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YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) <br />Therapeutic Recreation: Pat Fleming is in charge of all re- <br />creation programming. Bill Monohan, <br />Mikki Dobski and Neil Shambry fre- <br />quently assist Pat as well as various <br />other staff and interns on occasion. <br />Specific programs include our even- <br />ing recreation and swimming, after <br />school projects at schools in our <br />School Service Coordinator Program, <br />Summer Fun Program, Summer Camp <br />Program, Work - Leisure Program, Field <br />Trips, sports teams, and Group Ac- <br />tivities. <br />School Service Coordinator: Bonnie Strycker supervises all the <br />staff and interns in this project in <br />addition to monitoring the progress. <br />of the schools. Becky Osthimer co- <br />ordinates our efforts with the Main <br />Office of the South Bend Community <br />School Corporation. <br />Currently in our program we are <br />assigned 12 schools. By reaching <br />children in their school surround- <br />ings we can see them while the <br />problem is still manageable. In <br />addition we operate a truancy pre- <br />vention component whereby we offer <br />several points of intervention to <br />prevent truancy before it gets be- <br />yond the point of remediation. <br />Runaway Shelter: Marilyn Van Bergan and Mary Poczik <br />are the live -in staff at the home, <br />with Bonnie responsible for the <br />overall program and the coordination <br />with HEW in Chicago. Student intern <br />Roger Kelley is also assigned to the <br />program in addition to Volunteer <br />Lori Collner - Nissley. <br />Our Shelter provides room, board, <br />and reasonable expenses for Runaways <br />and homeless youth. We keep them <br />from a few hours to a few weeks. <br />Our goal is to return them to their <br />own home. When this is not possible, <br />we work with the Welfare Department <br />to find suitable alternative housing- <br />