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CITY of SOUTH BEND <br />PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor <br />COUNTY CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND. INDIANA 46601 <br />DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM <br />Carl Ellison <br />Director <br />Jon R. Hunt <br />Deputy Director <br />To: Members of the Common Council <br />From: Bonnie C. Strycker <br />Re: Grant Application <br />Date: April 2, 1978 <br />219/284 -9335 <br />The Youth Service Bureau has operated a shelter for runaway and otherwise <br />homeless youth since July of 1976. <br />As indicated in the enclosed annual report of the runaway shelter, 212 youth <br />were in residence during the eighteen month period ending December 31, 1977. <br />Because the shelter is a component of the bureau, youth and their families <br />have access to services delivered by the bureau such as counseling, outreach, <br />employment, etc. The bureau because of its relationship with other area agencies <br />can also refer for services to the appropriate agencies. <br />Over the nearly two years the shelter has been opened the great majority of <br />youth in residence have been from South Bend or St. Joseph County. The national <br />profile of a runaway is a white, middle class, 15 year old female. Our shelter <br />has found that 51% of all youth referred are male. The average age is 15 years <br />old. <br />The grant requires a 10% match. This match is in in -kind services from the <br />following agencies: Department of Public Welfare, the Juvenile Probation Depart- <br />ment, Y.W.C.A. of St. Joseph County, Legal Services of Northern Indiana, Family <br />and Children's Center and the Mental Health Center. <br />BCS /jr <br />