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          [Juvenile Services Administrative Complex Ribbon Cutting]
          [00:00:03]
          WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS BUILDING THAT WE, UM, WERE DOING A GROUNDBREAKING FOR LAST YEAR. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE THIS GREAT, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING FOR OUR JUVENILE SERVICES DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW. 
          ALSO MANY OTHER OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THEY DO SUCH IMPORTANT WORK AND THEY NEED THE PROPER SPACE. 
          OUR FORMER LOCATION WAS ON CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD. 
          UH, THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING. 
          IT'S THE FIRST BUILDING DEDICATED DURING THE JEFFERSON PARISH BICENTENNIAL. 
          UM, WE'RE LOCATED ON THE BUS LINE, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, PLENTY OF ACCESS TO PARKING, AND WE ALSO HAVE A, OUR FIRST FLOOR MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, UH, FOR TRADING, NOT JUST STAFF, BUT FOR KIDS AS WELL. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NEW SHINY NEW BUILDING LIKE THIS, IT REALLY BRINGS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA WORK HERE. 
          THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE NOT JUST CURRENT SERVICES WE HAVE, BUT, AND EXPANDING SERVICES, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR AT RISK USE. 
          THESE ARE KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY SORT OF INVOLVED IN SOME WAY WITH THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          THESE YOUTH, WE WANT THEM TO BE REHABILITATED WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, WE DON'T WANT IT TO GO TO OUT HOME PLACEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE AS WELL. 
          THAT'S WHY WE EMPLOY THINGS LIKE CURFEW CHECKS, GPS ANKLE MONITORING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE KIDS ARE REMAINING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES NOT RE-OFFENDING AND NOT GETTING INTO ANY MORE TROUBLE. 
          A LOT OF JUNIOR JUVENILES FIND THEMSELVES IN COURT, AND WHAT THEY NEED IS ASSISTANCE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR LIFE BACK ON TRACK AND GET SET TO THE RIGHT PATH. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT WORK WITH US TO DO THAT WHEN THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          THE IDEA IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE KIDS ARE ON PROBATION ARE GIVEN A CHANCE BY THE COURT TO BE REHABILITATED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, NOT GO AWAY, UH, TO STATE CUSTODY. 
          THEY, THEY'RE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO, TO STAY HERE, SERVE THEIR PROBATION TERM, AND THEY'RE LATER ON EQUIPPED WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, NOT JUST AS KIDS, BUT AS ADULTS TOO. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PLACES LIKE THIS TO GIVE, UH, YOUTH OFFENDERS AN OPPORTUNITY AND ONE LAST CHANCE, UH, UH, TO, TO, TO BE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE THEY GET SERVICES.
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