The training schools and day programs are funded by the grants the department has received from the state. Not all of this comes from the grants that the department receives. Twenty-five per cent comes from the schools, Sage said. The schools that participate are the ones that help with the daily treatment programs. Sage said the programs aim to keep teen-agers out of the training schools.
Many factors play into the problems of teen-agers.
Many of them are still very young when they start getting into trouble. He also said there was more of a tendency for police officers to arrest African-American kids than Caucasian. Sage said that the police will release caucasian teen-agers and send them home. Sage did say that is not true for all the jurisdictions in Iowa. There are also a lot more males than females in the programs.