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Recommendations

*The Following Recommendations Represent A Compilation of MWCLR Staff Analysis of Data and Information Collected On The Spanish Speaking Problems of Region V As Well As Recommendations Made To Us By Community Groups And Organizations With Which The Midwest Council Worked During The Course Of The Project Year.

1. That the federal agencies in Region V increase their sensitivity and awareness on the conditions of the Spanish speaking throughout the region.
2. The Federal Agencies in Region V develop a thorough acquaintance with the cultural-historical experience of the Spanish speaking in the United States with a special focus on the Midwest, and that they acquaint themselves fully with the present day problems and struggles faced by the Spanis speaking
3. That viable and realistic efforts be made to strengthen the lines of communication between the Federal agencies and the Spanish speaking communities.
4. That OMB, the Frc and all Federal Agencies in Region V launch more aggressive efforts in order to more meaningfully enhance Spanish speaking EEO and other affirmative action efforts.

5. That the Federal Regional Council of Region V furnish funds for the establishment of a Spanish speaking ombudsman office to assist Spanish speaking community groups, the primary objectives of this office should be:
A) To assure that Federal programs are reaching all Mexican Americans and other Spanish speaking surnamed Americans.
B) To assure that Federal programs are providing the assistance necessary to effectively handle problems that was unique to such persons.
C) To seek out new possibilities for the development of programs unique to the needs of the Spanish speaking.
6. That some teeth be put into the presidents 16 point program for the Spanish speaking. This program, supposedly national in scope, is currently staffed by a director and a secretary. The director has no professional staff in Washington or in any of the civil service commission's regional offices. He should be provided with a staff capable of monitoring and providing effective follow-up actions necessary to assure full implementation of this vital program.
7. That precise and accurate data concerning federal employment of Spanish speaking be published regularly. These reports would allow the congress and federal leadership to make timely and intelligent assessments of the governments progress in providing equal employment opportunities for the Spanish speaking.
8. That the HEW Pottinger Memorandum of May 25, 1970 be more strictly enforced. The memorandum requires school districts to initiate bilingual/bicultural programs and to ensure that remedial programs do not permanently isolate minority children. School districts must avoid placing minority children in classes for the mentally retarded on the basis of tests that are unfair because of language or cultural bias.
9. That the Federal Redional Council of Region V issue a report on the effectiveness of the presidents sixteen point program to the Spanish speaking community and public, as well as on executive order 11246. That the FRC employ an independent evaluator to develop a report on the effectiveness of the sixteen point program, executive order 11246 and the overall view of Spanish speaking employment and affirmative action efforts.
10. That the E.S. Offices be encouraged by the Federal Government's Regional Office to hire Spanish speaking people in their offices.
11. That HEW, DOL, LEAA give a high priority to bilingual/bicultural social services and education, that is, youth center, adult education centers, drug abuse programs, community mental health programs, employment assistance centers, community clinics, detoxification centers and halfway houses for ex-offencers, and that such programs be administered by RAZA Organizations.

12. That the FRC, OMG, Civil Rights Commission and HEW apply more pressure to universities to make availabel greater opportunities for Spanish speaking students, workers and educators.
13. That HEW and DOL, as well as others involved in education and training, aggressively mobilize their educational resources and assist the Spanish speaking community in developing educational alternatives to the present educational system.
14. That DOL redouble its migrant transition center efforts in that increasing mechanization in agriculture is rapidly reducing the need for human hand labor. The president's commission on income maintenance has calculated that by 1980 the need for farm labor will fall about 30-40% (1970:294-95). This is no time to retreat from migrant transition center efforts. All available resources should be mobilize to increase and augment transition center operations.
15. That the Federal Agencies of the Regional Council and OMB marshall all possible resources to assist Spanish speaking programs now jeopardized.
16. That the Federal agencies undertake research to determine the feasability of organizing farm cooperatives and consider the funding of a cooperative for 15 to 20 migrant families. Families should be given appropriate training, seed monies, land procurement or leasing assistance, and follow-up.
17. That the Regional Council recommend to the Regional Administration of FHA and HUD the allocation of money for projects housing settling out migrant farm workers.
18. Insist that migrant education programs of the State Departments of Public Instruction employ Chicanos both in the planning and delivery stages of such programs.
19. Investigate and encourage land grant institutions and institutions of higher learning engaged in agricultural research resulting in loss of jobs for migrants, to provide training, education and supportive services for those displaced or suffering job losses. Investigate said land grant institutions to determine the degree to which they are meeting the land grant mandate to serve farmers, farm workers, marginal and rural poor.
20. That the FRC and all Federal agencies support the right of farmworkers to organize into labor unions.
21. That the FRC support a revision in regulations or legislation to provide coverage to migrants and other farmworkers for:
A) Unemployment compensation
B) Compulsory workmens compensation for farmworkers in all states.
C) Coverage of all migrant farmworkers under federal minimum wage laws and an increase in the minimum rate of pay so that it is more nearly equivalent to the rate set for nonagricultural workers.
22. That the FRC encourage and support the establishment of a national health incurance program with the following features:

