NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION IN THE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION OCTOBER 15, 1980 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA PART 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri JOHN GLENN, Ohio JIM SASSER, Tennessee CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware TED STEVENS, Alaska CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland JOHN C. DANFORTH, Missouri DAVID DURENBERGER, Minnesota RICHARD A. WEGMAN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director CONTENTS Susanne K. Smith, National Association of Volunteers in Criminal Jus- tice; Sara Jane Rehnborg, president, Association for Volunteer Adminis- trators; Jerry Lynes, Association of Volunteer Bureaus; and Marilyn Bryant, representative, Triple A Conference___ Arthur E. Noot, commissioner, Department of Public Welfare, State of Minnesota; Jackie S. Sinykin, chairperson, Governor's Office of Volun- teer Services Advisory Committee, State of Minnesota- Sharon Mahre, coordinator of volunteers, Branch I, II, and III of Catholic Charities; and Pat Murphy, director, Home Free Shelter.. Paula J. Beugen, facilitator of volunteers, Volunteers in Action, Crystal, Minn.; Clifford M. Johnson, a senior volunteer, Rochester, Minn.; Shirley Nelson, community volunteer, Pine City, Minn.; and Clint Schultz, handicapped community volunteer, Richfield, Minn. Katherine P. Rowland, church and hospital volunteer, Rochester, Minn.; Leonard Harkness, retired director of the 4-H; Phyllis Willerscheidt, president, Girl Scout Council, St. Croix Valley, Minn.; and Joan Higin- botham, co-chair, Human Resources, League of Women Voters, Min- Rehnborg, Sara Jane: Testimony- Additional views... Robert P. Provost, president, Minnesota Insurance Information Judith K. Healey, grants officer, the General Mills Foundation, Lois Moffitt, director, Community Resource Pool, Edina, Minn... G. Sheldon Hanson, assistant department adjutant, Minnesota Byron Laher, director of government relations, United Way of Rosalie Goldstein, chairperson, State Public Affairs, National Barbara B. Roy, president, The Junior League of St. Paul, Inc., Minnesota Environmental Education Board, Dr. Paul Walker, Pauline Stahl, Olivia, Minn.. Ann Elwood, executive director, Minnesota Early Learning De- Mary Smith, president, Junior League of Minneapolis, Inc.--. Anna M. Wasescha, assistant dean of student affairs, Hamline Robert W. Ash, assistant superintendent, and Nancy Rossbach, Letters to Senator Durenberger from: Jack Peterson, middle school principal, Independent School Binny Geffen, tour coordinator, Walker Art Center, October 10, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION IN THE FEDERAL AID SYSTEM: THE MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE OCTOBER 15, 1980 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, Minneapolis, Minn. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DURENBERGER Senator DURENBERGER. I would like to call the hearing to order. I understand there are people downstairs listening to a luncheon speech and there may be more people here later. I appreciate the fact that some of the panelists may have been stuck down there but made a real effort to be here at this meeting. We have just about 21⁄2 hours or 2 hours and 15 minutes for this phase of the hearing, so I appreciate very much your consideration of our time limitations. This is the first of a set of hearings to help give us some guidance on the future of volunteerism in this country. The Governmental Affairs Committee, of which I am a member, and its Intergovernmental Relation Subcommittee in particular, are concerned about the process of public service delivery in this country and are very concerned about the impact that governmental decisions have had on volunteerism and the nonprofit sector as a provider of public service. So this hearing today and a second hearing in Washington, DC., which will be held next Monday starting at 10 a.m. in the Dirkson Office Building, will try to probe the nature of the problem and hopefully look at some of the solutions. The subject obviously takes more than 221⁄2 hours. But we are going to try to do what we can here today with the people who have been selected to represent various segments of the volunteer community. The first panel is made up of representatives of a rather unique set of conferences that were held jointly here in the Twin Cities during the last 3 days. They include Susanne Smith from the National Association of Volunteers in Criminal Justice, Sara Jane Rehnborg, president of the Association for Volunteer Administrators, Jerry Lynes from (1) |