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�OFFICE OF DOMESTIC POLICY
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Domestic Policy council
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Dear Ms. Rasco:
The Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education
will hold their annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee, November
10 and 11, 1994. The theme for the conference is Public Policy and
Economic Well Being.
We would like to have you as a speaker at the conference.
Your
remarks would focus on domestic policy decisions and the impact of
the decisions on families and individuals.
If you can speak to at this conference, please let us know by
April 1, 1994, if possible.
If you are available to speak on the above dates, please let us
know what costs would be involved.
If you have questions, you can contact me at 615-974-8198, Monday
through Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
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MEMORANDUM FOR ROSALYN KELLY
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Debbie Fine
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Attached Invitation from National Health Council
Attached is the invitation from the National Health Coun.cil that we discussed, in case you
never received it. We strongly recommend that Carol Rasco accept the invitation. These
groups represent a large membership. Most are di!lease groups and disahilities groups whic.h
are generally supportive, but who need to hear more from the administration.
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MEMORANDUM
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Donna Ledder, National Health C~
Randy Jtutta, Nadonal &ster Seal Society
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Bob • Per our previow; dfsCQSiion at the PVA r~ptiuu and your conversation with Randy
Rutra last everung, we would ve.ry muoh like to have Carol.Ruco came to our conferenco. )
Wbere sbe would fit in beautifully is a.a our breakfast sptaker at UOJ m Speaklna at this J t.. Ltime ol day would be a wonderful begi!Wng to our pro&ram and would al&o not diSrupt her I.{.~~
day u abe tould return to the White House betweeu 9:00a.m. and 9:1S.
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Ba.cloacd is a list of our paniclpanu thut fat. AI )'OU c:an see by tho org~tlOD& listed,
we ha"'c a wid~ varlc;ty of volUDtuy health agencies, CCD aroupa, indopcndcnt livluj QCiltlll
ett~. lfttzlcfina, Ms. RasaJ would be an ucellent speaker for WI event both as a
representative of tho Adznmiatrat1on as well as u a parent of a child with n di$8billty. Her
WOrdlll1d enc:ouraaement wou.Id be oxtremel~ meaningful to all in attendance and would
1i1nal a very po~tt!ve meuase from tho White Houae to th1a conference.
Pleue let me knaw u sGOn u possible whether or not she ii available. I will be in my
of&c all day. I am lea'lfng tnwn this tveniD& 10 ft you do not have uanswer until mom1ng,
please "ontaa Rmdy Rutta at 202/347-3066.
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Bill khtnidt, Bpileps)' Foundation of Amodca
lulfe War~ Bpnepsy FOWida1lon of America
Raudy Rulta. National Suter Sell Sodoty
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Dam.ien
American Acad. of Pedia~
IC.eUy Bran.d, AmerlW~ Optometric Assoe.
Jot Cit&b. :sPA
Gras Brozcrt, Alliance lor Alina Research
ICareD Hoehn, Mental Health PoL ltt$dtli'ce Center
Ben Dallfhtry, SmlthKliue B;oGbam
Cheryl C'~ Hu.at, American Assoda.tion of Diabeteo Educator&
H. Aleunder RobiosoD. ACLU
Kelly Brand. American Optometrio .Av8octation
MautCCII McCloskey, PRra1)7-t.d Vett.raaa of Ameri~a
·Let Paao, FVA
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Richard Fuller, PVA
Joseph A. Ropn) Mentul Health Assodadtm nf SEPA
SU2aDne Rosenthal, Crohn'1 and Collda FOUDdation
John uaeuter, Pteddont'l Committee on Bmploymenr of .People with Disabilities
Magie Roffee, PCSPD
Veromea DeNArdo, Ameri~aa Kidney Pund
camt Lyna. Halal, Amerielllltid.ney PW1d
Korrlc Wilson, American l~ Sodety
NichcD1 Cberry, Americaa cancer Sodet)'
Jviy Rig, Ah:hcJmer•s Aasocl.aticm
Lucy Sp\lril~ Healtl1 O&re For All
Heidi H1dc&; Nat10Dil Rehab Hosplw
lJz Borda, BFA
Saean Chattoft, NAMBS
Becky 0s1e. NAMBS
Teresa Fa.ma, RW1 Proaram. Chrome: C&re IDitiatlve• tn liMOs
Marpret McManus. McManus Health .Polley
.Iulie Shroyer, A!Mrloan Ptyehiatrio AasociatioD
Sandn, Reou. VA Board for People with Dfsabnltiea
1anct SJilldes. US GAO
Lymt SD)'dor1 Bpstc;lu, Bcder and Green (pltu Reveral)
Susan Harris, National MS Sodety
Roberta CarlJD. Spiaa BUid4 Auoe.
Robin Zink, Arthritis Foundation
DeniM Rozel~ National A.uoc. of DD ~
Robeft De.miehtUs, Nat.iODal He1d Lijwy PoUildatfo.a
Marv Gut, Huntmston's Oiseue Society
Cbds Tiernan, National .Easter Seal Sode'Cy
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Joe :Romer. NadoDal Sutor Ieala Socllocy
Loui1 Mata. Muldoulmnl Aroa Health Co1'1u1Wtee
Barbara Boyle_ OohD'I IDd CoHt!a Fwudatfon
Vivian Gabor, Mareh of Dltnes
Juet O"Keeffe, Amerfam Psycbalogical Al&odation
Marty Ford. 'Ibe An;
~Loa,. ArthdU. FoWJdadoD
t.tip Callahan, Arthritll Foundatiou
Sbeny Xolk, NAPSEC
Margaret Martm, Amerlcm Orthotic Prosthetic Assocl.atfon
X&Uy Olrmod)'. NatJoDil Health Law Pro~
De.auis FfizBibbons. enter for I.tvfas IZld Workill1
Bente Coo1J.8Y, NatioDal Osteoporosi$ Fouadation
Marlo vu Lultq• .Aema lJfe and Cuualty
Joe LaMcnmta!n. Amorlcan Diabetes AJsoelaticm
leu Whelou. ADA
Robyu Henderson. American tun, AA11o~ation
Laura Post. FemOJea USA
AARP RepmoAtadvc
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Cbrittflla Metzler, Amcrfcau. Omapatlul.lll Therapy AA.~
OJf Sbapfro, T•mple UDiv~ty
Beay Tower, Ammeu Htan Aaomatio~
Koacmary Ofblcm, RWJ (plus cme more)
Bob Oriaa, Center on DJaabillty aDd Health
1uatln Dan, Prel1denrs COmmittee
Yosbiko Dart. Phddut's Committee
Paul Mardwld, lb~ Arr;
Martha Keys, National MS Sudety
All3J1 Bcrgmaa, United Cerebral Palsy Assoc.
Cheva Heok, DfsabJlit,y fuMfoa NtJWJ
Dfl!lfte Upsey, ADA Vutap
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Josh WleJJer, Brookhlp IaadtaadOD .
Ron Pollaar Familles USA
LarJaa Cbarla, ADA CompliBDCe Ouidu
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(A OuomQ Dlnm IUid DIJab!Hty Commumty RelpoDM)
Tuoaday, April §, 1994
8:00 iUU. &o 5:00 p.m.
·Grud H,au W~ at Wa.~Jtinaton C.llter
1000 H Strcot, NW. WashingtOn, DC 20001
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8:20 a.m. - Weloomt, NRC
8!30 ft.m. - X., Note Sptaktr (to be tl1UIOllll£td)
9:00 a.m. • 81Uf01 I 'l'lle Stataa Quo - Ou&Jlalq lhe ProbJtms/ls~Uea
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This aessioa win look at the hfltory of how peoplo with ~hronic 1llne~s ancf disabWtfea have
becxa dfactlmfnat~ asahut in terma of health insurance covorage. w. wW eramfne tbo
intent1o~&al ancl UDiutontiWlal typeS of ~tion that turrentl,y tate pla~ (it., preexistfn, conclidoa CXcllWom, the lhanqed care ay&r.m) BDd how the marketp1aoo has
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Spe·· Allan 1. Br:rrman Directo, Dllet::tJf of Sttlle-Pedeml ReitJti.OIU, United
~blwl Pfllly ~, Inc.
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illzaaa BDd diiabillty. Tbe ADA, ~. does not auararuee he<h coverage. This session
loGusca oa the a~hievemenr~ of the ADA and highllght1 the Important role tho health and
disablUty community D'IUSt play in order to oont.fnue Cult1llment of the ADNs prom1ae.
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• UDivenal Covo1118e • Can It .Be Attained?
SJMillr.fr: &ntlltl PolJtlck. ~ Dftct()fj Fundllu USA.
• A CoadDuum of Cara •lbe Loag-Term Care Problem
IJHIIA:v.l031u14 ~.ne, PILD.,·ftto·lhokineJ buritut1o11
• A Continuum of Care • The End to the "Acute Care" Bfu?
$pgkr. &b GrUJ, Director; Omler on Dl.rllbltity and Health
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0.~ Pruidtmts Committee 011 E'"J'~IMnl of
2:00 p.zn... StOrming tho Ga~ for Hellth care Refonu - Developing Action Steps
nc aftemooD wm 1N devoted 10 cUaluaue betweeD confcteuce partidpantl and Stassroots
hollth ~ leaders from aeros3 tho couuuy to craft action stops £or an advoeaey plan. Thia
IWIUDJt will help defiu GOIUC.Dius iatues of the chronic fllnw and dfsabJihy ccm.munities
and eatllblish aoalA for educating poUcyma.Hn on the unfque tteeda of this commun.fty within
tho coulczt of health care refona,
Spmkr. Ju.slllt 0tut Fonner Chairman, l'reJidP-nl'! Ctmtmittt~e on .&nployiJWU
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OFFICE OF DOMESTIC POLICY
CAROL H. RASCO
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
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1730 M Street, NW • Suite 500
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(202) 785-3910 • FAX (202) 785-5923
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March 17, 1994
Ms. Carol H. Rasco
Assistant to the Pre_siden_t for
Domestic Policy
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.. 20500
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On April 5, 1994, tqe Nation~l Health Council (NHC) will host a major summit conference
mape possible by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation entitled, "Health Reform Summit:
Building Bridge.~ to Find Solutions." This conference is designed to bring together members
of the chronic illness and disability communities to work together to develop a unified
message on health care reform.
We would be honored if you would join us for this landmark event. While we understand
your schedule is demanding, we hope that you will be able to at least join us for lunch and
the afternoon session to offer your input and advice. It is critically important to us that we
work together with Administration officials to develop an action plan that is both beneficial
to the community and feasible for implementation.
Again, we hope that you will join us on April 5th. Please let us know your availability as
soon as possible.
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HEALTH CARE REFORM SUMMIT:
BUILDING BRIDGES TO· FIND SOLUTIONS
A Chronic Illness and Disability Community Response
·Tuesday, April 5, 1994
· 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ·
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Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington Center ·
1000 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 • (202) 582·1234
Sponsored by
The National Health Council and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Special Contributions • IEtna Life & Casualty • National Easter Seal Society •
• National Association of Medi~ Equipment Services.• Paralyzed Veterans of America •
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
a:oo a.m.
Introduction and Welcome from the National Health Council (Breakfast)
Keynote Speaker -Invited Speaker: Tony Coelho, Wortheim-Schroder and Co.
SESSION I
9:00a.m.-
The Status Quo • Outlining the Problems/Issues
Invited Session Moderator: Paul Marchand, President, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
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The History of Discrimination
Invited Speaker: John Kemp, Executive Director,. United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
This session will examine the Intentional and unintentional types of discrimination that currently take place (le., preexisting condition exclusions, the managed care system) and how the marketplace has exacerbated the problems.
Part 2 -
The Community Response
Invited Speaker: Bobby Silverstein, Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy
This session focuses on the achievements of the ADA and highlights the important role the health and disability
community must play to continue fulfillment of the ADA's promise.
SESSION II
10:15 a.m.-
Promoting Systems Change ·
Part 1 -
The NHC Principles on Health Care Reform: A Benchmark for Evaluation
Speaker: Martha Keys, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Part 2-
12:30 p.m.-
2:00p.m.-
Critical Components of Comprehensive Reform
• Universal Coverage - Can It Be Attained? Invited Speaker: Ron Pollack, Families USA
• A Continuum of Care- The End of the "Acute Care" Bias? Speaker to be announced
Luncheon with Speaker: Call to· Action
Invited Speaker: The Honorable Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
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This summit will help define consensus issues of the chronic illness and disability communities and establish goals for
educating policymakers on the unique needs of this community within the context of health care reform.
5:00p.m.-
Conclusion
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The ADA and Health Care Reform
This conference Is designed to explore the Issue of discrimination in the health care system faced by people with chronic
Illness and disability and develop a plan for systems change. Professionals, business and government leaders, people
with chronic conditions and disabilities and their famDies, advocates, human resources specialists, ADA and disability
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attorneys, health care providers, and all who are Interested In health care reform should attend.
Questions regarding the Conference should be directed to: Donna Ladder, Assistant Director of Government Relations
or Kerry Perkins, Staff Associate for Public Affairs. National Health Council, 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington,
DC 20036, Phone: (202) 785-3910, Fax: (202) 785-5923.
National Health Council
The National Health Council Is a private, nonprofit association formed In 1920 as a clearinghouse and cooperative effort
for America's Voluntary Health Agencies (VHAs). tt now has 128 member drganizations representing the varied interests
within the health field. The Council's core voluntary heatth agency membe~ship, which includes the Epilepsy Foundation
of America, the National Easter Seal Society and the National Multiple Scle~osis Society, is committed to addressing the
special needs of people who suffer from chronic conditions. diseases and disorders.
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REGISTRATION FORM
Health Care Reform Summit: Building Bridges to Find Solutions
April 5, 1994
Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington Center
1000 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
. Phone • (202) 582-1234
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1730 M Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036
Phone (202) 785-3910/Fax (202) 785-5923
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Non-member Fee ......................... $75.00
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March 25, 1994
Ms. Carol Rasco
Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Rasco:
At the suggestion of Suzan Johnson Cooke, I am writing to tell you about an exciting
project for assisting young adults without family support to complete high school. With
potential as a national demonstration, the project involves comprehensive support services
and a dormitory for homeless students. The Manhattan Comprehensive Night High School
serves older returning students who are also working and raising children. The school is
having great success in leading these former dropouts to earn their degrees. Sixty percent of
graduates go on to college; 99% of graduates have a job or college placement by the time
they receive their diplomas. We believe the programs of Manhattan Comprehensive offer an
opportunity for a national demonstration. The Student Life Center we are seeking to develop
in conjunction with the school will offer housing for homeless students and an integrated
approach to support services. I've enclosed background information on this effort.
In light of the many hew federal programs that have emerged, we are seeking an
orientation to these initiatives and a suggestion on what might be an appropriate path to
pursue in seeking funding for this effort.
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We have a trip to Washington planned for April 6th and 7th and we'd be interested in
meeting with anyone you think might be helpful. We will appreciate any suggestions you
might be able to offer. I can be reached by phone at 212-219-4623. My fax number is 212219-4651.
.Thank you so much for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Gregory Cohen
Vice President
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Gaynor McCown
Suzan Johnson Cooke
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99 Hudson Street New York. New York 10013 212-219-4600
Fax: 212-219-4651
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STUDENT LIFE CENTER
for the MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT IDGH SCHOOL
The NY Urban Coalition Housing Group is seek~ng funding to support the
creation and development of a Student Life Center for students attending Manhattan
Comprehensive Night High School. The Student Life Center will inchide a social ~ervice
·center for the School's entire student body and a residential component for up to 40
homeless students.
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MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL is an·altemative
public school -- a school that runs at night so its students can hold a job or care for their ·
children during the day. Founded four years ago, Manhattan Comprehensive is the only
after hours high school in the country granting a full academic degree; certified by the Board
of Education, the school meets all City and State curriculum requirements. 450 students,
'most of whom have attended t~o other high. schools previously' are currently attending
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Manhattan Comprehensive .. There by choice and facing difficulties ranging from
homelessness to working 12 hour shifts in low-wage jobs, these young people prize the
academic degree they earn as· ari opportunity to get better jobs and to increase their chances
of attending college. With the school in its fifth year,, 160 students graduated in June, 1993 .
. More than 60% of the school's graduates go on to higher education; nearly 100% of other
graduates have job placements by the time they receive their diplomas.
In the words of Howard Friedman, prin~ipal of Manhattan ·Comprehensive, "The
students meet every criterion for at-risk-- dropout, minority, English as a second language-yet they choose ·to come to school."
Young people living independently from their families are (!.mong the poorest New
Yorkers, without the skills, experience or education to earn more than the minimum wage.
At Manhattan Comprehensive, 70% of the students are emancipated, i.e. living independently
frorri their families. 65% of the youths hold day jobs; 35% are parents; and 35% are ·
English as a Second Language students. The school's population is now 35% Black, 35%
. Latino, 20% -Asian and 10% white, with students from 20 foreign countries.
, ·Because of their age and often their ~ace or ethnicity, obtaining housing, difficult for
New Yorkers of all ages and economic backgrounds, is· often impossible for these teenagers.
At least fifty young people are either staying·with other students' families, sharing rooms
· with other youths sleeping in shifts, or. moving in and out of transitional shelters where the
maximum stay has recently been reduced from 90 days to three weeks. The students face
other difficulties that can make completing their education extremely difficult, among them
· living in overcrowded family situations, traveling great distances to secure jobs, drug or
alcohol dependency, mental or physical health problems or, as recent immigrants, little
knowledge of English.
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NY URBAN COALITION HOUSING GROUP was organized in 1979 to
rehabilitate and preserve existing low and moderate income housing~ Since 1983, Coalition
· Housing has expanded this role via its Housing Development Department to include creating
permanent stable housing for people with special needs, in particular women rendered
homeless by domestic .violence, individuals with persistent mental illness, pregnant women
dealing with drug and alcohol d~pendency, and teenagers and ad,ults with AIDS. The
Coalition has completed 36 units of special needs housing in four buildings in Brooklyn with
assistance from the NYS Hmneless Housing Assistance Program. The projects were
developed in conjunction with Victim Services Agency which provides a range of social
- services and referrals to· help the new tenants adjust to_ stable living.' ·
Coalition Housing's Construction Management Department has managed over $100million of gut and system rehabilitation jn residential buildings for the City as well as private·
landlords and cooperatives. Current projects in Constnlction Management's program include
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rehab and new construction of 94 units of low and moderate incom(! housing in Central
Harlem and participation in the Bradhurst Revitalization Plan which over the next five years
will rehabilitate 3,000 additional units of housing in the same neighborhood.
The Project
Manhattan Comprehensive has asked Coalition Housing to assist them i.n creating
a Student Life Center including a social service program for returning high school
students and a residential facility for homeless students.
Coalition Housing will serve as developer to create the dormitory and Center within·
walking distance of the school, which is located at Second Avenue and 15th Street. The
dormitory will house 30-40 students who are homeless. An all-~ncompassing service facility
for the school's 450 students will also be established. This Center will include day care,
mental health counseling, physical health services in conjunction with area hospitals, ·
parenting classes, a meal program, vocational counseling, and ·a mentorship program which
will include hands-on entrepreneurship training and follow-up job opportunities. The Student
Life Center will be organized as a nonprofit entity working in conjunction with the school;
having its own board consisting of community members and other .supporters.
