Pros And Cons Of The Outreach Recreational Center

bond that helps both the parent and juvenile. Lastly, therapeutic intervention fosters social bonds where juveniles are mentored and receive life-building skills to help them build necessary skills for self-esteem, conflict resolution, financial responsibility, nutrition and exercise, employment, education and teen or gang prevention. Not only do juveniles gain knowledge and understanding of ways to better their life, but they are also able to learn from models; the behaviors of mentors who are available to assist throughout the program and in many cases after a juvenile has completed the diversion program. Ultimately, the goal is to foster relationships that reach beyond a few months of treatment. For example, the Adolescent Diversion Project is a model program in Michigan that has been found to curtail recidivism rates among juvenile delinquents by half.

In the United States, there is a continuing debate about how success should be measured. Many parameters can be used to evaluate program effectiveness. Since this program is based on how and if the youth applies the skills that were taught, if the youth enters post-secondary education and whether the youth is gainfully employed these parameters are very concrete. This will be measured by 90 day, 180 day and 365 day follow-up. Follow-up will consist of office visits, home visits, mailings and phone calls.

Primary clients and stakeholders involved in the program are: teens, parents, volunteers, schools the teen court coordinator Tamisha Fletcher, judges, Teen Court Advisory Board, City of Arlington officials, and the community service agencies who provide work for teens to complete community service hours. The program’s success depends on

“Mobridge, South Dakota, founded in 1906, is a city with a rich history and an economy driven by tourism and recreation.” (City of Mobridge, South Dakota 2016) Missouri River Pins and Pizza was built in 1998 to enrich the lives of the youth in Mobridge, South Dakota. It was a bowling alley until 2005, when it burned down. Many years ago, I remember celebrating not only my birthday, but many other of my friends’ birthdays there. They had the best pizza ever. When it burned down, it left and still leaves no place for the youth to gather. Mobridge no longer attracts many families and the youth are turning to crime as their only pastime it seems nowadays. The best solution to remedy these problems is to build an activity center attached to a fitness for all ages of Mobridge and surrounding communities to gather, keep obesity rate down and mostly keep the youth out of trouble.

Rehabilitation and reintegration to guarantee that youth who have committed an offense get the treatment and

While the majority of their services tend to the Emergency Shelter Program, Operation SafeHouse also provides what is called the “Safe Place Program”. With over 250 locations in Riverside County, teens who are dealing with a number of issues, from abuse to pregnancies, can access the shelters. Some of the shelters include, but are not limited to: Riverside Fire Stations, Stater Bros, Altura Credit Unions, and Riverside City Parks. They also promote the ‘Cup of Happy and Depression Treatment’, which, accompanied by the Riverside County Department of Mental Health, promotes and encourages interventions and popularizes awareness for youth ages 16-25 struggling with mental health issues. The Cup of Happy and Depression Treatment offers courses to its members, such as creative writing, open mic nights, youth leadership, and LGBT support. The Cup of Happy and Depression Treatment, as well as all the programs Operation SafeHouse offers, present themselves to local high schools to sponsor awareness for young teens who may have nowhere else to turn.

Beginning in the fall of 2007, the Red Hook Community Justice Center carried out an experimental project to address the growing crime rates in the neighborhoods youth community. Youth engagement has been shown to decrease and delinquency (Zeldin, 2004). The youth members of this neighborhood were mainly Black and Latino and heavily participants in the local drug trade. Borrowing from existing safe-sex models, ethnographic research methods were employed over the course of two months to collect data about the individuals between the ages of thirteen and eighteen in the local population (White, 2008). A total twenty eight participants were interviewed from October 2008 to June 2009.

Auburn has a massive community structure that spans the entire city. One particular attraction of Auburn's community centers is the availability of intramural sports for all ages. With sports ranging from tennis to judo and thirteen park locations, the recreational aptitude of the surrounding cities is much greater than that of Foresthill. However, club opportunities aren’t limited to athletic endeavors. Specific parks offer specific amenities, like music classes, card game clubs, medicare planning, knitting and crocheting, and ping pong. All of these activities generate revenue for the surrounding area, keep people in better shape for a longer time, and reduce crime rates in kids.

