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I Awareness Seminars: Y oum caughtshopiifting or experimenting with chemicals or tobacco for the first time~ or who are caught selting negligent fires. are referred by police or court to the respective 2.hour Awareness Seminar which is sponsored by I NYF;>. local Police Departments and the Ramsey County Sheriffs Depanment, Parents must also attend with their child. Cost per . liour of service is about $40.00. Each case requires a minimum of 4 hours. eoelinquenCy Assessments: NYFS receives referrals from Ramsey County Juvenile Service Center's Intake Division of youth referred I to or petitioned to court for illegal behavior, NYFS meets WIth youth and thelt parents to assess the situation and to decide upon an appropriate consequence. Cost per hour is S4O.OO. Each Assessment takes one hour. I Employment Services: There are two areas in which youth may participate in this program. Youth register for home chore jobs and pre-employment skill training through the Youth Employment Program, Area residents and senior citizens place job requests through the Residential Chore or the Senior Citizen Chore Project. Youth may also be employed in NYFS' Youth Business VenDlres, the I Community Clothing Cormection and the New Brighton Family Center Teen Canteen, Here. youth receive hands-<>n training in concession business. marketing, customer service. retail display and merchandising, inventory control. bookkeeping and computer and cash register use. Cost per hour for employment services is about S40,OO. Each youth participant in the chore program receives an average of 3 hours of service. while youth participants in the youth run busmess receive 45 hours of service. I Family Support Project: In 1994, NYFS became a Case Management Agency for the Ramsey County Human Services Family Support Project. 'This research project. funded by the McKnight Foundation, has a goal of servicmg families at risk of becoming I involved with child protection, Since October of 1994, NYFS worked with 2 falDllies and the goal is to serve 10-20 families throughout the two-year period, Case management for each falDlly costs S5OO, Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Consists of two main programs: Teen Health Center: Through the Teen Health Center. reproductive I health needs, both preventive and primary, of uninsured, underinsured and low Income youth from our area between the ages of 12- 23, are met. Each VISit lasts approximately 1.5 hours, The average charge per visit was S80, Health Education Services: In 1994, 185 hours of presentations or groups were provided to over 1,840 srodents (statistical information for this program is not kept by I city), In-Home Services - Home Based Family Program: This program helps promote family unification and prevent out of home _Iacement. It offers intensive home based treatment. In addition to therapy, this program is able to creatively meet current concerns I f the family including parenting and behavior issues. academic concerns and time management problems. Each client is seen an average of 24 hours for therapeutic services and 48 hours for skillsleducational services. Each service hour is charged out at a rate of S90/per hour for therapy and S50lper hour for skillsleducation, I Youth Service Learning: In pannership with Mounds View District #621 Community Education. NYFS connects elementary, middle and high school students to community agencieslorganizations in need of volunteers. Cost per hour is about $40,00. Each participant I receives an average of 4.5 hours of service, Other programs and services offered through NYFS (statistics not kept by city): I Shoreview Community Center Youth Outreach: NYFS and the City of Shoreview provide a full-time youth Outreach & Community Service Advisor at the Shoreview Community Center. By offering effective prevention and intervention programs. at-risk and other youth are provided a healthy, positive experience at the Center, An event for teens called FRlDA YS has also been I established.. On certain Fridays. the Center closes early and youth have the facilities aU to themselves. Over 1,500 youth attended FRIDAYS in 1994. I Haunted House: Students from NYFS' Youth Service Leaming Project, the New Brighton Rotary and the New Brighton Chamber of Commerce developed. the Third Annual NYFS Haunted House. A total of 75 volunteer students from Mounds View ninth grade civic classes planned, built and acted in the HaW1ted House. Over 850 people attended the event. I Speakers Bureau: NYFS' staff of skilled clinicians, youth workers and educators make presentations (0 area churches. ciVIC groups and PT As on topics focusing on parenting, family life, youth development and life enrichment. A speakers Bu.teau topic booklet and application form is avaIlable upon request. Each year, NYFS staff complete between 45-<iO Speakers Bureau requests, I I - I