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Status of Fundina:
. · Coalition Housing is seeking seed money totaling $100,000 to support predevelopment
costs for the first year of this project. Coalition Housing does not have working capital for
new projects. We have invested nine months of staff time and achieved the backing of our
Board of Directors to test the viability of this effort and develop initial sources of funding.
With the support of the outlined predevelopment. activities, Coalition Housing will be able to
take the next steps of selecting a site and hiring full-time, project-dedicated staff. These
professio-nals, knowledgeable ·and conversant with the full range of government programs,
will concentrate on tracking and raising major·capital and program funding from government
sources as well as foundations and corporations which can make larger commitments towards
realization of this program.
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Use of the Seed Money
The first year's activities will include:
o Site search .
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o Building acquisition
o Program Planning and Development
o Fstablishing social ser-Vice linkages ·
. o Developi~g funding and pro bono support
o Developing political support
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Proeress to Date
· Since Coalition Housing's initial meetings with Manhattan Comprehensive in the fall
of 1992, tremendous groundwork has b~n laid towards the realization of the Student Life
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Center:
o Site Development
- Site assessment in progress
- Pro bono architectural services secured
- Minimum site requirements defined for both residential arid program needs
- Pto bono legal assistance from Thacher Proffitt & Wood
o Program Development ·
- Scope of Services developed and refined by a range of youth service ·
providers
- Student Advisory Committee in formation
- Small planning grants received by Manhattan Comprehensive from IBM
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($3,500) and the APPLES Consortium ($5,000)
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New York Community Trust ($25,000), LTCB Trust Company
($10,000), The Schiff Foundation ($5,000), and The Frances L. and
Edwin L. Cummings Memorial Fund ($25,000) .
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o Volunteer Involvement
- Volunteers from Cora Foundation's "Leadership New York" are providing
support for program and' fundraising initiatives
o Key Supporters
- Borough President Ruth Messinger
- Har\rey Robins, formerly the Mayor's Director of Operations
- Manhattan High. School Division of the Board of Education
-Sandy F~ldman, United Federation of Teachers
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o Researching and Developing Funding Streams
- NYS Homeless Housin·g Assistance Program
- New initia~ives under the Clinton Administration
- Community Development Block Grant funds
-HOME funds
-U.S. Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services
and· Housing and Urban Development initiatives
Why We Are Confident Coalition Housin~: Can Create the Student Life Center·
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Coalition Housing and its parent organization, the New York Urban Coalition, have a
25-year history of turning innovative ideas·into successful·and enduring programs. indeed,
in both housing and education, government has turned to the Coalition as a laboratory for
cbange. · The Coalition Housing Group was founded ·in 1977 at the request of th~ City's ·
Department of Housing Preservation and Development to train community groups to manage
and .rehabilitate the thousands of dilapidated apartments the city was inheriting through tax
foreClosures. Since that time, working in conjunction with twelve community groups and
hundreds of tenant associations,· Coalition Housing has overseen miilions of dollars of repairs
in city-owned and .privately-owned buildings~ Our role to coordinate work with tenants and
speed the .time of repairs has been instrumental in the creation of over 500 tenant-run
coope~atives in formerly city-owned buildings.
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In 1990, Coalition Housing developed the nation's first permanent housing dedicated
to women and children rendered homeless by domestic violence. At a time before
government recognized the need to fund social services for families once they left the
shelters, Coalition Housing, together with the·Victim Services Agency (VSA), identified new
sources of funds and obtained changes in regulations in order to pay for a full-time social
worker. Coalition Housing and VSA have just opened a second residence with 20 .units
modeled on the first building~
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The Urban Coalition's Center for .Educational Leadership (CEL), established in 1974,
formalized the Coalition's commitment to improving public education. Among CEL's
innovations in education were the Storefront Street Academies pioneered in 1967-71 which·
were developed with community help' as alternative schools for dropouts. The Academies
later became incorporated into the alternative high schools as they .d¢veloped. CEL ·· ·
pioneered Mini.:.sc~ools in the·70's- smaller schools within schools, following the example
of the Street Academies. Today, mini:..schools can be found in more than 60% of the public
high schools serving at-risk youth. The Local School Development Project, begun in 1977,
created schooUeadership teams responsible· for curriculum revision and staff development. ·
This effort became a cornerstone for the School Based Management/Shared Decision Making
Initiative.
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Over the past fourteen years, Coalition Housing has worked in over 900 buildings in
New York City, and has raised and managed funds of more than $100 million to renovate or·
create new housing for low income people. As an organization, we ha.ve successfully
managed the work of bricks and mortar but more than that we havi! buJlt neighborhood and
political support for our projects and created funding streams to match our. undertakings.
Coalition Housing is very pleased to have receiv~ the su.pport of The New York
Community Trust,. a past supporter of the· Coalition's special needs housing work, for the
Manhattan Comprehensive Night High School project. In addition to $25,000 from the
Trust, we have been awarded $10,000from the LTCB Trust Company, $5,000 from The
. Schiff Foundation and our most recent award, $,25,000, from The Frances L. and Edwin L.
Cummings Memorial Fund. With these awards; the Coalition has raised $65,000 towards. the
program development budget of $100,000. The Coalition has requests in to a. number of
other potential sources; .among them: The :Aaron Diamond Foundation, The Dorothy Schiff
Found~tion, The Tiger Foundation and The Uris ·Brothers Foundation.
Perhaps the most interesting and. exciting opportunity ..to seek financial and
philosophical support lies in our plan to contact the German~Jewish families who financed the
school's origins. The school-occupies a building created atthe tum of the century as the
Hebrew Technical School for Girls. An outgrowth of the settlement housing movement, the
school, multi-racial from its outset, trained young women who were recent immigrants
. striving to earn a living, raise families and complete their schooling. We are approaching
the descendants of some of these families listed on the walls of the school .as founders to lend
their support to our efforts .. Our first award from this initiative.is $5,000 from The Schiff
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Conclusion
.At Manhattan Comprehensive, the door .to the principal's office is perpetually open.
In the midst of a meeting at the office, a student appears in the doorway. "I need character
reference." Princip~l Friedman instantly responds, "You're a character. I'llwrite you a
letter."
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such energy, spirit, frankness and flexibility, Manhattan Comprehensive has
grown from 25 students in 1989 to 450 students in 1993. There is a waiting list for the
school and plans for fall; ·1994 include adding a day shift and increasing to 500 students.
Over 100 volunteers work. weekly with students in a range of activities from English tutoring
to intern placement. Mentors come from IBM and Mitsui Corporation, among others . .The
Informer, the students' award-winning newsletter, is composed at American Lawyer Media.
Manhattan Comprehensive has been designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an
America 2000 School and is being referred to nationally and internationally as a successful
model for returning students.
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When Amsterdam· Ne~~ writer Karen Carrillo sat in on a global stUdies course at
Manhattan Comprehensive one evening, the dass was learning about India. At sunset, a
student, Meer Saifuddin, asked to leave the room so that he could say his prayers. This
school, with students from 20 foreign countries and a representative mix of Black, Latino,
.·Asian and white students, has a very real opportunity to understand how what is learned in
the classroom will pertain to their everyday lives. When Mee.r returned from his-pr~yers, his
classmates, filled with questions, entered upon a discussion about Islam's relationship to
Christianity, )udaism, Buddhism and Sikhism .. ··
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Students at Manhattan Comprehensive don't drop out. They 'stop out,' the School's
special term for those who must periodically focus on jobs 'or their children .. Then they
return. Student L'iana Desouza, 19, from Brooklyn, would like to attend 90llege and
· become a pediatrician. She says, "Day school students don't take school so seriously as
people in this school." Lindsay. Baird, who lefthome at 16 to live in a one-room apartment.
and work .for a construc~ion company, decided not to let the 11th grade be his last. A
straight A student, he hopes to attend Howard University,. "I love the school. I love the
freedom of it." Carla Gonzalez, a ~0 year old full-time secretary who drop~ out of two
schools. before entering ManhattaJ:t Comprehensive said, "I don't feel. old or odd here." She
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received her high school diploma two years ago this June.
.Manhattan Comprehensive's students have come very long distances.by.choice -Afghanistan, Puerto Rico, Central Harlem and the Bronx. As our nation and this city face
the rapidly growing numbers of emancipated youth who do not have the education or
· personal resources to create ·successful futures for themselves; it is crucial that the needs of
this population are addressed. At Manhattan Comprehensive, with a strong graduation rate·
to speak of its success, hundreds of young people have taken on the responsibility and the
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challenge of turning their owr:t lives around.
·Manhattan Comprehensive needs the assistance of a knowledgeable. and experienced
housing developer to realize the goal of providing their homeless students with housing and
all their students with support services which will augment their efforts to complete school. ·
Support to create a Student Life Center for Manha~tan Comprehensive will create a
peqnanent setting to assist young people gain ·their footings as adults, 3.J1d, with the
completion of their educations, improve their opportunities to win good jobs, to earn decent
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wages and to provide for their children's futures.
If you have questions or require. further information about this _material, please call
· Gregory Cohen, Vice President, NY Urban Coalition Housing Group, at 212-219-4623.
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PROJECT DESCRIP.TION
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·The goai_of the residence is· to pro~ide a stable living environment to Manhat~.
Gomprehensive Night High Schooi s'tui:lents who would otherwise be homeless or living in ·
.substandard conditions for·the .period of time they need to complete their studies or find
•· ad~uate permanent housing, .
