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RESOLUTION REGARDING <br />RAMSEY CQL1t LT OCR R ECTIO.N.S- CONTRACT <br />WHEREAS Northwest Youth and Family Services has been providing Diversion Services to <br />juvenile offenders for the past 25 years;. and <br />WHEREAS these services have consistently been provided in a cost effective, community -based <br />model involving_collaboration with local law enforcement departments, the Ramsey County <br />Corrections Department and the Ramsey County Attorney's Office; and <br />WHEREAS the recidivism rate for youngpersons served through this program is consistently <br />around 16 percent; and <br />WHEREAS 329 youngpeople and their families were served by this program in 1999 and 360 <br />young people and their families were served in 1998; and <br />WHEREAS local municipality monies are provided to supplement the cost of these services; <br />and <br />WHEREAS a Youth Intervention Program Grant is received from the State to additionally fund <br />these services; and <br />WHEREAS we wish to continue to have these issues addressed in a timely manner with <br />emphasis on early intervention with a community -based setting. <br />BE IT THERF.FOR,E RESOLVED• <br />That we, the City Council of (name of city ).strongly encourage the County Manager and the <br />County Board to continue to provide funding at the same level in 2001 as in 2000, the Diversion <br />Services provided through Northwest Youth and Family. Services. <br />BE IT ALSO RESOLVED: <br />That the County will recognize the importance of these services and the local partnerships which <br />enable them to be provided in such a comprehensive and cost effective manner, thereby <br />benefiting_greatly the workload of the Ramsey County Corrections staff. <br />Page 27 <br />