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<br />Helping youth and families learn the skills they need to be more successful <br />at home, in school and throughout the community. <br /> <br />www.ysb.net <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City of Lake Elmo August 28, 2024 <br />Attn: Nicole Miller, City Administrator <br />3800 Laverne Avenue North <br />Lake Elmo, MN 55042 <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Nicole, <br /> <br />Thank you for the City of Lake Elmo’s past support of $5,665 for Youth Service Bureau’s (YSB) mission <br />to help youth and families learn the skills they need to be more successful at home, in school and <br />throughout the community. For 2025 we are requesting that same dollar amount. <br /> <br />For over 45 years, YSB has pursued our goal to give youth and families the support they need at the <br />first sign of challenges; early intervention helps avoid significant future consequences and costs, <br />benefitting youth and the communities that they live in. By accessing YSB’s youth-focused family <br />counseling services, diversion programs, chemical health support and parent education, youth and <br />families are better equipped to handle life’s challenges and learn from their mistakes. <br /> <br />YSB’s programs are based on promoting prevention and early intervention strategies. When help is <br />needed, early and immediate interventions support better learning and increase positive outcomes. <br />YSB’s programs are effective: <br />• Youth-Focused Family Counseling (Mental Health) services help youth who are just <br />beginning to struggle with challenges in their lives and provides support to parents and <br />caregivers. 80% of parents have indicated that their child’s issues were resolved or <br />manageable in follow-up of closed cases. <br />• School-Based Chemical Health specialists are a critical resource for students, families and <br />school staff. We provide direct student support services and prevention services. 87.5% of <br />youth have indicated an increased resilience to chemical use, and appreciation for the service. <br />• Diversion Programs are early-intervention programs that hold youth accountable for <br />inappropriate actions, such as theft, curfew violation, fighting, and chemical use, without <br />creating a juvenile record. YSB involves parents and caregivers in the process, giving families <br />needed support. 90% of youth completing our programs have not reoffended in the following 12 <br />months. <br />• Youth and Family Education program provides current, relevant, and supportive information to <br />families and the wider community. We also provide schools with staff and classroom <br />presentations to educate them about anxiety, chemical use, and social media use. 88% of <br />respondents from community and school-based presentations indicated that the content was <br />‘good or great’ and ‘useful or very useful’. <br /> <br />Referrals to all our services are welcome from anyone concerned about a youth’s behaviors, choices <br />and/or mental health. This includes parents, teachers, school administrators, social workers, <br />physicians and clinics, school resource officers, and youth themselves. Police and Court referrals are <br />common for YSB’s Diversion services for situations involving law enforcement. <br /> <br />Last year in 2023, in our core services, YSB provided over 6250 hours of services to over 799 <br />unduplicated youth and families to make a real difference in their lives by improving school