It provides services to 30 students ages 10 to 17. Weekly in-home services are provided by the social service staff. The overall goal of the program is to prevent or reduce institutional placements by providing comprehensive and intensive community based services to 30 adolescents between the ages of 10 and 17. Project Excel provides the juvenile justice system an alternative to either a placement in a correctional facility or a residential treatment center. Curriculum Modifications Academic credit is granted through the Milwaukee Public Schools.
All students participate in a full-time school program and are eligible for grade level promotions.
Class size is approximately 15 students. All students participate in the treatment program which includes individual counseling, AODA education, and in-home family counseling. Milwaukee County probation officers assigned from Children s Court Center meet regularly with assigned students at the school site. All of the students are either under Milwaukee County supervision or State of Wisconsin supervision. The students are assigned to Project Excel by direct order from a judge at Children's Court Center or referred as aftercare clients by the State of Wisconsin Probation and Parole Agent.