Two federal grants totaling almost $500,000 to help the Jewish poor in New York City were announced today by Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R.N.Y.). One grant of $300,000 will provide legal services for the poor in the Brooklyn Jewish community and the other grant of $198,542 will coordinate and set up programs for the poor.
Javits, speaking at a press conference in his office here, said the funds will come from the Office of Economic Opportunity. If the programs are successful; they will be funded by other federal agencies if the OEO goes out of existence, he said.
The money was made possible by a new law, sponsored by Javits and Rep. James H. Scheuer (D.N.Y.), which provides funds for areas not reached by the regular poverty programs or for poor people living in areas not designated by the federal government as poverty neighborhoods. Javits said that most Congressmen have no idea that there are Jewish poor since most of the Jews they meet are wealthy.
The $300,000 grant will be administered by the Jewish Urban Legal Services Corp. Its acting chairman of the board, Dr. Marvin Schick, said there will be a staff of 12 full-time lawyers aided by law students and the Legal Aid Society. He said the funds will be used especially to help Jews who are discriminated against because they are observant.
The $198,542 grant will be administered by the Hasidic Corp. for Urban Concerns. David Farber, its director, said that it is dividing the funds to give $40,000 to the Metropolitan Coordinating Council on Jewish Poor, $32,000 to the United Talmudical Academy and $30,000 to the United Lubavitcher Synagogue. The four organizations will each be responsible for different areas of the city.
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