Nearly complete benefit coverage, dental, skilled nursing home and psychiatric care and prescription drugs subject to some limitations, except when provided through health maintenance organizations or medical foundations.
No cost sharing whatsoever by patients. Health security pays the entire health expense for covered benefits.
Financing similar to the Social Security system, with contributions from employer, employe and federal general revenue.
Federal Administration and control of the program, with consumers as well as health professionals involved in planning at the federal, state, regional and local levels.
Powerful incentives to encourage health professionals and health institutions to reorganize and reform the health care system to assure economies, efficiency, a better distribution of resources, and increased training, education an upgrading for health occupations in short supply.

23. Health Manpower. That all health professional schools receiving federal grants or subsidies from HEW must comply with the following guidelines:
A) That a Spanishsurname recruitment and retention program be established throughout the health professional schools; i.e., medicine, dentistry, podiatry, pharmacy, optometry, nursing, and other allied health fields.
B) That the minimum base line in the number of Spanish surname students be determined by percent of population of Spanish surnamed in that state. States with a population percentage lower than 15 percent must then admit Spanish surname students of the first year class of 15 percent. Each school shall seek an enrollment of 15 percent Spanish surname students on parity in those states or communities where the Spanish surname population is greater than 15 percent.
That the admissions committee also be comprised of said Spanish surname percent ratio of students, faculty, and community people of equal parity to interview and process such Spanish surname students applications.
Each school shall make special academic and financial retention programs available for such Spanish surname enrolled students.
That Congress appropriate financial aid needed to meet the demands to fulfill the recruitment and retention guidelines as above specified.
That any health professional school not complying with the above standards within one year shall have its federal subsidies with drawn.
That the FRC encourage and support the extension and full funding of the migrant health act.
25. That contractual compliance efforts in Region V more aggressively focus on the Spanish speaking community.
26. That the Federal agencies and the Regional Council assist the Spanish speaking in making full utilization of the Revenue Sharing process in local areas by advocating their inclusion in the process. That the FRC encourage Mayors and Governors to include Spanish speaking in Revenue Sharing Programs, employment opportunities and services, as well as monitor compliance activities to insure that Spanish speaking are reached.

PRISON REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS

Continued

5. That funds be made to RAZA organizations for the strengthening and developing educational opportunities for Latino inmates, that is basic education, GED ad college study release programs, as well as funds for scholarships and vocational training.

That accelerated parole efforts be initiated to increase the number of paroles, giving Spanish speaking inmates greater consideration regarding their parole plans than has been done in the past. It has been documented that Chicanos serve 2.1 years more prison confinement than Anglos.
7. That furloughs be granted within six months of the release date to enable inmates to seek employment and visit their families.
\8. That work release programs be initiated in all prisons and camps in the region.
9. That half-way house efforts be extended to all prisons and camps in the region.
10. That employment opportunities upon release be accelerated, this would assist greatly in the readjustment of ex-offenders.
Authorities agree that the lack of meaningful employment opportunities has been a major contributing cause to the rising crime rate and the high rate of recidivism.
11. That employers consider eliminating questions regarding prior criminal records (particularly arrest records as contrasted conviction records) from job applications. Public and employer attitudes, laws and licensing regulations bar ex-offenders from employment. Too often the government which urges the ex-offender to pursue a normal law abiding life is the same government that bars the way to that pursuit. By reason of various state statutes, certain employers cannot employ convicted felons.
That bonding program for Spanish speaking ex-offenders be initiated, to provide for fidelity bonds in order to protect prospective employers from loss due to theft