. The residence wilLextend the school's mission 'of supporting students' personal growth; ·To.
creat~. a true interdependent community and obtain work experience, students will runthe
residence under·professional supervision carrying out tasks including food preparation,
purchasing; bookkeeping, property management and maintenance ..·. ·
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Housing wilL..work with a. student committee during the planning pha~es and during the·
cOnstructionlinking them not only with hammers· but with th~· architect, engineer,
· developers, building depaiimenLinspeetors and social service planners. We have applied for
·. a HUD YOUTHBUILD planning grant to more carefully craft this portion o(the project.
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The proposed reside!lce win house 36 students.. Students wiillivein congregate space and ·
take their ·meals together .. Our current design calls. for the following distribution of sleeping·
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The residence will also include ~ lobby with a security desk, congregate dining hall,
recr~tional space, study/library linked to ¥anhattan Comprehensive's. new computer-based
library and counseling and administrative offices. ·
Seiection criteria for the residence include:
17-21 years old;
Male and female;
Students in good standing at Manhattan Comprehensive;
Individuals, i.e. no children;
Emancipated from their families or if recently lost their homes, eligible for welfare,
or aging out of foster care;
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Housin·g need: generally, stay of one or more nights in a shelter within past academic
year or verification of living· in unsafe or· unhealthy conditions which would
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lead to imminent eviction or loss of housing;
Offer of housing without regard to immigration· status.
The residence will not offer intensive on-site services. Students will be linked to services
through t,he high school arid the Student Life Center. However, there will be 24 hour adult
supervision and space for private counseling, medical examinations, mentoring and meeting
with· school staff. We intend to include a very active rehousing component to keep beds
available, although we generiJ.llY anticipate stays between one and two years. ~ikely housing
solutions while students finish high school include matching students to share permanent
apartments and creating ongoing links with community-based housing developers. With one
third of Manhattan Comprehensive's students graduating every year, after graduation, we
expect many residents to. go on to' college or jobs which afford. the opportunity for
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Initially the Center will be owned and run by a tax .exempt, Housing Development Finance
Corporation controlled by Coalition Housing and school officials. Coalition Housing will
oversee the development and· first several year's. operations to assure the residence's financial
and programmatic success. Eventually, we will spin off the Center, with its staff, to
function independently, ·allowing us to replicate the model elsewhere in the city.
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·To establish a basis for a freestanding residence, over the course of the development process
Coalition Housing Group and Manhattan Co.rnprehensive will create a board of directors
chosen for their commitment to supporting .the residence's program and finances. This will
assure continuity following Coalition Housing's eventual'departure ..
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The attached pro forma deveiopment budget projects a capital cost of $2.4 million to acquire
and construct' the residence. We ex peer to raise the bulk of this capital iff the form of a grant
froin a single sponsoring governm,ent' a~~:ency and from grants and contributions from
foundations and individuals.
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.We are exploring funding through a variety of government agencies includin·g the NYS
Homeless Housing Assistance Program; 'the NYC Department of HoiTleless Services, the
NYC Human Resources Agency Division for Youth Services and the U.S. Departments of
Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services: Each of these programs
operates according to different guidelines and schedules, which is· the root cause of why so
many housing projects are delayed as their developers piece together·a patchwork of funding.
We are determined to overcome this problem .by raising sufficient private money to fill in the
gaps which cause delays. Private funds can do this in a number .of ways including:
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Obtaining site control, probably. the single: most important factor to agencies which
want to see results as soon as 'they can move their funds;·
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Paying for costs which would be ineligible "dealbreakers" for a public agency (e.g.
providing beds to undocumented aliens);
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Showing a single agency -- always pressured to spread its funds thinly -- how their
funds together with leveraged private money allow for the completion of a project.
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Public and Private Agencies/Service Organizations/Community Groups/
Individual and:, Professional Organizatjon Vol~nt~ers .
Working with MCNHS Students
1993- 1994
EMPLOYMENT
. NYC Department of Employment
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Provided job readiness and job prepara.tion workshops as well as job counseling.
Formerly came 2 times a week; no program now dtie to lack of space.
NYS Department of Labor
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Work with 10 students one evening a week, providing employment counseling
(testing, interests) and assistance in gaining employment; assist family
members as well. Wil.ling to be at the school 4 evenings· a week if· space is
available.
HEALTH CARE
Metropolitan Hospital
Provides rehabilitation counseling for drug and alcohol abuse· 2 times a. week.
With appropriate space, they would provide services 3 days a: week.
Moth·er Cabrini Hospital
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Provides services of 2'-psychi.atrists 1 evening a week. Many. more.students need
assistance and more doctors are willing to participate if there. is appropriate
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Provides on-site health counseling and screening. for students including HIV testing & .
·counseling and arranging for medical services at the clinic. Currently· at the. school 1
evening a week, it would be best to have a clinic 4 evenings a week; all of the
students need primary eare.
New York Medical College
Fourth year interns provide health workshops including information about nutrition,
birth control and sexuality, and particularly stress parenting workshops including
children's medical care, child rearing and child ps'ychology. This program.·can only
·be run on Sundays because of space limitations, which means not all .the students can
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· This group includes· Beth Israel, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, the Hospital for
Joint Diseases and Downtown NY Medical Center. In support of the MCNHS
students, the group has given extensive and expensive services for free in terms of
diagnostics, and surgery when students need assistance.
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Apples Consortium (Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention for the Lower East Side)
(LOISADA is the lead agency receiving NYS social services funding.)
Consortium of social services agencies with day care programs, a family resource
center and housing assistance for young women with children. Youth and parent's
committee used to have afternoon meetings at the school because social service
ag~ncies not open at night. If there was space available, the Consortium would work·
with ·the students at the school linking them to services available in the community re:
pregnancy prevention and counseling· for HIV, pregnancy and sexually transmitted
diseases.
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A Latino leadership group. which meets with the students once a week in the afternoon
before school opens Because there is no room available during evening school hours.
If there was: meeting sp(lce, there could be activities all week during school hours and
more students could participate.
Harlem YMCA
Provides 5 mentors who work with the kids on Sunday only because there is no
meeting space; this limits the number of kids and volunteers who can participate.
MENTORING/TUTORING
APEX (Asian Professional Extension)
Asian leadership group._
27 people work as mentors with students.
Marilyn Magett
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A volunteer professional from the business community who does financial counseling
at the school 2 or 3 times a week in a classroom setting.
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Mitsui Corporation
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8 people volunteer in mentoring & Big Brother/Big Sister Program.
More people are interested in being involved if there were space to work.
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35 individuals are serving as tutors and mentors in all subjects to students at MCNHS;
.·could place morr volunteers if there was room to work.
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Rehabilitation Through Photography
This rion.profit organization created and runs 6th floor darkroom which can handle 5
or 6 kids with 1 visiting and !'licensed teacher.
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larger darkroom, supply equipment and bring in additional volunteer teachers.
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Third Street Music School
Provide two/three students with lessons on Saturday.
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if there was space available.
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an adult at age 16, moving out of his par- education. . . ..
· Just as school.districts across the· nation
for instance. their jobs or children require
ents' home into a one-room apartment and
are trying .t<i' keep students from dropping
their full attention for a while. Diplomas
leaving school to take a job with a Brooklyn
out by adapting the schools to the students
are ··ssu~d .as soon as a student. completes,
construction company. A year later. he has
-forming partnerships with welfare agen·
the credits; there is no need to wait for a
decided not to let the 11th grade be his last.
cies, installing day care centers or hiring
formal graduation. .
Straight from work, he takes the subway to · full-time social. workers- Manhattan ComAnd. unlike other nighttime courses for
Manhattan, where he is a· student in the naprehensive Night High is using similar logic
dropouts that offer equivalencydiplomastion's first full-time night high'school.
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to get dropouts with day jobs back into the 'often called G.E.D.'s ~ Manhattan ComManhattan Comp~hensive Night High ..'classroom.
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.The school offers·· students with adult . plomas. Many students consider these far
some of life's lessons~ Like Lindsay, most of
lives a complete high school experience rriore valuable when it. comes to getting
its 438 students live on their own. About half
including "lunch'' and gym. Classes run
from 5 P.M. to 11 ·P.M. four nights a week
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To that end, the school is closed Fri·
York City wind up dropping out, Man- days so students can recuperate from
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their 16-hour work-school schedules.
School's drop-out rate is about 19 per- And Sundays are play days, when stu·
cent. But school officials sav the ac- dent go on trips and panicipate in
tual rate i~ ~mailer: 20 percent of team. sports. There are no penalties
those classtfted as drop-outs. signed for poor attendance; students who
up for the school but never auended miss class are expected to make up
and about 20 percent of the "drop-. the lost hours. ·
outs" have opted for the school's libThe level of activity in the school is
er'al stop-out curriculum. which aldizzying. But its coziness verges on
lows them to leave and return.
overcrowding. There is virtually no
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studies will prove the number of real volleyball and we1ght training, which
drop-outs is very small. A probable are co-ed and mult1·grade, are conreason: students here. who have al- ducted m a classroom. Students
ready dropped out of other schools. change into thetr gym shorts and
attend by choice, to salvage an educa- sneakers in a classroom with windows and doors papered over for prition that would otherwise be lost.
JOb< e;r f'· c;hot at a good college. More
Most of the. school's students are vacy. Some students don't participate
tr:nn 6•:, p~rcent of its graduates go on
between 18 and 22 years old- too old. in gym classes at all.
