There is hereby established a Youth Services
Bureau within the Department of Human Services.
The purposes of the Youth Services Bureau shall
be as follows:
A. To assess the need for services to youth and to evaluate
gaps in the array of existing services.
B. To identify and inventory youth services available
from public and private agencies.
C. To organize, coordinate, support and sponsor projects,
programs and activities directed toward delinquency prevention, diversion
from the criminal justice system, social adjustment and personal development
with respect to young people.
D. To keep the Director of Human Services informed of
its work and the results of its assessments and evaluations.
The Youth Services Bureau shall be headed by a Coordinator of Youth Services who shall be appointed and may be removed by the Town Manager in accordance with §
C-610 of the Town Charter, subject to the provisions of Article
IX of the Town Charter. The Coordinator of Youth Services shall be administratively responsible to the Director of Human Services for the proper and effective functioning of the Youth Services Bureau, and said Coordinator shall see to it that the activities of said Bureau are coordinated with the programs and activities of the Department of Human Services, generally.