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Boys & Girls Club-led plan names four priority sites for MAPS youth centers; council debate spotlights ACEs and mental‑health programming
Summary
A consultant identified four priority locations for MAPS youth centers and recommended working with the Boys & Girls Club as operator. Council debate highlighted high childhood‑trauma rates and residents pressed for stronger mental‑health and outreach ties before centers open.
Consultants and MAPS staff presented a data-driven site-selection study for the city’s MAPS youth centers program on March 25, recommending four priority locations (Woodson Park, a site near Southeast 60th & Santa Fe, the Northeast Boys & Girls Club site and Melrose Park) and proposing the Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County as the operator for the program.
The firm reviewed metrics including youth population density, youth poverty, juvenile and violent crime hot spots, proximity to schools, park acreage and transit access. The recommended sites were chosen to…
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