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When parks and recreation departments invest in youth <br />and provide services such as out -of -school time recreation <br />programs, both participants and community at large gain <br />valuable outcomes such as: <br />Contribute to reducing juvenile delinquency <br />Contribute to increasing positive and reducing <br />negative behaviors <br />Expose youth to less violence <br />Improve children's education performance and thus <br />impact the quality of the future work force and the <br />national economy <br />Help decrease health care costs related to childhood <br />obesity <br />Increase the economic contributions of young people <br />to society when they become adults <br />Help youth develop self-confidence, optimism, and <br />initiative (MRPA 3). <br />Figure 7.76 Green infras„ <br />Figure 1.15 Green i, <br />,I f,%,,; YI 1'1. '. 11.6I <br />CITY OF RAMSEY PARK SYSTEM PLAN 137 <br />