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1¡5'^ to visit our State Parks or experience the outdoors. All of these organizations work with youth in the San Marcos Community. The school district services all youth in this area. School counselors can identify youth who would benefit from this experience. We will also be able to use the school to advertise for the day trip for physically/mentally challenged students. Teachers will also be able to recommend youth who would be able to participate. The youth Service Bureau and San Marcos Youth Shelter target at risk youth and provides programming for them. ~ The San Marcos Hous~ng Authority works with government housing and provides services to low income, minority youth. The Mitchell Center is a neighborhood community center that serves youth in their immediate neighborhood. The majority of these youth are minorities. Through these cooperative efforts we will be able to identify youth who are considered at-risk, and provide them with this outdoor opportunity. Through our partnerships we will target at-risk, low income, and minority youth in the San Marcos community. This program will also be open to the general public. Ten of the participants will be nominated by the local agencies. The remaining ten slots will filled on a first come first serve basis. We will also have a day trip for ten physically dr mentally challenged youth. The youth that participate in the day trip will be sponsored by the school district. It is our hope to strengthen our relationship with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Throughout the year we will use seven different State Parks, and introduce 130 youth to outdoor recreation and our State Parks. We want to provide an educational, fun, and safe weekend for the participants. There will be educa,tional seminars on various recreation and environmental topics for each trip. We will also have activities to promote teamwork and problem solving skills. The City of San Marcos will provide $14,000.00 in funding for this project. We are currently asking for $17,654.36 in assistance to start this program for a total budget of $31,654.36. We plan to minimize overhead expenditures so that we can deliver the maximum amount of service possible to the community. Currently we are looking at direct service delivery of $18,359.53 or 58% of the budget. We have limited overhead expenditures to 42% or $13,294.83. These expenditures are detailed in the Sponsor Funding and Tabular Summary of Projects Cost contained in this application. It is the Cities goal to maximize the direct services offered to the citizens in all of our projects.