R2011-102 AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS

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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM 11-27 TO: Michael T. McElroy, Mayor June 06,2011 Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager FROM: Todd A. Walker, Chief of Police SUBJECT: The Youth Advocate Program Inc. SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: The Decatur Police Department has provided financial support to the Youth Advocate Program (YAP) since 1989 and YAP is considered an essential professional service provider. The yearly request from YAP for $6,000.00 has been received by the Decatur Police Department. The Decatur Police Department has anticipated this yearly expense in our budget and recommends the request be approved by Council. BACKGROUND: The Youth Advocate Program is a Crisis Intervention Program that provides an invaluable service to the Decatur Police Department. YAP will respond to the Decatur Police Department on a 24 hour a day basis regarding youth who are runaways or considered "lock-outs' and in need of crisis intervention. YAP works with the Police Department and families to provide living arrangements for youth who are unable to return home. YAP provides services to families beyond the initial encounter by the Police Department working to resolve the issues requiring the intervention. In addition to the crisis intervention aspect, YAP manages 14 other programs within the community that provide a wide range of rehabilitative services to "at risk" children and their families in an effort to maintain the family unit when feasible. YAP's purpose is sustained in the belief that children best develop into productive adults in a permanent home, and that a family represents the child's most desirable permanent home environment. ATTACHMENTS: Letter(dated 6/1/2011)from Mr. Michael Warner Youth Advocate Program-information brochure POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: None anticipated STAFF REFERENCE: Todd A. Walker, Chief of Police twalker@decaturil.gov 217-424-2741