Juvenile Diversion: Programs for Justice-Involved Youth with Mental Health Disorders
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The provision of diversion programs for mentally ill juvenile offenders is examined. Sections of this brief are: background; understanding juvenile offender diversion; a national portrait; key findings regarding eligibility criteria, point of diversion, funding, screening and assessment, and services; promising program models -- the Special Needs Diversionary Program (Harris County, TX), the Integrated Co-Occurring Treatment (ICT) Model (Akron, OH), Mental Health Diagnostic and Evaluation Units (Jefferson County, AL), and Indiana Family Project (Monroe County, IN); and summary.