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I am indebted to many persons for help in completing
this thesis.

I wish to express my aypreciation to Dr. Ernest Harper,
my thesis advisor, Professor Bernard Ross and Mr. menfred
Lilliefors for their extremely valuable assistance anu
counsel which made this study possible.

My thanks go to Mr. Peretz Kutz, Executive Secretary,
of the Inguam County Council of Social Welfare and Mr.
Richard Hicks, Executive Secretary, of the Inghsm County

Community Chest who gave so generously of their time and

effort and who made so many valuable suggestions.
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Board membership Study, Advisory Committee anu to all the

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Table of Contents

I- llltl'06lucti (.311. O O O O O O O O O O O O O I C O O I O I O O C O O I O 1.571.116) l— ‘2
II- Review of the Literature and

Current Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8-17
111- methods and Procedures Employed

il'l Tllitj Stljkiy. O O O ' O O O O O O O O O O 0 O O O O O O O O O i)'I::'-j~'e 1.:J—‘20

lV- Presentation and Analysis of

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D;J~ta. . I O O C O O O I I I 0 O O O I C O I O O I I I O O O O I O O O O :-

V— Generalizaticga, Conclusions and

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of directors of rvmlth, welfire aw; JcLIthion epslcicu, to
make decisions on important issues of community—wifie signif—
ixgoiuse. it, it) Hiqyeixjnl, tifiit 't}mé ENJOLmfi oi‘ 6(N3léti :m:rvixse:; is
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Sgent last year on DC 1th, welf re and recreation. Every-
one of us is affected directlJ or indirectly by the actions
of iflua'bOlegs of bisemzaqgancies. thury millflxnrs benefit:
from the social services personally; tie rest benefit by
their community being a better place to live in.

She vast majority of social service u5encies have a
governing or advisory board of directors com)os<L of lay
citizens of the community. A representative board of
directo‘sn int“ins harmony betwee n adminis tration and
public opinion. The board acts as the voice of the people
It serves as a democratic means Wncreby the community
decine‘ s how the agencies which serve it, shall function.

When a board is ti uly re present¢t1ve of the community
then the agency has public sanction and sui>o t in its

endeavors. e pro; ram, policies, enu services of the

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agency snould meet the needs of the community throu5L

representatives of the community serving on the a5ency
board. Tb. representatives are able to interpret activities
of the agency to their member groups Wnile at the same time
enabling the agency to adjust and modify its program in
order to serve the community most effectively. however,
when a board is not representative of the community and
instead is representative of a small group then the agency
is correspondingly limited. The agency's funds, services,
and strength becomes as restricted as its base of repre-
sentation.

It is almost axiomatic that tne effectiveness of an
agency depends upon the representativeness of its board
of directors. The base of service theoretically, of most
agencies is community-wide. Almost all agencies therefore
also seen complete comnunity—wide financial support.
Unfortunately, both these aspirations are unfulfilled by
most agencies and inadequately attained by the semi—
successful agencies. One and perhaps the primary source
of difficulty in achieving these goals has been tne lack
of community representation on agency boards of directors.

To be representative, a board must have members from
as many community groupings as possible. In most communities
there are certain groupings whicn can be readily identified.
This can usually be done on the basis of sex, ace, religion,

race, and occupational status.

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Most agencies try to have members of these Various
groupings on their boards. In this way these groupings
are informed of the agency's activities through their
representatives and may voice their opinions, convictions
and suggestions through them.

In various studies and in many authoritative ooser~
vations it has been noted that boards are often not

aresentative of the Community on an individual agency

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or total agency basis. The ideal board should have members
of both sexes represented, though in most aoencies this
situation does not exist. Agencies which s=er bovs 0“
girls rarely have parents of the opposite sex on the board.
It would seem as if such agencies assumed fathers were
unconcerned about their daughters or mothers were unconcerned
about their sons.

In most American communities the magority of the

n n race. However, in keeping

population is of the white
with our democratic principle of majority rule along with
proportional participation by and for the minority it

might be assumed that the non-whites groups would be

represented on boards. On all too many agency boards this

is not the case. In those instances Where there is a non-
white person on a board he is usually a symbolic or token

representative only.

Board membersrip with respect to religion is also
rarely representative of the community. Many times the
picture is complicated by sectarian agencies or non-
sectarlan agencies which have sectarian boards. Boards

sually represent the older age groups primarily. This
results in boards being more conservative than the Menorally
younger community population.

Agency boards have been notorious in that they have
in the past been composed of persons of the "silk stocking

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trade." However, there 1as been a great deal of horizontal
movement and a little vertical movement. Several decades
ago social service agencies were usually the pet charities
of a few individuals. Nowadays, the few has increased to
twenty or forty, but members of the same socio-economic
grouping still dominate agency boards. Tne salaried
employees grouping which represents the largest occupational
class is rarely represented on most agency boards. An
additional problem encountered in analyzing the repre—
sentativeness of boards is that oftentimes the same
individual serves on several boards concurrently.

Many writers and practitionees in the field of board
membership have stressed the essential fact tnat a board

of directors must be reoresentative of tne community.

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However, very few studies have been conducted to See if
this is done in practice. The studies undertaken have
been rare, sporadic and localized.

In order to obtain a more complete picture of boards
of directors, Community Chests and Councils of America Inc.
undertook a nation-wide study of health and welfare

boards. One of the basic reasons cited was:

Boards of directors constitute a primary link
between the operating agency and the community at
large. . . all agencies are concerned that this
first line of citizen participation be as vital
and strong as possible. Without such support and

1derstanding neither the voluntary or governmental
agency can contribute its full share to the en-
richment of its community.

During the writer's second year field placement in
the Ingham County Council of Social Welfare he was given
responsibility for conducting the Community Chest and
Council of America Inc. study in the Ingham County area.
Subseguently it became evident that community~wide agencies
varied-in the extent to which they were representative
of inn; comnunrity.

dortuin facts indicated that boards of directors of

agencies in the field of health, welfare, and recreation

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the C. Oerig.LiI'Li t3," .

Tfiris rsttnty ;vu:; cgnnluiztctl tr) dfllbclflnjnlc ttr: CxfidptniilulOIl
and characteristics of board membership in health, welfare,
recreotdini, and conmmnriuy organisaldin1.uqencics Lnntar public
or voluntary auspices. One of the basic accepted assumptions
concerning boards of directors is that the board is repre-
sentative of the comminity. The writer's hypothesis is
that the boards are not revresentative of the community,
and the accepted assumption is not true.

The term "community” has been (efined in various ways
by different authorities. Some have de°ined it to mean a
geographical area, others have used it in a psychological

sense. For the purpose of this study the following defi-
nition of community will be used.
" 'Community' may be used then, as a convenient term

to refer to a group of people gathered together in
any geographical area, large or small, who have organized

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Irocess 3s being attempted.
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that all agencies limit their service to a particular
physically definable area (i.e. city, county). Moreover,
SOUPCpJ of financial support are also limited to a similar
area. ln these areas there are certain basic LUQULLL;5
which can be clearly defined (i.e. males, females). Within
each agency's area of operation each agency aspires to be
of service to all possible groupings which they can serve
and to be supported financially by all the basic groupirgs
in the area. This is the goal of every institution—~to
expand to its maximum size. Therefore, the writer assumes
that all agencies in a community snould have some re

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THE COIPOSITICN CF BOARDS

Most people agree that a social service agency should
be representative of the community in which it operates.
However, there are varying types of representation and
definitions of what is a representative board. Newstetter
has pointed out three different types of representation.

