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i NOVEMBER 1990 PRELIMINARY UPDATE 1 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES FOR YOUTH On November 5, 1988, a County -wide Symposium on Services for Youth was sponsored by the Board of Commissioners. The purpose of the symposium was to obtain innovative ideas, promote solutions in problem areas, and to form a stronger county -wide network of agency representatives and concerned citizens. Following a keynote address by Dr.Frank Loda, Director of the UNC Center for Early Adolescence, six group sessions were convened. The topics were Teens in Crisis, Education and Drop - Out Prevention, Leisure, Employment, Teens and Their Families, and Poverty. Each of these groups identified problems, issues, and gaps, and then developed recommendations and strategies for addressing these concerns. This preliminary update, two years later, is a brief review of the major actions that agencies have undertaken since the Symposium. Additional information is being acquired and will be provided in a forthcoming final report. The sections of this report correspond to the different group topics, and begin with a synopsis of the problems /issues /gaps that were identified. Each recommendation /strategy is then listed, accompanied by the status of any action that has been or will be taken, and a brief description of that action. New initiatives that address relevant problems but are not in response to any specific recommendation are noted at the end of the sections. A comprehensive report addressing each recommendation will be submitted to the Commissioners by early 1991.