DOCUMENT RESUME ED 258 109 CG 018 312 TITLE The New Unemployed: Long-Term Consequences for Their Families. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session. (Detroit, MI). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. PUB DATE 5 Mar 84 NOTE 144p.; Portions of the document contain small print. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Children; *Coping; *Family Problems; *Government Role; Hearings; *Poverty; *Unemployment IDENTIFIERS Congress 98th; Michigan (Detroit) ABSTRACT This document contains transcripts of witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the long-term effects of unemployment on families. Witnesses include an unemployed man who now volunteers for a group of low-income advocates for the poor; a former unemployed auto worker who now has a job assisting laid-off employees; a school counselor who works with children of unemployed parents, and two of her fifth grade clients. Also testifying are the director of the Child Care Coordinating and Referral Service, who discusses the impact of available child care on employment; two representatives from a public consortium of 16 communities created to help solve economic and social problems and currently involved in employment training; and two ministers from area churches which have devdoped counseling programs, drug and alcohol abuse programs, community workshops, and job placement services. The final panel of witnesses consists of the executive director of Michigan's Office of Children and Youth Services, the administrator of a mental health outpatient service for children and adolescents, and a sociology researcher from Wayne State University. The testimony focuses on a variety of problems that families experience because of unemployment, the effects of unemployment on the children, coping strategies and services available to the unemployed, and ways of helping people cope with unemployment. (NRB) ********************************-*****************t******************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. **************************************************/******************** THE NEW UNEMPLOYED: LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR FAMILIES HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY - EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION IEARING HELD IN DETROIT, MI, ON MARCH 5, 1984 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOJRCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) )( This doriiment has heen reproduced is received from the person or organization originating it Mir or changes have been made to improve rewoduction quality cJ Ponti of view or opinions stated in this docu merit do not necessarily represent official NIE Oc-Ation or policy CO C) CD C.) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE :35 TIT () WASHINGTON 1984 For vale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office Washington. D.C. 20402 SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES GEORGE MILLER, California,Chairman WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida DAN MARRIOTT, Utah PATRICIA SCIIRORDER, Colorado HAMILTON FISH,JR.,New York LINDY BOGGS, Louisiana DAN COATS, Indiaaa MATTHEW F. MrHUGH, New York THOMAS J. BLILEY,JR.,Virginia JERRY M. PATTERSON, California FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland DAN BURTON, Indiana TED WEISS, New York NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas JOHN R. McKCRNAN,JR.,Maine MICKEY LELAND, Texas BARBARA F. VUCANOV1CH, Nevada BARBARA BOXER. California SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan BRUCE A. MORRISON, Connecticut J ROY ROWLAND, Georgia GERRY SIKORSKI, Minnesota ALAN WHEAT, Missouri COMMITTEE STAFF ALANJ. &row,Staff Director and Counsel ANN ROSEWATKR, Deputy Staff Director Cams-mit Etiturtaovxs,Minority Staff Director (1 lJ CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Detroit, Ml, on March 5, 1984 1 Statement of: Buss, Dick, director, Economic Development Department, Downriver Community Conference, Southgate 39 Carter, Rev. Oscar, administrative assistant to the pastor, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, MI 44 Conyers, Hon. John, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State o: Michigan 5 Dana, Rev. Michael, Joy Christian Fellowship, Southgate, MI 42 Dawn, fifth grade student 18 Knapp, Charles, volunteer, Southeast Advisory Committee, Ferndale, MI 6 Levin, Hon. Sander M., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, opening statement of 3 Marriott, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Utah, opening statement of 2 Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement of 1 Morris, John, former unemployed autoworker; participant coach, Ford/ UAW National Development and Retraining Center, Dearborn, MI 10 Morris-Vann, Artie, Ph.D., elementary guidance counselor, Detroit public schools 13 Nagle, Nancy, client sei vices proram manager, Downriver Community Conference, Southgate, MI 35 Rosenfeld, James, Ph.D., clinic administrator, Oakland County Child and Adolesent Clinic, Pontiac, MI 73 Rowland, Hon. J. Rcy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia 4 Sheldon, Ann, Ph.D., coordinator, metropolitan social surveys project, Department of Sociology, Wayne State University 81 Tate, Shirley, executive director, Office of Children and Youth Services, Michigan Department of Social Services 57 Temple, Mignon, fifth grade student 16 Wehking, Mary, administrative director, Child Care Coordinating and Referral Service, Washtenaw County, MI 28 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.: Bornstein, Joseph M., University Associates, Lansing, MI: Executive summary 137 Frequencies for employed, prenatal care questionnaire (table) 131 Frequencies for unemployed, prenatal care questionnaire (table) 133 Frequencies on total sample, prenatal care questionnaire (table) 135 Letter to Judy Weiss, dated May 10, 1984 130 Bowman, Bishop Larry F., Bloomfield Hills region, welfare agent, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints, Bloomfield Hills, MI, letter to Congressman Daniel Marriottt, dated March 13, 1984 109 Brock, Ida M., ACSW, executive director, Community Case Management Services, Inc., letter to Congressman Sander M. Levin, dated March 5, 1984 129 Huss, Dick, director, Economic Development, Downriver Community Con- ference, prepared statement of 41 Carter, Rev. Oscar R., administrative assistant to the pastor, Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, MI, prepared statement of 46 IV Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.Continued Dana, Rev. Michael U., pastor, Joy Christian Fellowship, Southgate, MI, Page prepared statement of 43 Dawn, fifth grade student, at Carver Elementary School, prepared state- ment of 18 Priedemann, Marie-Luise, assistant professor of nursing education, East- ern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, "Report of Research Findings". 128 Gnezda, Therese, Bush Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, pre- pared statement of 94 Gold, Steven C., maternal and child health consultant, nutrition services, Wayne County Department of Health, Westland, MI, prepared state- ment of 119 Kispert, Dorothy, poject director, PACT [Parents and Children Together] Detroit, MI, letter to Veda Parker-Sharp, dated January 16, 1984, with enclosures 116 Knapp, Charles, volunteer, Southeast Advisory Committee, Ferndale, pre- pared statement of 8 Levin, Hon. Sander M., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, opening statement of 4 Miller, Chairman George, a Representative in Congress from the State of California and chairman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, prepared statement of 2 Morris, John, former unemployed autoworker; participant coach, Ford/ UAW National Development and Retraining Center, Dearborn, MI, prepared statement of 12 Morris-Vann, Dr. Artie, Ph.D., an elementary guidance counselor for Detroit public schools, prepared statement of 15 Nagle, Nancy, client c?rvices program manager, Downriver Community Conference, prepared statement of 38 Operation Get Down, food cooperative systems, Detroit, MI, prepared statement of 120 Overstreet, Edward J., MACA legislative committee, the Michigan Asso- ciation of Children's Alliances, Lansing, MI, memo with attachment 103 Pettis, Eugene E., executive director, Detroit East,Inc., Community Mental Health Center, prepared statement of 126 Price, Richard H., University of Michigan, prepared statement of 111 Rosenfeld, James E., Ph.D, clinic administrator, Oakland County CLild and Adolescent Clinic, Pontiac, MI, prepared statement of 78 Scherer, Jacqueline, Ph.D., professor of sociology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, prepared statement of 121 Sheldon, Dr. Ann Workman, Department of Sociology/Center for U, ban Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, prepared statement of 84 Stallworth, Alma, president, State representative, Metro-Detroit affiliate, National Black Child Development Institute, Inc., Detroit, MI, prepared statement 123 Tate, Shirley. director of the Office of Children and Youth Services, the Michigan Department of Social Services, prepared statement of 63 Temple. Mignon, fifth grade student