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United States Department of Justice Washington, 'D. C. 20531 r -I . .l OMB APPROVAL NO. 43-/10~~e 7 " /. ·, . '. '! :. j U. S_DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CATEGORICAL GRANT '~',,~_.' .I.AW ENFORCEMENT ASS!S.TANCE ADMINISTRATION PROGRESS REPORT ;'.' 0 GRANTEE LEAA GRANT NO. DATE OF REPORT . REPORT NO. Gustave Hartman YM-YWHA 78-CA-AX-004 1/79 4 .) - IMPLEMENTING SUBGRANTEE TYPE OF REPORT·---'-------·- --_.- - .• - • f' I I I DREGULAR Cj SPECIAL REQUEST I '! 710 HARTMAN LANE - FAR ROCKAWAY, N.Y. 11691 - (212) 471-0200 rtJ FINAL REPORT I PRESIDENT Harry A, Wertlieb r SHORT TITLE O~ PROJEC~"- ·------------+-G-R-A-N--T-A-M-O-U-N-T----·--- -----.. -.-- -- _ ••••-.-,,--. a ,', ,p ~ .\ Rockawa~Antl-Crime Program __ P 127,606 HONORARY PRESIDENT Sept. lO, 1980 ~ I Mrs. Gustave Hartman REPORT IS SUBMITTED FOR THE PERIOD ·'----1-1-1·:-7-:8:--__'-._r-_]~ROUGH 1 179 .___ ~~~__ ~.-.- - .. ---- I ISiGNAT'(l~IE-liFi'PFioJEC;' DIREcTO;j7~ 1/ TYPED NAME at TITLE OF PROJECT DIRECTOR 0 PAST PRESIDENT Leon D. S('hnl'lIler vr: Y."'A A L t Rhon'a Saffer, Project Director t-::------I.f,•• _~~=':-:~ ~ ~~~~o~~---l ____________ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMME",CE REPORT HER~ (Ad~0",lnllnij0tJtf~e8 8" ,e~ .---.-----._----- Stel'en Kaplansky VICE PRESIDENTS Han. Allen Beldock See Attached e GeorgI' H. Blum'c?nthai Theouurt' li.aish 1-J. Theodorp li.as.~ Mr •. Gene Switzer Helen I"eonescu Han. Hprbert Posner Community Anti-Crin'le ProgrD.IDS Edward Siltlerstein IEAA-8th Floor ~ Harry Tauben(pid 633 Indiana Ave. N.W. RECORDING SECRETARY Hashington, D. C. 20531 Glenn Traiger BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dear Mr. Switzer, a Marvin Aaron Rhoda Adlpr William Aipprt Enclosed please find our .final report for grant r .Q Dr. Maudee B. BanI/pi #78-CA-P:z-004. Jerome Bel.~on .Jerr'\' Berman Isidor BluTTlpnthal I hope that this report closes our 1978 file. Arnold J)aui.~ Solomon Uobin Dr. Leonard Feinpr Thank you. ~ Cole Denn Roslyn Gnldberg I. Elaine Goldhill Irvinp Green Sincerely, Hon. Phopbe Greenbaum 0 Kenneth Hartman Greta li.antrou·it;: Selu'yn Karp Irving KI'znpr vf~CJ\, Stanley Krpinik , a Harry K1'()sner Han: Gercii LipsC'hllt;: ~~na sarfe~r~ t:\ Sidney Lltstein PS/rs ~ Lpon/"oc e encl~ . i\lCJRS ~ Npai MenaC'hem Ira Mpss R en Josl'ph Opppnh",mf'r Joel J. Plal.in t'- Jesse Pla."Cell ? OCT 3 1980 Esthpr Rabinllll'lI;: Abraham Sa/umlln 0 Hon .•Iame.~ Schellpr Sidney SC'hU'art<: ACQUiGrnONS S('"milUr Shpldon Martin Siegel t!J JaC'ob Smith . Rabbi In'InK Spipiman Frank Stolin NOTE: No {urlh .. r mon/"" "" olh", b"nefl/. mlly he Id I I 1/ I II I Barnet annenbaum III'" lind '''Au/l1l/onll (FMC 74.7; Omnlbu3 CrimI! cnnirol :~', ~;"I ~'76;,' pro '''m un "3. Ihls reporl /" comp/el"d and flied tiS '"qui''''' II)' "",.Iillil Charles Thomas Mary Wintf'rs RECEIVED BY GRANTEE STATE PL.ANNING AGENCY tOff,('lol; DATE .. , ..... LEA~ FORM 4!JB7/1 (REV. 2-771 REPLACES EDITION OF10-7SWHICH IS OBSOLETE. ~. Member Agency of the Associated YM·YWHA's of Greater N.Y. .JUJB -r ,-- -.--~.~--~ .. -~- 7r .l ., -. ' INTRODUCTION' t~en the Community Anti-Crime Program ~as originally funded some questions were raised as to whether a community agency such as the Gustave' Hartman YM-Y\{HA would be able to achieve the goals which were 'laid out in the 'proposal, 'as well as receive support from all facets of the Rockaway community. However, an unusual combination of factors contributed, not only tq our success in accomplishing all that we set out to, but fiar more than we or the 'community had imagined. The sponsoring agency is "established" in the community and is 'a1s,o service THE GUSTAVE HARTMAN YM-YWHA's oriented; in no way the classic "grass-roots" organization that many 'would consider essential for a project of this kind. In addition, the sponsoring agency is a Jewish. ;"Y" whose image in the community is that of serving COMMUNITY ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM FOR THE ROCKAWAYS 'predominant ely Jews • • I funded by In addition to overcoming whatever problems, this would create, 'either in the community o'r among LEAA personnel, CAP had to deal with the unique "problems \) '~HE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION of the community itself. While New York City had