Appropriating $26,986.00 Federal Assistance Grant Various Public Safety Programs

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The Youth Services Bureau is requesting $26,325.00 in revenue sharing money for 1$75. This money will be 6- months funding to supplement the,. , I„ E..A.,A,.,,ag4 Department of Labor funds which also support the YSB. We are hopeful of funding from the 8ayh Bill (1974 Juvenile Delinquency Preven- tion Act) by mid -1975 which would provide support for the full YSB for three or more years. This revenue sharing request will support the salaries and office expenses for 5 of the 6 YSB outreach workers. (t separate proposal will be made to the County Council for the 6th outreach worker, since approxi- mately one -sixth of our services go outside the South Bend city limits.) On an attached page "A', I have detailed the qualifications of the current outreach workers at YSB. During the past three years, the City Council has allocated $66,000 in revenue sharing monies to YSB. These funds have helped generate $175,009 in L.E.A.A. money, $60,000 in D.O.L. money, $15,000 in State of Indiana money as well as approximately $100,000 in youth employment funds. During this period between 2500 and 3000 youth have received one or more of the services described on attachment "B." While statistics are difficult to come by for prevention program; the support we have received from the Police, Probation, and Social Welfare Agenctes`as well as Schools indicates we are on the right track. In our proposal for F.A. Funds in 1974 we pointed out that the develop- ment of an expanded School Service Coordinator Program would be our main goal. We feel we have met this goal. We now have eight staff people and six student interns involved in area schools. The response from children, parents, and school administrators has been gratifying. For 1975 a primary goal will be to further expand the student intern program so that our full -time staff needs can be maintained at the present level while our services are greatly expanded. Regarding staffing, a short experiment last summer with a second administrative person at a higher salary than the outreach workers proved to be unnecessary. Staff members will continue to be recruited for their committment to youth and each counselor will have a high degree of autonomy in his own casework.