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Understanding Juvenile Reentry as More than a Public Safety Issue
November 1, 2011National Forum on Youth Violence PreventionThomas MurphyOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionOffice of Justice ProgramsU.S. Department of Justice
Reentry Defined• Prepare out-of-home youth for reentry into specific
families and communities• Establish the necessary arrangements & linkages with
full range of public & private sector and individuals in the community that can address known risk & protective factors
• Ensure the delivery of prescribed services and supervision in the community
As this definition implies, both the residential facility and the community have a critical role to play in reentry.
OJJDP’s Investment in Juvenile Reentry (Aftercare)
• Intensive Aftercare Program• Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Program• Juvenile Reentry and Family Strengthening• Tribal Detention Green Reentry Initiative• Second Chance Act• Multiple inter-agency projects with Department of
Labor Youth Demonstration Initiative Civic Justice Corps
Strategies for Improving Youth Reentry – Intensive Aftercare Program
• Evidence-based, research-driven treatment modalities• Structural characteristics and features for reentry
delivery of services (Reentry Continuum)• Personnel/leadership/training issues• Case management framework (elements for informed
decision making, continuity and consistency)• Requirement for multi-agency/systems collaboration
Intensive Aftercare Program (IAP)
• Placement Phase – facility placement (confinement and pre-release planning)
• Transitional Phase – transitional placement & transition to community aftercare (point of reentry)
• Family & Community-Based Phase – community aftercare & off community aftercare (normalization) (balance of supervision, treatment & services)
Program Design FeaturesPlacement Transition Community Follow-up
1. Pre-release planning 1. Testing & probing of reentry prior to placement in community
1. Engagement of family & pro-social network
2. Involvement of outside agencies & individuals in institutions
2. Structured step-down process using residential placement or intensive day care treatment
2. Provision of multi-modal treatment services
3. Targeted community activities during confinement
3. Discrete case management services
4. Use of graduated sanctions & incentives5. Provision of surveillance and supervision beyond ordinary work hours6. Reduced caseload size & increased frequency contact7. Multi-stage decompression process
The Decompression Processin Reentry
Structured Transition
Phase
Point of Community
Reentry
Decreasing Emphasis on Formal Mechanisms
of Social Control by Juvenile Justice
Increasing Emphasis on Informal Mechanisms
of Social Control by the Community
Termination of Formal Aftercare
Status
Community Involvement*
*When community is referenced, it includes a network of community supports and most importantly, family.
Risk and Protective Factors: Seven Domains• Housing – family and other• Peer groups and friends• Mental, behavioral, and physical health• Substance abuse• Education• Workforce• Leisure time, recreation
Evidence-Based Building Blocks
• Continuity of Care• Cognitive-Behavioral Approach• Staffing, training, and quality assurance• Overarching case management
Continuity of Care Components – each linked together in practice
1. Continuity of Control
2. Continuity in Range of Services
3. Continuity in Service & Program Content
4. Continuity of Social Environment
5. Continuity of Attachment
Cognitive-Behavioral Approach and Skill Building• Seeks to develop pro-social patterns of reasoning by
maintaining focus on:
Managing anger and handling conflict pro-sociallyAssuming personal responsibilityTaking an empathetic perspectiveSolving problems & setting goalsAcquiring life skills
Leadership and Training
• A key dimension of promising practices• Need to develop qualified trained staff who have the
leadership and support at the highest levels of the organization
• Cross-training among disciplines is useful• Direct service staff should work in teams
Five Components of Overarching Case Management – Bridging Residential and Reentry Services• Assessment and Classification
• Individual Case Planning
• Surveillance/Service Mix
• Incentives and Consequences (Graduated Responses)
• Brokerage and Linkages
Five Guiding Principles
• Progressively increased responsibility and freedom in the community
• Facilitating youth-community interaction• Working with both the offender and targeted
community support systems• Developing new resources where needed• Monitoring & testing youth & community
Obstacles to Case Management
• Inadequate funding• Institution based resources• Large case loads/Low staffing• Established work hours and habits• Poor supervision standards• Insufficient attention to pre-release issues• Distance• Organizational rigidity• Crisis-driven management
What do we Know about Juvenile Reentry
• Psychological development is critical to understanding the reentry process for adolescents.
• Must look at prior criminal involvement & lifestyles, education, mental health, and continuity & change in social relationships.
• Employment, family structure are just as relevant
Federal Funding Opportunities for Reentry
• Designated State Agencies & the Juvenile Justice Specialist
• Title II – B – 35 program areas• Juvenile Accountability Block Grant – 17 purpose areas• Second Chance Act – demonstration, planning, and
mentoring (OJJDP), Reentry Courts, & Co-occurring Disorders
• Discretionary Funding – Green Reentry Initiative with Tribes
Second Chance Act
• FY 2011 - $83 million total (17% decrease from FY 2010)• OJJDP awarded over $11 million in FY 2011 – Funded
32 new and continuation projects• Planning, Demonstration and Mentoring• BJA has additional solicitations for adult and juvenile
focused reentry activities• Strong support to appropriate some level of funding in
2012
Working Groups
• Federal Interagency Reentry Council• Staffing Working Group to Council• Juvenile Justice Sub-Committee to Council• Working Group of the Coordinating Council (sunset)• OJP Reentry Working Group• Reentry Core team in OJJDP
Resources
• www.ojjdp.gov/mpg• www.crimesolutions.gov• www.findyouthinfo.gov• www.nc4yc.org• www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org
THOMAS MURPHYGRANTS PROGRAM SPECIALIST/SECOND CHANCE ACT
JUVENILE LEAD202-353-8734
THOMAS.MURPHY@USDOJ.GOVWWW.OJJDP.GOV
Thank You!
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