''J roll!'f:E'. school officials say.
many of them say, to return to daY · In keeping with the school's philos~
Ed·Jcauon professionals believe the
h1gh school. At "Manhauan Comp'' ophy of bending to the students' needs
schoc ~ offers ·a novel approach to
and desires, such students are given
they fit in ..
curbr :[. the drop-out rate. "This
"I don:t feel old or odd here," said an alternative way of getting· their
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Cari Gonzalez, a 20-vear-old full-time gym credit- thev can do research
making _it fit the students." said· Mi·
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secretary who Jive's. with her bo\'- papers on sports f{gures.
chael Casserly, the associate d1rector
friend of five years and dropped out
"It's about choices here." said Alan
of the Council of the Great City
of two schools before entering Man- Berfas, the school's coordinator for
Schools, based in Washington. D.C.
hattan Comprehensive Night High.
physical education and health,. "Just
"It's a terrific idea."
. She is one.of 110 students who will as we make the chotee to work these
Patncia Black, the Board of Educa· crazy hours, the students have the
graduate this month.
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The principal, Howard Friedman
high schools. sa~d such schools are
.whom students call by·his first name:
"the w·ave of the city's fmure."
. John Barlow. the president', of tne'
is an energetic, talkative man with 20 school's parents' .association.(whose
"Times change and we must
c~ange with them;" she said. "It's all . . years.in the school system. He seems 19-year-old son James dropped out of
genuinely complimented when stu; two schools bf!fore entenng Manhatabout trying to make the schools fit
· dents wander in and out of h1s office tan Comprehensive Night High last
the kids."
sit down in front of his desk and begi~ ·year. saip the school has turned his
'The school, which opened two and
to chat.
h~lf years ago, has its problems. The
son around. "This wa:S like a last
attrition rate among teachers has
chance," he said. "Everything. my
Flexibility Is Our Guide
been h1gh because · the hours are
· "We try to treat our students as son lost out· in the past has been made
trying and .. there is no extra pay for
adults," he said: Mr. Friedman. who · up and doubled in the last year."
working them. Student attendance is
previously helped start 15 alternative . James, the father of a 3-year-old
also lower than average as many are
high schools around the country on a daughter. is a member of several
exhausted and pulled in other direcproject for the Depanment of Educa- school clubs, including the leadership
tions by their busy lives.
tion. said he modeled the school on committee and the school newspaper.
But there have been more than
night academic high schools that In June. he will graduate and move to
enough students willing to try .. The
served immigrants of the pre-World Buffalo. where he accepted a scholarschool opened with 50 students. Its
War II era, but updated the model so ship to the State University of New
quaint turn-of-the century building, at
that the school offered a full curricu- York. "He had hts choice of schools,"
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lum. "Flexibility is our guiding prin· said Mr. Barlow proudly. "Mv son
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ciple," he said.
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'!unch,' gym (well,
sort of) and real
diplomas.
futl now. The city has now openea
three other schools modeled on its ap- .
proach. one each in the Bronx,
Queens and Brooklyn.
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Guyana and 'moved to. New York .
from London four years ago, the
school is his chance to get the education he came here for. The son of two
teachers, he dropped out of. scliool. he
said. onlv because the best work he
could find to support the independent
life he wanted was an 8 to 4 day job.
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ber, intent on getting grades that will
get him into Howard University, perhaps to study engineering. So far, he
ismaking straight A's.
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said. "I love
f~edom of it." the school. I love the
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Dear Ms. Rasco:
T am writing to invite you an IEL Policy Exchange seminar on "Reinventing
·Government for Children and Families." This seminar will look at the cross.cutting recommendations most affecting children and families from From Red
Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better & <;;osts Less. The Vice
President issued this important report of the Nation<:!l Performance Review
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10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Washingtbn Court Hotel on Capitol Hill, 525
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Staff who have worked with the National Performance Review wilL begin the
session by providing some context and outlining key NPR proposals affecting
children and families, such as those· related to:
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Strengthening intergovernmental partnerships; .
"Bottom-up" and "top-down" grant consolidation;
The status of consolidated state plans for children and families;
Key elements of strong program design;
"Customer service"-improving service through consumer-driven programs,
customer service performance standards, and customer satisfaction
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important NPR recommendations.
Our featured guests are Beverly Godwin (intergovernmental service delivery),
Pete Spencer (program design) and Greg Woods (customer service) from the
·. National Performance Review, and Suzan Johnson Cook from the White House·
. Domestic Policy Council. Resource people from the Executive B'ranch
·.. departments most affected by these NPR recommendations will also attend the
semmar.
Enclosed are:
The Response Form for the seminar.
A summary of National Performance Review Recommendations Affecting
Services to Children and Families, especially prepared for this seminar.
A flyer describing how you can get the full NPR report (from the
Government Printing Office, through electronic mail or at many bookstores)
·.and the companion reports (through GPO or electronic mail). Copies of
relevant companion reports
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Please mail or fax the enclosed response form as soon as possible, but no later
than Friday, April 1. This promises to be an exciting discussion and I look
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Principles of the National Performance Review
We will invent a government that puts people first, by:
Cutting Unnecessary Spt:!nding
Serving It's Customers
Empowering· Its Employees
Helping Communities to Solve Their Own Problems
Fostering Excellence
Here's how. We will:
Create a clear sense of mission
Steer more, row less
Delegate authority and responsibility
Replace regulations with incentives
Develop budgets based on outcomes
Expose Federal operations to competition
Search for market, not administrative solutions
Measure our success by customer satisfaction
The principles laid out above underpin all of the recommendations to reinvent government developed by the
National Performance Review (NPR). In developing recommendations, the NPR looked internally at each of the
25 largest agencies as well as across the Federal system at 13 functions that are critical to making government
work better and cost less. Many recommendations within each of these areas affect services to children and
families. Those NPR recommendations that affect -- both directly and indirectly -- services to children and
families are summarized below, and are categorized by the NPR agency and system reports which accompany
the September 1993 NPR summary report, "From Red Tape to Results: Making Government Work Better and
Cost Less". More detail can be found on each of these recommendations in the accompanying reports.
These recommendations have been compiled here to serve as a tool for stimulating cross-cutting actions and
efforts to collaborate and coordinate the hundreds of Federal programs serving children and families. Some of
these recommendations directly improve children and family programs. Others improve all government services
and operations, including those to children and families. Explanatory notes (in italics) follow those
recommendations where the relationship to children and family programs may not be entirely clear.
With at least 340 children and families programs administered by 11 different Federal agencies, it is imperative
in our efforts to improve the delivery of service to the customers of this country that we look across
departments and agencies as well as at our fundamental operation of governmental systems. While this
compilation lists the relevant recommendations made in the NPR reports, many additional efforts are underway
all across government. As communities and governments. at all levels strive to implement these efforts and to
improve services to children and families, the NPR principles can serve as a guide.
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Major Recommendations by Agency
There are eleven federal agencies predominately responsible for providing or funding services to children and
families. The relevant recommendations from the NPR reports covering these agencies are summarized below.
Improving service delivery requires partnership at all levels, intergovernmentally as well as internally within the
Federal government. Efforts to strengthen services within each agency impacts services to that agency's
customers, as well as services provided or funded by other agencies that senie the same customers. In order to
keep this customer in focus, we must recognize these interconnections from the customer's perspective and
work to better coordinate our efforts. Many of the systems' recommendations (summarized below following the
specific agency recommendations) are aimed at improving inter-agency coordination.
Department of Agriculture
USDA05
Administer the Employment and Training Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients More Effectively
and Efficiently
Redirect funds from an ineffective training program for food stamp recipients and allow them to participate in
programs with proven results.
USDAOS
Encourage Better Food Package Management Practices and Facilitate Multi-State Contracts for Infant
Food and Formula Cost Containment in the WIC program
The recommendation encourages increased competition among infant formula vendors and manufacturers of
other items in the USDA's Special Supplemental F<;>Od Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC}.
Savings accrue to program.
USDA07
Deliver Food Stamp Benefits Via Electronic Benefits Transfer to Improve Service to Customers While
Remaining Cost Effective
Use electronic technology to distribute food stamp benefits, thereby improving service and reducing the need
for current paper stamps.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA01
Shift Emphasis to Preparing for and Responding to the Consequences of All Disasters
FEMA's early focus was on preparedness for nuclear war. The current world situation and recent natural
disasters highlight the need for FEMA to continue to shift its resources to respond to all hazards.
FEMA02
Develop a More Anticipatory and Customer-Driven Response to Catastrophic Disasters
These recommendations should mak.e FEMA respond fas!er and more effectively to catastrophic disasters.
Department of Transportation
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Improve lntermodal Transportation Policy Coordination and Management
DOT should institute a strategic planning process to promulgate national, integrated transportation policies.
Transportation policy affects families by, for example, isolating the poor from jobs and services if strategic,
community-wide planning is not conducted.
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DOC01
Reinvent Federal Economic and Regional Development Efforts
Improve coordination of federal economic development efforts with the goals of eliminating duplication and
better directing federal resources to improve business conditions and provide jobs.
DOC07
Provide EDA Public Works Loan Guarantees for Infrastructure Assistance
This recommendation would provide the Economic Development Administration with authority to use part of
its funding as a reserve for loan guarantees for various public economic development projects.
DOC09
Expand the Electronic Availability of Census Data
To increase access to and use of census data, the Census Bureau should create a computerized census
information center. This data can help. inform policy, implementation, and evaluation of all government
programs and can provide critical information to all levels of government and the local communities in
developing strategic plans.
DOC14
Build a Business and Economic Information Node for the Information Highway
To assist in the distribution of government information. to private citizens, Commerce should build a business
and economic information node to the "information highway." .
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Department of Education
ED01
Redesign Chapter 1 of Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Recommendations focus education funds on the neediest students and simplify requirements on schools
receiving federal education aid. Existing funds are redirected.
