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Presidential Library Staff.
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Clinton Presidential Records
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National Service
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Jim Kreidler
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National Service Correspondence Coding Sheet
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white House
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES /DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
ANTELOPE VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTERS
P.O. BOX 25 ACTON, CALIFORNIA 93510 AREA CODE (805) 269-0062
CALIFORNIA
CENTERS
KURT M. FREEMAN
JOHN F. WENGERT, ADMINISTRATOR
DIRECTOR
ACTON REHABILITATION CENTER
REHABILITATION CENTERS
30500 N. ARRASTRE CNYN. RD.
BOX 25
ACTON, CALIFORNIA 93510
(805) 269-0062
DAVID M. POTTER, ADMINISTRATOR
WARM SPRINGS REHABILITATION CENTER
38200 N. LAKE HUGHES ROAD
March 3, 1993
BOX 37
CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA 91310
(805) 257-2342
Eli Segal
Assistant to the President
for National Services
725 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Segal:
We are excited about the establishment of a National Service
Corps. We hope that the program grows and is highly successful in
mobilizing people to be of service to America.
We are operating a VISTA program at the two largest alcohol/drug
rehabilitation centers in the United States. Our VISTA Volunteers
work in raising basic skill levels (reading, writing, math) for
our patients as well as do outreach to schools with a message for
students to stay away from drugs and stay in school.
As the enclosed article by Sharon Moeser indicates, we believe
that the National Service Program should be extended at some
point to involve recovering people and ex-convicts, who come from
the inner cities, in rebuilding our cities by working to prevent
drug use and promoting education.
We have trained over 1,000 recovering addicts to serve as
literacy tutors for over 2,000 functionally illiterate recovering
alcoholics and drug addicts. Our program has enjoyed remarkable
success.
WE MEED
THANKS FOR
IDEAS
REGRET
No MEETING
If you would like to visit our centers in California or would
like to talk to us or our VISTA Program Manager, Joan Crawford,
about ways to expand the National Service, please let us know. We
would enjoy sharing our ideas with you.
Best of luck.
Sincerely,
Richard Rioux, Ph.D.
Associate Director
RR: vo
Enclosure
Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, March 2, 1993
A3
Antelope
Press
More Antelope Valley People Read The Valley Press Than Any Other Newspaper*
VISTA workers help those on road to recovery
By SHARON H. MOESER
literacy in recovery, Rioux said. A literacy program at
Staff Writer
ed States, the recovery of the United States," said
the rehab centers is producing measurable results, with
Young. "Beföre, I was part of the problem, I was the
ACTON - At Acton Rehabilitation Center there is
many participants going on to further their education
problem. Now I'm part of the solution."
little difference between the VISTA volunteers and
and also showing higher rates of sobriety.
While Young is helping others he is also helping him-
those they help.
Joan Crawford, a program specialist with the agency
self through the program. "I really feel like I have val-
The seven volunteers are each former residents of the
that oversees VISTA, said as far as she knows Rioux has
ue, like I have something to give."
center and are now working with those whose lives they
the only VISTA volunteers who work specifically in the
Joseph Hunter stopped attending school at the fifth
understand so well.
area of recovery.
grade although he did take some classes during his dif-
VISTA, the acronym for Volunteers in Service to
"As far as a program tailored and directed and using
ferent stays in prisons. Now he is a literacy tutor. And a
America, was established by the federal government in
volunteers in that sense it is unique," Crawford said.
VISTA volunteer.
1964. It is often described as a domestic version of the
There are 3,400 VISTA volunteers nationwide and 225
Butch Pentacion was on death row at one time in his
Peace Corps.
in California.
life. Now he has four years of sobriety and is starting
Dr. Richard Rioux, associate director of the county-
VISTA volunteer and former Acton Rehab resident
his second year as a volunteer.
operated Acton rehab and its sister facility Warm
David Lowe said, "Education is the way to empower peo-
"I voted through VISTA for the first time in my life,"
Springs, in 1991 received authorization to sponsor 10
ple - not handing them a bag of groceries, not handing
Pentacion said. "You always hear about a dream. VIS-
VISTA volunteers.
them a g.r. (general relief) check."
TA is a a real dream."
Besides working with residents at the center VISTA
A chance to serve
volunteers reach out to local intermediate and high
Service corps
"When I first heard about VISTA in 1990 it was like
schools, Rioux said. Through workshops they also pro-
Rioux and his volunteers are hopeful President Clin-
a dream come true," Rioux said. Through the federal
vide training to agencies and organizations about the
ton will recognize the importance of VISTA and use it as
program he is able to offer people who come through the
importance of literacy in recovery.
a basis for the national service corps he has been talk-
recovery program at Acton a chance to serve their gov-
A book of stories about literacy and recovery is being
ing about.
ernment.
put together by the volunteers, he said. They are also
"In the general population people are not aware of
"People VISTA is designed to serve are now being
producing a video.
VISTA," Rioux said. "VISTA should be built on for the
VISTA volunteers themselves," he said.
The seven "VISTAs" at Acton Rehab went through a
creation of a national service corps."
VISTA volunteers serve for one year "living and
three-day orientation in San Francisco along with other
Crawford said she too would like to see VISTA used
working in poor communities," according to a VISTA
VISTA volunteers from throughout the west.
as the cornerstone for Clinton's service corps.
brochure. "VISTA volunteers are building a new Ameri-
"They were totally amazed to see us there," said Oli-
Rioux and his VISTAs also believe any such program
ca one community at a time."
ver Young, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict.
needs to be expanded into rehab centers and even pris-
At Acton rehab the volunteers work on the issue of
"Being part of VISTA, it's like being part of the Unit-
ons.
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