A group home will be established to house predelinquent children who are now living in a correctional institution. The home will be located in a residential area and the children will participate in the life of the community. Twelve children can be accommodated; they will be selected on the basis of a social, psychological, and psychiatric evaluation. It is believed that this transitional living arrangement will minimize the stigma often suffered by the predelinquent when he returns to his community directly from an institution for delinquents.

HAWAII

State Law Enforcement and Juvenile Delinquency Planning Agency, 1010 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (Planning, $50,000, 7/1/70–6/30/71, #69132–70–61)

The existing juvenile justice system was evaluated and areas where improvements were needed were identified during the first year of this project. Some initial planning with local communities was also started. Phase II will consist of plan development. Youth will be extensively involved in the planning process as will various organizations and agencies in the four counties that are to be covered by the plan.

State of Hawaii Family Courts, Intake and Counseling Services, Box 3498, Honolulu, Hawaii 96811 (Prevention, $40,000, 7/1/706/30/71, #70513)

Youths and elderly people, drawn from moderate- and low-income areas, will be recruited and trained to serve as buddies to children in the Model City neighborhood who are delinquent and/or are school dropouts or potential dropouts. Each buddy will be assigned about three children, so that a total of 120 youngsters will be served. The buddies will offer friendship, counseling, tutoring, and shared recreational and other experiences and will refer to appropriate community agencies children who need more specialized services. The aim of the program is to guide troubled youth toward nondelinquent behavior, academic achievement, and successful employment. The

training given to the buddies will also prepare them for subprofessional employment in youth-serving agencies.

Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu, Box 337, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809 (Prevention, $36,297, 7/1/70-6/30/71, #705166)

A rehabilitative and activity program will be offered to about 40 girls, aged 12 through 16, who have been referred by the family court or who are self referrals. Primary treatment will be through the peer group and its activities, augmented by personal and family counseling and the use of various community services. Upon admission to the project, a girl will join a group of six or eight other girls for activities and counseling sessions. She will then be transferred to an on-going group for further services or referred to other agencies in the community.

IDAHO

Law Enforcement Planning Commission, Statehouse, Boise, Idaho 83707 (Planning, $40,190, 7/1/70-6/30/71, #69103-70-C1)

Substantial data were collected during the first phase of this comprehensive planning project. Phase II will consist of planning ways to meet the following priorities: Providing adequate probation and parole services; updating and improving the legal structure for handling juveniles; upgrading personnel responsible for handling juvenile matters; improving statistical procedures; developing community-based services and facilities; developing proper detention facilities; upgrading a youth training center program; and securing greater involvement of the community in juvenile matters.

Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, Box 305, Lapwai, Idaho 83540 (Prevention, $40,386, 5/1/70-4/30/71, #70510)

A year-around recreational and educational program, organized and sponsored by the Nez Perce Indians, will be provided for about 100 youths, aged 12 to 18. Youths themselves have been involved in the planning of the project. A 10-week summer camp will be conducted

on tribal forest land and a September to May recreation and vocational program will be based at the two tribal community centers at Lapwai and Kamiah. There will be physical fitness programs as well as training in forestry, business and clerical, home economics, and other skills. Emphasis will also be placed on Nez Perce language, culture, and heritage.

Fort Hall Business Council, Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribe, Fort Hall Agency, Fort Hall, Idaho 83203 (Rehabilitation, $19,424, 5/1/70-4/30/71, #70301)

A medical holding facility, now used for the treatment of suicidal persons, will be expanded to serve juveniles who, because of drug abuse or other problems, are detained in a separate cell at the city jail. By placing them in the medical facility, the children will receive promptly whatever medical treatment they need as well as psychiatric examinations and social work services. In addition, the project is designed to diagnose and treat emotional problems in the very young and to strengthen family life by utilizing all available Federal, State, and local resources.

ILLINOIS

Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, III. 60602 (Approved State Plan, $100,000, 6/29/706/28/71, # Illinois 70)

This grant will begin funding the first State plan to be approved under title I. Two youth services bureaus will be established, to serve as ways of diverting many youth from the juvenile justice system and provide comprehensive services.

City of Chicago, Model Cities Program, 640 North La Salle Street, Chicago, III. 60610 (Rehabilitation, $100,000, 7/1/70-6/30/71, #70333)

Two small group homes will be established for juvenile offenders, aged 17 and 18, who have been tested for aptitudes in skilled trades.

After their parents have been consulted, youths who qualify will be offered an opportunity to take apprenticeship training. The project is based on the premise that the small group culture which will be developed in the home setting can do much to provide the necessary ego supports for the youths, at the same time that the job training offers prospects of a secure livelihood in a respected craft. The opportunity will be limited to youths who reside in Model City neighborhoods. The Circuit Court of Cook County will cooperate in the intake and testing procedures and the Chicago Building Trades Council will cooperate in the apprenticeship training. The Chicago Department of Human Resources will administer the project.

Southern Illinois University, Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Edwardsville, Ill. 62025 (Training, $7,000, 7/1/70–6/30/71, #69793–70–C1)

The center will hold technical assistance training workshops for personnel of State and local agencies in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan, lowa, and Missouri. The purpose of the training is to help them improve their planning capabilities; make appropriate use of the Federal, State, and academic technical resources available to them; gain a better understanding of the major Federal grant programs applicable to the prevention and control of delinquency; share in the knowledge and experience of other State and local planning agencies; and develop standards of program evaluation and assessment.

Southern Illinois University, Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Edwardsville, Ill. 62025 (Training, $50,000, 7/1/70–6/30/71, #69703–70–C1)

This project proposes to provide training for administrators, supervisory personnel, and child care staff who work in juvenile detention facilities. The purpose is to enable personnel to maximize treatment effectiveness in the detention home setting. This involves the examination of the environmental milieu to which detained youth are exposed, the delineation of professional roles and responsibilities, curricula development, procedural and programmatic alternatives, self-study techniques, and questions of treatment philosophies.

Southern Illinois University, Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Edwardsville, Ill. 62025 (Technical Assistance, $15,000, 2/1/70-7/31/70, #69004-70-C1)

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Southern Illinois University proposes to use the expertise and knowledge it has acquired to provide technical assistance to State, local, or other public and private agencies or organizations to solve problems concerned with the prevention, rehabilitation, and control of juvenile delinquency. It will offer direct technical assistance, shortterm technical training related to technical assistance services, furnish information and materials for field use which can be expanded and improved to be funded under the Act. It will provide continuing feedback and will make recommendations on program operations and design as patterns of difficulty or opportunity appear. It may consult on the execution of specific planning projects.

INDIANA

City of East Chicago, 4525 Indianapolis Boulevard, East Chicago, Ind. 46312 (Prevention, $25,000, 7/1/70-6/30/71, #70538)

Alienated young people, drawn mainly from minority groups, are the target population. A 12-month program of intensive training will be given to one group of youths to prepare them to train others and to play an active role in the planning and operation of programs for youth. The trainees will be helped to acquire skills in leadership and organizing. They will be made aware of social and political issues and given an understanding of the processes that operate in groups which help them to achieve the goals they set. Elementary skills for designing action proposals and for assessing on-going programs will also be taught. Practical experience and field observation will be combined with counseling and instructional sessions.

Indiana University, 1219 W. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 (Rehabilitation, $75,000, 7/1/70-6/30/71, #70327)

A transitional classroom will be established within an Indianapolis elementary-junior high school for parolees and potential delinquents. Instruction in academic subjects, vocational courses, and physical education will be individualized to meet the needs of each student. A full-time counselor will conduct individual and group counseling sessions and will also visit and work with persons in or near the