In Type I the members are the official delegates
of their groups and are instructed, thus restricting
voting action. In Type II the members are official
representatives of their groups but are more or less
free to tare responsible action for their groups
within limitations which the representatives them-
selves impose. In Type III the members are merely
representative of certain groups. They are often
described as influential people, or people with a
"contribution” to make and are usually not des'g—
nated or selected by the groups they are adjudged
to be representative of but, rather, are selected
by some person or some group, for a given inter-
Lroup purpose.

Most social agency boards of directors are composed
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The only exception to the general fact that board
members fall into Type III is in those boards which have
delegates from labor unions. These representatives are
selected by the union and are usually in Newstetter's
Type I and Type II. The individual serves in order that
his group may be directly represented by him. This often
times leads to complications and hampers efficient operation
of boards. however, some people consider that this lack
of efficiency is compensated by the increase in democratic
control and participation.

Since it is evident that the vast majority of board
members are "adjudged to be representative of" certain

groups let us look at some Oi these groups. One of the

basic assumptions of this paper is that all agencies are,

' or aspire to be, of community-wide service and receive

community-wide financial support; it is, therefore, self~
evident that there should be community-wide representation

on all boards.

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This assumption is limited ey the fact tiat arencies

vary in the pxnposes for which they use a board of directors.

some boards are very active and require frequent meetin s.

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agencies require a higher proportion of physicians on their
boards then the average agency does; moreover, legal aid
societies should have many lawyers on their boards.

It can be seen that depending on the specific need
of the agency, boards may vary in the extent to which they
are representative of the community. however, most au-
thorities are agreed that there are certain basic tenets
as to what is a representative board membership.

is a generalization it might be stated that a social
agency board should be composed of persons representing
the maJor groupings and interests in the community. In
terms of Specifics, it could be said that a board should
represent the major religious groupings in the community —-
Catholic, Jewish, Protestant. This does not imply that
'the person selected to represent these religious groupings
should be a minister but, rather, it should be a person
definitely identified'with each of these groupings so that

it is apparent that the particular point of View is being

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adequately represented. In addition, there should be
representatives from the various economic groupings in the
community -- professional people, employers, executives,
and employees. It also means that the person.selec ed
should not always be the top person in a particular field.
It is Just as adequate and perhaps more representative to
have a junior executive rather than the chief executive

of a large corporation represent the executive class. It
is of primary importance in selecting employee representa—
tives to select line workers as well as stewards or union
officals. One area of representativeness which is usually
overlooked is that of political groupings. In these days
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political parties it is essential that social agencies
have these groupings repwaaented on agency boards. The
racial groupings should also be adequately represented on
all boards. This does not mean that a person should be
selected as a symbol of the open—mindness of an agency;

but, the person should be truly representative of the
particular racial grouping. A great deal of informal social
welfare is done by tle various social groupings in the

community. It is therefore, necessary that boards have

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and the men and women’s service clubs. In addition,

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important that urban, as well as rural areas, be represented
on boards; that the wealthier, as well as the poorer, sections
be represented.

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members. It is important to have older, well-established
people in the community on boards; in addition, younger
people, who are on their way up, should also be represented.
Some agencies have clients serving on the board of directors;
this presupposes, of course, that they are competent persons.

T‘e value of having a client on a board is that he, more

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l'.~ o" ‘ ‘ ' . v' . '~ . 4' ‘u " 'I ‘ ‘. ' z. ." V I . . ~\
or hillgr the tn lfliflflL) oi 'tme IANDLGLm min

time to do a
at "tin; LXJHLC:
not be used.
good practic
r aqehcy ooar
ation between
uld reprenrht
tbar empl(*el
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31 , on." (iii—soc

time

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t3.

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yorker, tend to ole olJ agree with those of the staff.

.As a result;nuur/'times boaiiksarlopt po

lidles union

the

Professional social work community will sdrPOrt but the

general community will not. It would

for professional social work representation to come througl

staff presentation and voluntary commi
It is, therefore, evident that ha

sentative of the communitv inVelvos a

U

Variable factors which often may be ill-defined and

ccnrtr;ilictnxryy hryveV(nr, i.t ;“ I€?:_tg
should have representatives from the n
the community to insure that the agenc

Possible strenQLLs present on its boar

appear more advisable

ttee work.

ving a board
whole serier
ted that a be

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Several communities have conducted studies to determine
the extent to which the major groupirgs are represented
on agency boards. This has been brought about within the
last decade or so by a wider interest and participation by
the community in regards to health, welfare and recreation
agencies. In the public field there has been a tremendous
increase in the number of programs and extent to which

they are being carried out. In the voluntary field there

has been a broadening of the base of financial support.

This has been deveIOped to such a great extent that the
Community Chests and Councils of Arm ica, Inc. is now

"Everybody Benefits; Everybody GiV 93"

using the slos éan

Prior to this period most a encies teude d to be the
"pet charity” of a particular group or individual. The
agency would be financed and controlled by a clique who
isually represented the ”silk stocking trade.” Today the
vast majority of agencies are supported by the entire
community. Tnis occurs indirectly LhTUd h woveiuu nt
taxation or directly through voluntary coutr luiions to
agencies.

It had been hoped that the democratic )‘luclule of
each one contributing his fair share financially would
also mean that each one would have th.ei r fair share in

deciding what would happen with their contributions by

being reprc outed on d‘lucj boards.

./

Fl

H
\n

Unfortunately this has not proved to be the case.
Agency boards of directors who decide agency policy are

rarely representative of the community which supports

A.

[W

them and/or which the agency serves. ire boards usually

I

represent a small, distinctive croup1u3 in tne community

who, under no circumstances, can be presumed to be repre-
sentative of the community.

.. are in the main, governed by
ung. economic class ... the com-

er icy boards is, in a great many
pr esentative.

Most agenciex
persons from the
position of ...
places far from r

W C3 U) 0

Studies that have been conducted in many different local-
ities have found this situation to be true.

In Cincinnati over a period of several years a study
was conducted of the entire community health, welfare
and recreation programs. Many recommendation and findings
were made. One was mentioned several times. It was to
the effect that: ”All social agencies should have a
democratically constituted governing or advisory board."
The reason for this recommendation seemed to be that:

Many governing boards have made commendable efforts
to maintain themselves as be in3 tru;3" democratic in

 

l wayne McMillan. Communit 0r3a nization for Social
flelfare. UHJVbPSILJ oi Caica o lmi ss, Chicago, 1946,
pp. 449-451.

