Regional Development Institute under fire in Ohio CAP debate
CAP directors from Athens Hocking Perry Gallia Meigs lay out mixed views on IRD funding and impact. Some praise early IRD work and worry about loss of regional cooperation, while others say current IRD programs hinder CAPs and that support from OEO may suffice locally.
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Area Community Action Program
CAP
Ohio University
Institute For Regional Development
Ennis
IRD
Ohio Office of Opportunity
OOO
Athens County
Athens
Ohio
Sayre
CAP Director Sees Limited IRD Impact in Southeast Ohio
Washington Morgan CAP Director Mele questions IRD value in the war on poverty in Southeastern Ohio. He suggests CAPs should lead regional planning, training, and programs like Neighborhood Youth Corps, and urges IRD to avoid duplicating CAP functions.
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Athens-Hocking-Perry
Charles Ennis
Gallia-Meigs Cap
Richard Sayre
Lawrence County
Carson Patterson
Wehter
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Washington-Morgan Cap
Anthony Mele
Ohio
Houston
IRD
Mele
Caps
IRD and CAPs Face Strain Over Program Roles in Southeast Ohio
Regional CAP leaders complain IRD overstepped and used CAPs as fronts to gain programs, while praising past IRD support. They urge CAP-led training, criticize misaligned goals, and warn that deteriorating IRD-CAP relations hinder future local efforts. Patterson notes past help but ongoing disintegration.
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IRD
ACA
Mele
Caps
Ohio Office of Opportunity
OEO
Lawrence County Cap
Patterson
Ohio
CAP
Upward Bound Programs Continue Under IRD Oversight
IRD plans to keep two regional development programs for high school students active through an ongoing funding arrangement with Ohio University. Upward Bound targets low income students with college potential, while the NYC program serves Morgan Scioto and Highland Counties.
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Institute For
IRD
Upward Bound
Ohio University
College of Education
Morgan
Scioto
Highland
Nyc
John Matthews
Robert Lemon
Lemon
Columbus
Cincinnati
Jim Musick
Valley
Scioto County
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Huston
Southeastern
Rural Action For Better Consumer Development Program
ABCD
Appalachian People’s Cooperative
Welfare Rights Organization
WRO
OFO
IRO
Athens-Hocking-Perry Cap
Southeastern Ohio Caps
TRD
Hocking
Perry
Marvin Huston
Tom Price
Bob Rogers
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