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5 NORTHWEST YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES (NYFS) 1996 PARTICIPATION SUMMARY Just as traffic and sewer lines require community collaboration, so do addressing the social and human needs of our communities' residents. The problems facing our youth and families are not contained by city boundaries - just as our area residents are not contained by city boundaries. All cities are affected by the health and well being of each individual citizen. NYFS has worked for over twenty years to meet essential human service needs to keep our communities healthy, safe places in which to work and live. It is only by communities working together that this can continue to happen. In 1996, over 1,600 young people and their families were provided with over 16,000 hours of direct service from NYFS. In addition, 1,850 youth participated in educational presentations and discussion groups. 120 youth also participated in the Youth Activity Center, located in the NYFS building, in the first six months of 1996. Therefore, a total of 3,570 community residents received services through NYFS. Below is a brief description of the services offered through NYFS and a breakdown of the total number of people served by each program. Please see the attached report(s) for city participation statistics. Counseling / Mental Health Services: In 1996, 435 local youth and families received mental health services through the Northwest Counseling Center. On average, each client received 8.5 hours of counseling. Each service hour is charged out at a rate of $95.00 per hour. The financial equivalent for counseling services (per city) is reflected in the attached charts. In -Home Services: The In -Home Treatment Program is designed to help children and their families solve problems through a mix of home -based therapeutic intervention and education services in order to avoid the out of home placement of the children. In -Home staff provide counseling and education to address needs such as parenting and behavior issues, academic concerns, or time - management problems. In 1996, 41 families received assistance through the In -Home Treatment Program utilizing on average 40 hours of service. The cost for therapeutic services per hour is $95.00; educational services are billed at a rate of $50.00 per hour. Diversion / Restitution Services: The Diversion Program offers counseling which consists of delinquency assessments and short term, problem - solving sessions with youth and family members who are experiencing conflict due to delinquent or inappropriate behavior exhibited by the youth. Those youth who are required by police or the courts to complete volunteer service hours as restitution are placed by staff at a variety of community sites and monitored. By employing a combination of discipline and encouragement, the program prepares the young person who made one bad choice to make better choices in the future. 333 youth were provided diversion and restitution services in 1996. The "Hours of Service Provided" in the following city charts reflect both the services provided by