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Community-Based
Programs (CBPs)
The
Division provides funding for a comprehensive community based service
delivery system serving each of the state's 28 Juvenile Judicial
Districts. The spectrum of services and programs include casework,
diagnosis and evaluation, emergency shelter, intensive casework
management, Interstate Compact on Juveniles, residential treatment
programs, targeted case management, therapy services, diversion
programs, Aftercare for committed offenders, supervised (transitional)
living services, and sanctions.
The
community-based program network consists of thirteen (13) non-profit
organizations. The Division contracts with these programs to
provide residential and non-residential services to youth who are
delinquents, status offenders (FINS), or youth at risk (i.e., youth
who exhibit behavior that if continued would bring them into contact
with the juvenile justice system). Services are provided within
the juvenile's own community, which is consistent with the concept of
providing treatment in the least restrictive environment.
Community-Based Services
Casework
Casework/IST**
Casework/Court
Appearance
Casework/Group
Presentations
Community
Service Supervision*
Day
Services*
Diagnosis
and Evaluation
Drug
Screening*
Electronic
Monitoring*
Emergency
Shelter*
Independent/Transitional
Living Services
Intensive
Casework Management
Intensive
Casework Management/IST**
Intensive
Casework Management/Travel
Interstate
Compact on Juveniles
Residential
Treatment*
Short-Term
Detention**
Targeted
Case Management
Therapy*
*
May be a Sanction
**Sanction
only
A
Community-Based Provider may offer most, but not necessarily all, of
the services listed above in their Judicial District(s).
CBP
Service Definitions
CASEWORK
Treatment
method that includes direct intervention to address the problems,
needs, or adjustments of an individual and/or family. Activities may
include counseling, identifying problems, discussing alternatives,
planning for solutions, telephone contacts with or on behalf of a
client, group work, supervisory conferences, acting as an advocate on
the client's behalf, and transportation.
CASEWORK/COURT
APPEARANCE
To provide a case worker on a
regular basis to scheduled Juvenile Court hearings to assist the Court
with its proceedings. The case worker may provide referral assistance,
resource information, or accept referrals from the Court.
CASEWORK/GROUP
PRESENTATIONS
A
variety of group presentations for youth ages ten (10) to eighteen
(18) designed to provide educational programs that will prevent the
youth from participating in activities that will result in contact
with law enforcement and/or the juvenile court system.
CASEWORK
(IST)
To
provide intensive supervision and tracking services to juveniles who
have been initially ordered this service by the court or as a part of
a legally authorized Diversion Agreement. The service may also be used
as a sanction for non-compliance with a court order or an established
Aftercare plan. The primary goal of this program is to support the
youth in their homes primarily through individualized, consistently
close supervision and monitoring.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE SUPERVISION
A
program that provides a site for community service work, supervision
of the juvenile on the work site by program staff, and reports to the
court regarding compliance with the established case plan.
DAY
SERVICES
To
provide educational and therapeutic services to juveniles who have
been initially ordered such services by the court, as a part of a
legally authorized Diversion Agreement, or as a sanction for
non-compliance with a court order or an established Aftercare Plan.
This service is designed to enhance a youth's behavior, academic
performance, and interpersonal skills in a structured setting, either
in a group or in a one-to-one basis, based on an individual case plan.
DIAGNOSIS
AND EVALUATION
Assessment
of the nature and extent of a youth's physical, emotional, educational
and behavioral problems and recommendations for treatment strategies
to remedy the identified problems. The specific diagnostic services
provided and level of sophistication of reports produced are based on
the individual needs of the referring agency. Allowable components are
educational evaluation, social assessment, psychological evaluation,
psychiatric evaluation, and consultation with the referring agency.
DRUG
SCREENING
Collection
and analysis of urine samples to determine if a youth is using drug.
ELECTRONIC
MONITORING
A
program which electronically monitors a juvenile's presence in his
home in order to enable the juvenile to remain in the home.
EMERGENCY
SHELTER
Services
include room and board in a staff secure facility. The purposes of
Emergency Shelters are: 1) to provide shelter for a period necessary
to make more permanent arrangements, 2) to provide a short-term
alternative to secure detention, or 3) to provide for the immediate
return to the community for committed juveniles.
Emergency shelter is limited to a maximum of sixty (60) days in
any one six month period. An order from Juvenile Court may supersede
the stated time constraints.
INDEPENDENT
TRANSITIONAL LIVING SERVICES
These
beds are to be used as a step-down placement for committed juveniles
released from an institutional placements prior to going back home.
INTENSIVE
CASEWORK MANAGEMENT
Services
designed for youth committed to the Division of Youth Services. This
should provide an Aftercare Plan that includes recommendations for
release plans, services to families of committed youth, advocacy on
behalf of the youth, supervision, transportation, and follow-up. It
may also include visiting juveniles at the residential placement.
Services continue upon completion
of the residential phase and transfer back to the community. Services
include, but are not limited to, support to complete the provisions of
the Aftercare Plan, services to families of committed youth, advocacy
on behalf of the youth, supervision, transportation, and follow-up.
INTENSIVE
CASEWORK MANAGEMENT/IST
To provide intensive supervision
and tracking services to juveniles as a sanction for non-compliance
with a court order or an established Aftercare Plan. The primary goal
of this program is to support the youth in their homes primarily
through individualized, consistently close supervision and monitoring.
INTENSIVE
CASEWORK MANAGEMENT/TRAVEL
To provide for visits to the institutional
placement of juveniles in the custody of DYS.
The visits will include direct contact with the juvenile(s)
and participation in staffings when scheduled.
INTERSTATE
COMPACT ON JUVENILES
The
Interstate Compact on Juveniles provides for the completion of a home
evaluation and supervision of out-of-state paroled delinquent
juveniles placed in Arkansas. Allowable
components include initial evaluation, supervision, follow-up reports,
and discharge.
RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT
Twenty-four
hour treatment services available for up to six (6) months for each
individual placement for youth whose emotional and/or behavioral
problems, as diagnosed by a qualified professional, cannot be remedied
in his or her own home. An order from Juvenile Court may supersede the
stated time constraints.
TARGETED
CASE MANAGEMENT
Services
that assist an individual or family in accessing needed medical,
social, educational, and other services appropriate to the needs of
the individual/family. Targeted case management services include
completion of a Community Evaluation, client intake, assessment,
periodic reassessment, case plan development and review, service
referral, coordination and advocacy, monitoring of client service
utilization, record keeping and documentation of service contacts and
client progress, and transportation.
THERAPY
Therapeutic
relationship between the juvenile and a qualified therapist or
counselor for the purpose of accomplishing changes that are identified
as goals in the case plan through the use of various counseling or
therapy techniques. Services to specific individuals may include
individual, group or family therapy or counseling, or consultation
with the referral source as needed.
SHORT-TERM
DETENTION
Short-term
detention includes intervention and stabilization of a juvenile in a
hardware secure facility that provides a structured setting, close
supervision, and necessary interventions to allow the juvenile to
return home. Services are limited to fourteen (14) days per sanction.
This service may include, but is not limited to, education and room
and board.
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