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Recommendations *The Following Recommendations Represent A Compilation of MWCLR Staff Analysis of Data and Information Collected On The Spanish Speaking Problems of Region V As Well As Recommendations Made To Us By Community Groups And Organizations With Which The Midwest Council Worked During The Course Of The Project Year. 1. That the federal agencies in Region V increase their sensitivity and awareness on the conditions of the Spanish speaking throughout the region. 2. The Federal Agencies in Region V develop a thorough acquaintance with the cultural-historical experience of the Spanish speaking in the United States with a special focus on the Midwest, and that they acquaint themselves fully with the present day problems and struggles faced by the Spanis speaking 3. That viable and realistic efforts be made to strengthen the lines of communication between the Federal agencies and the Spanish speaking communities. 4. That OMB, the Frc and all Federal Agencies in Region V launch more aggressive efforts in order to more meaningfully enhance Spanish speaking EEO and other affirmative action efforts. 5. That the Federal Regional Council of Region V furnish funds for the establishment of a Spanish speaking ombudsman office to assist Spanish speaking community groups, the primary objectives of this office should be: A) To assure that Federal programs are reaching all Mexican Americans and other Spanish speaking surnamed Americans. B) To assure that Federal programs are providing the assistance necessary to effectively handle problems that was unique to such persons. C) To seek out new possibilities for the development of programs unique to the needs of the Spanish speaking. 6. That some teeth be put into the presidents 16 point program for the Spanish speaking. This program, supposedly national in scope, is currently staffed by a director and a secretary. The director has no professional staff in Washington or in any of the civil service commission's regional offices. He should be provided with a staff capable of monitoring and providing effective follow-up actions necessary to assure full implementation of this vital program. 7. That precise and accurate data concerning federal employment of Spanish speaking be published regularly. These reports would allow the congress and federal leadership to make timely and intelligent assessments of the governments progress in providing equal employment opportunities for the Spanish speaking. 8. That the HEW Pottinger Memorandum of May 25, 1970 be more strictly enforced. The memorandum requires school districts to initiate bilingual/bicultural programs and to ensure that remedial programs do not permanently isolate minority children. School districts must avoid placing minority children in classes for the mentally retarded on the basis of tests that are unfair because of language or cultural bias. 9. That the Federal Redional Council of Region V issue a report on the effectiveness of the presidents sixteen point program to the Spanish speaking community and public, as well as on executive order 11246. That the FRC employ an independent evaluator to develop a report on the effectiveness of the sixteen point program, executive order 11246 and the overall view of Spanish speaking employment and affirmative action efforts. 10. That the E.S. Offices be encouraged by the Federal Government's Regional Office to hire Spanish speaking people in their offices. 11. That HEW, DOL, LEAA give a high priority to bilingual/bicultural social services and education, that is, youth center, adult education centers, drug abuse programs, community mental health programs, employment assistance centers, community clinics, detoxification centers and halfway houses for ex-offencers, and that such programs be administered by RAZA Organizations. 12. That the FRC, OMG, Civil Rights Commission and HEW apply more pressure to universities to make availabel greater opportunities for Spanish speaking students, workers and educators. 13. That HEW and DOL, as well as others involved in education and training, aggressively mobilize their educational resources and assist the Spanish speaking community in developing educational alternatives to the present educational system. 14. That DOL redouble its migrant transition center efforts in that increasing mechanization in agriculture is rapidly reducing the need for human hand labor. The president's commission on income maintenance has calculated that by 1980 the need for farm labor will fall about 30-40% (1970:294-95). This is no time to retreat from migrant transition center efforts. All available resources should be mobilize to increase and augment transition center operations. 15. That the Federal Agencies of the Regional Council and OMB marshall all possible resources to assist Spanish speaking programs now jeopardized. 16. That the Federal agencies undertake research to determine the feasability of organizing farm cooperatives and consider the funding of a cooperative for 15 to 20 migrant families. Families should be given appropriate training, seed monies, land procurement or leasing assistance, and follow-up. 17. That the Regional Council recommend to the Regional Administration of FHA and HUD the allocation of money for projects housing settling out migrant farm workers. 18. Insist that migrant education programs of the State Departments of Public Instruction employ Chicanos both in the planning and delivery stages of such programs. 