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Show tsam 'rri firmutr Goal Of People's Freeway To Help Residents - Each Neighborhood Council has been invited to share it's boundaries, purposes and goals with readers of the By-law- s, Model Neighborhood News, in an effort to understand the function of each Council. We have also requested that each Council appoint one person to correspond with the staff of the News in order to keep readers up to date about meetings, special events, and programs planned for the individual areas. The People's Sandy Dolowitz, director of Juvenile Legal Representation program in Youngsters Represented Court Freeway Center and subsequently the Council of that area, were created to (a.) help residents organize, set up and carry out their own programs, (b.) to find and use all resources by Kirk Terry available to support local The Juvenile Court Representation Project, from the Model Cities Crime and Delinquency Task Force, provides legal counsel for juveniles brought before the Juvenile Court, who are unable to secure counsel for themselves. Counsel is also provided to parents involved in child neglect or abuse cases. David (Sandy) Dolowitz, program director, said that the project includes another aspect that is setting precedents in the juvenile court system. That of including in this project the use of a trained professional social worker whose work with juvenile delinquents and families provides a source of information directly to the project, rather than from outside sources as has been the case in the past. Actual input into the project from the social worker, said Dolowitz, is bringing about changes in juvenile delinquency situations that are more favorable to the juvenile. In the past, explained Dolowitz, when the juvenile was brought before court, the information presented to the court concerning the youth's background was provided by Family representatives. Services Now that the legal staff, provided to the the juvenile, has a r, social worker, the legal staff can more effectively represent the true interests of the juvenile. An example of the importance of this direct family background information compiled by the social worker, he continued, is the case of a youth considered at one time to be a "hard core" drug user. The court. stated Dolowitz, would have sent the boy to the State Industrial School, but research into the juvenile's background by the social worker, and the awareness of resources to help combat the boy's drug problem enabled referring the boy to California where there is a comprehensive program of drug treatment. Other Industrial School serves a meaningful role in the juvenile court system, and that school administration is worthy of praise, but that not all juveniles can best be served by being sent to this institution. The actual formal legal representation for those who the project serves, is rather cut a model cities project Ill cases were similiar in outcome, he said, as the social worker linked H I together the juvenile with helping resources that could more and the social background effectively assist him, rather than for the delinquent to be sent into provided directly for the lawyer of the project, by the social worker, stressed Dolowitz, is bringing new horizons to juvenile court matters. The defense of the juvenile can be prepared from first hand observation by the staff's social worker, he said, and resources introduced into the court record can be brought to bear on the juvenile's problems. This type of additional input, the project description reads, "will Juveniles don't have all the rights in the eyes of the law that adults have, said Dolowitz. Bail doesn't have to be granted to juveniles charged with an offense, unless the youth becomes "certified, "bound over to regular courts as an adult. Some of the youth want to be certified, he continued, just to get out of detention; in some cases, waiting time in the Salt Lake County Detention Center is excessive, occas ionallya period of several months, he stated. The vast majority of the cases referred to this project, said Dolowitz, aie situations where the juvenile is close to being sent to the State Industrial School. Dolowitz said he feels the State provide back-u- p services designed to treat the casualty of the problem rather than merely the symptom." Want more information in Crime & Delinquency Task Force - Call Martha, 467- - These objectives are to be accomplished without regard to race, creed or color. Boundaries of the Council extend from South Temple to Thirteenth South and from State Street to the Freeway. A Board of Trustees administers and directs the undertakings of the People's Freeway Corporation. An intregal part of the program in this area involves Block Leaders. Such Leaders shall become aware of the needs and interests of the residents of their blocks and shall report these needs and interests to the area trustee for the areas in which the blocks are located. Block Leaders programs, (c.) to organize our communtiy or a portion thereof to prevent unnecessary work and to improve delivery of services, (d.) to analyze and evaluate long and short range plans of action designed to overcome poverty in the community or given portions thereof, (e.) to inform residents about public policies which relate are responsible to them, (f.) to encourage Council is presently meeting every Monday evening at the program improvement and help residents protect themselves against unfair actions or policies and (g.) to hold, mortage, lease and convey real and personal for relaying information to the residents of their block pertinent to the needs and interests of the residents. They are responsible for notifying all residents jin their blocks of the time and place of meetings of the Corporation and Council. The People's Freeway Center, 568 South Second West, at 7 :30 p.m. Residents of the area and other interested citizens are invited to attend. m and dry, said the lawyer. But the information concerning available treatment and assisting resources, detention. property and to hold, receive and borrow money to carry out the purposes of the Corporation. 9416. Need For Stronger Neighborhoods by Barbara Smith Most of us are afraid of the thought of being alone in what we are feeling. Instead of confiding with one another, sharing thoughts, we build impenetratable walls surrounding ourselves. Each time a fear, a need, or an uncertainty plagues us, we become defensive and begin fortifying our walls. How high will the walls get before they come tumbling down? Since we are the builders, we can also be the destroyers. Let us begin the demolition right now. It might be an enlightening experience one day to have a chat with your neighbor. The one that looks kind of funny. You know, the one in the white and green house.. You might discover how similiar your desires, problems and hopes are. Two people, then three, then ten working together might improve living conditions, and might find common solutions much faster than you can, living by yourself surrounded by your protective wall. How about getting together with your neighbors and participating in your local neighborhood council? For further information as to meeting times and places, call Barbara at 467-801- 4. |