tension/stress syndromes, confusion and ambivalence (self-identify crises, role
dysfunction and identification crises for adolescents and adultd); and fear of
the unknown and of the future.
Current Service Programs Established to Meet Changing Needs and §ocial Problems
In an attempt to meet the needs of the Marshallese peoplP, a number of
service agencies and programs are sponsored by the Governemnts
Islands
and
the
United
States,
church
groups
and
church
@f the Marshall
Iq@aders,
outside
professionals and consultants, and local volunteers in special p
The Department of Social Services has five divisions of se vices that are
available, to one degree or another, to all of the Marshall
lands.
These
divisions include:
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1) Food Services Division which provides
programs for 88 schools throughout the Islands; and the Needy Fami y Distribution
Program which hires clerical persons, cooks, and a nutritionist
families with low (or, no) income.
2) Housing Services provid
cost housing and assistance with house construction.
This servicq
or services to
funds for low
also maintains
Grant-in-Aid financial assistance programs for the outer islands fand a Community
Development Disaster fund.
3)
People Division which
serves
fenior Citizens
through Community Center activities (exercise classes, employment counseling,
socialization groups, health classes, and group meetings to
Ip the Elders
preserve traditional customs such as local navigation, building
danoes, fishing,
story telling, local foods and folk medicines, and handicrafts)k
has offered nutrition programs (feeding of the Elders) in the
This program
gast.
4) Adult
Service Division sponsors 117 women's educational groups throughqut the Islands.
Flying Workshops and Ship Workshops, in an outreach project for
all isladns, use
volunteer and women's groups to present educational group sessiogs on parenting,
budgeting, nutrition (for balanced meals), First Aid, leadershig
life, and family planning, etc.
skills, family
5) Youth Services Division spons@rs programs for
recreation and sports with the assistance of several Peace Cbrp volunteers,
handicradft classes, music groups, Youth Conservation Corp, Boy [Scouts and Girl
Scouts organizations, and dances for the teenagers and young addlts.
The Department of Social Services also sponsors a local r
io program for
information and educational purposes.
Church leaders and congregations have developed volunteer-qriented service
projects for a limited number of Marshallese of all
projects
(they feed people;
recreational
activities;
age grogps.
Nutrition
these are not specifically “how] to"
sessions),
programs
that
resemble
Alcohol—cs
(Kwajalein) and amen's group called F.A.I.M. (Fighting Alcohol If
Anonoymous
the Marshalls)
on Majuro, and Alanon (Ebeye), socialization and educational grofps, handicrafts
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