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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
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WHEREAS, curren t.ly no emergency youth shel tel'
services exist within Mohave County;
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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.
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Resolution No. 91-332
PASSED, APPR.OVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day
of December, 1991.
MOHA VE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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