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Highlight of New Initiatives

 New Service

 

implement the Child Development Fund (CDF) projects for promoting the longer-term personal development of children from a disadvantaged background

  
 In-situ Expansion of Existing Services 

In 2008-09, to further strengthen early identification of at-risk youth and timely intervention on the downstream welfare sector arising from the surge of the youth drug abuse problem, the Social Welfare Department will

  
  further strengthern the manpower provision of
  (a) Community Support Service Scheme
  (b) District Youth Outreaching Social Work Teams
  (c) Overnight Outreaching Services for Young Night Drifters
  
  set up two new Counselling Centres for Psychotropic Substance Abusers 
 
  purchase additional residential places from Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres / Halfway Houses

 

 


 

 

 

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