Finding aid for the Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles records
0473
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2011 June
Title: Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles records
Collection number: 0473
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.04 Linear feet
3 boxes
Date: 1966
Abstract: The Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles records contain reports, minutes, and memorandums that
document some of the activities of this agency between 1964 and 1970, specifically the administration of Head Start programs
and the Teen-Post program. The collection also contains reports produced by the Agency.
creator:
Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles.
Historical note
The Youth Opportunities Board (YOB) was established in Los Angeles County in 1962--as a Joint Powers agency incorporating
school, probation, and social services--to address high levels of both juvenile delinquency and unemployment among out-of-school
youth. Three volumes of a 1963 YOB proposal, in the collection, to remedy "youth failure" in South Central Los Angeles, reflect
a then typical approach to multiple problems in impoverished communities.
One year later, the federal War On Poverty was launched. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 provided extraordinary funds
for poverty programs and called for "maximum participation of the poor themselves", a requirement disqualifying the YOB as
an all-professional body with little community representation. Changing its name to the Economic and Youth Opportunity Agency
(EYOA), the group nonetheless served as a coordinating agency and prime contractor for many federal anti-poverty programs.
Scope and Content
The Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles records contain reports, minutes, and memorandums that
document some of the activities of this agency between 1964 and 1970, specifically the administration of Head Start programs
and the Teen-Post program. Both of these programs were funded by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 through the Agency,
but administered by delegate agencies; in the case of Head Start, the records provide information about the Social Work Advisory
Committee to Head Start and in the case of Teen Post, the records provide information about the Los Angeles Area Federation
of Settlement and Neighborhood Centers, which provided administrative oversight on the project. The Head Start records contain
memorandums, financial information, and some reports; the Teen Post records include program proposals, evaluation and progress
reports, memorandums, and correspondence. The collection also contains reports produced by the Agency.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles records, Collection no. 0473, California
Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives
to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed
to obtain permission from the copyright holder to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections. .
Related Archival Materials
Neighborhood Adult Participation Project records, Collection no. 0488, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles. -- Archives
Youth Opportunities Board of Greater Los Angeles. -- Archives
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century--Archival resources
Memorandums
Minutes
Reports
Social work with youth--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Youth--Services for--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Box 1, Folder 1
"Preliminary Report. Job and Career Development for the Poor in the Los Angeles Area"
1966 March 1
Box 1, Folder 2
Minutes of the N.A.P.P. [Neighborhood Adult Participation Project] Committee
1966 December 7
Box 1, Folder 3
"Head Start Spring-Summer, 1966: A Proposal for Funding under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964"
1965 November
Box 1, Folder 4
Social Work Advisory Committee, Head Start
1967
Scope and Content
Memorandums; John Milner report on Head Start programs; meeting agendas; training information.
Box 1, Folder 5
Social Work Advisory Committee, Head Start
1968-1970
Scope and Content
Salary scales; draft report, "Does the System Serve the Poor?"
Box 1, Folder 6
Teen Post "Crash" program
1965
Box 1, Folder 7
Teen Post proposal to OEO
1966
Box 1, Folder 8
Teen Post evaluation reports, correspondence, minutes
1966-1967
Box 1, Folder 9
Teen Post proposal for continuation
1966 April
Box 1, Folder 10
Teen Post program memorandums and reports
1967
Box 1, Folder 11
Teen Post Leadership Program Evaluation report
1969
Box 1, Folder 12
Summer program proposal for Teen Post Incorporated
1970
Box 2
"Proposal from Youth Opportunities Board of Greater Los Angeles: A Program for Youth, South Central Study Area"
1960s
Scope and Content
Volumes 2, 4, 6.
Box 3
"The War against Poverty in Los Angeles"
1965
Scope and Content
Proposal to federal Office of Economic Opportunity.
Box 3
"The War against Poverty in Los Angeles"
1967
Scope and Content
Description of the programs administered by the EYOA.
Box 3
"Distribution of Poor 4-Year Olds in Los Angeles County by Census Tract and Community Action Agency Area Statistical Report"
1967 September
Box 3
"Preliminary Design of an Information System for the Youth Opportunities Board of Greater Los Angeles"
1964 August 31