The programs include the Boys and Girls Club, a youth literacy program, pregnancy care center, and the state Division of Youth Corrections. They provide activities and teach life skills to help kids avoid the youth pitfalls that often lead to social, academic, and legal problems. With the help of volunteers donating 96,000 hours of their time, the Lincoln Center served more than 8,700 youths in 1999-2000. Community Development Block Grants are disbursed to the Utah Division of Community Development by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The division s CDBG program then distributes the money to each of the state s seven regional Associations of Governments.
Communities apply through their region s AOGs for grants for qualified projects.