Definition of Terms

• Substance Abuse Assessment/Treatment:
  Provide substance abuse assessment for juvenile offenders to determine need for treatment. Provide outpatient individual and/or group therapy to juvenile offenders targeting substance abuse issues, including chemical dependency, alcoholism, and habitual or experimental use of other controlled substances.
• Sex Offenders Assessment/Treatment:
  Provide outpatient assessment and/or therapeutic services to juvenile offenders targeting inappropriate sexual conduct and offending behavior with clear focus on rehabilitation and accountability of the offender.
• Home Based Family Services:
  Provide short term, intensive services with the entire family to prevent delinquent and undisciplined behavior.
• Counseling and Crisis Counseling:
  Provide individual, group and crisis counseling for juvenile offenders to help them learn to solve or better cope with their individual problems. May include cognitive skills and life skills.
• Restitution/Community Service:
  Provide a program to hold juvenile offenders accountable for their conduct. Accountability includes work service or monetary compensation for the victim or the community. Services should be provided for court diverted and adjudicated youth.
• Psychological Assessment/Testing Services:
  Provide psychological assessment, testing and staff consultation by licensed psychologist for court diverted or adjudicated youth.
• Group Home:
  Provide residential placement lasting six to eight months in a therapeutic or structured family-like environment. Include intervention with the client’s family during and after placement and target a reduction in offending behavior and recidivism.
• Mediation/Conflict Resolution:
  Provide a mediation program offering immediate and short-term involvement with youth to focus on negative and/or offending behaviors with the aim of resolving the presenting problem. Services should be provided for court diverted and adjudicated youth.
• Parent Responsibility Classes:
  Provide a parenting skills development program including communication and discipline techniques. This service may include sessions for parents only and/or parents and their children. Services should be provided for court adjudicated and diverted youth.
• Emergency Foster Care:
  Provide emergency foster care for diverted and/or adjudicated juveniles who need to be temporarily removed from their home during a family crisis.
• Guided Growth:
  Provide a structured service plan of learning or recreational activities aimed at improving each participant’s self-esteem, social consciousness, personal enrichment, and personal growth and development.
  

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