2

Council of Social A3 m«n<ies. CLLJJnJitx Report.
(‘1 ' , ' - .... -. .‘ *‘\ [‘V)
UllJCiliil(i-L.L , 1;,2( ’ l.) o 91 o

composition, or3anisation and service. Occasionally
boards themsechs include representation of recipients
of ”the ;.-;Cri"v‘it;‘c:.‘..

however not all a3egcies have satisfactory policies
“ltd' ?CLFHTi CO :MIIchJggn Cuf'bornxi menlnirs haul ofijxngrs
to insure broal community I'l‘c‘fpfvfdei.‘tiltiOll. i5:)£ll‘<ii3 of
UiJfC<JbCH“S (10 1101; gygntrcol.lyr s3_enw;irn3, c11t ZlCINDSES 3333,

economic, social, reli3ious and sex lines.

-.-v:1. , .,4- .. p,” ,,w,'3‘ v , -I't'f‘,‘.,,‘..-- - ,_ -_-.-
“ILUOLLUI. study dd.) conducted. ill a (LLIic-ieno l0c€lll {If

\ n ‘ '1 '. ' n! ' I 1‘. '. I .r‘r ‘. . ' '1 ‘l‘ . ‘1 " -‘- (‘ -'~ - ~~‘ r-v~ " r' J" .,. " ax ‘ '- .' 0 . '
COILCUQLLIIL. pLLL‘llC giSkjllLlC‘bo lillf.) Wyaio :)k_)1.m.,"./Jici_o wort) Lri)L-‘\:.LJ -LC

in its findings:

Some

An analysis of the occupation of beard members
reveals that most of the men were in business or
the professions, while most of the women were house-
wives. Cenerally the women were wives of prominent
local men.

Jhether by chance or by choice, business and
professional interests in the community were generously
represented on the boards. Althou3h most of the
counties included in this study were rural or mining,
only one farmer and no miners were included, nor was
the laboring group represented. Likewise there was
only limited representation from various religious
groups in the community.

A comprehensive study was carried out in Seattle.
of the findings appear to be a little startling.

Only eight of 49 agency boards include represent-
atives of labor...

Only six of 49 agency boards have Negro represent—
atives...

Only ten of 56 boards had religious restrictions
on board membership...

 

lbid. p. 2.

N

helen Martz. Citizen Participation In Government.

Public Affairs Press, Washin3ton, D. 3., l94c.
pp. 10-11.

 

 

17

In a majority of the boards one sex only is
represented in the board membership.

Tois study was undertaken to determine the extent
to which the various groupings were represented on agency
boards in the Lansing wrea and to appraise the extent to

Which this is representative of the overall community.

 

Council of Social Agencies. Corrosition and
Characteristics of Boards of Voluntary Social
A cmcics. s,uttle, 134;.

 

 

 

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III
“TIOV‘ AN gnOC‘Junno QminoinD III TEE STUDY
In 195? Community Chests and Councils of America, Inc.
initiated a nation-wide study of board membership in volun-
tary and public, health, welfare and recreation agencies.
Letters were sent to chests and councils throughout the
country to see if they would be interested in such a study.

(1 ("l

The response was positive and C.u.u.n. prepared question-
naires which could be used on a national basis. The scope
of the study was nation—wide in extent with local chests
or councils assuming responsibility for carrying out the
investigation in their partic cular communities.

The Ingham County Council of Social Welfare undo rtoox
to conduct the study in the local area. It was felt that
an advisory committee of the Council should be established
to carry out the study. Many lay peeple and professional
social workers were "sounded out" as to whether they would
be interested in participating in such a committee. Most

of those ”contacted" agyeared ir tclcs,ed and acce pted

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use?"; ”which agencies should be included in the study?"
In addition, there were several mechanical problems. For
example, "Should the questionnaires be sent to agency exec—
utives or presidents of the boards?"

It was decided to use the C.C.C.A. questionnaires
and to add one additional question concerning the number
of boards on which each individual served. Questionnaires
were sent to the presidents of "all" health, welfare and
recreation agencies vhich were not chapters of a larger
organization and whose board of directors regularly meet
in Ingaam County. Cepies were also supplied to the agency
executive.

Questionnaires were sent to thirty-four agencies and
replies were received from 58, or approximately 0; percent
of the total. The two agencies which did not return the
questionnaires were health organizet;o;s, one public, and
the other voluntary, member of the chest.

During the tabulation of the results of the study
the author became extremely interested in the last five
quwstions of the questionnaires sent out by the committee
and decided to make tne analysis of these questions the
subJect of this report.

The validity of the study on the whole would appear

to be high though for several items this is not as true.

Some of the factors accounting for the high validity are
that the find;ings are almost identical ith the se derived
from studies carried out in many different areas of the
country; several people complete d each questionnaire thus
insuring the reporting of true figures; the questionnaire
was prepared by a very competent staff guarantee ink) that
the questions would measure what they were supposed to
measure

however, several com; lications ente ' ed into tim study
and lowered the validity somewhat. One complication was
the variance in interpretinm qde.tions. This was partic-

ularly asparent in the Occupation of board Members

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social worker and my another 1.1.35 a clergyman. .151iin, trio-re
'was sane guesswork irvolvrd in determining the age of
ooard members. Though the ‘01m01d[,'33 of the csté;orit
tended to mipimize any erroneous res;lts.

The questicni<w1 Wdeli;ion” cartnml a great deal (fl?
feeling. Several agencies ref L‘sed to complete this question
and cited reasons such as: it is an insult to ask such
a question," ”not relevant,” ”unimportant," ”don't know,”

1

etc. More than fifty percent of the agencies did not

complete this question.

IV
EQQQQLTATlOl AIJ AHALZS 3 OF DnTA
For purposes of analysis the agencies included in

this study can be looked at from two main Viewpoints.

The first is that of agency auspices. This can then be

 

broken down into two components - public and voluntary

agencies. The latter category can be further subdivided
into voluntary chest agencies and voluntary non-chest

a3 encies. A chest agency can be defined as any organi-
zation which receives some part of its budget from the
Community Chest. Agencies may also be divided into

functiona groups. The agencies can be grouped under

 

the following categories - Health, Welfare, Recreation,
and Community Organization.

By dividing the agencies into categories based on
as? ency function and auspices and correlating these with
the information obtained from the questionnaires certain

interesting facts are revealed wnich logically fall into

the following categories.

of)

 

 

 

Table I Classification of Agencies Included in “tudy
By.nuspices and Function
L. auspices
1. Voluntary
Che;fl;rma;acrs ..................... an?
Lon-Chest agencies ............... 5
Total ........................ £7
2. Public ............................. 5
Total ........................ 52—

o. Function

10 1.18:1-1tj100000000000000.0000.00.00000912

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I‘Ifelfare a...oooooooooaoooooooooooooo

O 11£§(3reiitionI......OUOIOOIOOIOOOOOOOO E).

t U4
\N

Community Organization .............

