TABLE 12 NUMBER OF TITLE II GRANTS, BY PURPOSE, AND AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO PROGRAM CATEGORY (FOR FISCAL YEARS 1969 AND 1970) The 1969 grants provide technical assistance to States and local communities in such areas as the development of new participation roles for youth in prevention programs, development of new careers, and more effective utilization of local community service organizations. Priority during fiscal year 1969 was given to projects which served to link State Planning Agencies with disadvantaged communities to assure that plans and programs would be realistic. Grantees were asked to de velop models of youth roles that would include: youth participation in planning agencies' boards and task forces, and development of models for new careers for youth. Administration of Funds (Technical Assistance) In fiscal year 1969, a total of nine technical assistance grants were awarded in the amount of $228,000. In fiscal year 1970, 14 technical assistance grants totaling $266,310, were awarded. TABLE 15 AMOUNTS OF FUNDS SPENT BY TYPE OF PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEARS 1969 AND 1970 (TITLE III) The Commission was created by Executive order dated June 6, 1968; and charged with investigating and making recommendations with respect to: (1) the causes and prevention of lawless acts of violence in our society, including assassination, murder and assault; (2) disrespect for law and order and for public officials, violent disruptions of public order by individuals and groups; and (3) such other matters as the President placed before the Commission. The final report of the Commission was transmitted to the President on December 10, 1969. The report was based on research by 200 leading scholars, during 18 months of hearings and conferences. The Commission report stated: "Our youth account for an ever increasing percentage of crime -- greater than their increasing percentage of population. Arrest rates for violent urban crime are two to three times higher among youth aged 15 to 24 than among older groups in the urban population. The cutting edge of protest, and the violence which has sometimes accompanied it, has been done largely by the young in the streets and on the campuses. In cities experiencing ghetto riots, more than half of the persons arrested were teenagers and young adults". 10 The Commission Report further noted that the high ideals, tremendous energy, impatience and lack of constructive means for effecting change has led some of today's youth into disruptive and, at times, violent tactics for translating ideals into reality. The report pointed out that in our inner-city areas the institutions intended to serve youth have not done so, that other institutions such as family and church have not played the traditional roles, and that youth have few opportunities for constructive activity. The report noted that this nation cannot afford to ignore unlawful behavior, but at the same time it cannot afford to ignore legitimate needs and desires of the young. "Law enforcement must go hand in hand with timely and constructive remedial action . . . whether in the inner-city, in a suburb, or on a college campus, today's youth must be given a greater role in determining their own destiny and in shaping the future course of the society in which they live". 11 |