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physical recreation is an effective means to achieving physical and emotional health on a community wide basis. The Recreation division has a long history of coordinating community sports field usage, has financially supported the development of community sports parks and is a leading source of financial support to the nonprofit sports community. Physical Education classes offered by schools have the potential to reach the largest maj ority of youth population and provide opportunity for youth to be active on a regular basis. F. There are many youth in the City of Eugene who do not have access to health care providers. Due to a lack of health insurance coverage, inadequate coverage, transportation issues and parental work schedules youth are not able to have their health care issues professionally addressed. Health care costs in the community increase when preventive and early detection health services are not available. The City of Eugene has provided financial support to nonprofit and school-based health care initiatives. LRCS has developed collaborations to provide various forms of health care in several alternative formats, i.e., street outreach, playground nurses, and providing health services at community centers. Providing funds to the school districts for school nurses will further support the City's efforts to ensure that all children receive adequate health care. G. The City has historically supported efforts to provide mental health services to the community at large. The City funds the Lane County Health and Human Services Commission, which provides mental health and social services to the community. LRCS staffhave also worked collaboratively with non-profit entities to address mental health issues of city residents attending LRCS programs. The City and school district counseling staff frequently share information concerning assessment and referral options. City staff utilizes school counseling staff as the first point of contact for mental health issues that are beyond the City's scope of services. Assisting in the funding school-based counselors will further support the City's efforts to ensure adequate mental health services. H. The City of Eugene Library supports several youth literacy programs within the community, i.e., The Summer Reading Program, the Bookmobile, and youth collections at all library sites. City and School District staff regularly share programmatic information and lend mutual support to community wide literacy endeavors. By providing funds to ensure school librarians in the Eugene and Bethel school districts, the City can further support the youth literacy programs within the City. I. The cost of providing prevention services are substantially lower than the cost of providing intervention services to local youth. The highest levels of juvenile delinquence occur between the hours of 3 :00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Youth who are not actively engaged in after school activities are at increased risk of problem behavior. The City of Eugene supports the development of neighborhood based after school activities to reduce the number of unsupervised youth. Working in collaboration with numerous nonprofit and school-based programs every neighborhood in Eugene has the ability to insure no child is home alone. Resolution - 2