Thi’ee YouthVeighborlioodCenters OpenFonual opening of the tlirce Voulh Services Project nclgh* boriiooO cerners located in theModel Cities Area v^-ere held lYlday at Alazan*Apache Ccn. tct', 11Q2 San Jacinto SLThe project is sponsored by tlie City of San Antonio under the IJRpartinDnt of Human Be-sources. iirecU»r of the ])ro]ect Is Fernando Aiellrmo Jr. Tlie project was funded by the Dc* partment of Health, Education and WolfavB, the Ylt;KJtU Development and Delinquency Prevention Administration, as a one year deuiD naira lion project iu Juvenile delinquency pi*evention with funds earmarkolt;\ for the Model Nelghbothood Ai’aa.Goal of the Youth .Services Project is to divert mLsdenican-or juvenile offenrtDrs fiom the juvenile Justice syslein. The director said for puv|)Oscs of this project, the term, ^‘mtsde-tneaiior juvenile oIfender/’ i s defined as males, ages ID lu 17, nnrt females, ages ID to Ifi, who have c 0 in m i 11 elt;l an offense which is serious enough to merit law enforcement attention, but it not adjudlcable in terms of tlie juveniJe criminal justice system.The types of offcnso.s that are being handled by the staff of this project are: Drugs — inhaling intoxicAQls, liquor violation, running away, ungov'ernable, dism'derly conduct, truancy, I02. IcrJTig, mid other juvenile misdemeanor offenses. The project w being coordinated through the ef/oris of the San Antonfo Police Department and the K e x a r County Juvenile Probation De. naiimonl.