DOCUMENt RESUME CE 034 284 TITLE Administration's Plan to Eliminate Older Workers Jobs Program. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment of the Select Committee on Aging. House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session (Washington, DC, February 25, 1982; Boston, MA, February 19, 1982; Astoria, NY, February 22, 1982). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Select Committee on Aging. REPORT NO House-Comm-Pub-97-335 PUB DATE 82 NOTE 269p.; Not available in paper copy due to small type. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) Viewpoints (120) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Adult Education; Adults; *Community Services; *Employment Programs; Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Hearings; *Low Income Groups; *Older Adults; *Part Time Employment; Retirement IDENTIFIERS *Older Americans Act 1965 Title V; *Older Workers Jobs Program ABSTRACT The Subcommittee on Aging of the House of Representatives was provided with information on the administration's plan to eliminate the older workers jobs program authorized by Title V, Older Americans Act. Testimony for each hearing begins with opening statements by members of the subcommittee. Statements follow from approximately 40 witnesses ,and audience participants representing program participants; Ohio Green Thumb; Office of Management Assistance, U.S. Employment and Training Administration; Director of Old Worker Program; Federal Council on the Aging Evaluation of the Title V program; National Committee on Careers for Older Americans; Massachusett3 Association of Older Americans; Affairs of O., Elderly, City of Boston; New York City Department for the Aging; ind former Title V employees. Appendixes include submissions by 11 members, Select Committee on Aging, and 7 interested members of Congress; statements from 8 national organizations; and additional material received for the record from the Boston and Astoria hearings. (YLB) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** Lf1 N- ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO ELIMINATE OLDER (-N.J (I WORKERS JOBS PROGRAM c:") HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 25, 1082, WASHINGTON, D.C. ; FEBRUARY 19, 1982, BOSTON, MASS.; AND FEBRUARY 22, 1982, ASTORIA, N.Y. PlInted for the use of the Select Committee on Aging Comm. Pub. No. 97-335 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EOUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION E UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) , j Thts document hasbeen reptoduced as teemed horn the petson of mom:anon ongmating It Minot changes hay) been made to improve teproduction quality PoInts of view co opinions stated in the, docu ment do not necessarily representofficial NIE Position of Policy U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 93-M20 WASHINGTON:1082 C 2 SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida,Chairman EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California MA'TTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey, MARIO BIAGGI, New York Ranking Minority Member IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina WILLIAM C. WAMPLER, Virginia JOHN L BURTON, California JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas DON BONKER, Washington MARC L MARKS, Pennsylvania THOMAS J. DOWNEY, New York RALPH REGULA, Ohio JAMFS J. FLORIO, New Jersey ROBERT K. DORNAN, California HAROLD E. FORD, Tennessee HAROLD C. HOLLENBECK, New Jersey WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey NORMAN D. SHUMWAY, CalifornM MARILYN LLOYD BOUQUARD, Tennessee OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine JIM SANTINI, Nevada DAN LUNGREN, California DAVID W. EVANS, Indiana MILLICENT FENWICK, New Jersey STAN LUNDINE, New York JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont MARY ROSE OAKAR, Ohio THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin GERALDINE A. FERRARO, New York JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire BEVERLY B. BYRON, Maryland DAN COATS, Indiana WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD, Connecticut GEORGE C. WORTLEY, New York DAN MICA, Florida HAL DAUB, Nebraska HENRY A. WAXMAN, California LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma PAT ROBERTS, Kansas EUGENE V. ATKINSON, Pennsylvania BILL HENDON, North Carolina BUTLER DERRICK, South Carolina GREGORY W. CARMAN, New York BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota COOPER EVANS, Iowa BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts TOM LANTOS, California BOB SHAMANSKY, Ohio RON WYDEN, Oregon DONALD JOSEPH ALI3OSTA, Michigan GEO W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan WILLIAM HILL BONER, Tennessee CHARLES H. EDINA/MeIII,Chief of Staff Your J. Rinstna,Deputy Chief of Staff V AL J. HALAMANDARIS, Senior Counsel JAW'S A.BRENNAN, Assistant to the Chairman PAUL Scnuiost.,Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETIREMENTINCOME