CRITERIA FOR THE TARGET POPULATION WERE: 1) THE REFERRANT MUST BE A FIRST OFFENDER; 2) THE CHILD MUST BE OFFICIALLY ADJUDICATED AS UNRULY OR DELINQUENT AND HAVE A DISPOSITION OF PROBATION TO THE CATHOLIC COUNSELING CENTER; AND 3) THE CHILD MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE TARGET AREA OF SOUTHEAST CLEVELAND. THE PROJECT PROVIDED INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP COUNSELING, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL, AND EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING AND PLACEMENT. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM WERE TO DEFLECT FIRST OFFENDERS FROM RECIDIVISM; TO REINTEGRATE FIRST OFFENDERS INTO THE COMMUNITY; TO RELIEVE THE JUVENILE COURT OF THE FIRST OFFENDER CASELOAD TO ENABLE TO COURT TO DEAL MORE INTENSIVELY WITH CHRONIC AND MORE SERIOUS OFFENDERS; AND TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF JUVENILE FIRST OFFENDERS. THIS PROGRAM WAS EVALUATED ACCORDING TO THE MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES APPROACH. ONE FACTOR WHICH HAD A STRONG NEGATIVE EFFECT ON OBJECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT IS FIRST NOTED: THE PROJECT EXPERIENCED SEVERE STAFFING DIFFICULTIES DURING THE IMPACT FUNDING PERIOD. WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THIS PROBLEM, IT IS NOTED THAT PROJECT OBJECTIVES WERE GENERALLY ACHIEVED.