AGENCY

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES

I PHONE:
718-4Q3-5200

44 Court Street I FAX:

718-330-0442
Brooklyn, N.Y.

11201

PUBLIC LIAISON

PHONE:
E.S. Blecher
718-403-5241

Director - Management Information Systems

MISSION STATEMENT

The Department of Youth Services administers State and local funds to provide services
to the City's 2.1 million young people under 21 years of age. Through contracts with 541
community-based organizations, the Department supports a broad array of youth
development services. These include recreation, tutoring and remedial education,
adolescent health, alcohol and substance abuse prevention, leadership development,
residential services for runaway and homeless youngsters, and cultural enrichment
programs to foster healthy growth and development of City youth. The Department also
coordinates services sponsored by other government and private agencies and initiates
programs and policy development to promote awareness of issues concerning youth.

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