ED02
Reduce the Number of Programs the Department of Education Administers
Eliminate or consolidate more than 40 existing education grant programs and free up funds for use in other
educational programs.
ED03
Consolidate the Eisenhower Math and Science Education Program with Chapter 2
NPR proposes combining this teacher training program, which is largely consumed with short-term training,
with other Education programs to create a new program with a more coherent national focus on teacher
training and professional development.
ED08
Create a Single Point of Contact for Program and Grant Information
Education should create an electronic system that can be used by students, parents, researchers and
administrators to learn about department programs, funding opportunities, best practices and other
information.
ED12
Develop a Strategy for Technical Assistance and Information Dissemination
Education should develop a strategy for its $290 million technical assistance efforts designed to promote the
National Education Goals 2000 themes.
Department of Health and Human Services
HHS01
Promote Effective, Integrated Service Delivery .for Customers by Increasing Collaborative Efforts
These recommendations outline a number of steps needed to better integrate and deliver social services to
communities and families .
HHS02
. Reengineer the HHS Process for Issuing Regulations
HHS should improve the timeliness and quality of regulations issued and should involve stakeholders in the
development of regulations.
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Improve Social Security Administration Disability Claims Processing to Better Serve People with
Disabilities and ·safeguard Trust Fund Assets
SSA should apply resources and management tools needed to reduce backlogs and to avoid paying benefits
to individuals who are no longer disabled.
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HHS11
Redesign SSA Service Delivery and Make Better Use of Technology to Provide Improved Access and
Services to Customers
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SSA's organizational structure needs to be updated to reflect changing customer needs and to take full
advantage of emerging technologies.
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HHS13
Review the Field and Regional Office Structure of the HHS and Develop a Plan for Shifting Resources
to Match Workload Demands
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The review should emphasize customer service, results and increased accountability.
Department of
H~using
and Urban Development
HUD01
Reinvent Public Housing
HUD should create pilot programs 'to devolve greater authority over housing funds to sound local agencies.
It should create demonstrations of mixed-income public housing with portable subsidies. HUD should also
streamline public housing rules and take other steps to improve public housing management.
HUD02
Improve Multi-Family Asset Management and Disposition
HUD should use public-private partnerships to manage and sell HUD-held loans and real estate for
non-subsidized housing projects. Congress should reduce restrictions on HUD sale of multi-family properties,
including use of portable. subsidies for tenants when the Secretary determines that to be best for tenant
needs.
HUD03
Improve Single-Family Asset' Management and Disposition
HUD should use a combination of early assistance to borrowers having financial difficulties, contract loan
servicing, contract mortgage assistance programs and public-private partnerships to streamline and improve
management of HUD- assigned single-family mortgages.
HUD04
Create an Assisted-Housing/Rent Subsidy Demonstration Project
HUD should be authorized to experiment in negotiated restructuring of privately owned assisted-housing
projects to improve management, promote mixed-income housing and. save taxpayer funds.
HUD05
Establish a New Housing Production Program
HUD should stimulate housing production through FHA risk-sharing arrangements with housing finance
agencies, stimulate a secondary market for multi-family properties, improve access to FHA insurance for
first-time home buyers, provide special FHA programs to revitalize neighborhoods and improve FHA
management.
HUD06
Streamline HUD Field Operations
HUD should streamline its Washington, regional and field office structure and consolidate and reduce its size
over time.
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HUD08
Reduce Section 8 Contract Rent Payments
HUD should modify its process to reduce unjustified increases in annual payments to Section 8 projects.
HUD09
Consolidate Section 8 Certificates and Vouchers
This recommendation would consolidate two overlapping projects to eliminate duplication.
HUD10
Reduce Operating Subsidies for Vacancies
This recommendation would encourage public housing agencies to make better use of their assets by
reducing subsidies paid for unjustifiably vacant units.
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DOJ01
Improve the Coordination and Structure of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
NPR recommends the designation of the Atto'rney General as the Director of Law Enforcement to coordinate
. federal law enforcement efforts to improve public safety. It also recommends changes in the alignment of
federal law enforcement responsibilities.
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DOJ02
Improve Border Management
Federal border management should be significantiy improved. NPR recommends a series of actions to be
taken by Customs and INS to make these improvements. Border states' budgets and workload are severely
impacted by government services to undocumented aliens. In addition, INS's efficiency and effectiveness in
verifying INS status impacts the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program's ability to determine
eligibilty for it's applicants.
DOJ03
DOJ05
DOJOS
Redirect and Better Coordinate Resources Dedicated to Interdiction of Drugs
This recommendation outlines changes 'that can be made to better coordinate federal programs directed at
the air interdiction of drugs.
Improve the Bureau of Prisons Education, Job Training, and Financial Responsibilities Programs
· NPR makes a series· of recommendations for improving prison education, training, and inmate financial
responsibility policies.
Reinvent the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Organization
NPR recommends a number of changes in INS organization and management processes to provide an
improved management structure and a strategic vision for the agency.
Department of Labor
DOL01
DOL02
Enhance Reemployment Programs for Occupationally Disabled Federal Employees
These recommendations would help occupationally disabled federal employees return to productive careers
by expanding DOL's return-to-work program. This saves money by reducing long-term benefit costs to the
government.
·
Develop a Single Comprehensive Worker Adjustment Strategy
Improve services to the unemployed--and those at risk of disiocation--and make better use of resources
available for assistance by developing a new worker adjustment strategy.
DO LOS
Create 'One-Stop Centers for Career Management
Establishing one-stop centers for career management would create a customer-driven work force system,
empowering Americans to make informed career choices and providing the means to achieve those goals.
DOL11
DOL19
Open the Civilian Conservation Centers to Private and Public Competition
A long-term reduction in costs is possible through expanded competition for contracts to operate Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Centers.
·
Transfer the Veterans' Employment and Training Service to the Employment and Training
Administration
The DOL can improve service delivery to veterans and save money by consolidating administration of this
function.
DOL21
Change the Focus of the Unemployment Insurance Benefits Quality Control Program to Improve
Performance
Re-examining the present mix of systems to shift the focus of this program from error measurement to a
constructive use of the results would allow DOL to improve benefit payment quality and more effectively
achieve the program's goals.
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�Small Business· Administration
SBA02
Improve Assistance to Minority Small Businesses
This proposal recommends a complete review of all. federal minority business assistance programs and the
establishment of a Small Disadvantaged Business Set-Aside program for civilian agencies to provide
increased opportunities for minority _small business.
SBA03
Reinvent the U.S. Small Business Administration's Credit Programs
Identify ways to improve SBA's credit programs to make SBA more responsive to those industries with the
potential for creating a higher number of jobs, those involved in international trade, and those providing
critical technologies. It will also enable the agency to operate more efficiently.
SBA04
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Examine Federal Guidelines ·for Small Business Lending Requirements
The federal government should examine the guidelines bank regulators set for small business lending by
financial institutions to ensure that capital is available without undue barriers while maintaining the integrity of
the financial institutions.
SBAOS
Manage the Microloan Program to Increase Loans for Small Business
Allowing SBA to guarantee loans made by banks to nonprofit intermediaries, who could, in turn, make small
loans to low-income individuals, women, minorities and other small businesses unable to obtain credit
through traditional lending sources would increase private sector participation and lessen administrative
burdens linked to direct government lending.
SBA06
Establish User Fees for Small Business Development Center Services
Authorize Small Business Development Centers to charge a nominal fee for their services to reduce federal
outlays and require the direct beneficiaries · of the assistance to pay a share of the cost.
Department of Veterans Affairs
DVA02
Modernize Benefits Claims Processing
Modernization of the VA benefits claims processing system vvill improve the quality of service and save
taxpayer dollars over time.
DVA04
Streamline Benefits Claims Processing
VA should examine the usefulness of a New York Regional .Office approach to benefits claims processing
that promises to streamline the process. It. should also examine regional staffing.
DVA10
Serve Veterans and Their Families as Customers.
This recommendation outlines several approaches for VA to improve its focus on veterans and their families
as customers.
DVA12
Improve Business Practices through Electronic Commerce
VA should expand its use of electronic media to reduce paperwork and save money. It should seek to make
greater use of electronic funds transfer of compensation and pension benefits.
DVA15
Restructure the Veterans Affairs' Health Care System
VA should re-examine its role and delivery structure after the issuance of the report of the President's
National Health Care Reform Task Force and take.actions to restructure the VA health care system.
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Major Recommendations Affecting Governmental Systems
Systems improvements impact the way government does business in literally every area, including services to
children and families, which are greatly enhanced when we are able to: strengthen intergovernmental
partnerships; reinvent support services; streamline management control; transform organizational structures;
implement mission-driven, results-oriented budgeting; improve customer service; improve financial
management; reinvent human resource management; reinvent. Federal procurement; reengineer through the use
of information technology; focus on program design;. and, improve regulatory systems. Improvements in each
of these areas are especially relevant in the 11 Federal agencies charged with administering programs to
children and families. These systems improvements will free up resources. and provide a clearer sense of
organizational mission and objectives as we m·easure and improve our performance in serving families.
Strengthening the Partnership in Intergovernmental Service Delivery
FSL01
Improve the Delivery of Federal Domestic Grant Programs
Create flexibility and encourage innovation by designing a bottom-up solution to the problem of grant
proliferation and its accompanying red tape. Also, support proposals for Federal-State Flexibility Grants.
Establish a Cabinet-level Enterprise Board to oversee initiatives in community improvement.
