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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $46,126.00 Federal Assistance Grant Various Public Safety ProgramsORDINANCE No. 5652 -74 Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, APRIL 8 Attest: /< City Clerk IRENE K. GAMMON Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, APRIL 9 Approved and signed by 74 of Common Council e' Az-- ` '" °� City Clerk IRENE K. GAMMON 1.:21 ORDINANCE NO. S C, 5 a - �l 4/ AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $46,126.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. WHEREAS, additional funds are needed by the Department of Public Safety to administer certain Public Safety programs and to ensure the Department's ability to properly perform its functions during the year 1974. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend as follows: SECTION I. That the sum of $46,126.00 is hereby appropriated for the year of 1974 from the Federal Assistance Grant Fund, commonly known as the General Revenue Sharing Fund. This appropriation is to be administered by the Department of Public Safety and will be distributed as set forth below: Program FA 49 "Youth Services Bureau" Account Description Amount Services Personal 110 Salaries $31,334.00 Total Services Personal $31,334.00 Services Contrac. 213 Travel $ 2,440.00 262 Other Contra. Serv. 1,907.00 Total Services Contrac. $ 4,347.00 Supplies 370 Other Supplies $ 178.00 Total Supplies $ 178.00 Current Obliga. 620 Social Security $ 1,833.00 630 P.E.R.F. 2,397.00 640 Group Insurance 2,037.00 Total Current Liabilities$ 6,267.00 Properties 722 Motor Equipment $ 4,000.00 Total Properties $ 4,000.00 Total FA 49 $46,126.00 SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor, and the fulfillment of all statutory requirements for emergency funding. 1st READING PUBLIC HEARING 2nd READING NOT APPROVED REFERRED PASSED 3- as --9y 91- 7 tl 8 - '7 F �/- 8 -12 y Memb r p the Common Council FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE MAR 2 01974 Irene Gammon CRY CLERK, $000 BEND, IND. (dummittrr arpmt Xv tht Tomm a (douurtl of the Edit# of Oouth Ikuh: Your Committee of the Whole to whom was referred AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $46,126.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY PRO- GRAMS, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion the Ordinance should go to the Council as favorable. Odell Newburn Chairman Fp[[ !p E[i pVpLIf NIN4 <O. CITY OF SOUTH BEND South Bend, Indiana 46601 Jerry J. Miller Mayor G. Patrick Gallagher Director, Public Safety To: Peter Nemeth, Council �� President From: Patrick Gallaghexih , RE: Y.S.B. Revenue Sharing Request Date: March 20, 1974 Reply To: MEMORANDUM PS CC #8 The purpose of this Revenue Sharing Request is to fund a staff of Out- reach Workers in order to continue the operation of the Youth Service Bureau. The Revenue Sharing monies will be used to supplement the L.E,A.A. grant of $30,000 which covers the salaries of an Executive Director, an Assistant Director, rent and some supplies. The continuation of the Youth Service Bureau of South Bend to provide referral services, direct services and delinquent prevention programs is the basic project outline. For the 1974 monies, emphasis will be placed on (1) linking youth to services, (2) developing new resources within the community to more adequately serve youth, and (3) assist in modifying existing systems to be more sensitive to youth. During this project year, a great deal of emphasis will be placed on prevention projects through the South Bend Community School Corporation, particularly the School Service Coordinator Program. The purpose is to continue to decrease the recidivism rate of juveniles in South Bend. This new thrust, couples with an effective outreach program, should further combat the rate of juvenile delinquency in South Bend. The model of Youth Service Bureau that we have chosen has emphasized a two - pronged approach: the coordination of referral services for youth and the improvement in delivery of these services as well as informal counseling available to youth through the outreach staff. As we have become more sophisticated in our dealings with young people, we have come to the conclusion that a modification of existing systems as well as a greater development of the role of the outreach worker is in order. -2- Lsi the area of stems.m}odiftcat;gn, have. attet4ted -A ne�cgroga�g called SCHOOL SERVICE COORDINATOg, . This, grog -ra4 WAS first b)76ught to our attention vy a member of the Executive Committee of the VbutFL Seryi`ce Bureau, Mr. Frank Emmick. Frank i's a planner wtth: tfie 'United War of St. Joseph County. He had formerly, directed a SCHOOL SEWPCE CQORDW ATOR Program in the East. After several discussions witfi_h m about the, program and some preliminary, discussions with the Scfiool Corporatbn officials, we determined that we would start a pilot project to investigate its application to our caseloads and our juvenile referrals. The philosophy of our Youth Service Bureau has been eclectic because of the nature of its establishment and I am very proud of the way our community has been able to respond to the changing needs in the juvenile system. The SCHOOL SERVICE