AND EMPLOYMENT JOHN L. BURTON, California,Chairman THOMAS J. DOWNEY, New York WILLIAM C. WAMPLER, DAVID W. EVANS, Indiana Ranking Minority Member MARY ROSE OAKAR, Ohio HAROLD C. HOLLENEIKK, New Jersey GERALDINE A FERRARO, New York NORMAN D. SHUMWAY, California HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire BARNEY FRANK, Massachursets DAN COATS, Indiana BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota BILL HENDON, North Carolina TOM LANTOS, California GREGORY W. CARMAN, New York RON WYDEN, Oregon VALINDA &NM, Majority Staff Director NANcv E. Flom, MinorityStaffDirector CHI 3 CONTENTS MEMBERS' OPENING STATEMENTSFEBRUARY 25, 1982 Page Chairman John L Burton 1 Geraldine A. Ferraro 3 Gregory W. Carman 5 Tom Lantos 6 Mike Synar 7 Barney Frank 8 Hal Daub 26 William C. Wampler 43 . CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Ethel Fecleroff, Title V participant, Economic Opportunity Council, Senior Community Service Employment Project 10 Mildred Davis, area supervisor, Ohio Green Thumb 12 Mildred H. Frix, Annandale, Va 14 Queen Esther Lewis, senior aide, Minneapolis, Minn 18 flon. Patricia Schroeder, a Member of Congress from the State of Colorado 28 Robert Jones, Administrator, Office of Management Assistance, U.S. Employ- ment and Training Administration, U.S Department of Labor; accompanied by Paul Mayrand, Director, Old Worker Program, U.S. Department of Labor 32 Dr. Solomon G. Jacobson, vice president, Morgan Management Systems, Inc , and principal investigator fur Federal Council on the Aging Evaluation of the Title V progam 45 Arthur S. Flemming, Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and chair- man, National Committee on Careers for Older Americans 49 MEMIMRS' OPENING STATEMENTSFEBRUARY 19, 1982 Chairman Barney Frank 55 Edward J. Markey 56 Joe Moakley 58 CHRONOLOGICAL. LIST OF WITNESSES Thomas H. D. Mahoney, Ph. D., secretary of elder affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 60 Esther Gold, senior employment coordiaator, Bristol County Home Care, Bris- tol County, Mass 62 Frank Manning, president, Massachusetts Association of Older Americans 63 Rachel Lieberman, commissioner, Affairs on the Elderly, City of Boston 64 Mary L. Chace, senior aide, Fall River, Mass 70 Sumner Morrison, senior aide, Newton, Mass 71 Marie Hadfield, former senior aide, Westport, Mass 72 Frank Brodsky, senior aide, Brookline, Mass 73 Maude Balch, silver haired senator, Norfolk, Bristol, and Middlesex 74 AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS John E. Shaw, chief, Seekonk Fire Department, Seekonk, Mass 80 Gloria Lane, Boston, Mass 82 4 IV Page Edward Lubin, senior aide,Chelsea, Mass 82 Sam Messina, president, Southwest Boston Senior Services, Boston, Mass 83 Frances Olrich, cochairman, Urban League of Boston, Mass 84 John Campbell, executive director, Old Colony Elderly Services, Inc., Brock- ton, Mass 85 Daniel Madio, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley, Inc., Lawrence, Mass 86 Edward Perett, alternative services coordinator, Senior Home Care Services, Boston III, Inc., Boston, Mass 87 Billy Garrigan, senior aide 88 Jack Fisher, attorney, Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services 88 Gene Boriarty, senior aide 88 MEMBERS' OPENING STATEMENTS-FEBRUARY 22, 1982 Geraldine A. Ferraro 91 Mario Biaggi 93 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Carol Bellamy, city council president, New York, N.Y 95 Janet S. Sainer, commissioner, New York City Department for the Aging 98 Denis Butler, assemblyman, State of New York 112 Janet Kennedy, director, Astoria Senior Citizen Center, affiliated with Catho- lic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn 115 Erica M Crandall, program director, Woodside Senior Assistance Program, Woodside, N Y 121 Agnes Connelly, senior aide, Woodside Senior Assistance Program, Woodside, N.Y 123 Victoria Acosta, former Title V employee 125 Esther Travers, Project Renew, Title V, NYC Department for the Aging 127 Phyllis 1100V6Z, former Title V employee, Bronx, N.Y 132 Henry Cheng-Cheng, former Title V employee 133 APPENDIX I SUBMISS'IONS BY MF.MBF.RS, SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING Materials submitted by the Hon. John L. Burton, a Member of Congress from the State of California, and chairman, Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment, of the Select Committee on Aging 137 Statement and materials submitted by the Hon. Thomas J. Downey, a Member of Congress from the State of New York 143 Material submitted by the Hon. Mike Synar, a Member of Congress from the State of Oklahoma 151 Material submitted by the Hon. Tom Lanios, a Member of Congress from the State of California 157 Material submitted '.iy the Hon. Ron Wyden, a Member of Congress from the State or Oregon 166 Material submitted by the Hon. William C. Wampler, a Member of Congress from the State of Virginia, and ranking minority member, Subcommittee