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When you care enough to send the very best. 767·2218 © 1971 Hallmark Cards, Inc. December 1. 1977-PAGE 3 New York Job Corps Center Report of the First Year The Singer Company's Education Division has operated traffic control point building to monitor visitors to the the New York .Job Corps Center. through a contract with Center and make regular tours of the buildings and grounds. the U.S. Department of Labor for a year. under the The Security Department also sees that the Center direction of Center Director John N. Acquilano. In the first complies with OS H A regulations and has installed outside year. an unoccupied seminary on 250 acres of land. idle lighting. fire extinguishers and holds periodic in-service except for a skel.etal crew of private security officers, was training. Security cadets are competitive positions open to transformed into a productive Job Corps Center. -The corpsmembers with impeccable records who work with the creation of the Job Corps has had a two-fold benefit in its security officers and who may be thinking of a career in first year of operation: .Not only does the' Center provide some area of public justice. academic .~nd vocational training for young New Yorkers, Near Neighbors' Advisory Council the Center's $2~million budget is an economic benefit to the The Near Neighbors' Advisory Council continues their nearbv communities. The $2-million budget does not monthly meetings with Center Director John N. Acquilano. include the rent paid for the seminary or rehabilitation They meet on Center and have had presentations from the contracts negotiated directly with the Department of Labor. Security Supervisor. Manager of Employability Assurance It does include money being returned to the area directly and and Directors of Group Life and Program. indirectly through salaries, construction, food. clothing and Medical equipment purchases. A cluster of rooms in a western wing of the Job Corps Rehabilitation complex was transformed into a medical wing with modern In order to create a jobs training program from a former equipment and competent medical personnel to offer seminary. some rehabilitation of the existing facilities had to corpsmembers the best possible care. Tvpical corpsmembers occur. Major rehabilitation included enlarging and have not seen a doctor in years and have a poor history of converting the garages into workshops for the automotive receiving medical attention. classes. constructing a serving line in the cafeteria. erecting a Health Services Supervisor Pat Jackson oversees the traffic control point building at the entrance to the Job medical wing's seven-bed infirmary. including an isolation Corps complex and converting the basements into room. medical and dental examining rooms. laboratory and classrooms and recreation a~eas. classrooms. A doctor. dentist and optometrist have Contracts were also awarded for construction of a sewage regularly scheduled hours to examine corpsmembers. treatment plant, expansion of the parking areas and the outfitting of the medical wing. Other work was necessary Corpsmembers Began Arriving throughout the Center including installation of lights. On April 12. 1977. the first group of25 corps members was building of room dividers and maintenance on the buildings scheduled to arrive at the New York Job Corps Center. that had been vacant except for occasional conferences. Since that time. corps members have been arriving every two Personnel weeks and will eventually number 175 men and 100 women. As the rehabilitation was being accomplished inside and Once at the Center. the corpsmembers have a two-week out during one of the area's worst winters. personnel were orientation to the Job Cqrps program and then begin gradually being hired. Supervisory personnel served as the academic and vocational classes. Academic training core staff during the start-up phase of the Center with includes math. English. preparation for the high school auxiliary personnel being hired as needed in preparation for equivalency exam (24 corps members have passed. thus far). the arrival of corpsmembers. health education. cultural awareness. English as a second The Job Corps provides employment for close to 100 language and driver education. Corpsmembers can choose persons in a variety of fields. offering both full and part time their vocational program from automotive mechanics. auto job opportunities. With the opening of the Center. body repair. building maintenance, culinary arts. office employment was created for instructors in academic and skills. radio/television repair and health skills. vocational areas. counselors. resident advisors and recreation aides. Maintenance engineers. drivers and In The Future mechanics and a 24-hour-a-day security force were hired The New YorkJob Corps Center has been operated by the along with secretaries and other support personnel. Singer Company for a year. seven months of which In a time when the job market is tight. the Job Corps corps members have been enrolled at the Center. In the first created approximately 100 jobs for Albany area residents year. corpsmembers have been removed from their and the monthly payroll of$75.000 is an economic boost to unproductive backgrounds and given a chance to learn in an the area.' environment concerned totally with their progress in social Security and academic skills. The Security Department under the direction of Anthony In the second year. as the capacity is reached. more DeMeo is a highly trained and highly visible part of the corpsmembers will be given the opportunity to learn a skill Center. Security officers are on duty 24-hours-a-day and are and entcr the job market as ljualified employees.