This program will serve 400 minors. The probation team member serves as a case manager for all minors referred to the project, which develops and uses police diversion to respond to problems ranging from truancy to major criminal offenses. The program also involves strategies such as student courts and volunteer mediation to divert selected offenders from entering the formal juvenile justice system process. This project will serve a total of 400 youth at four schools in distinct areas of the county. Each hub offers a continuum of services and sanctions that responds to offender needs, and provides high-intensity tracking for the 450 youth who will be served by the project.
Assignment is based on judicial findings.
The project takes a multi-agency approach in providing a variety of services to minors and their families. Services include an on-site educational component that emphasizes computer and life skills training, as well as individual and family counseling. The project will serve approximately 900 youth over the three-year grant period. The project will serve up to 550 minors. The graduated sanctions project targets youth ages 13 to 17 whom the court orders to participate in a multi-agency service system that includes prevention, intervention, supervision and incarceration elements.