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Alternative To Training School Task Force Seeking Funds For Juvenile Care The juvenile task force com mittee plans to submit their findings to county commissioners sometimes next month along with recommendations on how to deal with certain juvenile offenders in place of sending them of the state training schools. The six member committee, organized last year to study al ternatives to training schools through community facilities, has completed a preliminary report on needs, but is still wrestling with the problem of how to finance a home, and what type of home. Under a law passed by the General Assembly last year, courts may not send "status offenders" to state training schools after July I. 1977. (A status offender is a juvenile who could not be sent to prison if he were an adult for the offense). It usually means runaways or undisciplined children. Watson McNeill, Juvenile Court counselor for Hoke County, has a current caseload of 27 status offenders. Seven are presently in a slate training school. Although the total number of status offenders dealt with in Juvenile Court decreased last year over 1974. the number of com mitments to training schools doubled in 1975. according to McNeill's records. McNeill, who is also a member of the committee, said the cost of establishing some type of home is the biggest problem facing the committee right now. "A group home, which would house up to nine kids, has completely different requirements front a foster home, and those requirements are quite strict. LEAA (Law Enforcement Assist ance Administration) money can't be used for new construction, only leasing of existing dwellings, so a group home may be just too expensive for the county". McNeill said. Hubert Freeman, social work supervisor with the Department of Social Services, has worked up an alternative to the group home, which is a specialized foster home which would house up to five children. Freeman, who is not a member of the committee, helped set up a group home for a four - county region while in Yadkinville. and agrees there is a need for such a home, both as an alternative to training school for undisciplined youths, as well as a center for juveniles returning from training school who are not ready to return to their own home environment. "Our biggest problem is getting the 'startup' money. More and more counties are developing these and it is just a matter of financing. It's going to cost, we're talking about someone with a college background", he said. "We don't want a babysitting service. There will have to be someone there all of the time to take care of the kids, but there also has to be some counseling from a trained start", he said. Two "houseparents" usually are in charge of a specialized foster home. As yet. the committee has not I drawn up any cust estimates, but county planner Lester Simpson has been checking all available sources of funding. Simpson explained that if the county is successful in getting LEAA funds, the local match for the first year is only five per cent, but the second year it increases to 25 per cent, at the end of the third year, the county assumes all cost*. Simpson said aid is also available through the Title XX benefits under Social Security, but the county has to match 25 per cent of this aid with the federal govern ment contributing 75 per cent. "The county will have to pay some funds. All of these (programs) are matching funds. The possibility of outright grunts for the building or a new facility, well we've already got applications into HUD for this year, so that would have to wait until next year". Simpson said. Although the new law does not require counties to open group homes to receive undisciplined youths. McNeill and Freeman see it as a necessity to deal with the problem. "If the county does not act. the alternative is to have a whole bunch of these youngsters out on the streets". McNeill said. Swim Classes Still Open LESSONS?Mrs. Milo Postel (on left) organizes swim camp students in groups lo prepare for a Red Cross swimming lesson. The annual two week swim camp was sponsored by the Hoke County Recreation Department. Hoke County Parks and Recrea tion Commission will be sponsoring swimming lessons in three separate sessions of 10 days each. Lessons will be given by a certified Red Cross personnel and registrations will be on a "first come, first served" basis. Individuals may attend only one session. Sessions two and three will be held at 323 Magnolia St. from 8 a.m. til I p.m. with individuals scheduled in classes. The fee per session per individual will be $2.00 and will be used for necessary supplies. Swimmers will come to the swimming classes by their own transportation for their scheduled time only. Ages for these two sessions are from 10 years old and up with one adult class per session. Applications are available at Howell's Rexall Drug Co. and Hoke Drug Co. Session 2 is July 26-30 and Aug. 2-6 (10 days) and Session 3 is Aug. 9-13 and 16-20. Forms and fees should be mailed to: Mrs. Milo Postel, 1004 N. Fulton St.. Raeford. N.C. 28376. Class assignments will be made by phone whenever possible and lists for Sessions two and three will be posted at the two drug stores. College News Joanne Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller of Rae t'ord. was named to the dean's list at Sandhills Community College. She is an early child care major. Two Raeford area students are among 231 at Livingstone College in Salisbury to be named to the first semester dean's list. Barbara Lide. a freshman, and Reginald Tread well, a sophomore, each achieved a 3.70 average. GRADUATION ? Corps mem her Stephen Lc Grand of Rt. 4. Box ?12-B. Raeford. took parr in the 205th graduation exercise of The Singer Breckinridge Joh Corps Center July 2S. Lc Grand success lolly completed studies in culinary arts ami plans a career in the field <>l baking. OFF TO CAMF?About SOyoungsters participated in the twit week .swim camp at Ft. ttruHu s/xmsored by the county recreation department. Transportation was provided through the loan ot two school activity buses. I OUR?Swimming students who attended the camp <n hi. Ilragg got a tour of Pope Air hifrce Hose. This grott/i walked through a V-I.W aircraft. CF Telethon Raises $30,000 The "Something Special" Tele thon of the Cystic Fibrosis Founda tion raised over $.10,000.00 lor the research effort to cure and control all forms of children's chronic lung-damaging diseases. In the Raeford area, more than $200.00 was raised for this event. Miss Mary Margaret Sawyer helped with the fund raising in this area. She also went to Charlotte and helped with the telephone calls during the Telethon. READ THE WANT ADS Jafty Clearance ONE GROUP SHIRTS & JACKETS Vl PRICE at DeVane's VOTE FOR W. 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