 

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D)

Total ......OOOOOOOOIOOOOOOOOC

 

From Part A it can be seen that tne maJority of the
agenCies included in this study are voluntary chest agencies.
The public agencies through which the greatest amount of
funds is spent are represented by a handful of agencies.

This would tend to give the voluntary agencies a greater
numerical superiority which is not in keeping with the

extent of their expenditures.

ra‘ -7
l .

.The largest number of agenCies are concerned with
Health; welfare and Recreation agencies include approx-
imately the some number of agencies. Nearly ten >crcent
of the total nunber of agency boards are involVed in

secondary or Conmunity Organization functions. Organi—

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1. health agencies ................. 85

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[‘1' L,“ '— 1“.”
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decreation agencies thou»h less numerous than welfare

agencies have more people serving on the board of directors.

1,)

een to have a larger

0')

O

(.0

Community Organization agenci 8 al
proportionate number of persons serving on their boards.
Nearly one—third of the total number of board menbers

serve on health agency boards.

Table III Class

 

ification of Agency Boards by Size and

Agency Auspices

 

Size of Board

Voluntary

 

Total Public Total Chest Non-Ches

 

Total

[‘0

32 5 27 2

\fl

 

l- 9 members
10—18 members
19-27 members

Eo-j? members

38-45 members

p
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R:

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to
H #— ¢> \J +4
H

R.
N;

 

The average agency board is usually composed of 19—”?

members. However, many avencies have boards composed of

fewer members and a few are lar

Most public agencies are small compared with voluntary

agencies. The average Voluntary agency board is composed

of from nineteen to 27 members. This figure holds true

for volunta?y cr

1 -

Lest arencies also. however, voluntary non-

c}ma§t agency'tmnnxls vary'ini sine any; do ruuginaveal any"

le317i11i UL? 'tr;ILCA;iyr:

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ble IV Classification of igency hoards by

T1
..L

 

Size and A;ency Function

 

 

size of Board Health Helfare necreation Connunity Org-
aaiee ties.

 

 

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Total 12 9 5

CO

10—18 members..

A)
eJ +4 i: \N
H a) +4 \N 1A
a)

19—27 members.. 5
28-}? members.. 1
58-45 members.. 1

 

The average health and Comnunity Crganization agency
board is composed of from 19—27 members. Qhe averaye fiel-
fare and necreation agency has from 10-18 members. Jelfare
agencies tend to have a smaller number of people serving on
their boards.

The average size of the board of:

Health agencies is....................20
fielfare agencies......................l§
necreation agencies...................22
Community Organization a;encies.......27

The typical board of a Comiunity Organization agency
is twice the size of the average jelfare agency board.
Health and necreation agencies boards are approximately the

same size.

 

 

 

 

g.
Table V Sex and Age of Board Members
_ 'Voluntary
Characteristic Total Public 2 Total Chest hon—Chest
No. Z2 No. ,_5 No. 2:: Ito. fig No. “£2
.Total 609 100 56 100 575 100 471 100 102 100
Male ..... 585 65 5O 85 555 63 287 61 63 67
Female... 224 57 6 17 218 58 184 59 54 55
under 50. 7 l O O 7 1 6 1 l l
50 through
44 ...... .. 270 44 16 .44 254 44 216 46 58 57
45 through
59 .......... 284 47 14 59 270 47 222 47 48 47

60 years
15 15

ON

and over.. 48 8 6 17 42 8 27

 

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27

Table VI Sex, mace, deligion and Age of Board Members

 

 

 

 

 

Characterisfiiq Total Health Welfare necreation Community Org-
- anization
Total 609 100 255 100 119 100 174 100 t 81 100
Male...... 585 65 149 65 81 68 99 57 56 69
Female.... 224 57 86 57 58 52 75 45 - 25 51
2222*
fihite..... 555 97 226 98 100 90 149 99 f 78 96
Non White. 20 5 4 2 ll 10 , 2 1 5 4
meligion“+
Catholic.. 57 12 9 16 20 29 4 4 4 5
Jewish.... 12 4 2 5 2 5 2 2 6 7
Protestant 251 84 46 81 46 68 88 94 71 88
Under 50.. 7 1 l # 1 1 0 0 5 6
50 through
44........ 270 44 107 46 56 50 86 49 41 51
45 through
59........ 284 47 106 46 71 6O 81 47 26 52
60 years
and over.. 48 8Lf2l 8 11 9 7 _ 4 9 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*These figures do not include thirty-six board positions
occupied in five public agencies. This information was
not requested on the questionaire.

Twelve voluntary agencies did not answer this question
or provided incomplete iztormation for a total of 275
aboard members.

fLess than one percent.

men outnumber wonen on agency boards three to two.
Public agencies have a definite preponderance of males serv-
ing on the boaris of directors. Men outnumber wonen almost
five to one. Chest afencies have a greater proportion of
females on their boards then non—chest agencies.

The composition of boards in regards to sex can be
divided into:

Maleflff3.....................9 boards
AA

Female?......................5 boards

ik'iale and 38111318. 0 o o o o o o o o o 0 01'3 boards

 

Total..............

.52 boards

The average agency board tenis to be rasher evenly
divided with respect to age with nearly fifty iercent of
the board under 45 veers of a'e and sligitiy here than
fifty percent over 45 years of are. Public agencies have
more older persons serving on their boards than voluntary
agencies. However voluntary non—chest agencies as a group

NOV 8/

havetolder persons serving on their boards then chest
agencies or public agencies.

decreation a;encies come the closest to having equal
representation of both sexes. However, the usual procedure.
is for an agency which serves boys to have all men on the

boari and on agencies which serves girls to have all women

on the board. This gives a composite picture of nearly

‘7

equal representation; but, this does not hold true on an
individual agency basis. Health, welfare and comnunity
organization agencies are almosc identical in the proportion
by which the sexes are represented.

The vast majority of board members are of the white
race. Nearly fifty percent of the total non—White group
serve on one agency board. decreation agencies have the
lowest prOportion of non-white representation on their
boards. Helfare agencies have the highest proportion.
Howev r, ten of the non-whites reported serve on one agency
board. The conposition of boards divided in regards to sex
can be divided into:

Hhite.........................16 boards

Non-fihite..................... 1 board

Jhite and Non—Hhite...........10 boards
:‘Otalooooo00.00.00.000027 boards

The majority of agency boards do not have any non-white
representation.

The majority of board members are of the Protestant
religion. Jhe other two religious groupings include less
than one—sixth of the total number 0; board menbers. A
greater proportion of Protestants serve on the board of
directors of recreation agencies than on any of the other

functional groups. The greatest prOportion of Catholics

serve on the boards of
fourths of these serve
of the total nunber of

boar nembers serve on

welfare agencies. Howeve

on one agency
Jewish people

the boards of

agencies. The composition of boards

be divided into:
All Erotestant.

All Catholic...

Catholic and Protestant.....

