Social Services Research Paper

Aside from statistical data, the authors shared little to no analysis of the attrition in their study.

For instance they found that there is no descriptive proof that integration into university/college life, will lead to better academic achievement.

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Office of Prevention and Victim Services provides voluntary youth crime prevention programs through the state of Florida. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice mission is to increase public safety by reducing juvenile delinquency through operative prevention, intervention and treatment services that builds up families for a turn around of a brighter future of a troubled youth. The main functions of these programs as will be indicated in this paper are designed to reduce juvenile crime and protect public safety. These programs that will be stated main focused is to help those high-risk juveniles and those who display problem behaviors such as ungovernability, truancy, running away from home and other pre-delinquent behaviors. The state of Florida addresses these problems by contracting this delinquency programs prevention services and awarding grants to this local providers throughout the state of Florida.

A two-pronged prevention approach has proven effective, with primary prevention strategies aimed at the community 's general population and secondary prevention strategies targeting youth between the ages of 7 and 14 who are at high risk of joining gangs. Prevention efforts undertaken by law enforcement departments around the country include: “Participating in community awareness campaigns (e.g. developing public service announcements and poster campaigns). Contacting the parents of peripheral gang members (through the mail or during personal visits) to alert them that their children are involved with a gang. Sponsoring gang hotlines to gather information and facilitate a quick response to gang-related issues. Organizing athletic events with teams of law enforcement officers and gang members. Establishing working relationships with local social service agencies. Making presentations about gangs to schools and community groups as a combined effort at prevention and information gathering. Sponsoring school-based gang and drug prevention programs (e.g. DARE and GREAT)” (Hess, 2013 p.230).

The Canadian government also uses Intervention programs. This programs purpose is to help street gang members, especially youth leave gangs as well as prevent young people who are on the border of joining street gangs join them. Along with prevention techniques, intervention program must be individualized to meet the adolescents needs to get them out of their current gang. Multisystemic Therapy which was designed specifically for chronic juvenile offenders which can be also connected to youth gangs, is a home based program where all areas of the adolescents life that influences them are involved including home, school, peer group and neighbourhood. With therapists available twenty-four hours a day, this program can be successful. The purpose of Multisystemic Therapy is to “empower the family to take responsibility for making and maintaining gains.... parents are encouraged to develop the requisite skills to solve their own problems rather than rely on professionals” (Leschied & Cunningham 9). Another intervention strategy based out of Regina, is called RAGS which stands for Regina Anti-Gang Services specifically targets gang involved Aboriginal youth from the ages of thirteen to thirty. The goal is to reduce the amount of youth gang crimes by providing services that can end in adolescents leaving the gangs. The program offers intensive counselling, teaching

With any human services organization it is necessary to produce results that can be measured, due to the fact that many are funded in part or wholly by public funding. “In effect, to express goals and objectives as services rather than outcomes makes it impossible to evaluate a program against its outcomes, rendering such a program essentially nonaccountable. If a social program cannot produce results that meet human needs, the welfare system must direct funding elsewhere” (Chambers &

The problem is that the CBFD has not developed a comprehensive plan to improve the department ISO rating. In order to develop a plan, research is needed to

It had suggestions such as volunteering at a food bank and finding volunteer opportunities within your area(Find). Depending on the age of my students I could either ask them to bring in cans to donate to a local homeless shelter or find a volunteer opportunity that my class and I could participate in. I could also use resources from the agency if I found out that one of my students was not living a healthy well being lifestyle or educate the families of my students about the resources available to them depending on their situation. The Administration for Children and Families has a Data & Resource tab which I could use to be more informed on what my future class population could look like or be educated on what the current issues are for my students (Data). If my co-workers had discovered one of their students was struggling wether it be homelessness or neglect, I could inform them about this agency and help them find the resources necessary to improve their students life. The sharing of knowledge between educators, organizations, agencies, etc is necessary to keep us informed,

For my final paper I am going to talk about a program that in my eyes is a great way for our youth to receive different views and healthy choices when it comes to avoiding and confronting gangs or gang members. Gang Resistance Education and Training, abbreviated G.R.E.A.T., and provides a school-based, police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning activities. The mission of the program is to provide a range of activities to our kids to keep them away from gangs or related activity as well as educate them on competency, usefulness, and personal empowerment which will prevent them from

Last but not least establishing community groups with individuals willing to help provide programs or sports that interest juveniles can also create a safe drug-free community.

In addition to it also lacked the interaction between fitness for use and specific experience hence there are no insight developed on this issue.

The investigation was not conducted according to the investigational plan (Study Protocol) which is required by 21 CFR 312.60.

Limitations: Small sample size, discrepancies in testing measures, interventions not completed within 8 week time allocation, not randomized, inadequate testing environment

The validity and credibility of this finding to answer the research question on program readiness for evaluation is uncertain. This is primarily due to the limitations in obtaining the data used for those evaluations, and the findings. However, being that this is a tool used by the funders as a checkmark on the program, and the program has continued to be funded, I can only use clear reasoning and judgement to decide that the program is ready to be evaluated. In addition, the program seems to have a design which they abide by. The data analysis show that the program has a well-defined structure, no part of the process needs to be modified.

The process of this research was very simple. Before I began my research, I had done a preliminary search to determine whether there was enough information out there for this organization. Then, I began to organize the information I have collected. I faced two major problems during my research. I was unable to contact any high positioned staffs. Also, the online chart of this organization was showing an error. However, the research was successfully completed.