Youth are trained to use the internet and have an opportunity to use the internet at several different community sites. Career activities are included in the training. Four, ten-week sessions were completed in Elko County during the reporting period. The parenting component helps parents reinforce concepts home. Three, two-hour parent education meetings are offered in addition to a parent postcard curriculum.
Parents also participate in an orientation meeting and program graduation.
This multi-jurisdictional effort brings together local judges, juvenile court masters, juvenile probation and parole officers, University faculty, local Cooperative Extension offices and Federal Cooperative Extension partners. Donations from businesses and state partners have been received. The average age of the youth was 15. The youth also completed a self-evaluation and a portfolio. Parents of the juvenile offenders rated their child's behavior before and after the program.