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Cass County Delinquency Prevention Plan KEYS To Innervision Priority Program: KEYS Primary Risk Factors Addressed .,fEarly & Persistent Antisocial Behavior .,f Academic Failure in Schoot .,fLack of Commitment to School .,f Alienation and Rebelliousness .,fLow Neighborhood Attachment Protective Factors Enhanced .,fHealthy Beliefs and Ctear Standards .,fIudividual Characteristics .,fBonding ANALYSIS OF NEED: There is a need to change beliefs and behaviors which lead to dnlg abuse and dependency, as well as delinquency. The Juvenile Court has endorsed and provided some of the funding for a state-wide education curriculum (KEYS To Innervision) addressing "how to change", It is one thing to want to change and to believe change is possible, but quite another to know how to create change. The KEYS curriculum teaches specific, step-by-step, easy to learn and use processes for making significant changes, These processes are directed at changing the behaviors. attitudes. comfort zones and personal beliefs that perpetuate the cycles of drug abuse. incarceration and personal failure. At- risk adolescents need guidance on where change should start. Keys to Innervision centers on the issues most critical to them: substance use and abuse, family issues about dependency, emotional control, personal accountability, school performance and transitional issues, Adolescents finishing the curriculum will have selected goals in l4 different areas providing them with answers to the questions of "what to change" and "where to start", A companion curriculum, designed to help strengthen the family unit, is presented to the parents of the participants. This curriculum follows the KEYS format and teaches the same content., The fundamental goal is to enable and enhance the ability of caretakers to model and raise children with high esteem, an internal locus of control and balance of emotions, -- Programs To Be Operated By: Youthworks 317 South University Drive, Fargo ND 58102 -- Collaborations & Interagency Agreements: Juvenile Court Successes An open ended questionnaire is used to evaluate the program. Parent response has been extremely positive. Challenges n Limitations {Such as eligibility}: n Staffing: Y outhworks Professional Staff, Court Service Workers and 2 other facilitators are used with each session (one session for parents and one for adolescents) n Training: Facilitators are trained by KEYS master facilitators, co-facilitators are taught "on- the-job" Funding Issues n Start-up Requirements: This project has been funded by the court, JAIBG & R5CSCC or n Current Funding: Juvenile Court with Refinancing Dollars -- Co-Payments: There is a $75 fee. Page 17