COORDINATOR Program is an efficient use of the limited staff resources of the Youth Service Bureau. With nearly 40 students handled in three months of operation, we expect a potential caseload of between 75 and 100 students per school. If our five -man staff could handle two schools each for 6 - 9 hours a week (over and above our regular referrals) we could greatly increase our capacity. This proposal was wholeheartedly endorsed by the Intake Committee of our Executive Board and approved by the full Youth Service Bureau Executive Committee. The following report is in the words of the Director of the Perley Project, George McCullough. George is 24 years old, with a B.A. in Secondary Education. Because he is black and was a former Recreation Director of the East Side of South Bend, he was the logical choice to head this exciting new phase of the Youth Service Bureau. "The program consists of the combined efforts of the coordinator who is directly in charge of the program; the Youth Service Bureau Director, who is the immediate supervisor of the coordinator; and the school's Principal, administration, counselors, and teachers, who make referrals and suggest alternatives for the students. The SCHOOL SERVICE COORDINATOR Program is designed to assist the students and faculty with any social and behavioral problem that would be present in the school setting, identify potential problem children, and those with problems, at an early age, and try to resolve them. The Coordinator will refer any student that needs services of another social agency to that agency upon the decision of the Coordinator, counselor and the Director of the Youth Service Bureau. The bulk of the students have so far been referred to the following agencies: 1. Big Brothers 5. Catholic Social Services 2. Big Sisters 6. Mental Health Center 3. Welfare Department 7. Boys Scouts of America 4. Family and Children's Center 8. Y.M.C.A. 1911 Many of the students that we handle will be seen and counseled by the Coordinator in an informal type of setting, thus allowing the coordinator to develop a friendly relationship with students. In dealing with these students we have found that about 50% of referrals made are just looking for an image that they can relate to talk to, and even to be like one day. The Coordinator also makes home visits if the case calls for such a move. Many times much can be learned about a particular student's behavior, attitudes, and habits by visiting the home. Sometimes the students will not want the Coordinator to visit the home, for fear that the parents will get upset with the idea of their child being "a problem" in the school. (Coordinator losing the students as a friend in the long run.) The school that is presently taking advantage of our SCHOOL SERVICE COORDI- NATOR Program is Perley Elementary School, which is located at 740 North Eddy Street, on the City's East Side (234 - 2722). The school is located in an area that would be classified anywhere from lower class to lower middle class housing. The pilot program's school staff consists of the principal, one counselor one nurse, and 17 teachers. There are 335 students enrolled in the school; 311 are Afro- Americans (black), 21 are white and 3 are Chicano. The day and hours that we are present in the school are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:30 AM through 12:30 PM plus any other additional time that is needed. Currently there are 34 students involved in our program, 12 of these students are females and 22 are males. They range in age from six (6) years and in the first grade to twelve (12) years and in the sixth grade. All of these students are Afro- Americans (black) who are located in lower socio - economic areas surrounding the school. We have also found that in 90% of our cases there is only one parent present in the home. Additional help in running the program is given by the use of two students working on their Master's Degrees in Guidance and Counseling and by a volunteer group of Notre Dame students who have arranged five group activities for the students. The program now exists in the one elementary school, but we would like to see the program spread throughout the City to maybe 8 or 10 more junior high and elementary schools. We feel that the most effective direction the program should take, would be to work in the elementary school and the junior high school that it feeds into. This way it would be possible for the Coordinator to follow the students from first grade through the eighth grade, while providing guidance, leadership, and friendship for the students involved in our program during this period of time. We also feel that the program's most important objective is to get to the young and their behavior problems and straighten them out before they grow out of proportion and eventually end up getting the student into serious trouble. We want to avoid the labeling of these students as delinquents or threats to society. We feel that in most instances the high school students referred to us are a little bit harder to deal with and they have been exposed to much more failures and labeling that effect their behaviors drastically. We like the pre - delinquent intervention aspect of the SCHOOL SERVICE COORDINATOR approach.