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