VILLAGE OF CAPITAN
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-19

JOINT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING GRANT APPLICATION
FOR FUNDING FOR A JUVENILE METHAMPHETAMINE PREVENTION
AND EDUCATION PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 makes funds available to the state and units of local and tribal government for programs that provide community-based services that limit the use of secure detention and institutionalization; and

WHEREAS, the City of Ruidoso Downs, the Village of Ruidoso and the Village of Capitan participate in the Lincoln County Juvenile Justice Board in order to carry out the objectives of providing community-based services for juveniles; and

WHEREAS, the communities of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs and Capitan recognize that methamphetamine use among juveniles is a growing and immediate problem in Lincoln County and desire to jointly apply for grant funding to allow the Lincoln County Juvenile Justice Board to develop a program for methamphetamine education and prevention among juveniles.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Village of Capitan is in full support of an application for grant funding to establish a methamphetamine education and prevention program in Lincoln County under the direction of the Lincoln County Juvenile Justice Board.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this____________day of_____________2004.






Steve Sederwall, Mayor

Attest:



Anna Gall Grassie, Village Clerk

                   
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