Appropriating $49,231.00 Federal Assistance Grant for Operation of the Youth Services Bureau

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YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: THE LONG -RANGE PLAN We feel that the YSB has demonstrated a need for its services. Numerous endorsements from all aspects of our community bear out. this contention. The need for focusing attention on "prevention" is crucial to our entire spectrum of Government, but nowhere is it more evident than in delinquency work. While the past five years have witnessed sufficient resources being available to YSB, they have been years of uncertainty, and even today, we face 1977 without knowing our funding level for the year. For this reason, I would like to see 1978 as the year that YSB received a re- gular appropriation of money from city tax funds. If we received this appropriation we would be freed from wondering if there would be a program or not and we could devote all our energy to running the agency. The regular appropriation would also enable us to search for supplemental funds knowing that a "matching base" exists. We would also have a level of status not achieved heretofore. Frankly, I think our appropriation would not have to be a large one. By 1978 we should be receiving money from Title XX, the Bayh Bill and per diem funds from the Department of Public Welfare. Money for the four key positions now occupied by Strycker, Osthimer, Fleming and Gagnon should be adequate. In addition, I also feel that County Government will come to its senses by that time, particularly con- sidering the excellent rapport we have made with the County Council. (I£ the County is now willing to talk to the City about controlling dogs, perhaps that might convince them of the need to control chil- dren.!) If our money from the state keeps increasing we can expect significant support from that source also.