[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1937-E1938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. LEE TERRY

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. TERRY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding an earmark I received as part of the Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2010, H.R. 
3288.
  My Congressional District received $1.25 million for the construction 
of a child and family services facility at Boys Town, Nebraska. The 
entity to receive this funding is Boys Town, located at 14100 Crawford 
St., Boys Town, NE 68010.
  This funding will help fund the construction of a new totally 
comprehensive child and family services facility with increased 
capacity to serve more then double the population of children and 
families currently served of approximately 1,000. Boys Town will be 
providing at least $7.25 million in matching funds towards the 
requested Federal share of $1.25 million. This multi-dimensional 
service facility will include the broad range of medical and juvenile 
justice delinquency services so that at-risk girls and boys (and their 
families) can have all child related disorders and care provided. Some 
of the services included, but not limited to, in this facility will 
include juvenile justice evaluations, services to prevent delinquency 
and school failure, and parenting skill building services to help 
parents become more effective at dealing with a variety of child 
disorders and issues. It is expected that through these services, youth 
recidivism of criminal behavior will be greatly reduced as will the 
need for further out-of home-placement, including that of a 
correctional or prison facility. Youth will be prepared to be 
productive members of society.
  Nationally and locally, Boys Town's continuum of programs now provide 
direct care to more than 51,000 children and their families and assists 
nearly 1.4 million children each year through its youth care and health 
care programs. Boys Town operates programs in a dozen states and the 
District of Columbia. These programs include: Treatment Family Programs 
(i.e. Family Home, Assessment and Short-Term Residential Services, 
Treatment Foster Family Services, Family Based Services, Common Sense 
Parenting and National Hotline. Treatment modalities range from 
prevention to aftercare and include in- and out-of-home programs. The 
Boys Town model, the foundation for all Boys Town programs, has been 
recognized by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
(OJJDP) as a ``Promising Model.'' Boys Town's leadership in treatment 
and child care technology provide youth with a safe, caring, loving 
environment where they gain confidence to get better and learn skills 
to become productive citizens. With at least an 81% success rate, Boys 
Town alumni have gone on to become successful in all facets of life. 
This commitment to our nation's youth placed Boys Town on the list of 
the 100 Best Communities for Young People as named by America's Promise 
Alliance in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

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