anoka County Board of Commissioners, empowered by the
1967 Amendments to the Social Security Act to designate
the present agency, themselves, or another agency to
administer the programs henceforth, has evaluated current
and oist programs and elected to request the present agency
to continue to serve in this capacity, now Therefore Be It
RESOLVED:
That the City of Columbia Heights exercise its option,
embodied in the 1967 Greene Amendment to the Social
Security Act, to continue to cooperate with, and to be
served by, the Anoka County Community Action Agency.
Passed 'this 8th day of July, 1968
Offered by - Logacz
Seconded by Jeska
Roll Call - Ail Ayes.
Secretary to the Council