Juvenile Justice System Community Based & Residential Programs

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1 Juvenile Justice System Community Based & Residential Programs Green Residential Community Home Population: Males ages 13-16, maximum capacity 32 Services Provided: Located in Ringwood, New Jersey, this is a group home that focuses on behavior modification. The group fosters community service with Ridgewood State Park and Manor along with the municipal government. It also works closely with the Playwright s Theater of New Jersey Website: Manor Woods Residential Community Home Population: Males ages , maximum capacity 24 Services Provided: Located in Mays Landing, New Jersey, this is a 6-8 month behavior modification program that focuses on decision making skills. Members work at Atlantic County Park through the AmeriCorps program. Juveniles also assist the Atlantic County Food Bank as part of their service. Website: Game Farm Road Population: Males ages 16-18, maximum capacity 30 Services Provided: Located in Forked River, New Jersey, this is a group home that focuses on serious substance abuse issues. The site has on-site greenhouses and promotes horticulture and landscaping. Four days a week juveniles participate in the Cooperative Construction Trades Program at Allaire State Park. Website: Pinelands Residential Community Home Population: Males ages , maximum capacity 18 Services Provided: Located in Chatsworth, New Jersey, this facility provides residential treatment for sex offenders. It requires a 3 year term of probation, 18 months are at the Pinelands facility and the last 18 months are in the Pinelands aftercare program. Website: Southern Residential Community Home Population: Males ages 15-19, maximum capacity 34 Services Provided: Located in Egg Harbor Twp., New Jersey, this behavior modification facility focuses on respect, responsibility, accountability, determination, and good decision making. In addition to the educational curriculum, students can learn building maintenance through the Atlantic Co. Vocational School. Website: 1

2 Valentine Residential Community Home Population: Females ages 14-18, maximum capacity 18 Services Provided: Located in Bordentown, New Jersey this is a behavior medication facility where young women receive individual and group counseling, vocational training, as well as a full academic program. Website: Voorhees Residential Community Home Population: Males ages 15-18, maximum capacity 27 Services Provided: Located in Glen Gardner, New Jersey, this is a behavior modification facility that provides both an academic education and training in carpentry, landscaping, plumbing and masonry. It also boasts a Pre-Apprentice program in carpentry. Website: Warren Residential Community Home Population: Males ages 16-18, maximum capacity 34 Services Provided: Located in Oxford, New Jersey, this is a behavior modification program. It provides academic education with additional studies offered in culinary arts, auto mechanics, carpentry, and biology through Warren Co. Community College. Website: IMANI Partial Care Program (formerly known as Camden Day) Type: Community Based Sponsoring Agency: Probation/YCM/DYFS Population: Males & Females ages 13-17(18 if still in school), maximum capacity Services Provided: Located in Camden, New Jersey and associated with Cooper Hospital, provides individual, group, family, and substance abuse counseling. Admittance is limited to residents of Camden County with an AXIS 1 mental health diagnosis. Website: None Kennedy Health System-Substance Abuse Program Sponsoring Agency: YCM/DYFS Population: Males and Females all ages, maximum capacity unknown Services Provided: Located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, this program provides intensive outpatient drug treatment, short-term residential, hospital inpatientdetoxification and outpatient detoxification. Website: My Father s House Inc. 2

3 Population: Males and Females all ages, maximum capacity is determined by number of therapist. Services Provided: Located in Gloucester City, this is an intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization for substance abuse issues. Website: Princeton House Behavioral Health Population: Males and Females all ages, maximum capacity 20 Services Provided: Located in Cherry Hill, this facility is an intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization for substance abuse issues. Website: Sikora Center Inc. Population: Males and Females all ages Services Provided: Located in Camden, this facility provides an intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse issues. Website: none S.O.D.A.T. (Services to Overcome Drug Abuse among Teenagers) Population: Males and Females all ages, maximum capacity determined by number of therapists available. Services Provided: Located in Camden, New Jersey, this facility provides an intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse issues. It also provides screening and assessment services. Website: RAFHA Inc. Girls Circle Type: Community Sponsoring Agency: RAFHA Inc. Population: Females ages 12-19, maximum capacity approximately 10 Services Provided: Located in Sicklerville, New Jersey, this is a 12-week strengthbased model of structured supportive group for young females who are at risk. This program assesses various aspects of life such as relationships, sexuality, violence, HIV, drug abuse, stress and goal setting. Further, this program seeks to empower young women through mentoring, individual/family counseling, life skills training, GED preparation and variety of other services. Website: Albert Elias Residential Community Home Population: Males ages 13-16, maximum capacity 20 Services Provided: Located in Mercer County, New Jersey, this is a group home located on the estate of Charles Lindberg. This program intercedes in the emotional, social and academic areas of juveniles lives through individual treatment plans. This program includes a component that teaches juveniles multimedia skills. Additionally, 3

