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PROGRAM GOAL, OBJECTIVE(S) & ACTIVITIES (page 2 of 2) The followinq activities were completed durinq start-up: Step 1, Youthworks and the Juvenile Court will refine referral guidelines for the Unruly Diversion Program, Estimated Completion Date: Completed Step 2. Youthworks, the Juvenile Court and the local schools will develop procedures for establishing the necessary baseline data including citations, adjudications, school suspension, and truancy, Estimated Completion Date: Completed Step 3, Youthworks, the Juvenile Court and the local schools will establish methods for documenting any post-referral citations, adjudications and court ordered placements, or any parental authorized interventions such as psychiatric placements, further truancy, further out-of-school suspensions. Estimated Completion Date: Completed Step 4, Youthworks will develop, with the court and schools, an evaluation tool for gauging whether the services provided were perceived by the youth and the family as beneficial and system outcomes such as out-of-home placements, custody changes and recidivism, attachment to school as measured by attendance, Estimated Completion Date: Completed The followina steps involvina the court and diversion will continue: Step 5, The Juvenile Court will evaluate referrals and will make referrals following a citation, emergency placement or following an informal adjustment hearing. Estimated Completion Date: Ongoing Step 6, Youthworks will jointly develop with the youth and family a plan to be submitted to the court and to document that the family has accepted services. Estimated Completion Date: Ongoing Step 7, Youthworks will case manage a mix of diversion services provided by the agency and other providers, Estimated Completion Date: Ongoing Step 8, Youthworks will schedule meetings with the juvenile court to review the caseload and to review progress with the youth accepted for diversion, Estimated Completion Date: Quarterly Step 9. Youthworks will work with the court, social services, and law enforcement to determine if there are further arrests or further involvement in the juvenile justice or child welfare system, Estimated Completion Date: Weekly or as needed, Ongoing The followina steps involvina the schools and truancv or suspension will continue: Step 10. The schools will report truancy to Youthworks, and staff will meet with the school, parents and the youth to develop a plan regarding truancy and then monitor attendance and other conditions (counseling, anger management, etc) of the plan Estimated Completion Date: Ongoing Step 11, The schools will refer youth suspended from school to Youthworks for supervision homework assistance, counseling, community service and special assistance (such a writing letters of apology) Estimated Completion Date: Ongoing