FSL02
Reduce Red Tape through Regulatory and Mandate Relief
Issue an Executive Order addressing the problems of unfunded federal mandates and regulatory relief and
authorize Cabinet Secretaries and agency heads to obtain selective relief from regulations or mandates in
programs they oversee.
FSL03
Simplify Reimbursement Procedures for Administrative Costs of Federal Grant Disbursement
Modify OMB Circular A-87, "Cost Principles for State and Local Governments," to provide states and
localities with a fixed fee-for-service option in lieu of costly reimbursement procedures covering administrative
costs. Time and funds saved by reducing accounting and a/locative burdens can be recaptured and
refocused on achieving programmatic outcomes.
FSLOS
Simplify Administration by Modifying the Common Grant Rules on Small Purchases
Modify OMB Circular A-102, "Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments", to
increase the dollar threshold for small purchases by local governments from $25,000 to $100,000. This
modification would allow local governments to use relatively simple procurement methods (e.g., obtaining
price or rate quotations over·the phone from an adequate number of vendors) rather than formally advertise
and solicit sealed public bids for purchases up to $100,000 for services, supplies, or other property. This will
speed the procurement process and thus speed services to customers when, for example, a grantee wants
to procure one small van to transport the disabled.
FSL06
Strengthen the Intergovernmental Partnership
Reinvent the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs (ACIR) and charge it with the responsibility
for continuous improvement in federal; state and local partnership and intergovernmental service delivery.
Direct the ACIR to identify opportunities to improve intergovernmental service delivery and develop a set of
benchmarks.
Reinventing Support Services
SUP02
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Give the executive branch agencies responsibility for distributing printed federal information to depository
libraries. Require· agencies to inventory the federal information they hold and make it accessible to the
public.
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�Streamlining Management Control
SMC03
Change the Focus of the Inspectors General
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Change the focus of the Inspectors General from compliance auditing .to evaluating management control
systems. In addition, recast the IG's method of operation to be more collaborative and less adversarial. As
the IG's and others in government change their focus.from compliance with process to collaborative
management for results, all government programs will improve.
SMC04
Increase the Effectiveness of Offices· of General Counsel
Define clearly the clients of agency General Counsel offices as agency line managers. Train staff attorneys
to understand the cultural changes they will need to undertake to operate in an environment where program
results are important. Develop performance measures and "feedback loops" to ensure close cooperation
with line managers. As the culture of government in every office focuses more on cooperation to achieve
results, all government programs will improve.
SMCOS
Improve the Effectiveness of the General Accounting Office Through Increased Customer Feedback
Improve GAO's documentation of best practices and the use of feedback loops on its performance.
SMC07
Reduce Internal Regulations by More than 50 Percent
Direct department secretaries and agency heads to reduce by a least 50 percent the number of internal
regulations and the number of pages of regulations within three years. These actions will help eliminate
unnecessary procedural delays many agencies face in serving their customers.
SMCOB
Expand the Use of Waivers to Encourage Innovation
Establish a process for obtaining waivers from federal regulations and identifying those regulations for which
this process should apply. Regulatory barriers that prevent front line innovation to improve services will be
reduced.
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Transforming Organizational Structures
ORGOS
Sponsor Three or More Cross-Departmental Initiatives Addressing Common Issues or Customers
The President's Management Council should identify and sponsor. three or more cross-departmental
initiatives in areas such as illegal immigration, debt collection, and the problems of the homeless.
ORGOS
Identify and Change Legislative Barriers to Cross-Organizational. Cooperation
As cross-organizational collaborations become an integral part of government operations, barriers to ready
collaboration and funding should be removed. Cross-organizational cooperation can be a very effective tool
to improving program results and meeting the needs of the customers.
Mission-Driven, Results-Oriented Budgeting
BGT01
Develop Performance Agreements with Senior Political Leadership that Reflect Organizational and
Policy Goals
The President should develop performance agreements with agency heads. Agency heads should also use
performance agreements within their agency to forge an effective team committed to achieving organizational
goals and objectives. Performance agreements are one tool to set a common mission, prioritize
organizational goals: and focus on achieving results .
BGT02
. Effectively Implement the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
Accelerate planning and m~asurement efforts to improve performance in every federal program and agency.
Designate as pilots under the act several multi-agency efforts that have related programs and function.
Develop common measures and data collection efforts for cross-cutting issues. Clarify the goals and
objectives of federal programs. Incorporate performance objectives and results as key elements in budget
and management. reviews.
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Empower Managers to Perform
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Restructure appropriations accounts to reduce· overitemization and to align them with programs. Ensure that
direct operating costs can be identified. Reduce overly detailed restrictions and earmarks in appropriations
and report language. Simplify the apportionment process. Reduce the excessive administrative subdivision
of funds in financial operating plans. These actions will allow front line managers, those closest to the
service delivery level, more flexibility in using funds to best meet program objectives.
Improving Customer Services
ICS01
Create Customer-driven Programs in All Departments and Agencies that Provide Services Directly to
the Public
Establish an overall policy for quality of federal services delivered to the public and initiate customer service
programs in all agencies that provide services directly to the public.
ICS02
ICS03
ICS05
Customer Service Performance Standards-Internal Revenue Service
As part of its participation in the NPR, the Internal Revenue· Service is publishing customer service
performance standards. To speed the delivery of taxpayer refunds, the Secretary of the Treasury should
delegate disbursing authority to IRS in 1993 and future tax seasons. IRS serves the same customers as
several other Federal programs. With the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), IRS's
responsiveness to it's customers becomes even more relevant to Federal programs such as Aid to Families
with Dependent Children and Food Stamps. The effective disbursemen_t of these E/TC payments could
prevent the need for families to seek assistance in these other Federal programs.
Customer Service Performance Standards-Social Security Administration
As part of its participation in the NPR, the Social Security Administration is publishing customer service
performance standards. SSA will also obtain customer opinions on all the goals and objectives of their
strategic plan, using that input to revise the goals and objectives as needed, set priorities, and establish
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interim objectives.
Streamline Ways to Collect Customer Satisfaction and Other Information from the Public
For voluntary information collection requests directed at customers, OMB will delegate authority to approve
such requests if departments certify that they will fully comply with Paperwork Reduction Act requirements.
OMB will also clarify rules on the use of focus groups and streamline renewals of previously approved survey
requests.
Improving Financial Management
FM04
Increase the Use of Technology to Streamline Financial Services .
Use electronic funds transfer to pay and reimburse expenses for all federal employees, to handle all
interagency payments, to make payments to state and local governments, and to pay for purchases from the
private sector. Similarly, all payments to individuals should be done electronically.
Reinventing Human Resource Management
HRM03
Authorize Agencies to Develop Programs for Improvement of Individual and Organizational
Performance
Authorize agencies to design their own performance management programs which define and measure
success based on each agency's unique needs. In departments charged with serving children and
families, human resource tools which reinforce a clear sense of mission, performance goals, and
expected results will he/~ to improve outcomes of all programs. ·
HRM04
Authorize Agencies to Develop Incentive Award and Bonus Systems to Improve Individual and
Organizational Performance
Authorize agencies to develop their own incentive award and bonus systems. Encourage agencies to
establish productivity gainsharing programs to support their reinvention and change efforts. These actions
are among the human resource tools which can be used to improve government performance in all
programs.
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Clearly Define the Objective of Training as the Improvement of Individual and Organizational
Performance; Make Training More Market-Driven •
Reduce restrictions on training to allow managers to focus on organizational mission and to take advantage
of the available training marketplace.
HRM07
Enhance Programs to Provide Family-Friendly Workplaces
Implement family-friendly workplace practices (flex-time, flexiplace, job sharing, telecommuting) while
ensuring accountability for customer service. Provide telecommunications and administrative support
necessary for employees participating in flexiplace and telecommuting work arrangements. Expand the
authority to establish and fund dependent care programs. Allow employees to use sick leave to care for
dependents. Allow employees who leave and then re-enter federal service to be given credit for prior sick
leave balances.
Reinventing Federal Procurement
PROC07
Enhance Programs for Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns
· Repeal statutory limitations on subcontracting and substitute regulatory limitations to provide greater
flexibility. Authorize civilian agencies to establish small disadvantaged business set-asides. These actions
will affect economic development in distressed communities.
PROC1 0
Ensure Customer Focus in Procurement
Revise Procurement. Management Reviews to incorporate NPR principles such as "focusing on results" for
the line managers.
Reengineer Through the Use of Information Technology
IT01
Provide Clear, Strong Leadership to Integrate Information Technology into the Business of
Government
Create a Government Information Technology Services working group to develop a strategic vision for the
use of government information technology and to implement NPR's information technology recommendations.
A major focus of this group is the application of technology. to improve governmental services to citizens.
IT02
Implement Nationwide, Integrated Electronic Benefit Transfer
Design an integrated implementation plan for the use of electronic benefit transfer for programs such as Food
Stamps and for direct payments to individuals without bank accounts.
IT03
Develop Integrated Electronic Access to Government Information and Service
Use information technology initiatives to improve customer service by creating a one-stop "800" calling
service, integrated one-stop service "kiosks," and a government-wide electronic bulletin board system.
IT04
Establish a National Law Enforcement/Public Safety Network
Establish a national law enforcemenUpublic safety data network for use by federal, state, and local law
enforcement officials.
IT09
Establish an Information Infrastructure
Develop a Government Information Infrastructure to use government information resources effectively and
support electronic government applications. Consolidate and modernize government data processing
centers. These actions will speed government service and provide information to improve government
service.