19. Investigate and encourage land grant institutions and institutions of higher learning engaged in agricultural research resulting in loss of jobs for migrants, to provide training, education and supportive services for those displaced or suffering job losses. Investigate said land grant institutions to determine the degree to which they are meeting the land grant mandate to serve farmers, farm workers, marginal and rural poor. 20. That the FRC and all Federal agencies support the right of farmworkers to organize into labor unions. 21. That the FRC support a revision in regulations or legislation to provide coverage to migrants and other farmworkers for: A) Unemployment compensation B) Compulsory workmens compensation for farmworkers in all states. C) Coverage of all migrant farmworkers under federal minimum wage laws and an increase in the minimum rate of pay so that it is more nearly equivalent to the rate set for nonagricultural workers. 22. That the FRC encourage and support the establishment of a national health incurance program with the following features: Nearly complete benefit coverage, dental, skilled nursing home and psychiatric care and prescription drugs subject to some limitations, except when provided through health maintenance organizations or medical foundations. No cost sharing whatsoever by patients. Health security pays the entire health expense for covered benefits. Financing similar to the Social Security system, with contributions from employer, employe and federal general revenue. Federal Administration and control of the program, with consumers as well as health professionals involved in planning at the federal, state, regional and local levels. Powerful incentives to encourage health professionals and health institutions to reorganize and reform the health care system to assure economies, efficiency, a better distribution of resources, and increased training, education an upgrading for health occupations in short supply. 23. Health Manpower. That all health professional schools receiving federal grants or subsidies from HEW must comply with the following guidelines: A) That a Spanishsurname recruitment and retention program be established throughout the health professional schools; i.e., medicine, dentistry, podiatry, pharmacy, optometry, nursing, and other allied health fields. B) That the minimum base line in the number of Spanish surname students be determined by percent of population of Spanish surnamed in that state. States with a population percentage lower than 15 percent must then admit Spanish surname students of the first year class of 15 percent. Each school shall seek an enrollment of 15 percent Spanish surname students on parity in those states or communities where the Spanish surname population is greater than 15 percent. That the admissions committee also be comprised of said Spanish surname percent ratio of students, faculty, and community people of equal parity to interview and process such Spanish surname students applications. Each school shall make special academic and financial retention programs available for such Spanish surname enrolled students. That Congress appropriate financial aid needed to meet the demands to fulfill the recruitment and retention guidelines as above specified. That any health professional school not complying with the above standards within one year shall have its federal subsidies with drawn. That the FRC encourage and support the extension and full funding of the migrant health act. 25. That contractual compliance efforts in Region V more aggressively focus on the Spanish speaking community. 26. That the Federal agencies and the Regional Council assist the Spanish speaking in making full utilization of the Revenue Sharing process in local areas by advocating their inclusion in the process. That the FRC encourage Mayors and Governors to include Spanish speaking in Revenue Sharing Programs, employment opportunities and services, as well as monitor compliance activities to insure that Spanish speaking are reached. PRISON REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS Continued 5. That funds be made to RAZA organizations for the strengthening and developing educational opportunities for Latino inmates, that is basic education, GED ad college study release programs, as well as funds for scholarships and vocational training. That accelerated parole efforts be initiated to increase the number of paroles, giving Spanish speaking inmates greater consideration regarding their parole plans than has been done in the past. It has been documented that Chicanos serve 2.1 years more prison confinement than Anglos. 7. That furloughs be granted within six months of the release date to enable inmates to seek employment and visit their families. \8. That work release programs be initiated in all prisons and camps in the region. 9. That half-way house efforts be extended to all prisons and camps in the region. 10. That employment opportunities upon release be accelerated, this would assist greatly in the readjustment of ex-offenders. Authorities agree that the lack of meaningful employment opportunities has been a major contributing cause to the rising crime rate and the high rate of recidivism. 11. That employers consider eliminating questions regarding prior criminal records (particularly arrest records as contrasted conviction records) from job applications. Public and employer attitudes, laws and licensing regulations bar ex-offenders from employment. Too often the government which urges the ex-offender to pursue a normal law abiding life is the same government that bars the way to that pursuit. By reason of various state statutes, certain employers cannot employ convicted felons. That bonding program for Spanish speaking ex-offenders be initiated, to provide for fidelity bonds in order to protect prospective employers from loss due to theft Cont. Page 3