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CITY of SOUTH <br />PETER J. NEMETH. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM <br />Carl Ellison <br />Director <br />Jon R. Hunt <br />Deputy Director <br />V. LaMar Wilson <br />Assistant Director <br />J���`l • D <10 <br />BEND �'���'• 3: <br />rn <br />Mayor ? <br />ti <br />wy800 ,6 a <br />To: Members of the Common Council <br />From: Bonnie C. Strycker, Y.S.B. <br />Re: H.E.W. Grant Request <br />Date: April 3, 1979 <br />1440 County -City Building <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />219/284 -9335 <br />The South Bend Youth Service Bureau is interested in again making <br />application to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for <br />continuation funding for the Youth Service Bureau operated Runaway <br />Shelter. We are requesting $52,500 in federal funds. This is the <br />same level as last year. <br />We will continue receiving a per diem of $14.for youth housed at <br />the Shelter who are wards of the St. Joseph County Department of Public <br />Welfare. As match for this grant is in the form of in -kind contributions, <br />several local social service agencies have indicated their willingness <br />to again provide consultation services to the staff and residents. <br />The Runaway Shelter has been in operation for nearly three years. <br />It has been a highly successful program and has demonstrated the need <br />for short -term crisis care in the South Bend area. All youth who are <br />housed at the shelter receive individual and group counseling. The <br />parents are contacted and in most cases a family worker visits the <br />parents to explain our program and expectations of them and their child. <br />At least one family meeting is held prior to the youth's return home. <br />For those families who are interested, family therapy is provided through <br />the Bureau or referral to another agency. Contact is maintained over a <br />period of time once the youth has left the shelter to insure against a <br />reoccurrence of the runaway episode. <br />I hope this adequately explains the shelter program and this <br />application. If you have questions or comments, please contact me. <br />Application on file in the City Clerk's office. <br />