several civilian ;anti-crime Washington D.C. programs in existance prior to our funding, none of them reached into the . - Rockaways, an area that is isolated and cut off from almost all city services. The community, as described in our proposal, had' experienced a deterioration in the last ten years that left many o"f its original 'residents 'stunned, , frightened and disillusioned. Crime, as a part of this deterioration, had st~adily risen, but ~orever. the fear oJ c,rime ;served to immobilize many of the residents and especially FINAL REPORT the elderly. Facing this. CAP set out to fulfill its goals by keepirig tasks simple and within reach, but at the same time, focused on making an impact FOURTH QUARTER that would help mobilize both residents and institutions to fight for the community's stabilization. We found as time went on, that the issues which YEAR ONE initially appeared to be drawbacks, were in fact the very elements that helped make the project work. Organizing 'is not something that happens overnight. JANUARY 1979 Our proposal clearly leaned in the. direction' of services, rather than organizing. It included a large victims assistance component which was tangible and brought instant credibility to our program, both among community agencies and residents. Once th:Ls credibility was established, we were perceived as having the right, the kn01.-,-how and the commitment to go into organizing. Though not necessarily by design, our initial emphasis on victims assistance established a track l:ecord that was essential to our organizing efforts later on. The nature of the sponsoring agency was also essential to the ultimate success of the program. The experience and sophistication of an established community agency brought CAP credibility and the benefit of the doubt, before we had proven ourselves. This edge proved help:ful during many of the rougher moments of our start-up period. The clerical al',ld financial know-how of the .' i "Y" and its parent agency, Associated YM-YWHA' s ',of Greater New York, relieved \, , i CAP of the burden of having to set up from scratch tha b09kkeeping and J\\ related record-keeping that would severly tie up, a program of any size without " any back-up. -1- ----~-- 7 f'7.-" ii,, . I . " 'I ,. ADVISORY COUNCIL Community involvement, and the input of residents and professionals, As fa]: as how much the ethnic nature of the "y" would hamper CAP's became om~of the major strengths of the Community Anti-Crime Program ability to work effectively with the entire community, any negative effect through the development of the very successful and represent~tive Advisory was surprisingly minimal. The Hartman "Y"'s history of reliability, Council. In addiHon to providing guidance around the distribution of mini service and success _sE~emed to overshadow any concerns that community grants, helping to guide the staff of the project through the community, the groups might have had relating to racial or religious differences with Advisory C()uncil became a spokesman for the program funded by LEAA. Judge the "Y". In fact, CAP served as a vehicle for enhanced communication J Allen Beldock, member of the Board of Trustees of the Hartman "Y", was appointed . between the "y" as a predominantly white, Jewish agency, and some of as Chairman of the Council and under his leadership the Council was able to the Black, Irish, and other non-Jewish groups and agencies in the community. fulfill its duties with dignity and con~ern for .all residents of the Rockaways. CAP's Advisory Cound.l meetings, held at the "Y", brought together people r'·1 ' from very different geographic and ethnir b?ckgrounds, who, joined under ;l 1) On March 27, 1:978, the first Community Anti~Crime Prog~a~ Advisory Council , ·the neutral auspicies of CAP and the stability of the "Y", looked at the j meeting was held. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce CAP to the problems of their shared community. 'community and explain its program and goals. Letters were sent to all commutdty civic and religious associations- on the peninsula. Announcements of this meeting Of the accomplishments described in this report, the most rewarding were published in all local newspapers. Thirty-five people attended this first .. for us nas been the communication which was initiated among groups and .