Interventions on all levels are important in the prevention and the assistance in helping at-risk youth. The Macro level of intervention is imperative on a larger spectrum of creating positive change and the development of larger systems to indirectly help those young adults who are struggling. This level of intervention is key in developing policy change, and helping communities to development initiatives with the expectation of reducing youth suffering homelessness, drug use, physical and sexual abuse, crime and other troubling conditions they may face as they transition to adulthood. Through research and the collection of analysis from both the state and national levels, we can develop an enhanced understanding of this vulnerable population and develop the programs and strategies necessary. Many social workers work closely with community members in this research and the development of interventions to address the large-scale problems faced by today’s at-risk youth.

Instead of putting the teens in lockdown or being guarded, they are being put through intense therapy. “This place gets to the issue, gets to the core problems. With other placements, they…just want to cut off the wheat” (video). The teens are so comfortable in these facilities that there are very little attempts to run away. They see everyone there as a family. If they felt alone outside of the facility the workers made sure that the felt loved. The teens grow a bond and talk to one another instead of fighting.

In the Family Service Association of West Riverside County’s (FSAWRC) proposal, they summarize their goals as being able to serve moderate to low income youth and senior citizens with free and low cost services. These services range from recreation programs for youth such as summer camps, classes, and ethnic dance lessons in the hopes to “enhance social, emotional, physical and recreational functioning of elementary, middle and high school aged children”. For senior citizens they aim to provide similar recreational activities appropriate for that age group and medical and social assistance. By the end of the proposal they communicate their budgetary needs hoping that they can secure funding for a

This paper is about a program called Each One Teach One of Cincinnati, EOTOC. This program is for High School Students in the inner city who are from low income, drug abuse homes. We are partnering with Cincinnati Public Schools to get the students and will service their needs. The services we provide include uniforms, haircuts, drug intervention, drug education, family bonding. Family sessions, self-esteem and mentoring. The organization will partner with many neighborhood organizations such as YMCA, YWCA, Kings Island, and the Boys and Girls Club to assist with the programs.

The youth and teens across the world are thriving in the benefits of multiple options of outreach programs. Theses outreach programs are set to encourage the children to build the highest morale, character, and healthy development of today’s youths. It is great that there are several outreach programs but some of our nationally funded programs are absorbing a large amount of our resources (time and money) without achieving results or being as successful verses the cost of the program. The D.A.R.E program is a great example when it comes to the shortcomings of the cost verses the outcome comparison. I would like to see the millions of dollars that is spent to up keep and maintain the D.A.R.E. program be used to fund and extend the services of

Both Project SUCCESS with Prevention Education Series and Teen Intervene work to decrease the possibility of children using and abusing alcohol and other drugs from a young age. However, Project SUCCESS with the Prevention Education Series operates as an eight-session awareness program in conjunction with the long-standing education and mentoring that the children are already exposed to (NREPP Project SUCCESS, 2018). Teen Intervene is a three-session program which works to with counselors to assist children who are at high risk or already involved with drugs and other abusive substances (NREPP Teen Intervene, 2018). These sessions are an hour long and at minimum ten days apart which equates to about a month-long program. While Project SUCCESS does not explicitly state the amount of time each session is or how frequent the sessions follow each other, it appears that students in Project SUCCESS receive more reinforcement of the content being presented than students in Teen Intervene. Also, Project SUCCESS is distinct from Teen Intervene because it has a foundational program which stimulates children to pursue their life-long dreams and desires outside of drug education (Project SUCCESS, 2018). This gives the personnel educating the children rapport which could be beneficial in guiding towards making healthy

The book talks about the diversion and transitional programs that can be helpful to juvenile’s, so they can stay out of trouble. Diversion program allows the teen speak with social worker and probation officer. While the transitional program help them earn jobs in community and earn high school diploma or some trade while in detention center. These programs are just not offered to juveniles they are many programs for people while in prison or federal prison that they can attend.