LONG TERM OBJECTIVE: FOSTER APPROPRIATE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Description:

Intervention programs on behalf of youths and families which serve as an alternative to violence and emphasize adolescent health and opportunity will be enhanced. Resource allocation will focus on those educational programs which develop human potential and strengthen the fundamental social fabric of this targeted population; particularly those children at risk and those in the custody of the state.

Primary Related Services:

4-H Youth Programs (Cooperative Extension)
Parenting Education (Cooperative Extension)
Office for Young Children (Health)
Youth Diversion (Adolescent Diversion)
Foster Care Services (Family Court)
In-Home Care (Faimly Court)

Services Also Related:

Substance Abuse Treatment/Prevention (Mid South Substance Abuse)
Domestic Relations Mediation (General Trial Court)
Community Agency Support (Community Agencies)
Mental Health Services (Community Mental Health)
Home Economics (Cooperative Extension)
Foster Care Neglect/Abuse (FIA)
Family Independence Agency Board (FIA)
Fairgrounds Operation (Fair Board)
Adolescent Health (Health)
Child Health Services (Health)
Health Administration (Health)
Maternal Health Services (Health)
Public Health Nursing (Health)
Satellite Clinics (Health)
WIC Program (Health)
Library Services (Library)
Parks Operation/Maintenance (Parks Department)
Delinquency/Neglect Treatment (Family Court)
State Wards (Family Court)
Youth Center (Family Court)
Adult Victim Witness (Prosecuting Attorney)
Community Education/Prevention Services (Sheriff)