Jewish and Prot

Catholic, Lewis

estant.......

h and Protest

:rO-balOOOOOOOOOOOO

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C

r, three-

board. Fifty percent

reported as
community

in regards

....5 boards
....1 board
....2 boards
....1 board

( .

an'.o boarls

 

o o .15 ‘boalnis

being
rganization

to “ace can

The magority of the agencies completing this question had

all three najor religious groups represented on

however, none than one-fourth had only one relig

)

represented on their bo

\

their boards.

ious group

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aQCHCle had 820 DdllQlOdS QLOdgg repreSented on CHGlr

V

boards.

Connunity organization agency boards have the highest

proportion of board lenbe 5 under 51

years; in terms of overall fiJUFES these boarh<

er persons than the other functional

arencies have the large

U

ing on their boards.

at ;ercenta;e

-r_
L

vears and over 80

groups. we

of older pe

have young—

lfare

rsons serv—

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Table V11 Occupation of board Members

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lmolover or Occupation Total Public V o 1 u n t a rpX
figotal Chest Non—Chest
No. ,0 So. ,9 No. ,0 So. p Ho. /6

Total............ 509 100 #53 100 52; 100 471 1QO 192 100

housewives............... 152 50 2 5 130 51 150 ’51 50 29

Professional (except
agency and governmental

employees)............... 165 29 12 55 155 25 123 27 27 27
Physicians and
Dentists.............. 55 7 5 9 52 6 21 4 11 11
Educators............. 42 7 5 9 59 6 54 7 5 5
Attorneys............. 54 6 2 5 52 6 2 5 5 5
Clergyneh............. 25 4 O O 25 4 20 4 5 5
Other and not reported 51 5 4 10 27 4 24 6 5 5
Employers and Business
ixecutives............... 144 25 10 2a 154 25 104 22 5D 2)
Agency and dovernnental
haployees................ 59 3 2 6 57 3 54 7 5 5
Voluntary health and
Nelfare............... 15 2 1 5 14 2 15 5 1 l
Governmental Health
and Welfare........... 12 2 l 5 11 2 ll 2 O O
Other Governmental.... 12 2 O O 12 2 13 2 2 2
Representatives of
Organized Labor.......... 20 5 O O 23 4 18 4 2 2
Other Hage Earning
hmployees............. 15 2 L 25 7 1 5 1 2 2
'Iechnicians, Junior
Executives, and super-
visory Eaployees......... 22 4 O 3 22 4 17 4 5 5
Other Salaried Norhers J l O 3 8 1 3 2 O O
Other and no report...... 14 2 2 5 12 2 9 2 -3 5

 

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Three occupational categories, housewives, profess—
ional peOple and employers and business executives account
for nore than eighty percent of the board members. Eh-
ployed social torlers account for four percent of the board
members. Other public enployees account for four percent
of the board members. Wage earning employees who repre—
sent the largest number of enployed people in the community
account for only five percent of the board members. ad-
ucators account for seven percent of the board nenbers
(this is probably the result of two agencies having nany
members of the college faculty on their boards).

noth public and voluntary agencies have fifty—one
percent of their board members in the professional, and
employer and business executive category. Bublic agencies
have a very high proportion of their board henbers in the
employed as wage—earner category. They also have a high—
er proportion of social workers serving on their boards
than voluntary agencies have. Voluntary agency boards have
delegated representatives from labor “nions while public
boards to not. Nearly one—third of the board nenbers of
voluntary aLencies are listed as housewives. Voluntary
chest and non—chest boards are conposed of almost tne sane
occupational gruupings; except, that chest agencies have
more enployed social worrers on their boards, less execu-

tives and enployers, and more representatives of organized

labor.

 

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Table V111 Occupation of board members
Ennlover or Occupation Total health Jelfare
LIO o /:.) 11:0 0 p5 .LO 0 /O 1‘40 0 .9.)

:I‘ObquOOOOOC...

housewives..............

ProfessionalCexcept
agency and governmental
employees)..............
raysicians and
Dentists.............
Lducators............
attorneys............
Clergynen............
Others and not
reported.............

Employers and business
Executives..............

Agency and Governmental

bnployee................
Voluntary health and.
Jelfare..............
Governmental Health
and Jelfare..........
Other Governmental...

depresentatives of

Organized Labor.........
Other Hape Earning
.Employees............

Technicians, Junior Er-
ecutives and Supervisory
ErnployeeSOOOQ no so. a o o...

Other Salaried Workers..

Others and no report....

 

165

55
42
54
25

51

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20

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71 5O

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All the functional groups have at least sixty-eight
percent of their board nenbers in the professional, employer,
and executive, and housewife categories.

fhe boards are sazingly uniforn in the distribution of
occupations of their menbers. Oomnunity organization agency
boards have a higher proportion of social workers and public
officials than the other groups. Health agency boards have
the highest proportion of wage earning employees who are
not representative of organized labor. Connunity organiza-
tion agencies have the highest proportion of representatives

of organized labor.

Table IX Occupations of Husbands of housewives Reported In

Table Vlll

 

Employer or Occupation Number %
Total. 0 0 O O O O O O 18": 100

 

 

 

Other Professiona1(Total)............ 6 54
. Physicians and Dentists... 2 l4

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2. Educators.................
5. Attorneys.................
4. C]ergymen.................
5. Others....................

\D \N 4:“ [O C". D.)
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p

2'7

Employers and Business Executives....

Employees of Governmental Health and

flelfare Agencies.................. 1 less than
one
Other Governmental Erployers......... 9 5

Technicians, Junior Executives, and

Supervisory employees..,.......... 15 8
Other Salaried Wu? ers............... 14 8

Wage Earning Employees, Except Repre-
sentatives of Organized Labor..... 9 5

Other, Including Widows and Not
}{(-EPOI:.t(e(-io . . 0 . . O C O O O O O O O O O O O O O C O C C C (33 l),

 

Over sixty percent of the husbands of hot._-21..ivos are in
the professional, employer or executive categories. This
I
would lead to the conclusion that roughly sixty percent of

the board members or their spouses are in the employer and

executive and professional categories.

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'l‘aule z. humor}. of “cards which heard l‘.1t:'fllll)-\:‘CEJ Serve on

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The vast majority of board members serve on only one
agency board at a time. however, one-third of the board

positions are occuppied by persons who serve on more than

one agency boards.

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a) Generalizations from the Data

If one were asked to choose a board member typical of
all those included in tnis study the following person would
be chosen. This generalized board member, or stereotype,
would hold true for almost all the functional agencies,
(Health, Welfare, fiecreation, and Connunity Organization).
Where information was comparable it would hold true also
for the Public, Voluntary, Non—Chest and Chest agencies.
The person would be a white, male, Brotestant between 44-
59 years of age, employed as a housewife! This would
appear to be somewhat inconsistent; however, let us look
at some of the outstanding items of interest.

In regards to sex, agency boards have a such higner
proportion of nales than females. fhis would raise sone
questions as to now representative boards are of the com-
munity on a sex basis. There appears to be very little
regresentation of non-whites on agency boards. This is
characteristic of most boards. It would therefore apgear
that a;ency boards are not representative of tne connunity
on a racial basis.