IT1 0
Develop Systems and Mechanisms to Ensure Privacy and Security
Establish a Privacy Protection Board. Establish uniform privacy protection practices and generally acceptable·
implementation methods for these practices. Develop a digital signature standard for sensitive, unclassified
data by January 1994. In children and family programs, confidentiality concerns have impeded some past
efforts for interagency and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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DES01
Activate Program Design as a Formal Discipline
The President's Management Council should commission the development of a handbook to help federal
managers understand the strengths and weaknesses of various forms of program design, which will lead to
improvements in the outcomes of government programs.
DES02
Establish Pilot Program Design Capabilities in One or Two Agencies
Test the usefulness of the program design handbook and the value of program design as a useful discipline.
DES03
Encourage the Strengthening of Program Design in the Legislative Branch
The President's Management Council should work with congressional support agencies to help them
strengthen their program design capabilities.
DES04
Commission Program Design Courses
Develop training courses for managers and policymakers on various program design approaches to improve
government programs.
Improving Regulatory Systems
REG01
Create an Interagency Regulatory Coordinating Group
Create an interagency Regulatory Coordinating Group to share information and coordinate approaches to
regulatory issues. These actions will help to improve the design and outcomes of all federal programs.
REG04
Enhance Public Awareness and Participation
Use information technology and other techniques to increase opportunities for early, frequent and interactive
public participation during the rulemaking process and to increase program evaluation efforts.
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ORDERING REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Hard copy of the NPR reports can be obtained as long as they last, from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),
Superintendent of Documents, P.O. 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. For additional information call (202) 783-3238.
Copies can be ordered on an ongoing basis from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by calling: (703)4874650 for First Class mail service; 1-800-553-NTIS for Overnight Courier; (703)321-8547 for FAX orders. The NTIS TOO
(Hearing Impaired) line is (703)487-4639.
Electronic versions of the NPR reports can be obtained by using a variety of different methods, including, electronic
bulletin boards, Internet, and a number of commercial services such as American Online, Compuserve, GEnie, MCI, The Well,
and MetaSystems. For a "Road Map" of where and how to obtain NPR material electronically, send a blank Internet e-mail
message to: npr@ace.esusda.gov.
Listed below are the NPR accompanying reports, their GPO Order Numbers, and the NPR or agency contact. Only
those reports marked with an (•) have been issued to date. The NPR telephone number is (202)632-0150.
SYSTEMS REPORTS
Creating Quality Leadership and Management, GPO#
355-688, NPR: John Kamensky, Ext.l03
Streamlining Management Control, GPO# 355-689,
NPR: John Kamensky, Ext.l03
Transforming Organizational Structures, GPO# 355696. NPR: John Kamensky, Ext.l03
• Improving Customer Service, GPO# 355-684, NPR:
Greg Woods, Ext.l49
Mission-Driven, Results-Oriented Budgeting, GPO# 355690, NPR: Jane McNeil, Ext.124
Improving Financial Management, GPO# 355-685, NPR:
Mike Serlin, Ext.130
Reinventing Human Resource Management, GPO# 355693, NPR: Mary Ellen Dix, Ext.132
Reinventing Federal Procurement, GPO# 355-682, NPR:
Sandra Weisman, Ext.131.
Reinventing Support Services, GPO# 355-694, NPR:
Sandra Weisman. Ext.131
Reengineering Through Information Technology, GPO#
355-692. NPR: Greg Woods. Ext.l49
• Rethinking Program Design, GPO# 355-695. NPR:
Dr. Carson Eoyang, (202)358-0300
• Strengthening the Partnership in Intergovernmental
Service Delivery, GPO# 355-687, NPR: Beverly Godwin,
Ext.lll
Reinventing Environmental Management, GPO# 355681. NPR Contact: Mary O'Lone (202)395-3706
• Improving Regulatory Systems. GPO# 355-686, NPR
Contact: Jeff Lubbers (202)254-7065
AGENCY REPORTS
Agency for International Development. GPO# 355-659.
Agency: Jay Byrne (202)647-4274
Department of Agriculture, GPO# 355-660,
Agency: Public Affairs (202)720-4623
Department of Commerce. GPO# 355-66.
Agency: Alan Balutis (202)482-3490
Department of Defense. GPO# 355-662,
Agency: Dick Marvin (703)693-2886
Department of Education, GPO# 355-663.
Agency: Kay Kahler (202)40 1-3206
Department of Energy, GPO# 355-664,
Agency: Howard Raikin (202)586-6799
Environmental Protection Agency, GPO# 355-671,
Agency: Charlotte Northern (202)260-6241
Executive Office of the President, GPO# 355-672,
NPR: Jane McNeil, Ext.124
Federal Emergency Management Agency, GPO# 355673, Agency: Calvin Byrd (202)646-2686
General Services Administration, GPO# 355-683,
Agency: Patrick Dorinson (202)50 1-0705
Department of Health and Human Services, GPO# 355674, Agency: Alan Rivlin (202)690-7578
Department of Housing and Urban Development, GPO# ·
355-675, Agency: Jean Nolan (202)708-0980
Intelligence Community, GPO# 355-676,
Agency: Public Affairs (703)351-2053
• Department of the Interior, GPO# 355-666,
Agency: Mary Helen Thompson (202)208-6416
Department of Justice. GP0#355-665.
Agency: Julie Anbender (202)514-2007
Department of Labor. GP0#355-667,
Agency: Public Affairs (202) 2 I9-82 I I
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
GP0#355-677, Mark Hess (202)358- I400
• National Science Foundation/Office of Science and
Technology Policy, GPO# 355-678,
Agency: Dr. Ray Bye (703)306-1070
Office of Personnel Management, GPO# 355-691,
Agency: Janice LaChance (202)606- I 800
Small Business Administration, GPO# 355-679,
Agency: Public Affairs (202)205-6740
Department of State/U.S. Information Agency, GPO#
355-668. State Contact: Public Affairs (202)647-6575.
USIA Contact: Kimberly Marteau (202)6 I 9-4355
Department of Transportation, GPO# 355-669,
Agency: Richard Mintz (202)366-4570
Department of the Treasury/Resolution Trust
Corporation. GPO# 355-670,
Agency: Christopher Peacock (202)622-2930
Department of Veterans Affairs, GPO# 355-680.
Agency: Ray Wilburn (202)535-8676
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March 11, 1994
Ms. Carol H. Rasco
Assistant to the President
for Domestic Policy
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Rasco:
on April 9, 1994, I will be hosting the Third Annual Women's
Political Empowerment Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona, and I would
like to invite you to be the keynote speaker at this important
event.
We have had such notables as Representative Maxine Waters and
f,ormer Te)\as Railroad Commissioner Lena Guerrero keynote past
events. Their discussions provided insights into the growing
influence bf women in our political system and encouraged women
to become more involved in all levels of the political process.
Last year's event was attended.by.over 300 guests who were
interested in strengthening the women's political network
throughout the state.
Because health care reform is the top legislative priority of
both Congress and President Clinton's Administration, I would
like for you to address yourself to the importance of this timely
issue to women. The keynote address is generally given during
the workshop luncheon, but knowing the demands of your time, the
program can be adjusted to fit your schedule.
I am hopeful that your schedule will permit you to attend, and I
look forward to hearing from you at your earliest possible
convenience.
Sincerely,
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Ed. Pastor
Member of Congress
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March 9, 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR ROSALYN MILLER
FROM:
Joe Trahern, Political Affairs
RE:
Request from Rep. Pastor
I am writing to ask you to consider the following scheduling request.
On Aptii,-9, 1994, Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ) will be hosting the Third Annual Women's
Political Empowerment Workshop in Phoenix, AZ and would very much like for Carol
Rasco to attend. Last year's event was attended by over 300 guests who were interested
in strengthening the women's political network throughout the state.
Please consider this request. I know there are incredible demands on Ms. Rasco's time
but both our shop and Legislative Affairs feel that this is a worthwhile event. I will be
following up on this very soon. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please give
me a call. I can be reached at ext. 6-6257.
Thank you very much.
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Dear Friend:
On behalf of the Progressive Foundation, I would like to inVite you to attend a
forum to mark the release of the Progressive Foundation report, Rethinking Political
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Reform: Beyond Spending and Term Limits. Its purpose is to examine alternatives to the
conventional debate on campaign and Congressional reform.
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The details of the f.:wum are as follows:
Date:
Monday, Aprilll, 1994
Time:
8:30a.m.- 11:00 a.m.
Place:
Washington Court Hotel
Ballroom Center (Lower Level)
525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
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Rethinking Political Reform is the fin~I'-ln.stallment of the Progressive Foundation's
ongoing research on the state of American democracy. The report is built around three
papers: one by Progressive Foundation Fellow Ruy A. Teixeira, on campaign reform,
political competition and citizen participation; another by Professor L. Sandy Maisel of
Colby College, on whymore qualified candidates do not run for congressional office; and a
third by Professor Jack Pitney of Claremont McKenna College on the case for congressional
reform and the inadequacy of proposed solutions.
The forum will begin with presentations by the authors, and will be followed by
commentary from three of the country's leading experts on political and campaign reform:
Representative Mike Synar (D-Okla"), Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute, and Professor Candice Nelson of American University. (A preliminary
agenda is attached for your review.)
I hope you will be able to join us on Aprilll for what I think will be a very lively
exchange of views on this important and timely topic. Please RSVP to Cyndi Yost of the
Progressive Foundation at (202) 546-4482.
Cordially,
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Campaign Reform, Political Competition and Citizen Participation
Ruy A Teixeira, Fellow, Progressive Foundation
Competition in Congressional Elections:
Why More Qualified Candidates Do Not Seek Office
L. Sandy Maisel, Colby College
A Congress Restored
John J. Pitney, Jr., Claremont McKenna College
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U.S. Representative Mike Synar, Oklahoma
Candice Nelson, Assistant Professor, American University
Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
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