Show and Project Safe Place Join to Help Community Kids Kid c c- c 1 J 0 tc t 0 mm By Matt Baldwin the success of Project Safe Place Redwood and Contributing Writer South City are great locations because they are close to junior high and elementary schools providing easy College Center and South City Campus access for kids according to This makes are participants in a community outreach program it possible for children to have a pla place e in their community com corn Project Safe Place which provides easy access for to get help fast said community children to get help Safe Place sites are arc private businesses or public Project Safe Pla Place e is a program that provides short agencies designated by a yellow and black Safe Place term tenn crisis intervention for kids in in need of a safe sign The individual agencies or businesses pay place to go About cities nation wide are for the cost of the sign According to children arcIn arc are arcIn participating in this program these Safe Places and instructed to go to In Utah the program is exclusive to ask for help The volunteer identifies Salt Lake County but the Project the problem and relays the necessary Safe place hopes to spread information to the sary throughout Utah Currently An on-call on volunteer will Salt Lake County has 25 then be dispatched for Safe Place sites further help and to involvement involve involve- transport the child ment shows a to the great interest in Vo Volunteers I un youth and in inthe are given a step the surrounding surround surround- training by step ing communities Safe Place PI SM session on how to go of Redwood and ace through the process According to Training raining and briefing costs Steven Assistant arc are paid for by Salt Lake Director of Salt Lake County funds and County Youth Services Center According to typical problems others oth oth- Program Director for Safe Place ers should take notice of lems are usually l family mily problems problems- where child feels un-safe un or not under under- a involvement in Safe PlaceIt Place stood Other scenarios are troubles with peers It was great to have the Community situations Whatever U the situation College approach us wanting to get involved in inthe such as gang children will see sec us as a safe alternative the community outreach program said is we hope Safe Place will have a along believes Project The College saw itself as a player in the community long term effect on youth throughout the community ty ty-a ty a good example to the rest of the community According to Curtis Smout director of College by sending kids a different message time will have a new generation of Over Center Auxiliary Services and Safe Place we Coordinator benefits from involvement in youth who will see Youth Services as a safe environment environ environ- Project Safe Place too Anything that we as the ment to get help said Community College can do for the community benefits bene bene- has taken the initiative to assist in sending fits both the College and the Community Smout this message to the surrounding communities said We just felt it was a good tie in You never got involved to help with that particular problem know when a youth will need help lem whatever it may mayor or will be said Smout Were U Location and visibility of sites are important to here to help if we can r r o |