One of the most interesting findings based on the

question on religion was that alnost fifty percent of the

V"‘

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03

agencies did not complete this question. This would indi-
cate that this was an unLiportant factor or a very important
factor wnic h W1.5 beii3 disreggrded. The latter reason

would seen to be Verified by the fact that of tnose agencies
answering this question nearly fifty percent did not have
representatives fron one or iore of the tnree ma jor reli3 ous
groupings on their boards. There would therefore, appear

ive ~

L f
C:

to be sone gues stion as to now repres er lta geacy boards
are cm a religious basis.
fhe host outs tandin3 fact derivel from the question on

age is tnat there is a sparsity of .re sons under thirty years

’25

of age servin3 on boards. Though this adult group is allowed

to vote in elections they do not have a similar position in

egard to a3ency boards. :he 5:1 orte3e of youn3er peOple on
boards lead to the conclusion that a3enc boards are not

1

representative of the connunity in regard to a3e; out, rep—
resent an older 3roupin3.

Hustands and wives from the eiployer, executive, and
professional occupational cate3ories rep-re sent t_ne VE‘S t magor—
ity of board members. At the sai1e tine wa 3e earning enpl
ees--tne largest 3roup in tue conlunity ———are represented
by only five pe rcent of the board neatersnip. This informa—

tion reveals that the employer, executive , and professional

.r"

59

groups (which also represent the higher socio-econonic
classes) control almost all health, welfare, recreation
and connunity or3anization a3encies re3ardless of whether
the agency is under public, voluntary, non—chest or chest
auspices.

The size of a board seems to depend upon whether a
board is under public or voluntary auspices. fhe latter
group is usually several times laiger than the former.
Most individuals serve on only one a3ency board at a tine.
in interesting study mi3ht be conducted to dete“mine how
many different boards eacn individual serves on in a

Specific time period of perhaps five or ten years.

it

40

b) Conclusions

The United Community services of Metropolitan Jetroit
conducted a board membership study in 1955 using the same
C.C.C.A. questionnaire as was employed by the author of
this study. The results were amazingly similar.

'hen Board menbers outnumber the women,...nearly
SON of them falling in the a3e range of 45 to 59
years of a3e...7lN were Protestants, 21p were Cath-
olic, and 8s were Jewish; 95» were white and 5m
non—wnite.

_Three occupational groups accounted for nearly
80p of all occupations reported for board members,
housewives, professional, and enployers and
executives.

All the studies conducted on board membership reveal that
Specifically and generally nearly all a3ency boards do not
represent the community.

In addition there appears to be an indication that
though most persons serve on only one agency board at a

tine tne sane individuals tend to serve on different agency

neriod of tine.

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It would appear that there has been movenent in the
past few decades ii the Ktent to WniCh agency boards are

representative of the community. However, it has mainly

Ct
(D

ad of a few

U}

been a horizontal not vertical movement. in
people from one or a few groupings, being represented on

boards, it is many peOple from these same groupings being

4i

represented on boards. dome additional groupings are being

A

represented (i.e. labor unions); but this has beenhminute.df“

generally it can be said that tne base of financial support
has increased to a much greater extent tnen agency's re—
presentativeness. It would appear that unless the founda-
tion of representation is strengthened the structure of

a3encies will always be weak.

('

1' ,

c) fieconnendations
Any agency which receives community wide support and
performs services on a community-wide basis has an obliga-
tion and right to have community—wide representation. This
can be accomplished by a conscious effort on the part of
a3ency boards and staffs to enable more peOple from the
less represented groupings to serve on agency boards.
Specifically his can be accomplished by modifications
in accordance with the following principles:
1. Boards should not be se3re3ated on a sex basis.
Women should be on more boards tnen they are at
present.
2. Non-whites Should be represented on all a3ency
boards.
5.13he three major religious groupings should have
some representation on all boards.
4. People in the younger age 3roupin3s should be en-
couraged to serve on all boards.
7. Nage earning employees should be given the Oppor-
tunity to serve on all agency boards.
5. Boards should not be so small in size so that per—
sons from tne major groupings in the community are
unable to be represented.

7. some individuals should be encouna3ei to serve on

more than one agency board concurrently; but,

should be discoura3ed from serving on more than

three boards concurrently.

If these steps are taken agency boards shall truly

be community boards and this snall be a step towards con—

trol of tne peOple, by the peeple, for the people.

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Alfairs Lrese, .doflll son, U. U., 1945.

 

 

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fiewscebter, J. l. "Tge cocial 14Ce1-Grou_p JorK Exocess."
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Eneir member s.‘ 1129411; 3, €3111y 1e1fa1e Association
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Urnlein, Kalph A.1ne boa 3rd membei 1n a frivate Agency,"

Maul onal Cun1erence of Uociel NocK, 1941. Columbia
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Paper, Annual Leetin3, Fanili Cervice A3ency, Lansing,
nicnigan, January 30, 1932, mineOLra -yneu.

III Council Publications

 

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Cincinnati Council of Social Agencies. fine Cincinnati
denort, 1952, pp. ii, 2, 91.

 

Ingham County Council of social Jelfa

”I M nily and Child
Jelfare jurvey _efereace Folder, ljS “

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deattle Council of Social L3encies and Jar and Connunity
Cnest. Cornoos ition and Cnarscterictjc: OL Loards of
volunCJxv Cocial ;:encies, oeattle, I943.

 

 

 

 

United Conaunity Cervices of ieSrog olitau uetroit in
cooperation WISH CoLLunity Jnests and Councils of
gnerica, Inc. Looru nanbersnigituii, uetroit, L333.

 

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Loar& manual Jewish social Jervice Lurea '1 OL‘ Jetr Jt, 1343.

Connunity Che.s;s and Councils of Anerica, Inc. Leanxorg In
Cur OVL JnLon3n A Can lllbiuwgliflifi 99%19’1 uOJLJniJJ

oneSts anu JQunciLs oL .JcLic:L, 11c. l;3;, Ln° l3—l3.

 

 

 

Labor Participation Ce; rtneLt and LiLl ic nelatLOfis Jepart—
ment of tLe Connuniay onests a;u Councils oL LneLica
—‘- \\‘-\" 'i“ 1,214

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Labor Larticipacion Jepirtnent Jointly :ervin3 Coagiaity
Cnests and Councils of America, an. and United uefense
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Table A Sex of board Members

 

 

 

 

Male Female
Jo. é' No. a
Total 585 65 004 57
1101'

1....... 4 8O 1 2O
2....... 5 100 O O
5....... 8 100 O O
4....... 10 66 5 54
5... ... 5 100 O O
6.... .. O O 7 100
7. ..... 15 65 9 57
8....... 52 71 15 29
9....... 11 100 O O
10....... 10 66 5 54
11....... 19- 85 4 17
12....... 24 8O 6 2O
15....... 11 75 4 25
14....... 40 100 O O
15....... O ’ O 10 100
16....... 15 62 8 58
17....... 7 27 19 75
18....... 15 81 6 19
19....... 14 64 8 56
20....... 14 56 11 44
21....... O O 28 130
22....... 8 100 O O
25....... 14 58 10 42
24....... 9 55 8 47
25....... 12 92 l 8
26....... 55 92 5 8
27....... 5 100 O O
28....... 26 100 O O.
29....... 15 100 O O
50....... O O 29 100
51....... O O 15 100
52....... 8 55 16 67

