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<br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (pagel of 1) <br /> <br /> <br />Youthworks, in collaboration with the Juvenile Court and local schools, will provide diversion services for 170 unruly youth primarily <br />(a) truants, (b) youth suspended and expelled from school and (c) "deep-end" unruly youth" and their families. The staff will <br />collaboratively develop diversion plans with the youth, parents, schools and court focused on keeping youth in school, at home, <br />and out of the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. <br /> <br />1. In 2004-05 Youthworks will provide intensive casework, based on a collaboratively developed plan, for 30 deep.end unruly youth <br />who are at risk of being removed from their home with: <br />~ (85%) of the youth remaining in the custody of their parents. <br />~ (65%) having no further involvement in the juvenile justice system. <br />~ (60%) of the youth having no placement interventions (attendant care, psych placement, emergency foster or group <br />placement). <br /> <br />2. In 2004-05 Youthworks' will provide 100 students suspended from school with supervision, homework assistance, counseling and <br />community service with: <br />~ 100% completing a school approved plan regarding the conditions (homework, counseling, letters of apology, community <br />service) oftheir return to school <br />~ 70% having no further suspensions during the school year <br /> <br />3. In 2004-05 Youthworks will follow-up on 40 student truancy reports provided by the schools; develop a plan with the youth, parents <br />and school regarding attendance; and monitor compliance with the plan with: <br />~ 80% showing improvement in attendance and achievement <br /> <br /> <br />Indicate those descri tors a <br />01 Aftercare <br />002 Alcohol - Prevention <br />003 Alcohol - Treatment <br />004 ArbitrationIMediation <br />.,[005 Case Management <br />006 Child Abuse and Neglect <br />007 Court Appointed Advocate <br />008 Court Intake Services <br />.,[009 Crisis Intervention <br />0 10 Day Treatment Centers <br />0 II Defender Services <br />012 Detention-Home <br />0 13 Detention-Nonsecure Residential <br />014 Detention - Secure Residential <br />0 IS Diversion - Court <br />0 16 Diversion - Police <br />017 Drugs - Control <br />0 18 Drugs - Prevention <br />0 19 Drugs - Treatment <br />020 Education - Alternative School <br /> <br />Sites where Services are or will be Offered: <br /> <br />Cass County <br /> <br />ro'ect Indicate 5 or fewer <br />21 Education - Other <br />022 Electronic Monitoring <br />023 Employment <br />024 Evaluation - Diagnostic <br />025 Evaluation -Program <br />026 Evening Report Centers <br />.,[027 Family Counseling <br />028 Foster Care <br />029 Health Services <br />030 Holdover <br />031 Homemaker Services <br />032 Litigation <br />.,[033 Mentor <br />034 Outreach <br />.,[035 Parent Training <br />036 Parole Services <br />037 Peer Counseling/Intervention <br />038 Planning -Database Mgmt <br />039 Police School Liaison <br />040 Per-Dis sition Investi ation <br /> <br />Number of Juveniles to Receive Direct Service: <br />170 <br />Number of Native American Youth to Receive Direct Service: <br />27 <br />Number of Volunteers for the Project: <br />3-4 cross-age mentors <br /> <br />41 Probation Services <br />042 Prosecutor Services <br />043 Recreation <br />044 Research <br />045 Residential Community Prog. <br />046 Residential Noncommunity Prog. <br />047 Restitution! Community Service <br />048 Risk Assessment: DesignlUse <br />049 School Crime <br />050 Serious-Violent-Chronic Offenders <br />051 Service Coordination <br />052 Sex Offenders Programs <br />053 Standards <br />054 Systems Coordination <br />055 Training - Juv. Justice Personnel <br />056 Training - Probation Personnel <br />057 Youth Advocacy <br />058 Youth Attendants <br />059 Youth Service Bureau <br />060 Other <br />