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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-332 I RESOLUTION NO. 91-332 WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Mohave County met in Regular Session this 2nd day of December, 1991, and WHEHEAS, according to the 1990 Census there are over 21,000 minor children in Mohave County; and WHEREAS, the family is the primary structure for children and the most appropriate provider to meet the needs of children, and; WHEREAS, the family is sometimes unable to fulfill its role resulting in the need for special outside services, such as emergency youth shelter services; and I WHEREAS, curren t.ly no emergency youth shel tel' services exist within Mohave County; I NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1'1' RESOLVED that the Mohave County Board of Supervisors fully endorses the Colorado River Region Emergency Youth Shelter Project for the purpose of developing a community based resource to be utilized by the Mohave County Juvenile Court, the Department of Economic Security, Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Schools and Social Service Agencies of Mohave County, Clark County, and San Bernardino County, that will provide a holdover facility for status offenders, an alternative to secure detention for nonviolent juvenile offenders and short term p1ncem,,~nt for juveniles in need of supervision in order (() help Mohave County comply with the Mandates of the ,Tuvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. I Resolution No. 91-332 PASSED, APPR.OVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of December, 1991. MOHA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ~,~ IlvLudAvl ATTEST: I I