 

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Total 555 97 2O 5

 

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6....... 7 100
7....... 24 , 100
8....... 44 98
9....... 11 100
10....... 14 95
11....... 25 100
12....... 50 100
15....... 15 100
14....... 40 100
15. ...... O O
13....... 20 95
17....... 25 96
13 ....... 2O 95
19 ....... 2 100
20....... 25 100
21. ..... . 28 100
E2. ...... 8 100
25....... 25 96
24....... 17 100
25....... 15 100
26....... 55 97
27.. ..... 5 100
28....... 26 100
29....... 14 96
50....... 2' 97
51....... 15 100
52 ...... . 25 96

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2.. .... O O O O 1 55 2 67
5.. . .. O O O O 6 75 2 25
4 ....... O O 15 100 O O O O
5. ..... . O O O O 5 100 O O
6. . ... O O 2 29 O O 5 71
7 ...... . O O 10 42 14 58 O O
8....... 1 2 15 55 21 47 8 18
9....... O O 2 18 8 75 l 9
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line of agency i-
- )reet address City and state 4.
Name of person filling in report Title
PROWS AMINISTERED AND OR 3. Neighborhood Non-Building
TYPES OF SERVICES PROVIDE 7‘ '° Centered Programs lCFHIEYCEKs
a. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND a) Local Groups Organized
SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SERVICES CHECK under National Programs Q4
1. Public Assistance Services IF YES b) Other Neighborhood
a) General Assistance [374 Non—BUilding Centered Programs I34
b) Aid to Dependent Children III-x ll. Playgrounds and General Recreation Programs [3 .04,
c) Old Age Assistance Cl-o 5' ReSident Camps :1"
d) Aid to the Blind [3-1 6. Other Recreation SerVices ......... D4,
. ’ - d. CENTRAL PLANNING, FINANCING
e) Aid to the PermanentlyaiTotally Disabled [:].2 AND COMMON SERVICES
2. InStitUtiona] Care of Adu}t$ 1. PIanning IOOOIOOIOIII IIIIIIII I. ...... .0... [3.1
a) Shelters for ransients and Homeless .. III-3 2. Financing
b) 'nStitUtionS for DomiCi1iar-y a) comunity CheSt 00000000009. 0 on ..... o D.z
CareofAdults........................[:1-4 b) Sectarian Federation ..................D.3
3. Family SerVices Primarily .
Social Adjustment 3- Common SerVices
a) Family Service [3.5 a) SOCIal SerVice Exchange C14
D) Social Service to Travelers [:l-o D) Information and Referral Centers 3-5
C) mdica] SOCia] serVice ..I....IIICOOOI. B'7 C) Other ......................... ..... ... E’s
d) Domestic Relations Service [3.3
u. S ecialized Services for Children
9 . 5. AUSPICES
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2. Clinic and Out-Patient Care
a) General Clinic Service................. [3-9
b Mental Health Clinics [:IO-Y
) . . 7. HOW ARE BOARD MEMBERS SELECTED?
c) School Medical and Dental SerVice [:I-X
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l2. NUMBER OF YEARS THE PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS

IF NOMINATING COMMITTEE PREPARES SLATE CHECK
a. How is nominating committee selected? 'F YES
(1) Appointed by Board ...................... [:315-1
(2) Elected by Membership 13.2
(3) Other ................................... [:3-3
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b. is more than_one candidate proposed
for eaCh pOSItIOn 0.0.0.0......I....IOIOIOOI.[:I"

c. Is there any provision that a majority of the
nominating committee consist of persons other
than present board merrbers D-S

IF BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP.
HOW IS THE MEMBERSHIP SELECTED?

a. Payment of membership dues ..................[:jis.i

b. Appointed by board .......................... [I].z

C. other ....................................... [:].3
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NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS
DURING LAST I2 MONTHS 17

a. Is there a legal provision as to the
minimum number 0t board meetings
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If yes, how nary neetings are required

FOR WHAT TERM OF OFFICE
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UMBER or YEARS ‘9

20-31

HAVE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY ON THE BOARD

NUMBER OF
BOARD MEMBERS

1215)
Less than 3
3 through 5
6 through 8
9 through 11

12 through 14

15 OI" more

Total (same as 15)

IS THERE ANY LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF
SUCCESSIVE TERMS BOARD MEMBERS MAY SERVE? ....[:j 32

If yes, how many terms

 

I4. WHAT HAS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS

 

 

 

 

ATTENDING MEETINGS OF THE BOARD DURING THE 33'“
LAST I2 MONTHS?
a. How many board members did not

attend any of these meetings? 35-36
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS_______.37.3a
a. Sex: Male Female 39-42
b. Race: White Non—White 43.45
c. Religion: Catholic Jewish Protestant 47.52
d. Are there any qualifications such as

sex or occupation for selection on

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I6. ESTIMATED AGE OF BOARD MEMBERS

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YEARS OF AGE BOARD HEIDERS
Under 30 years of age ...............
30 through 44 years .................
45 through 59 years ................. ‘ '-

60 years and over IIIOIOOIIOIOIIOIOOC

Total (sane as 15) ..................
OCCUPATION OF BOARD MEMBERS SENTER NUMBER OF .13‘
BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDED IN EA CLASSIFICATION). '

a. Employees of voluntary _
health and welfare agenCies ......

b. Employees of overnmental
health and we fare ageDCIes ......

c. Public officials other than
those reportable in b. ...........

d. Other professional (total)........
1. Physicians & dentists .
2. Educators .............
3. Attorneys .............
u. Clergymen
5. Other .................

e. Employers and executives
(not included elsewhere) .........

f. Technicians, junior executives
and supervisor employees (not
inCIUded above ....IIOIOIOOOIOOOOO

9. other salaried workers ...........

h. Wage earnin employees, except
representatives of organized

labor ..I........OOOOOOIOOOOOOOIOI

i. Representatives of organized
labor ..IIOIIOIIOIII

j. Housewives (not employed outside

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k. Other (specify)

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OCCUPATIONS OF HUSBANDS OF .
HOUSEWIVES REPORTED IN ITEM l7].

a. Employees of voluntary health
and welfare agencies .............

b. Employees of governmental health
and welfare agenCies .............

c. Public officials other than
those reportable in b. ...........

d. other professional (total) .......
1. Physicians A dentists .
2. Educators .............
3. Attorneys ............. ______
4. Clergymen ............. _____.
5. Other .................

e. Employers and executives
(not included elsewhere) ...

f. Technicians, junior
executives and supervisory
emplo ees (not included
above

9. Other salaried workers ...........

h. Wage earning employees, ex-
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i. Representatives of
organized labor .......

j. other, including
Widows, (specify)

