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Community Affairs
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Youth Services Agency
Miami Bridge
Commissioner Cordon s
Memorandum Decelnbr. 29 1976
The Youth Services Agency Report referred to in Commissioner
Gordon's memorandum ad(1resscc1 the following conclusions:
Coordination of existing Youth Services programs
in he Miami N3etrop)ol itan Area needs improvement:
There are 159 agencies in the Miami -1i(.'Lropol itan
Area directing services v1.C'e'I-1 LO youth;
Coordination of exist i!"lc, services is lacking;
- There is ito effective means to evaluate existing
services either as to quality of service Or as to
the "needs" autd r(' ;nod .
1111\' "n'." cicLivi.Ly, 1 ('lr '.': ;l to _youth 1'rO'ai l should be (10
x;1(1 'd to co-Drltllatt`, Yo', duplicate, existing services.
('( ti , the r<JI)(,rt r' (()a:!1:1( the crt..'di'io or a
"C.on ral i d(iln) 11151 ?"a 1 ': o core":
Dnvel0) youth nor-vices plans
L)c'vc' 1 O1) r1c ; asnennment proqrams
D 'velop 0\'d l.uit Ll Cyr procedure.
Provide a consc)r. L ; um form of conduit for
all youth related funding
The rf'CC)1T1,1l:'.1ldC(l "centralized a(l sLrat'.1ve Core can be located
anywhere in the Miami -M''i.;a'o1PJl l Lan Area in that it does not pro-
vide, by itself:, a d1rr.ct social nervIC( to tho community.
The Office of C.orlctu,l1 ' Affairs has been pa:r11c1.1)a.in(1 In a pilot
i t s {)1 t:(1 C'0c)rd e youth 1 c i at 0(1 :i''.1:'v:1 C. ti in the Central Miami
Ark-a. This p11(11 program will ont 1 ly 1.nvo1 \-'E'. mist of t.l six-
teen Downtown yooLll services C'ru,nps, i1I1C1 it \•I(111 d be :11);)1'1 1)1 ..1t(:',
tho11, 1O lool7 toward this of f')rt t::'-; the b'c'1i1101 of the 1i'i'.01,1i ;1'"
"1 r..1)1 ro 11 zilo c :d1Ct1111 . t:1 oL i v CUre".
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As a consequence, it would o1i 1C)Ul'1t c'(1l Y also bc. appropriate for the
Dallas Park Cif 1. l cos 1 o 1 H ,`coiii i t hr_ location f'r, r this central Coro
cjtoup and Comtau111 t y Affairs w i l l exylnd its role accordingly,
The Mi.ci111 Bridge i:: soo is .`.1 sct:,!rat:o problem, The Brickle under
the auspices of the Catholic SCti', v i.CC (3 Bureau, provides al run-to
facility for young peoi)1 o 1•: hr have l o f t hc)ni clue to family con
and have come to the Miami Area, The Bridge maintains an average
daily census of approximately :15 young people, and generally has a
turn= over rate of 4 times per month, While the current facility is
provided to them for $1.00 per year, the Bridge has traditionally
budgeted $1.0,000.00 per year for renovation and repairs, and would
be prepared to pay a reasonable rent if all adequate facility could
be secured.
The Fire Department tm ent h +.lei C)rt1erer2 the Bridge Lo relocate within 90 days,
and the Office of Co ,:11 unity Al fairs C, 11fl been working with the l:' i.anti.
13ri.dcjc' 111 assisting it to secure all adequate alternative Ear:i.11tys
SC)m ? ti11( 1 1oc 111C!nfi have 1: the old I Children Center,
the old Dodo County Youth Pall, a Church facility, and the
Fire Station on Nor1.11; . ust. 7th A'.!"`11t1•'1 following th('' Fire 1l i11'1i r.nt:' :i
relocation.
Of particular importance to t11: ;;l r:.; ?1. Bridge, however, is that the
nature of k11t' services 1?'t'C)v is such t'.1141' tho 1 h basic client Cj'(( Up
for the kri.Cirlo is located 111 1);1 :?t'.Ci; ? 1i ,? 1;11 c the Coconut G10\-,..! R1 Oa.