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The
Department
of
Public
Safety
provides
educational
programs
pertaining to safety and crime prevention, youth work programs, and Police
Athletic Leagues for adolescents throughout many of the Islands.
There are
no juvenile probation officers on Majuro but Ebeye has 2 officers working
with adolescents.
Seventy-nine police officers work on Majuro, four of whom
are women.
The Department of Social Services has five divisions of services.
1)
Food Services for school programs and the Needy Family Distribution Program
for families with low or no income.
2) Housing Services provide funds for
low cost housing and assistance with housing construction.
This service
also administers Grant-in-Aid financial help programs for the outer islands
and a Community Development Disaster Fund.
3) Senior Services includes
Community Center Activities, medical services (health care, dentures and
glasses), and a nutritional program.
workshops
on
skills, etc.
parenting,
nutrition,
4) Adult Services conduct women's
budgeting,
First
Aid,
Leaderships
5) Youth Services sponsors recreation and sports activities,
_. handicraft classes, music groups, Youth Conservation Corps, Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts clubs, and employment counseling services.
The local radio
station runs a weekly program by the Department of Social Services that
focuses on information and educational comments about its services.
Local churches, church leaders and several private volunteer groups
have developed service projects for a limited number of people in all age
groups.
They
support
food
programs,
recreation,
groups
that resemble
Alcoholics Anonymous (Kwajalein) and Fighting Alcohol In the Marshalls
(F.A.I.M.), a men's group in Majuro. Ebeye has had an Al-Anon program for
several years.
Other service programs include educational and work projects
(handicrafts) and a women's group on Ebeye called, “Voice of Women" which
raises money for hospital
equipment and medical
supplies or the
local
hospital.
Recommendations
1.
Establishment of a Task Force of Marshallese and chosen consultants to
develop guidelines for the implementation of social and mental health
programs throughout the Marshall Islands.
2.
Establishment of workshops/training programs to train health workers
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in social and mental health activities, and include these activities at
each clinic and hospital throughout the islands.
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