Figures in each box were obtained by adding the appropriate Table II indices and the relevant Table IV index, then dividing that sum by 2.5. +there are only 1,594 "Other" male family heads of all ages. STATEMENT OF ROBERT JOYCE, DIRECTOR, DENVER MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION, DENVER, COLO. Mr. JOYCE. Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. We undertake a large number of the programs in the city that have to do with criminal justice and we don't often see people who understand these problems and I appreciate that you do see the correlation. The Nation has recognized, particularly in the last 15 years, that many employment problems are not effectively addressed and dealt with simply as a manifestation of the economic conditions. The ebb and flow of the economy certainly results in either an easing or exacerbation of unemployment. However, there are many other factors which impact upon unemployment particularly among certain demographic groups. Perhaps the group most severely impacted, in a consistent fashion, regardless of the general level of unemployment is the group being discussed today-America's youth. There is some information that follows this in my prepared statement. I won't go through it. I'm sure you are at least as well aware of it as we are with respect to the severe unemployment figures with respect to youth, particularly and even more severely with particular minority groups and the disadvantaged. I think you are more interested today in hearing from us the implications of those figures as we see it on a day-to-day basis. Probably the most often repeated social implication is the clear possibility that a very large proportion of our current generation of youth, particularly minorities, may grow to be adults without ever having experienced a work situation. The second probably most important social consideration, at least in Denver, we have experienced a situation where, at least our experience shows, that the arrest rate and rearrest rate for juvenile crimes is dramatically reduced when the youth are employed. In terms of the difficulty of the problem, then, in Denver we are talking about the 1970 census data, about 45,000 youth, and about 15,000 of those were either black or Chicano. Depending on which estimate you used, we were capulating between 24 to over 30 percent unemployment rating of those groups. In Denver as part of our manpower programs, in creating our comprehensive plan, the Advisory Council understood that there was the greatest need for more manpower services. Included in the package of information I have given you is the procedure our Advisory Council Mr. HAWKINS. I regret the interruption, but I understand that if you hold the microphone up, it will help. Mr. JOYCE. OK. In Denver, we face the difficult task of determining which particular possible target group under the CETA legislation would be essen tially first in line for the services that we could offer them with the limited funds available. In order to make that determination, we undertook a process which is briefly described in the material you have of determining who is most in need. In doing that, it was very difficult to determine what the compound effects of various kinds of disabilities in the labor market were. In other words, if you were |