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Results: Safe, permanent homes; effective support for children during out-of-home placement or <br />judicial review. With current cost at $1,485 per child (presently 250 children are on the waiting <br />list) funding would allow an additional 134 children to be served. Part of a balanced public <br />safety system. <br /> <br />Relief Nurseries. <br />Enhance capacity of the Relief Nursery programs in Eugene and Cottage <br />Grove; provide a therapeutic early childhood program; a home visitation program; intensive <br />parenting education; child and family mental health services; special education services/support; <br />respite, crisis response, parent meetings, support groups, and waiting list outreach. <br />Cost: $200,000 <br />Results: Child maltreatment rates decrease; abuse, neglect and/or re-abuse rates decrease; <br />family problem-solving skills increase. Cost for Intensive Therapeutic Children’s Program is <br />$4,150 per child per year (currently there is a consistent waiting list of 150 children per year). <br />Funding would allow an additional 48 children access to services. Part of a balanced public <br />safety system. <br /> <br />Domestic Violence Coordination. <br /> Provide additional support for the Domestic Violence <br />Council in its efforts to attract additional grant funding and to coordinate and strengthen the <br />community's response to family violence. <br />Cost: $50,000 <br />Results: Secure at least $250,000 of grant money annually. Part of a balanced public safety <br />system. <br /> <br /> <br />? Enhance Treatment Programs. <br /> <br />Provide effective treatment programs to stop the <br />cycle and provide resources to help adults and juveniles who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. <br />Enhance treatment options for people with mental health problems made worse by drug and <br />alcohol use. Reduce the number of re-offending criminals. <br /> <br />Supervision/Treatment for Substance Abusing Juvenile Offenders. <br /> Fund two additional <br />probation/supervision staff to provide intensive supervision of juveniles who are addicted to <br />drugs and/or alcohol. <br />Cost: $250,000 <br />Results: The number of youth receiving intensive supervision services will be approximately 120 <br />and <br />80 percent will be diverted from chronic delinquency. This intensive supervision component, plus <br />the two from the other sections, would provide about 95 percent of the identified need for intensive <br />Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. <br />supervision services. <br /> <br />Intensive A&D Treatment Beds - Juveniles. <br /> Contract for seven treatment beds for boys and <br />contract for five treatment beds for girls who are referred for delinquent behavior. <br /> <br />Cost: $770,000 <br />Results: Over a one-year period, about 55 youth will receive intensive drug/alcohol residential <br />rehabilitation services and there will be about a 70 percent reduction in re-offenses by these <br />youth. Funding this program area will provide about 40 percent of the identified need. <br />Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. <br /> <br />Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 5 <br /> <br />