A HALFWAY HOUSE PROGRAM IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PARTICIPATE FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS PROVIDES GUIDED GROUP INTERACTION SESSIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, OR COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS, LOCATED IN THE SUBURBS OR RURAL AREAS, ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUTHS WITH BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIES WHICH RENDER THEM TEMPORARILY POOR CANDIDATES FOR AN URBAN COMMUNITY PROGRAM BUT WHICH ARE NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT SECURE OR LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONAL CONFINEMENT. GROUP TREATMENT CENTERS ARE SMALL FACILITIES RUN BY A RESIDENT HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM. THESE ARE DESIGNED TO OFFER INTENSIVE TREATMENT TO YOUNGER CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS PROBLEMS WHO HAVE FAILED ON PROBATION. NON-RESIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, WHILE PERMITTING THEM TO LIVE AT HOME. A COST-EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAMS SHOWS THEM TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES IN THAT THEY PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECTS IN MUCH LESS TIME.