Show Planning Council Meets Members of the Utah Law Enforcement Planning Council granted a total of for action projects during the November meetings THE DIVISION of the Family Family Family Fam Fam- ily Services was one of the grantees and will receive 81 to be used for setting up upa a Demonstration Center for Boys Group Care The project is to serve as asa asa asa a model for community based group home treatment for juvenile juvenile juvenile juve juve- nile delinquents as an alternative alternative alternative tive to institutional commit commit- ment Special education vocational vocational voca voca- t onal education and interests will be developed developed developed de de- de- de at the level of the child and geared to his needs IT ENCOURAGES interaction in the community ty life for the young people participating At Atthe Atthe Atthe the present time the Utah State Industrial School is the only institution in the state which provides for custody treatment and educational rehabilitation rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- re- re habilitation of children committed commit commit- ted by the juvenile court Alternatives to this institutional institutional Honal commitment are extremely ex- ex extremely extremely ex ex- limited There are only 15 group homes located in the entire state and these are usually filled to capacity with the waiting list of children children children chil chil- dren requiring group home care THIS PROJECT will hopefully hopefully hopefully hope hope- fully devise a rehabilitation and educational program to meet the individual needs of each youngster and develop meaningful habits of work and recreation and place those patterns patterns patterns pat pat- terns of behavior which lead to difficulty with the law The second project funded was in the amount of to the Salt Lake City Police Department The project is an outgrowth of several police olice officers officers' officers officers' officers officers' of of- efforts to build better public relations with young people KNOWN AS the Public Safety Athletic Program this project is designed to involve hard hardcore core youth of Salt Lake City in constructive athletic activities Hopefully the program program will improve police community relations relations relations re re- re- re lations and aid in crime prevention prevention prevention pre pre- through constructive supervised activity for the potential potential potential po po- po- po delinquent ACCORDING TO the juvenile le lecourt court and the Salt Lake City Police Youth Bureau the heavy delinquency ratio in the city area is caused by too much idle time lack of proper supervision supervision supervision super super- vision and bad attitudes resulting resulting resulting re re- re- re from living living living liv liv- ing conditions Off-duty Off officers will deal with these problems by assisting assisting assisting assist assist- ing as coaches referees and umpires The program includes a variety of sports activities for year-round year participation All minority and poverty youth ages 7 13 qualify for the pro pro- gram |