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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />INFORMAL AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO COMPLEMEN'f STATISTICAL APPROACII <br />FOR SETTING HOUSING GOALS IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES <br /> <br />Maintaining close ties with other agencies serving needs of low/moderate <br />income persons and families: <br />Department of Social Services - financial <br />Department of Social Services - Adult services <br />American Red Cross <br />Salvation Army <br />Schools <br />CAP Agency <br />Other family service agencies <br /> <br />Maintaining close contacts with: <br /> <br />Clergy - mindful of needs of families and elderly in congregation <br />Senior Centers and clubs and other interested citizens <br />Nutrition Programs <br />Organization of retired railroad, industrial, etc. workers <br /> <br />Maintaining contacts with: <br /> <br />Utility Companies - know much about family mobility and paying habits <br />Real Estate agents and appraisers <br />Legal Aid and other attorneys who deal with family problems,divorce,etc <br />Assessors - information on condition and ownership of property <br />City Officials - receive many inquiries-know much about families <br />Manufacturing and retail employers of the less highly paid catagories <br />of workers <br /> <br />Maintaining involvement with health related services and boards: <br /> <br />Meals-A-Moving or Meals-on-Wheels and nutrition program <br />Advisory committee to hospital <br />Adult Day Care and Child Care centers <br />Mental Health centers <br />Public Health Services <br />Convalescent care, nursing home, and hospital social services <br />Medical profession-keeping aware of housing opportunities for referrals <br /> <br />Maintaining a flow of public information: <br /> <br />Newspaper stories <br />Radio - "open mike" <br />Television - if available <br />Speaking to all possible groups for outreach for responses <br />Encouraging phone calls for discussion of housing needs on one-to-one <br />basis <br />Memberships in service and civic clubs - <br />Making information available through State Employment Service, etc. <br />Receiving a flow of information through newspaper statistics on births, <br />deaths, divorces, marriages, etc. <br /> <br />Maintaing close involvement in all types of housing related programs and <br />determine real needs through observation of responses to these programs. <br /> <br />Really knowing the community for a long, long time and maintaining a con- <br />stant awareness and sensitivity to community housing requirement. <br /> <br />WJ <br />