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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> 10-33 <br /> June 7,2010 <br /> TO: Mayor Michael T.McElroy <br /> City Council Members <br /> FROM: Ryan P.McCrady,City Manager <br /> James A.Anderson,Chief of Police <br /> SUBJECT: The Youth Advocate Program Inc. <br /> SiTMMARY RECOMMENDATION: T6e Decatur Police Department has given financial suppoM <br /> to the Youth Advocate Program since 1989 and YAP is considered an essential professional service <br /> provider. The yearly formal request from YAP for$6000.00 has been received by the Decatur <br /> Police Department The Decatur Police Department has allotted for this expense in the budget and <br /> recommends that this request be approved by Council. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Youth Advocate Program is a Crisis IntervenNon Program that provides an <br /> invaluable service to the Decatur Police Department. YAP will respond to the Decatur Police <br /> Department on a 24 hour a day basis regarding youth who are runaways or considered "lock-outs" <br /> and in need of crisis intervention. YAP works with the Police Department and the family to <br /> provide living arrangements for the youth who are unable to return to the home. YAP continues to <br /> work with the family past the involvement with the Police Department working to resolve the <br /> issues. In addition, to the crisis intervention program,YAP manages 14 other programs <br /> within the community. The purpose of all programs is to provide a wide range of <br /> rehabilitative services to at-risk children and their families. The agency strives to <br /> maintain the family unit whenever possible. Their purpose is grounded in the belief that <br /> children best develop into productive adults in a permanent home and that a family <br /> represents the child's most desirable permanent home environment. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: Letter from Michael Warner,Executive Director <br /> Youth Advocate Program-information sheet <br /> Formal Request <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None anticipated. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: <br /> James A.Anderson,Chief of Police <br /> 424-2741 janderson@decaturil.gov <br />