The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station is receiving new vehicles to help with enforcement, as well as children’s summer and homeless outreach programs.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase last week of a 2014 Ford E350 van and two 2014 Yamaha Grizzly all-terrain vehicles from the city of Santa Clarita, which acquired them for the programs.

“The city of Santa Clarita budgeted for and purchased a van and ATV vehicles for use by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s (Station) to better provide services needed for Santa Clarita residents,” said Gail Morgan, spokeswoman for the city of Santa Clarita, adding that the city provides resources for the station annually.

Vital Intervention and Directional Alternatives and Youth Activities League deputies mentor and host several programs for Santa Clarita Valley children. The VIDA and YAL programs currently have a 12-person van each. With the city’s addition to the fleet, more kids will be able to participate in the programs.

“It’s a third van that we can mix between the two programs,” said Deputy Brian Rooney, who leads the YAL program in Santa Clarita. “This will add more kids to our field trips to the Natural History Museum, field trips, sports trips.”

The Vital Intervention and Directional Alternatives is a 16-week, community assisted re-directional program facilitated by sheriff’s deputies that addresses issues related to juvenile delinquency, according to officials.

The Youth Activities League provides a safe, supportive haven for counseling, educational tutoring and after-school recreational activities for youth to prevent drug involvement and gang membership, according to officials.

These field trips include numerous visits to museums and theme parks throughout Southern California, according to the agenda item, including out-of-county trips to Santa Cruz, San Diego, Yosemite, Reno, Tahoe, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Kern County, San Luis Obispo and Big Bear.

The new van will be used to bring children on more than 30 annual field trips with the YAL program.

“We have been limited to how many kids we can take,” Rooney said, adding that about 18 children can usually go on trips plus the deputies and chaperones. Now about 30 children will be able to go on these trips.

“Not everyone has gotten to go up till now,” he said. “It’s a big deal, it’s awesome that we have this addition.

The city of Santa Clarita also purchased two new ATVs for the SCV Sheriff’s Station Off-Road Enforcement Team.

Sheriff’s deputies, who have gone through an 80-hour training process, use these ATVs for their homeless outreach program and for patrolling the hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, according to the agenda.

The station now has four ATVs plus off-road motorcycles, said Lt. Byron Wainie, who is one of the leaders of the team.

“I can now put more folks out on ATVs to cover more geographical area on one operation,” Wainie said. “We were kind of limited on where I could send the deputies but now we have double the number (of resources).”