PROPOSED PROPOSED CONTINUUM FOR CONTINUUM FOR

JUVENILE JUSTICEJUVENILE JUSTICE

Probation and Community Corrections

June 28, 2002

Gregory Kurth, Senior Vice President, Florida Operations

VISIONVISIONCentral Baptist Family ServicesCentral Baptist Family Services seeks to establish a comprehensive juvenile justice system of your services to reduce fragmentation in service delivery. Our vision is to provide a full continuum of treatment options including the principles of Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ), specifically focused on accountability, public safety and community reintegration. CBFS facilitates the development of a full continuum of juvenile justice programs focusing six intensity levels with these five goals:

Central Baptist Family Services

Service Delivery Continuum for Youth and Young Adults

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PreventionPrevention DiversionDiversion InterventionIntervention

Transitional ResidentialTransitional Residential Community ReintegrationCommunity Reintegration Secured CareSecured Care

GOALSGOALS

Deflection from Further System Involvement

Assessment & Responsiveness Life Skills Attainment Pro-Social Development Family-Based Community

Support

PREVENTIONPREVENTION

Our prevention programs are designed to keep juveniles from entering the justice system. We create activities that target youth before involvement with law enforcement and the courts.

DIVERSIONDIVERSION

These programs are designed to divert youth from further legal involvement, increase the successful completion of court supervision and to increase skill competencies in areas that will prevent youth from further involvement in criminal activities.

INTERVENTIONINTERVENTION

These programs are designed to prevent further penetration into the juvenile justice system or additional violent repeat offenses and thus reduce the number of juveniles entering the Department of Corrections.

TRANSITIONAL TRANSITIONAL PLACEMENTPLACEMENT

These programs serve as either a step-down facility for formerly incarcerated youth, or as a last chance for habitual youth/young adult offenders. These programs are intensive and short-term within a non-locked residential facility. Our programs begin the process of reintegrating the youth, but with more of a treatment focus in a residential environment.

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY REINTEGRATIONREINTEGRATION

Community Reintegration encompasses three distinct yet similar models of service delivery.

Family-Based TreatmentFamily-Based Treatment is designed for youth/young adults in need of a structured but less restrictive environment.

Supervised Independent Supervised Independent Living/Day TreatmentLiving/Day Treatment is designed to prepare youth/young adults for autonomous and social acceptable functioning.

Supervised Family Supervised Family ReunificationReunification is designed to return clients to a family setting.

A PROGRAM OFA PROGRAM OF

REBOUNDREBOUND, a not-for-profit United Way funded agency, was founded in 1966. The Lake County Interfaith Chaplainry Service and caring members of the Judiciary and community felt that genuine concern and assistance to young offenders could make a difference in helping them turn their lives around.

HISTORYHISTORY

MISSION STATEMENTMISSION STATEMENT

REBOUNDREBOUND, in partnership with the community, is dedicated to directing at-risk youth toward productive and lawful lives through prevention and community corrections programs.

TYPICAL CLIENT PROFILETYPICAL CLIENT PROFILE

The majority of REBOUNDREBOUND clients come from backgrounds of illiteracy, poverty, substance abuse and neglect.

Referrals come from the Illinois Department of Corrections-Juvenile, Lake County Court Services-Adult and the Department of Children and Family Services.

TYPICAL CLIENT PROFILETYPICAL CLIENT PROFILE

They have had limited opportunities to reform; Rebound is usually their last alternative before lengthy incarceration.

The average age of the clients in the residential program is 18-years old.

TYPICAL CLIENT PROFILETYPICAL CLIENT PROFILE

Clients are on probation or parole resulting from delinquent behavior.

On Average, clients have had three to five offenses.

65% are homeless. The majority of clients have

income levels at or below the United States poverty line.

BENEFITSBENEFITSREBOUNDREBOUND clients:

Learn to work together and accept responsibility for their actions;

Receive feedback from counselors and peers;

Reinforce newly learned acceptable behaviors,

Design individual Program Plans.

COUNSELINGCOUNSELING

Drug/Alcohol

Mental Health

Family Issues

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENTEDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

GED Preparation

Computer Training

Job Seeking Skills

LIFE MANAGEMENTLIFE MANAGEMENT

PERSONAL GROWTHPERSONAL GROWTH

Budgeting and Money Management

Health and Safety

Grooming and Personal Hygiene

VOCATIONALVOCATIONAL

Maintenance

Building Repair

Work skills Development

MultiSystemic TherapyMultiSystemic Therapy(MST)(MST)

What is MST?What is MST?

is the only family-focused and community-based treatment program that has been the focus of several major research studies;

has demonstrated clinical and cost-effectiveness for youth with complex emotional, social and academic needs; and

is listed as one of the Blueprints for Violence Prevention recommended by the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

MultiSystemic Therapy (MST) is a unique, goal-oriented comprehensive program designed to serve multi-problem youth in their community. MST is described as follows:

Who should receive MST?

truancy and academic problems; serious disrespect and disobedience; aggressive behavior (fighting and property

destruction); criminal behavior; drug and alcohol problems; and running away.

MST is effective in helping youth with chronic, violent, delinquent behavior and youth with serious emotional problems, including

What makes MST work?What makes MST work?

Research studies on youth who break the law repeatedly and/or abuse illegal substances reveal that family relations, neighborhood and community relations, school performance and peer relations contribute to juvenile offending.

MST interventions focus on key aspects of a youth’s life. All interventions are designed in full collaboration with family members and key figures in each area of the youth’s live – parents or legal guardians, schoolteachers and principals etc.

What does MST do?What does MST do? Provide a complete functional assessment of youth

in the context of their family, school and community Seeks to understand the “fit” between the youth’s

problems and the factors that contribute to them Focuses on helping parents build supportive social

networks Empowers parents to address the needs of the youth

more effectively Emphasizes long-term change that families can

maintain after the program

How does MST use a How does MST use a “home-based model?“home-based model?

MST Therapist are available 24/7; Services are provided in the home, school,

neighborhood and community Caseloads are small (4-6 families per therapist)

and treatment is intensive, including multiple contacts a week;

Length of treatment averages 2-5 months Therapist are fully trained in MST and work in

teams Each team has a supervisor and an expert

consultant from MultiSystemic Therapy Services, Inc. in Charleston, SC.

What can I expect from What can I expect from my MST Therapist?my MST Therapist?

family and marital therapy individual sessions with youth and parents chemical dependency assessment and treatment evaluation of the youth’s peer network and

arranging alternative activities coordinating activities with school systems,

court and /or other social service agencies; arranging a psychiatric consultation

Any combination of the following services could be provided to the youth and her/his family, as needed, within the MST program:

MST ProgrammingMST Programming

Recently launched MST with the Delinquency Division of the Cook County (IL) Juvenile Court, the oldest juvenile court in the country

Successfully implemented in rural Southern Illinois

RURAL GANG INITITIVERURAL GANG INITITIVE(RGI)(RGI)

DescriptionDescription

The “Rural Gang Initiative” model is aimed at reducing violent crime through educational efficacy, vocational readiness and pro-social activity involvement. CBFS acts as an oversight agency to provide gang outreach and case management services to older youth/young adults.

EligibilityEligibility

Individuals eligible for services in the RGI program must be gang involved or considered by the law enforcement and social service communities to be at high risk for gang involvement. The target population is youth and young adults between the ages of 17 to 24.

AccessAccess

Referrals to this program are made through the RGI intervention team consisting of representatives from the legal, judicial, law enforcement, education and social service communities.