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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (pagel of 1) Youthworks, in collaboration with the Juvenile Court and local schools, will provide diversion services for 130 unruly youth primarily (a) truants, (b) youth suspended and expelled from school and (c) "deep-end" unruly youth" and their families. The staff will collaboratively develop diversion plans with the youth, parents, schools and court focused on keeping youth in school, at home, and out of the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. 1. In 2005-06 Youthworks will provide intensive casework, based on a collaboratively developed plan, for 150 deep-end unruly youth who are at risk of being removed from their home with: ~ (85%) of the youth remaining in the custody of their parents. ~ (65%) having no further involvement in the juvenile justice system. ~ (60%) ofthe youth having no placement interventions (attendant care, psych placement, emergency foster or group placement). 2. In 2005-06 Youthworks' will provide 70 students suspended from school with supervision, homework assistance, counseling and community service with: ~ 100% completing a school approved plan regarding the conditions (homework, counseling, letters of apology, community service) of their return to school ~ 70% having no further suspensions during the school year Indicate those descri tors a 01 Aftercare 002 Alcohol - Prevention 003 Alcohol - Treatment 004 ArbitrationlMediation "005 Case Management 006 Child Abuse and Neglect 007 Court Appointed Advocate 008 Court Intake Services "009 Crisis Intervention 010 Day Treatment Centers o II Defender Services 012 Detention-Home 013 Detention-Nonsecure Residential 014 Detention - Secure Residential 015 Diversion -Court 016 Diversion - Police 017 Drugs - Control 018 Drugs - Prevention 019 Drugs - Treatment 020 Education - Alternative School ro' ect Indicate 5 or fewer 21 Education - Other 022 Electronic Monitoring 023 Employment 024 Evaluation - Diagnostic 025 Evaluation -Program 026 Evening Report Centers "027 Family Counseling 028 Foster Care 029 Health Services 030 Holdover 031 Homemaker Services 032 Litigation "033 Mentor 034 Outreach "035 Parent Training 036 Parole Services 037 Peer Counseling/Intervention 038 Planning -Database Mgmt 039 Police School Liaison 040 Per-Dis sition Investi 41 Probation Services 042 Prosecutor Services 043 Recreation 044 Research 045 Residential Community Prog. 046 Residential Noncommunity Prog. 047 Restitution! Community Service 048 Risk Assessment: DesignlUse 049 School Crime 050 Serious-Violent-Chronic Offenders 051 Service Coordination 052 Sex Offenders Programs 053 Standards 054 Systems Coordination 055 Training - Juv. Justice Personnel 056 Training - Probation Personnel 057 Youth Advocacy 058 Youth Attendants 059 Youth Service Bureau 060 Other Geographic Area Served: Cass County Sites where Services are or will be Offered: Cass County Juvenile Population or Area Served: 28848 Number of Juveniles to Receive Direct Service:200 Number of Native American Youth to Receive Direct Service: 30 Number of Volunteers for the Project: 3-4 cross-age mentors Number of Minority Youth To Receive Direct Services. 10 - Black 14 - Native Amer 2 Asian 8 Hispanic 1 Hawaiian or Pacific Islander