Gender Specific Restorative Justice Graduated Sanctions Mentoring Delinquency Prevention Alternatives to Detention Risk/Needs Assessment Accountability based Rural Prevention Training Law enforcement/c ourts
PROGRAMS & SERVICES JJAC allocates federal and state grant funds for the purposes of the prevention of delinquency, alternatives to secure detention, improvement of the juvenile justice system and the development of a continuum of graduated sanctions for juveniles in local New Mexico communities. Following is a sample of some of the major programs that JJAC Continuum Sites in New Mexico have chosen to use in their areas to address juvenile delinquency activity. Graduation sanctions are the first model of programs used by the Continuum Sites in making juveniles accountable for their actions. Graduated sanctions is a set of integrated intervention strategies designed to operate in unison to enhance accountability, ensure public safety, and reduce recidivism by preventing future delinquent behavior. The term graduated sanctions implies that the penalties for delinquent activity should move from limited interventions to more restrictive penalties. Examples of such programs are Day Reporting Programs, Restorative Justice Programs, Girls Circle, Intensive Community Monitoring. Reception Assessment Center (RAC) is a program that provides an early intervention opportunity by preventing incarceration of youth that are in police custody for non-detainable offences. Services include an intake interview; a juvenile justice needs assessment, crisis intervention and case management for at-risk youth. RAC works closely with law enforcement and juvenile justice personnel by providing the community with an alternative to detention. Girls Circle is a gender-specific service designed to promote healthy attitudes, behaviors, and lifestyles, and promote social competence in girls. Key program elements generally address issues in the context of relationships to peers, family, school, and community. The Bernalillo County Case Management Program of youth in detention and released from detention is a JDAI model. This model ensures the provision of appropriate and unduplicated treatment services. The case management program is designed to positively influence the lives of youth and divert them form a path of serious, violent, and chronic delinquency. Day Reporting is a diversion program that in most cases allows the youth to continue their education uninterrupted and is designed to hold them accountable for their actions by sanctioning behavior. In some cases diversion services may allow the youth to avoid formal court processing in the juvenile justice system. An Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) has been established between Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) and the Mescalero Apache Tribe. The IGA has assessed state resources and services for youth involved with the Mescalero Children s Court. The IGA is in the process of establishing policies and procedures for use by CYFD and Mescalero Tribal System personnel to implement the agreement and related provisions of the Children s Code. The Mescalero Apache Tribal court IGA process is designed to be replicable with other New Mexico Indian Tribes and Pueblos. This is the first time an Indian Tribe has entered to such an IGA with a state agency to develop a working relationship to address the needs of Indian Tribal juvenile youth.
Approximately $2.4 million dollars in federal and state grant funds are allocated to communities in New Mexico. Currently there are 20 continuum sites that serve 21 New Mexico Counties. Sites currently funded by JJAC are: County of Bernalillo 1.) Reception Assessment Center (RAC) 2.) Restorative Justice/Alternative to Violence 3.) Case Management (CCP/youth under house arrest) 4.) Case Management (Youth Services Center) 5.) Life Skills Program County of Los Alamos 1.) Youth Resiliency Program 2.) Delinquency and Substance Abuse 3.) Life Skills 4.) Envision Your Future 5.) Girls Circle 6.) Restorative Justice 7.) Youth Resource Advocate 8.) Mentoring 9.) Families in Action County of Santa Fe 1.) Intensive Community Monitoring 2.) Day Reporting 3.) Gender Specific 4.) Mentoring County of McKinley 1.) Case Management/Substance Abuse 2.) Program Aides/Substance Abuse Detox 3.) Life Skills County of Lincoln 1.) Juvenile Citation Program 2.) Girls Circle 3.) Restorative Justice 4.) Intensive Community Monitoring 5.) Trauma Assessment/Juvenile Offenders 6.) Boys Council County of Rio Arriba 1.) Alternatives to School Suspension 3.) Intensive Community Monitoring (ICM) City of Las Cruces 1.) Citation Program (JCP) 3 areas 2.) Juvenile Assessment Reporting Center County of Chaves 1.) Gender Specific/Girls Circle
3.) Wings of Life 4.) Intensive Youth Advocacy Mentoring Town of Taos 1.) Restorative Justice 2.) Intensive Community Monitoring 3.) Learning Lab 4.) Girls Circle 5.) GRIP Monitoring Program County of Lea 1.) Youth Reporting Center County of Sandoval 1.) Alternative to Education Setting 2.) SC & BHS RAC Programs 3.) BHS Learning Lab County of Curry 1.) Girl s Circle 2.) Boy s Council 3.) Citation Program 4.) Return to School Program County of San Miguel 1.) Girls Circle 2.) Boy s Council 3.) Mentoring Program 4.) Restorative Justice 5.) Family Center Program 6.) Sports Based Youth Development Program County of Grant 1.) Restorative Justice City of Raton 1.) Girls Circle 2.) Boys Council 3.) Restorative Justice County of Torrance 1.) RAC County of Valencia 1.) RAC 2.) Scout Outreach Program 3.) Mentoring Program County of Socorro 1.) Youth Division Court Program 2.) Substance Abuse Awareness Program 3.) Truancy Program 4.) Multi-purpose Youth Center Program
County of Cibola 1.) Safe School Ambassador 2.) Youth Mentoring Program 3.) Saturday School 4.) Project Northern Program Guide Counties of Luna and Hidalgo 1.) Alliance for Excellent Programs/Tutoring/Literacy Program