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37.61

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‘5. BOARD MEMBERSHIP STUDY - Local Public Agencies

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\2, )eet address City and State 4.6
\3- Name of person filling in report Title
53- PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED ANDéOR 7.10 3. Neighborhood Non—Building CHECK
lg TYPES OF SERVICES PROVIDE Centered ProgranB IF YES
a. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND a) Local Groups Organized
‘ SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SERVICES CHECK under National Programs ................ [:l-a
1. Public Assistance Services IF YES b) other Neighborhood
- a) General Assistance ..................... E:]7_Y Non-Building Centered Programs """"' F:]-9

u. Playgrounds and General Recreation Programs [:Jio.v

 

 

b) Aid to Dependent Children ..... ..... .... [II-x .
‘ C) Old Age Assistance ..................... [I] o 5' ReSIdent Camps """f°""""°""""'"[:3 ‘x
S d) Aid to the Blind .........'............. [:j.. 6. other Recreation SerVIces ................. [:3-0
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e) Aid tothe PermanentlyisTotally Disabled [:1.2 gfingehMghAggéc?éEglNANc'NG
2. 'nStitUtiona] care of AdU1ts 10 Planning 0.000000000000000000000000000 0 0 [—7.1
a) Shelters for Transients and Homeless ... [:3-3 2. Financing
b) Institutions for Domiciliary a Communit h st ,,,,,,, .
care Of Adu‘tsooooooooooooooooooooooooo[3“ ) .yce . .................D 2
. . . . b) Sectarian Federation ...................[:j.3
3. Family SerVices Primarily _
.. Smla] Adjustment 3- Comon serVICQS
a) Family SGT-VICE 0.0.0.0900...000000000000 [3-5 a) SOCia] service EXChange ...."""°"'°' D"
D) SOCia] serVice t0 Traveler-S ...-nooooooo C] '6 b) Informtion and Referra] centers .°'.". C .5
C) MEdicaI SOCia] serVice 0.000000000000000 D-7 C) other ........""..".""""""...“. E .6
u. Specialized Services for Children If dINANEE ';"..""ét..""...""""".' [:3'1
‘ a) Protective and Foster Home Care ........ [:J-S estég?i5hoffie bgarfiwagf or Inance
b) Institutions for Dependent Children .... [Ila-v a. Administrative ..:.........................[:3 (2,,
c) Day Nurseries ".""".;'.'...'.'...".[3.x bl POTICy flaking 00000000000000.00000000000000D'z
' d) Sgecia] set-Vices for ChiIdr-en Cl AdVisory 00000000000.0000000000000000000000 [-3.3
With Behavnor Problems ................. [:3 -0 . '
- d. Other (speCIfy) [:3.4
e) Institutions for Delinquent Children ... [:1.i
5. Specialized sen/Ices for the Handicapped .- D -2 6n SPECIFY ACT|V|TIES 0F WARD ‘3 ‘4
’ 60 mternity ”we Care 0000000.. 00000000000000 D .3 CHECK ACTIVIT'ES CHECK ACT'VlT'ES
7. other Assistance or THAT IN PRACTICE THAT IN PRACTICE
Social Adjustment Services ................ [:1.4 THE BOARD THE BOARD DELE-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETAINS GATES To THE
b. HEALTH SERVICES . FOR ITSELF LOCAL DIRECTOR
’ 1. Hospital In-Patient Care ACTIVITIES I II
a) General and Allied Special .............[:3 .5 1
r . a. Approva of
b) Chronlc 0.0.0.0000.0000000000000000000000 D '8 poliCy .‘
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D) Menta} HeaIth CIinics 00.000000000000000 D 9-Y (5e19Ct'0n'
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C) School Medical and Dental SerVIce ...... [23.x dismissal and
3. Nursnng SerVIces compensation) ____________ .3
a) Public Health Nursing d. Preparation &
/ (exclu5ive of schools) .................[:3 .o presentation
- to local
b) SShOOT NUFSIng 0000000000000...000000000 D 0‘ governing
u. Institutions for Mental Defectives or body of budget
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’ 5. Community Health Services e. Interpretation
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a) Governmental ........................... [j]. f. other activi—
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260 other HeaIth set-Vices 0.0000000000000000... [—3 o
/ c. RECREATION, INFORMAL EDUCATION _ . . _
AND GROUP WORK SERVICES If same actmty is repqrted In
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2. Neighborhood Building Centered Prograns ... [:J.7

 

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APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS

IF YES
a. Apminted by myor ..IIOIIIIOIIIIOOI.0.0.0....D's-B

b. Appointed by a State agency .................. [21.2
c. Appointed by the local governing body ........ [:1.3

d. Local governing body serves ex-officio .......
e. Appointed by other public officials ..........

(1) If yes, specify title of
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NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS
DURING LAST l2 MONTHS

a. Is there a legal provision as to the minimum

 

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If yes, how many 0
meetings are required?

APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS

a. For what term of office
are board members appointed?

 

 

IUUIER 0’ YEARS

b. Are
for

c. Are there
the remova

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a member can be removed?

board members appointed

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NUMBER OF YEARS THE PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS
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NUMBER OF

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3 through 5
6 through 8

9 through 11
12 through 1n
15 or more

Total (same as 13)

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overlapping terms? ....................... [:321

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23-34

SUCCESSIVE TERMS BOARD MEMBERS MAY SERVE? ....... [:135

 

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WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS
ATTENDING MEETINGS OF THE BOARD DURING THE
LAST I2 MONTHS?

a. How many board members did not
attend any of these meetings?

NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD
a. Sex: Male Female

b. Are there any qualifications such as
sex, occupation, or reSidence for

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IN. ESTIMATED AGE OF BOARD MEMBERS

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YEARS OF Afig

under 30 years of age .................
30 through nu years ...................
us through 59 years ...................
60 years and over .....................

Total (same as 13) ....................

OCCUPATION OF NARD MEMBERS
BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDED IN EA

a.

b

Employees of voluntary .
health and welfare agenCIes ........

Employees of overnmental
health and we fare agencies ........

Public officials other than
those remrtable In D. ......IIIIOI.

Other professional (total) .........
1. Physicians & dentists .
2. Educators .............
3. Attorneys .............
u. Clergymen
5. other .................

Employers and executives
(not included elsewhere) ...........

Technicians, junior executives
and superVIsor employees (not
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other salaried wonkers .............

Wage earning employees, except
representatives of organized

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TOTAL (same as 13) .................

OCCUPATIONS or HUSBANDS 0F ,
uousmives REPORTED IN man isi.

a.
b.
c.

d.

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h.

j.

Employees of voluntary health
and welfare agencies ...............

Employees of governmental health
and welfare agencies ...............

Public officials other than
those reportable in b. .............

Other professional (total) .........
1. Physicians 5 dentists .
2. Educators .............
3. Attorneys .............
u. Clergymen .............
5. Other .................

Employers and executives
(not included elsewhere) ...........

Technicians, junior
executives and supervisory
emplo ees (not included
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other saIaried workers ......O......

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widows, (speCify)

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