4 juveniles participate in a wilderness program designed to improve decision-making, self-confidence and encourage teamwork. Website: Campus Program Population: Males ages 16-18, maximum capacity 39 Services Provided: Located in Blackwood, New Jersey, this is a group home that focuses on serious substance abuse and behavioral issues. This program is designed to promote responsibility, initiative, and the development of healthy coping skills. This site has on-site greenhouses and promotes horticulture and landscaping. It also has a building maintenance program and computer literacy program. Website: Costello Prep Residential Community Home Population: Males ages 16-19, maximum capacity 50 Services Provided: Located in Tabernacle, New Jersey, this facility provides educational, therapeutic care, and recreational experiences. This program is designed to prepare residents to return to their communities as positive, contributing members. Specifically, their curriculums develop leadership, communication and other critical life skills that complement other aspects of the juvenile s rehabilitation. Website: D.O.V.E.S. Residential Community home Population: Females ages 13-18, maximum capacity 24 Services Provided: Located in Bordentown, New Jersey, this is a 4 to 12 month program that focuses on Developing Opportunities and Value through Education and Substance Abuse treatment. The program provides individualized care through an approach that addresses behavioral, substance abuse and developmental issues. The program aims to empower each young woman to become self-reliant, confident, and a well-rounded individual. Website: Essex Transitional Program Population: Males ages 16-18, maximum capacity 25 Services Provided: Located in Newark, New Jersey, this facility provides transition assistance for paroled youth. This program is designed to prepare juveniles for return to the community. Juveniles receive academic instruction and are taught carpentry, plumbing, masonry and landscaping by qualified teachers. Website: Fresh Start Residential Community home Population: Males ages 13-18, maximum capacity 20 4

5 Services Provided: Located in Allaire State Park, New Jersey, this residential program focuses on seriously emotionally disturbed, impaired or otherwise vulnerable juveniles found within the Juvenile Justice Commission s other programs and institutions. Juveniles approved for this program have been identified as appropriate for a less restrictive environment. Website: Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) Program Type: Community Sponsoring Agency: YCM Population: Males and Females, all ages up to 18, maximal capacity depends on number of therapists Services Provided: This local program provides services for youths in the criminal justice system. It focuses on working with families to develop behavior plans for offenders. Therapists work with families for a period of three to four months. The therapists visit and work with the juvenile and family members on average twice per week. MST also provides aftercare for Camden Group Home, JJC Aftercare, Parole and Camden Juvenile Probation. Website: None Camden Group Home Population: Males, ages maximum capacity 50 Services Provided: Located in Camden, New Jersey, this site helps young men with life skills, substance abuse counseling, education, and individual and group counseling. Ten beds are set aside for juveniles in transition from commitment to release back to the community. Website: Youth Empowerment System Shelter and Treatment Facility (YES) /Shelter Sponsoring Agency: DYFS/JJC/Center for Family Services Population: Males and females, ages 11-17, maximum capacity Services Provided: Located in Blackwood, New Jersey, YES provides both long-term residential treatment and short-term emergency shelter care. The center provides education, individual and group counseling, substance abuse treatment and like skills training. The shelter portion of the YES facility also serves as a detention-alternative for the Camden Family court system. Website: Faith Alternative Intensive Treatment Home (FAITH) Sponsoring Agency: DYFS/YCM Population: Females, ages 12-17, maximum capacity 5 Services Provided: Located in Laurel Springs, New Jersey, this facility provides homeless females with a stable environment that offers group and individual counseling. Counselors work with the youth to develop long term treatment plans while working to reunify them with family or find an alternative stable living environment. Website: mefaith.htm 5

6 Juvenile Intensive Supervised Probation (J.I.S.P.) Type: Community Based Sponsoring Agency: Probation Population: Males and Females, ages 13-18, maximum capacity 15 Services Provided: Located in Camden, New Jersey, this program serves as a dispositional option which allows select juveniles to remain in the community while under intensive supervision. There is a minimal of three supervisory contacts within a week. Website: None HOPEWORKS Type: Community Based Sponsoring Agency: Non-Profit organization Population: Males and Females, ages 14-24, maximum capacity Services Provided: Located in North Camden, New Jersey, this program offers two great programs involving technology training and job opportunities, coupled with academic support and formation. Website: 6