Community based diversion program for first time delinquency offenders. The 120 day diversion program allows intervention as an alternative to court adjudication. Family Centered out of home care is a program funded by the Division of Family Services which focuses on reducing the number of youth that are placed in foster care because of child abuse and neglect, reducing the number of days in which children are in care, and developing permanency for children not able to return to the family setting. Early intervention and collaboration are keys to the success of this program. Youth must be assessed to be emotionally disturbed or have other severe behavioral problems.
Service allows intervention as an alternative to court adjudication.
It has been a practice to encourage education within Juvenile Court Services. To further that practice, this agency has been utilized as a placement setting for students over the past years. Students from Central Missouri State University, Missouri Western State College, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, and Truman University, have completed placements in the past. This service to the various institutions of higher learning provides an opportunity to enhance the education of their students, as well as an opportunity for this agency to provide more services to youth. Monetary restitution is pursued and paid to the victim for actual damages.