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YOUTH CRISIS LINE DENIED FUND

: The grant program that the federal

1985 has been proclaimed by the :
United Nations as International Year ee oo - eae ed!
of the Youth. In keeping with this national Vear oF te-youth 1s a perfect

. > example of tokenism. The problems
proclamation, the Canadian federal that young people taceieall. notajest

suddently end at the end of 1985. The
denial of the government to recognize
important projects such as the Youth
Crisis Line indicates the government’s
lack of concern for the youth of today.

 

  
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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government has established a grant
program for special projects, which
encourage young people in activities
designed to observe International Year
of the Youth in Canada.

The themes for International Year of

the Youth rticipation, develop- p
Renda tam ete Ue
ca. ee BUT IT SHOULDN'T INCLUDE

Line.
The Youth Crisis Line, if in opera- eA SURPRISES
tion, would be a support and referral e
service much in the same way as the
other Crisis Line. With one important
difference, the telephones would be
manned by young people as a service

to young people.

The Co-ordinator of the Youth Crisis
Line, Teresa Maclnnes, a Douglas
College student, has been training
young volunteers for this program,
even though funding has been denied
by the government, in hope of finding
alternate funding.

The suicide statistics for the year of
1983 indicate the need for such a
support group. The total number of
suicides in B.C. in the age group up to
and including 21 years of age was 57.
Young people are more apt to told to
their ‘‘peers’’ about their problems
than they are to talk to adults.

The Youth Crisis Line was rejected
for funding for two main reasons. The
first of which being that, as with
almost every government program,
the grants given are for short-term
projects. The Youth Crisis Line would
be an on-going service to the public.
But the federal government only gives
funding to ‘‘projects that aren’t in-
dicated to be ongoing.’

The second reason being that the
majority of the projects currently being
funded by this grant program make
young people aware of their problems
but do nothing to help the -young
people solve them. Donald Wilson of
the Secretary of State (youth sector)
stated ‘‘It’s up to them (young people)
what they do with it (being aware of
their problems).’’