Limited funding resources is becoming the basis for providing a broader base of program alternatives for juveniles, with an emphasis on community-based options. Youths referred to training schools will be only the most serious offenders and those with the most significant and unmanageable misbehavior. This will require more specialized programs that will be staff intensive and therefore more expensive. The primary mission of training schools will shift from the historic goal of treatment and rehabilitation to public safety. Another emerging concern will be the assurance of safety and security for the staff and residents working and living in training schools. Although treatment and rehabilitation will be the centerpiece of programming, the primary mission will shift to that of public safety. Training schools of the future must find new ways to house and serve the increased number of youths variously affected by the AIDS virus. Future training school programming will emphasize life skills development, with emphasis on the development of prosocial skills that will allow youths to cope with the problems whose resolution is crucial to the development of a positive and satisfying lifestyle.