Piige 2 - The Chronicle, Saturday, July 28,1979
Family Unit Supporter Selected
To Lead State Advocacy Agencies
Henry E. McKoy, who told Winston-Salem audiences
that the strengthening of the family unit should be a top
priority, will get an opportunity to focus the activities
of seven state agencies towards that goal.
McKoy, director of the State Human Relations
Commission since 1978, has been named to the new post
of assistant secretary for advocacy programs in the N.C.
Department of Administration.
He will be responsible for; Office of Childi Day Care
Licensing, Human Relations Council, Council on Status
of Women, Commission on Indian Affairs, Governor’s
Advocacy Council on Children and Youth, Governor’s
Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities and the
Youth linvolvement Office.
“Henry has done an outstanding job as director of the
Human Relations Council,” said Joseph W. Grimsley,
secretary of administration. “Gov. Hunt and I have
been most impressed with his ability to work with the
local Human Relations Counciles across the state and his
grasp of how, to gain the trust and involvement of all
types of people.”
During McKoy’s tenure at the Human Relations
Council, the agency published,studies on minority voter
registration, black personnel in the N.C. school system
and an analysis of employment in the state court
system. The agency also sought to strengthen, the SO
local human relations councils and improve complaint
handling procedures.”
McKoy sees his new role as that \of a manager and
motivator. “My style is to work with people behind the
scenes. 1 think the advocacy council members and thein
staff directors should be out front on the issues,” he
said.
“I will be working with them closely and involved in
the decisions they, reach, but except in the obvious
leadership , role situations, when, the ,programs are
moving along and accomplishing things, I won’t be
heard from much. ’ ’,
McKoy, 33, served as Greensboro’s human relations
director before taking the state post. A native of
Raeford, he received bachelors and masters degrees
from N.C. A & T State University.
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Henry E. McKoy
WIN Program
Rates Highly
By Yvette McCullough
Staff Writer
The state’s Work Incentive Program
(WIN), which helps to train welfare
recipients and find them jobs was
recognized last week as being the most
cost effective in the country for the
second consecutive year.
The average cost for administration
and services for the 12 month period
ending September 30, 1978, was $834
per WIN registrant, the lowest in the
country. The program is administered
by the Employment Security Commis
sion and the Division of Social Services
of the ,N.C. Department of Human
Services.
“The purpose of the program is to
make a person self supportive,” said
Ann FuthrelJ, WIN supervisor in the
Forsyth County Department of Social
Services. “Self support is the goal of
the program and we’ve seen some good
success stories come out of the
program.”
Ms. Futhrell told the Chronicle that
any woman with children over the
school age that, applies for Aid to
Familes with Dependent Children
(AFDC) is considered in the WIN
program.
“The social workers and the Employ
ment Security Commission workers
evaluate the client and explain the
advantages and disadvantages of the
program,” Futhrell said. “We try to
eliminate the barriers that would keep
her from becoming employed.”
After the woman is hired, social
workers work with her for an additional
three months to help with any job-
related problems.
“Some women are fearful of what the
future might bring when, they, start to
work,” Futhrell said. “They, have
insecure feelings of giving up that
AFDC check when,they go to work.
“Some don’t know what to expect,
and for others, it’s the first time they
have left their, children,” Futhrell
continued.
In a report from the N.C. Department
of Human Services, the WIN program
has, resulted in a reduction of $8.3
million in AFDC payments for the end of
the 77-78 fiscal year. It is projected that
by the end of the 1978-79 fiscal year
there will be a reduction of $11 million in
AFDC payments by the State.
In Forsyth County, 294 people had
participated in the AFDC program
through March 1979 and 88 were off the
payments entirely. There was an
average reduction in welfare payments
of $86.
Rep. Steve Neal, D-N.C., has come nnder fire from
black leaders for Us decision to vote for a constitutional
amendment proUbltlng busing for the desegregation of
schools. Neal decided to back the measure despite Us
opinion that the amendment was “poorly worded.”
Pregnancy
Law Changes
If you are female, preg
nant, and work for a com
pany with 15 or more
employees, your pregnancy
is probably subject to more
comprehensive benefits un
der youtf’Cempany’s health
coverage fi[an,it was a year
ago as a result of a new law,
according to Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of North
Carolina, the State’s
largest health service plan.
Welfare Group
Envisioned
By Yvette McCullough
Staff Writer
Wilbert Allen has ,been on and off of welfare for
over 11 years. In his own words, he is not lazy nor
does he try to avoid work. He says he was just
recently fired from his job as a dishwasher because
he was too qualified.
However, having been on welfare he has, a
knowledge of the problems of the welfare system
and now he wants to do something about it.
Allen is presently busy working trying to
organize a chapter of the National Welfare Rights
Organization, similar to a group that was active in
Winston-Salem in the late 1960’s. He has sent off
for information to Atlanta, Ga. and Washington,
D.C. Now he’s trying to get an idea of how many
people are interested.
“So many things are amiss in the welfare
department,” Allen said. “Not all of the same
problems exist today like they did in the ’60’s, but
there are still problems.”
One problem that Allen would like to correct is
the ‘(runaround” many people get when they go to
apply for food stamps.
“1 have been in an office, when an intake worker
has ,told a person that their, application would have
to go to Raleigh to be processed,” Allen said.
“This is not true, the application is processed right
here in Winston-Salem.
“There are flyers all over the wall in DSS offices
about filing complaints but you have to send them
to Atlanta or Washington, D.C.,” Allen continued.
“There is nothing locally to really handle your
complaints and there are certain things people
should be made aware of.”
There was a National Welfare Rights Organiza
tion in Winston-Salem during the late ’bO’s and was
highly active until 1970. Allen was chairman of the
Kimberly Park Group.
“The group broke up because DSS began to
understand that all welfare recipients are not
illiterate and we know our rights.” Allen said.
“There are NWRO groups across the country and
they are still active.”
Allen said before the 60's group disbanded there
were 200 active members and 525 people on our
membership role.
“The NWRO can also be an educational group,”
Allen said. “It can help to inform people about the
program who had never come through the program
before.
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Segregation from page 1
“It sounds like he’s talking out of both sides of his
mouth,” said the Northeast Ward alderman.
Neal gave two reasons for his vote in a release: “First,
I am convinced that the vast majority of the people of the
Fifth District want me to vote that way. Second, I think a
strong vote for the resolution - even if it fails - will warn
Congress that we have to do something about forced
busing, which a recent Harris poll showed is opposed by
81 percent of Americans, black and white.”
Burke challenged Neal’s assessment of the mood of
the Fifth District. She said he should have done a poll of
his own in the District and faulted himi for not having
consulted with black leadership on the question.
“Neal has, never personally talked to me about
busing,” she said. Referring to the league of black
precinct officers, ministers and elected officials, she
added, “He could have come right together with us and
gotten a whole diversity of ideas.”
NAACP branch president Patrick Hairston said he had
mentioned the branch’s support for busing during a
meeting with Neal during the Fourth of July recess, to no
avail.
“You know how, Neal is, he bends with the tide,” said
Hairston. “There’s nothing we can do about it until he
comes up for election again.”
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