LWVGDA
PROGRAM POSITIONS |
| The
following is a brief statement of LWVGDA issues under
study and positions. Based on our Strategic Plan,
the Board identifies a program focus for the year. |
| LWVGDA
POSITIONS (2008 - 2009) |
Education
Government
Human Resources |
Justice
Natural Resources |
GOVERNMENT |
| LWVGDA
Units have positions on government in Dayton and
Kettering.
DAYTON:
- Supports
the council-manager form of government as provided
in the Dayton City charter.
- Supports the
Dayton Municipal Income Tax as a means of financing
the cost of local government.
KETTERING:
- Supports
the charter form of government.
- Supports an
adequate revenue for financing municipal government.
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EDUCATION |
| LWVGDA
supports interrelationship of school districts to
broaden education opportunity, where financially
acceptable and accepted by participating members.
LWVGDA Units
have detailed positions on schools, development
of quality in schools and financing in
- Dayton,
- Miamisburg,
and
- West Carrollton.
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HUMAN
RESOURCES |
- Human Services
Levy of the Montgomery County: Supports
efficient and economical government that requires
competent personnel, the clear assignment of
responsibility, adequate financing and coordination
among the different agencies and levels of
government.
- Children
Services:
Supports protection and care of neglected, abused
or dependent child, strengthening family life and
providing services for the child who cannot be returned
home.
- Mental Retardation
and Developmental Disabilities: Supports
MR/DD Board, and community based treatment.
- Indigent
Ill:
Supports county funds for health care for the "indigent."
- Public Health - Dayton and Montgomery County: Supports the structure
of a "combined health district" as
an effective method of providing health services
in Montgomery County.
- Mental Health:
Supports the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health
Services Board (ADAMHS), and
the services they provide;
- supports community-based
care concept of treatment with strong emphasis on residential
facilities, aftercare programming and case management.
- Aging: Supports
a viable system that plans for and supports the
complex needs of the community's aging population
with shared public and private responsibility.
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JUSTICE |
- Adult: Supports
a Montgomery County criminal justice system that
works toward fairness in dealing with individuals
from the time of entering until leaving, an opportunity
for public access and participation, an opportunity
for the offender to participate in choices; supports
community-based corrections depending on financing,
staffing, screening of participants, and provisions
for citizen involvement.
- Juvenile
Justice: Supports
the philosophy expressed in Section 2151.01 of
the Ohio Revised Code and its full implementation
by state and local agencies. The LWVGDA also
supports:
- principle that
children are not adults and that their
treatment within the juvenile justice system
should relate to their stage of development.
- rehabilitation
as the purpose of the juvenile justice
system.
- protection
of children’s legal rights.
- the development,
establishment, and enforcement of state
standards for detention and treatment facilities.
These standards should be continually reviewed
for improvement.
- development
within each county or multi-county region
of a comprehensive system of children’s
services for the prevention and treatment
of children at risk as well as juvenile
offenders; a system that utilizes the resources
of the extended community to give each
individual child a continuum of care.
- provision of
public innovative alternative educational
services, K through 12, to address
the specific and individual needs of children
who do not perform successfully in, or
face expulsion from, the traditional public
school setting.
- philosophy
of a restorative system of justice for
children as a dispositional option for
juvenile court judges
- development
and utilization of gender-specific treatment programs
- rights of juveniles
to unbiased treatment regardless
of race or ethnicity.
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NATURAL
RESOURCES |
| (Inter-League
Position): LWVGDA endorses continued citizen
action to protect, maintain and improve the Little
Miami and Stillwater Rivers, their aquifer recharge
areas and their ecosystems. LWVGDA also favors
protection by local governments through zoning and
subdivision regulations and building codes as well
as other environmental legislation. LWVGDA
supports seeking funds, both public and private. |
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