JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK PROGRAMS

This project seeks to create a network of justice agencies, schools, and social service agencies to coordinate resources to service troubled youth who exhibit psychological and/or behavioral difficulties. The youth are victims of direct physical and psychological attacks or have observed abusive relationships in their families. The goal of the initiative is to increase the effectiveness of county agencies to help troubled youth and decrease the incidents of juvenile violence as well as provide prevention programming and to enhance service provision. The project will enhance the ability of agencies to share information, develop protocols, provide prevention programs and strengthen services offered by agencies.

NCA/NCF

This award will allow Alfred University to coordinate county services for families and youth in Allegany County, NY, in order to improve the response to child victims of abuse and domestic violence. The project will further these efforts through: 1) data collection concerning available services for clients; 2) identification of gaps in services and training needs of professionals working with child victims of abuse and domestic violence; 3) maintaining a database to coordinate information concerning incidences of domestic violence and county response; 4) training personnel in social services and law enforcement concerning identifying and intervening with troubled youth.

NCA/NCF

This project seeks to create a network of justice agencies, schools, and social service agencies to coordinate resources to service troubled youth who exhibit psychological and/or behavioral difficulties. The youth are victims of direct physical and psychological attacks or have observed abusive relationships in their families. The goal of the initiative is to increase the effectiveness of county agencies to help troubled youth and decrease the incidents of juvenile violence as well as provide prevention programming and to enhance service provision. The project will enhance the ability of agencies to share information, develop protocols, provide prevention programs and strengthen services offered by agencies.

NCA/NCF

This project is working to create a network of justice agencies, schools, and social service agencies to coordinate resources to service troubled youth in rural areas who exhibit psychological and/or behavioral difficulties. The goal of the initiative is to increase the effectiveness of county agencies to help troubled youth and decrease the incidents of juvenile violence, as well as provide prevention programming and enhance service provision. The project will enhance the ability of agencies to share information, develop protocols, provide prevention programs and strengthen services offered by agencies. The project is guided by a County Advising Committee that coordinates the project goals and the data that has been collected since the inception of the Rural Justice Institute. Partnerships with community agencies include the local and state domestic violence service provider, probation department, sheriff's department, Youth Court, school districts, a rural health network, and the county alcohol and substance abuse service provider.

This project will develop more effective services for troubled youth who are still in school and at risk of juvenile delinquency. The project will not only provide important information to existing agencies but it will support the development of collaborative programs between agencies to effectively detect youth at risk of becoming troubled. A coordinated response system has been initiated and the current project will enhanced upon the data gathering and continuing outreach activities with law enforcement, human service, mental health agencies and schools during 2006-2007.

NCA/NCF