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Juvenile Treatment Program - A Process Evaluation

NCJ Number
88703
Author(s)
A P Selmore
Date Published
1982
Length
43 pages
Annotation
The Juvenile Treatment Program, which has operated in New Orleans from October 1981 through September 1982, should cease operations in its current form, since the program has not accomplished its major goal of rehabilitating serious juvenile offenders through the delivery of differential services.
Abstract
Funded by LEAA, the program aimed to develop individual service plans to provide 50 youths and their families with various services, including individual and group therapy, diagnostic testing and evaluation, and vocational guidance. As actually implemented, the program differs completely from the original concept and is probably not providing services which could not be obtained from existing sources. The delays in starting the program resulted directly from interagency rivalry, an unreasonably lengthy negotiation process, and other problems. If the program continues in its present form, it should reduce the time for processing cases, develop a consistent policy for screening potential participants, adhere more closely to the individual service plans developed for clients, and develop more detailed criteria for choosing participants. A networking of services with all available resource agencies is also needed to avoid duplication of efforts. Data tables are included.