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Show Community Programs Help Troubled Youths Seven community based alternative programs to help more than 70 troubled youth have been approved by the Utah Department of Social Services. According to Heber Tippetts, Division of Family Services Alternative Care Specialist, "Each program is different! but the overall objective is to provide more humane and effective treatment for delinquent youth. Rather than institutionalizs youngsters who might not need institutionalization, in-stitutionalization, the goal of the programs are to provide us, the courts and communities with alternatives." Tippets noted that the development of the programs is the outgrowth of several ; months of intensive program evaluation by the Department's Depart-ment's Committee on Alternatives Alter-natives for Troubled Youth Committee. The new projects . will cost $323,000. The programs are expensive but not as expensive as the $1,300 ' monthly cost for in- stituionalization. The Salt Lake County Day Treatment program will provide services for 20 young persons. Individualized programs for each youngster will be developed. "Some youngsters will require intensive educational experience; others may require work skill, training or job placements. Meetings with the youngsters will be held twice a day to insure that they are progressing in the program and that the program is meeting their individual needs," Tippetts explained, He noted that the program will include a tracker advocate (an individual who maintains regular daily contact with each youngster will be assigned on a one to one basis). Individual, "group or family counseling, work and skills training, time out facility, cultural and recreational activities and educational development will also be provided. The Salt Lake County program includes several sub contracts with groups such as the YMCA and Odyssey House. The Esperanza Para Manana (Hope For Tomorrow) project is a group home for 1 youngsters of Hispanic background living in the State of Utah. The program focuses on the youg person's cultural differences and special needs. Family members will be involved in-volved in the counseling. Resources in the Hispanic community will be mobilized to meet the educational, career, job, recreational and social needs of the young persons. Eight young women living in the Division of Family Services Ser-vices girls' group home will be involved in the Provo School District's community alternative alter-native for seriously delinquent youths. The day treatment program involves services from 10 community agencies. Objectives of the program, according to Tippetts, is educational services, coordination coor-dination of community services ser-vices and help for the young person to develop basic academic and vocational skills. 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The day treatment program involves services from 10 community agencies. Objectives Ob-jectives of the program, according ac-cording to Tippetts, is educational services, coordination coor-dination of community services ser-vices and help for the young person to develop basic academic and vocational skills. The Westminster College residential program will be expanded to serve five young persons. Currently two young persons reside in college dormitories and use the college's educational, recreational, cultural and counseling services. Individual and group counseling, work programs, career counseling, health services will be included in the individualized program. Sixteen chronic status offenders of-fenders or hard core criminal delinquents will be involved in the Samuel Grindley Howe Tracker Advocate Program. This program, according to Tippetts, is designed to serve young persons for whom traditional community programs have not been able to help. "This program aims at our hardcore youngsters. Usually they have committed many offenses and exhausted other placements before being sent to the program. Each youngster in the program will be assigned a tracker advocate who will track each young person 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They will be in constant contact with the youngster. "Other services include employment, family therapy, referrals to community-based community-based programs, individual counseling, and crisis intervention. in-tervention. Trackers will be on call around the clock to assit the youngsters," Tippetts continued. In Weber County, the Youth Development Center's superintendent's home will be used as a residential treatment center for eight seriously delinquent youth. The goal of the group home will be to provide an intensive short-term short-term therapeutic program to youth, resulting in an entry rate of less than 30 percent to the Youth Development Center. Activities will include therapy, education, recreation, and work. Youngsters who need specialized educational services ser-vices will be involved in the Marmalade School program. The program is designed to provide individualized educational experiences and survival skills. Socialization, communication, tolerance and self regard will be promoted through group interaction. Special classes will aim at improving each youngster's educational skills. Tippetts noted that the alternative programs will begin in January. "These programs are only the first. To really impact the problem will require the development of more programs and alternatives. alter-natives. Still needed are programs in rural areas. No acceptable proposals from rural areas were submitted to the Committee on Alternatives for Troubled Youth," he explained. A nature item says the skunk is probably the best known member of the weasel family. Could be because he advertises. 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