Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1996 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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said her office was first notified by Community Action June 7 and has taken a reactive stance to their decision. She added that Head Start officials are planning for a smooth transition for the sake of the children. u We work with three-to five-year-olds who already have enough disruption in their lives,” she said sincerely, “making the cooperation of Community Action extremely important during this transition process.” Community Action reached their decision after intense study and as a result of “shifting priorities at the federal level,” Thomas said. “We have taken a long hard look at the current needs of the Head Start program and have discussed our role in the program’s future with senior staff of Indiana’s federal legislators and HHS officials,” Thomas said. Thomas and the Community Action Board of Directors recognize that the needs of Head Start has evolved over the years to necessitate a collaboration with adult education and training programs to increase selfsufficiency of at-risk families, programming Community Action does not provide. Thomas says a collaboration of these programs are extremely relevant today in light of welfare reform changes and the governments focus on Head Start as a resource for at-risk families seeking child and adult education. “(Welfare reform) is not a debate anymore. It’s a reality.

Two years and off is that reality,” said Thomas, reflecting on the government’s new mandate which puts a two-year cap on individual welfare benefits. Community Action feels that developing adult education and training programs would be counterproductive, since other community organizations already provide those services. Their hope is that one of the agencies possessing more “programmatic pieces that address the whole welfare reform issue will step up,” Thomas said. Regardless of the chosen successor, Community Action will continue to serve the 1,800 children enrolled in Head Start in Marion and Hamilton counties through the summer. “A smooth transition is important for the children and families served by Head Start, and we will work to accomplish that,” said Thomas, adding that sufficient time has been allotted for a complete transition before the program restarts in the fall. “Our decision to transfer grantee status by September 1,1996 should have no immediate effect on the Head Start program.” Community Action officials have no definite plans to begin a new project in place of Head Start, but have looked into economic development opportunities and expanding their influence in the housing industry In the meantime, Thomas said the agency will pay more attention to their current active programs and devote more time to serving their constituents.

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the president’s lawyer in a sexual harassment case against Qinton. The brief argued Clinton should not have to stand trial until after he leaves office, suggesting that as commander in chief Clinton was covered by a law protecting activeduty military personnel from lawsuits. Qinton’s lawyer amended the brief and deleted that argument after protests from veterans groups and Republicans. “They have nothing to run on,” Ginton said. "We have a good record so they have to try these land of radical crazy attacks.” Ginton delivered a lengthy recitation of his record, taking credit for helping the national and California economies rebound and for increasing emphasis on promoting higher education to help Americans keep pace with the skills required in the global economy. Before flying by helicopter from Santa Monica to Glendale for the college speech, Ginton met with his brother, Roger, and Roger’s wife, Molly, and their 2-year-old son, Tyler. Monday night, Clinton raised more than $ 1 million for the Democratic National Committee at two events. When Clinton left the first fundraiser, singer Barbra Streisand and a companion climbed into a staff van in the president’s motorcade to attend the second. Streisand and her friend then went with Ginton to his Santa Monica hotel late Monday night. From here, Clinton headed to a campaign stop in New Mexico, and then on to South Carolina, where he was spending the night before visiting the site of a black church burned a year ago in an arson fire. The White House announced that trip after Ginton lamented the latest of 30 set fires at Black churches, the latest one Sunday in Texas. “To burn a church is a terrible thing,” Ginton said. "We need to come together as one America to rebuild our churches, restore hope and show the forces of hatred they cannot win.” White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Ginton “believes he has a responsibility as president” to draw attention to ways that people can band together to help

those victimized by the fires. McCurry said while Clinton believes the nation’s racial climate has steadily improved since the 1960s, he felt it important Monday to speak out against the “fear of the foreign” that permeates the nation’s political culture. “There are always vestiges of racism that need to be addressed very directly and very deliberately,” McCurry said. "We need both a (political) and a public dialogue that makes it easier for Americans to work together to solve these problems, and reject those who deliberately try to divide Americans.” Legal Line is a call away The Indianapolis Bar Association will conduct its next Legal Line programs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 25. By calling269-2000, callers can receive advice on a variety of legal topics such as divorce, child support, landlord/tenant law, wills and real estate. Legal Line is a public service project of the IBA’s Young Lawyers Division; attorneys volunteer to assist the public with legal questions free of charge.

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