ABSTRACT
During the survey of Jewish participation in the New York City poverty program, staff members in four of the 25 area corporations were unable or unwilling to provide an estimate of the ethnic breakdown of their program participants. In more than one case, management of the area corporations excused their lack of knowledge by explaining that they did not get any reports from their delegate agencies that these reports go directly to the Community Development Agency. The New York City poverty program is directed by the Council Against Poverty, which was established by executive order of the Mayor in 1966. The Council is the policymaking body for the annual distribution of some $70 million of antipoverty funds. The elected board of directors of each Community Corporation approves program proposals for its area within its budget allocation which must then receive final approval from the Council Against Poverty.
