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By STEPHANIE SCHOROW tight state budget and the 1 percentTimes-News writer initiative.Reflecting over the six years since the JJAC was formed. JJAC Vice BOISE - Saying Idaho’s delin- Chairman Les Puree said What Iquency programs are disorganized more from everyone isand limited, a group of service orga- powerlessness of kids ... 1 don’t nizations calledfor the formation of a Jf11™ ^ j°* (off youth protection) isstatewide Youth Commission by Gov. being done at any level and that’s aJohn Evans. factThis action culminated a day of Pam Roylance, juvenile justicespeakers and discussion Friday in a specialist, said “There nothing we’vemeeting on Youth Needs and Coali- been able to do to stem the t ide oftion Building,” sponsored by the Ju- delinquency in the last 25 years.ve ile Justice Advisory Council. Roylance did, however,’ report some! The endorsement of the Youth success in keeping status offenders i Commission — a concept proposed out of jail, noting that as of May there' last January by the Idaho Planning was an 82.4 percent decrease in statusr Committee for Children and Youth offenders kept in detention longer' Services — and the selection of a than 24 hours. “We are working forsix-person team to meet with Evans, 100 percent, with the small exceptionswere the only concrete actions taken that must be allowed,” she added.in the meeting. Grant Yee, JJAC member, detailedBut the 40 participants, repre- problems city revenue losses havesenting county mirt systems, the caused youth. For example, the city• Health and Welfare Department, the of Boise, once the largest local youthf Idaho Prosecutors Association, the employer, hired 600 youths last Idaho Youth Ranch and other youth sun mer compared to 800 to 900 pre-■ service groups, voiced concern that viously, he said. Idaho youth programs were in trou- He also noted that fees at municipalble, faced by tosses in revenue from a swimming pools have been doubled.dropping attendance by about 14 presentation to legislators and pro-Eercent. Probation officer caseloads voked the doleful comment, “Some-ave increased from 50 to 70each. times they have to have a coloringRecreational cutbacks concerned book, too,” from Mitchell.Caleb A. Shreeve Jr., of the LDS To address juvenile problems, sev-Social Services, who noted they elimi- eral participants called for a coali-nated “a supporting element of lt;de- tion’ composed of the social servicehnquency) prevention. and law enforcement agencies thatEmphasizing the 1 percent must be handle youth. Other participantsaccepted, Yee suggested seeking park called for a youth services “bannerresources and youth volunteers from bearer” or an “independent grouppnvate industry. with teeth” to make youth issues aProspective cutbacks in Aid to De- priority in budget consideration,pendent Children also worried social However, Linda Hagedom-Guiles,service youth workers. How can we °‘ “*e Community Rehabilitation expect to keep kids out of the juvenile Division, remarked “I don’t see any justice system when we have parents duplication of services for children who can t buy food and clothing for but I see a duplication of planning them,” asked Dave Johnson, Boise groups.”State University assistant professor. A luncheon speaker, Shirley Geins,State Sen. Mike Mitchell of a juvenile justice expert fromLewiston said decreasing revenues Chicago, discussed the difficulties and had led social programs to gear for advantages of “coalition-building,” or “program survival not program sue- directing the energy of disparate cess. groups. “You have to bring togetherHe challenged the group, saying people who disagree, she said.How many legislators in six years She encouraged juvenile justicehave you really influenced? groups faced with budget cuts tcRita Hogg, Children’s Services create a “data base” To measure Advocate, cited a need for gathering“facts and figures” on iuveniles for • See JUVENILES Pnoo
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Twin Falls Times News
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Sun, Nov 09, 1980
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