Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on Jan. 23.
Comprehensive Juvenile Services, Inc., (CJS) was recently blessed with the donation of an 8,625 square foot building and 1.07 acres of land in the community of Mulberry, Arkansas. The intended use of the building is to convert it into an emergency youth shelter to house 16 male and female at-risk adolescent youth. The building formerly housed the Dollar General retail store, and has been donated by the Palmer family, Jeff Palmer, Janet Seaton, Josh Palmer, and Shanna Palmer, of the PSA Land Company LLC. CJS currently operates the Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil, Arkansas, providing emergency shelter for 14 male and female at-risk youth in this location since 1984. The 91-yearold building is a leased facility in Franklin County. It has been the goal of the CJS Board of Directors to relocate the Western Arkansas Youth Shelter to a new, more easily accessible location for many years. The donation of this building in Crawford County will bring the agency much closer to realizing that dream. Currently the funds raised in the agency’s capital campaign total $1,056,000, with a goal of $1.7 million to complete the construction. Comprehensive Juvenile Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit, community-based youth service organization established in 1977 with offices in six counties in western Arkansas. The agency provides services to at-risk and delinquent youth and their families who are struggling to make it through those tough teenage years. Services include casework, aftercare, parenting classes, strengthening families program, mentoring, workforce program, life skills classes, therapy, emergency shelter, electronic monitoring and community service supervision. CJS is committed to building our community by helping youth and families.
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Source: Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce
