Community Action Program records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0460
Scope and Contents
The Community Action Program records (1971-1981) consist of materials for the Salt Lake Community Action Program (CAP), located in boxes 1-12, and the Central City Neighborhood Council (CCNC), located in boxes 13-25, an agency within the CAP. Included are guidelines, publications, minutes, financial records, staff reports, committee materials, studies, news clippings, and other papers.
Dates
- 1971-1981
Creator
- Community Action Program (Salt Lake City, Utah) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Organizational History
The Salt Lake Area Community Action Program began operating in 1965 under the jurisdiction of the Community Services Administration of the federal government. Under the provisions of the national Community Action Program, local CAPs were to seek solutions to the social and economic problems related to poverty by sponsoring diverse programs that were targeted toward specific needs of local communities. Community Action Programs were to be funded by state, federal and private funds, and policies and programs were to be developed through a locally based Board of Directors. Originally, the Salt Lake Area CAP was to serve the entire Salt Lake County and it sponsored a number of programs including Model Cities, the Community Development Program, WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), and several area community councils. But despite its involvement in programs throughout the county, the Salt Lake CAP's main focus was on the Central City. Evidence of that main focus is the Central City Neighborhood Council, an organization not only funded by CAP, but located in the same office and staffed by CAP personnel.
In the mid 1970's, the national Community Action Program came under attack in Congress because local agencies were unable to adequately monitor funds which led to "abuse of federal monies." Further investigations indicated that the major portion of the funds were being used for administrative cost instead of reaching the poor for which they were intended. At this same time, the Salt Lake CAP came under fire from the City Commission for undocumented spending of state and federal funds. In 1975, the City Commission declared itself a Public Community Action Agency, taking control of all funds designated for the Community Action Program. Not until CAP officials agreed to a number of terms, mostly concerning record keeping and auditing, did the City Commission agree to allow the Salt Lake Community Action Program to continue its operations. In 1981, controversy over the Community Action Program and federal budget cuts threatened the continuation of local CAP's. In the end, the structure of the Community Action Program was revamped in favor of a block grant program rather than appropriating lump sums to local CAP's. In compliance with the new program structure, the Salt Lake CAP moved away from its sponsorship of social welfare agencies and began to seek funds for specific block redevelopment projects.
In the mid 1970's, the national Community Action Program came under attack in Congress because local agencies were unable to adequately monitor funds which led to "abuse of federal monies." Further investigations indicated that the major portion of the funds were being used for administrative cost instead of reaching the poor for which they were intended. At this same time, the Salt Lake CAP came under fire from the City Commission for undocumented spending of state and federal funds. In 1975, the City Commission declared itself a Public Community Action Agency, taking control of all funds designated for the Community Action Program. Not until CAP officials agreed to a number of terms, mostly concerning record keeping and auditing, did the City Commission agree to allow the Salt Lake Community Action Program to continue its operations. In 1981, controversy over the Community Action Program and federal budget cuts threatened the continuation of local CAP's. In the end, the structure of the Community Action Program was revamped in favor of a block grant program rather than appropriating lump sums to local CAP's. In compliance with the new program structure, the Salt Lake CAP moved away from its sponsorship of social welfare agencies and began to seek funds for specific block redevelopment projects.
Extent
12.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Community Action Program records (1971-1981) consist of materials for the Salt Lake Community Action Program (CAP) and the Central City Neighborhood Council (CCNC), an agency within the CAP. Included are guidelines, publications, minutes, financial records, staff reports, committee materials, studies, news clippings, and other papers. The Salt Lake Area Community Action Program began operating in 1965 and sponsored programs to help with the social and economic problems associated with poverty.
Arrangement
Divided into Community Action Program files and Central City Neighborhood Council files, arranged thereunder by subject.
Separated Materials
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0263).
Processing Information
Processed by Allesen Peck in 1985.
- City planning -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Citizen participation
- Civic Activism
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Community Action Program (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Archives
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Manuals (instructional materials)
- Minutes (Records)
- Neighborhood government -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History -- Sources
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Economic conditions -- Sources
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Social conditions -- Sources
- Salt Lake City (Utah). Central City Neighborhood Council -- Records and correspondence
- Social Classes
Creator
- Community Action Program (Salt Lake City, Utah) (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Community Action Program records
- Author
- Finding aid created by Allesen Peck.
- Date
- 1985 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu