ANGELES City Engineer Donato Dizon presented on July 15, 2021 the perspectives of the soon-to-rise "Kanlungan ng Kabataan" to Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr.'s Chief Adviser and Tactician IC Calaguas.
The P20-million center for child care, rehabilitation and reformation center will be a one-stop-shop youth custody center where the Bahay Pag-Asa and Sagip Batang Solvent will be both located.
The city will also establish a drop-in center for rescued street children.
"This project was first conceptualized in 2019 but due to the pandemic, it was held in abeyance," Calaguas said.
Four buildings will be constructed at the "Kanlungan ng Kabataan," which includes a training center, a classroom for the alternative learning system, recreation area, mess halls and dorms.
Calaguas added this is the first time the city will establish a reformation for youth sniffing solvent.
"This was actually patterned after the Sagip Batang Solvent we had in Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency — a brainchild of Gen. Aaron Aquino," Calaguas said. (PR)