PRINTER'S NO. 2007
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
424
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, MARTIN, MENSCH, FONTANA, BARTOLOTTA,
VULAKOVICH, HUGHES, BROWNE, COSTA, AUMENT AND RAFFERTY,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of September 23 through 29, 2018, as
"Juvenile Detention Centers and Alternative Programs Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's array of public and private service
providers have continued to evolve in response to juvenile
justice system reform efforts by improving the quality of
service delivery and simultaneously striving to ensure the
protection of our communities; and
WHEREAS, The Juvenile Detention Centers and Alternative
Programs, an association of Pennsylvania service providers,
originally established in 1978, is celebrating 40 years as a
juvenile justice service provider association; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania service providers have adapted to
serving low-risk to moderate-risk youths within the community
and moderate-risk to high-risk youths in residential programs;
and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania service providers offer uniquely
designed programs to all 67 counties of this Commonwealth to
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address the individualized needs of specific populations; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania service providers offer an array of
services, including secure detention, secure treatment,
institutional facilities, group homes, foster homes and
community-based and in-home programming; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's Juvenile Detention Centers and
Alternative Programs, adhering to the Balanced and Restorative
Justice Model, contributes to public safety by providing a
stable environment for at-risk youths, providing education and
programming and ensuring sufficient opportunities for growth and
development of Pennsylvania's youths; and
WHEREAS, Juvenile Detention Centers and Alternative Programs
ensures every child's health and well-being by providing
competency development, self-discipline and stabilization
through comprehensive physical and behavioral health evaluations
as well as community involvement; and
WHEREAS, Thousands of men and women are dedicated to ensuring
the proper care and supervision of youths and are committed to
the protection of Pennsylvania's communities on a daily basis;
and
WHEREAS, Youth care workers in Pennsylvania's Juvenile
Detention Centers and Alternative Programs stand ready on a
daily basis to respond to youths who display an array of
unresolved mental health, behavioral, educational and emotional
issues; and
WHEREAS, The Juvenile Detention Centers and Alternative
Programs, an association of Pennsylvania service providers, acts
as a key resource for these service providers, offering
education, representation and support for all of the important
services they provide for the Commonwealth's youths and
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communities; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's juvenile justice service providers,
in coordination with the Juvenile Detention Centers and
Alternative Programs, merit one week of recognition for their
unending services aimed at protecting our communities and
assisting Pennsylvania's youths; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of September 23
through 29, 2018, as "Juvenile Detention Centers and Alternative
Programs Week" in Pennsylvania.
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