From Juvenile Justice Information Exchange:
Opinion
A 65% reduction in youth incarceration between 2005 and 2021 and the closing of two youth prisons during that time are among the great strides of Redeploy Illinois, an innovative Cook County program allowing communities to tailor state-funded juvenile treatment services to meet their particular characteristics and needs.
As part of a strategy to keep youth from Chicago and other areas of Cook County out of incarceration, Redeploy staffers have been driving many of those youth, Monday through Friday, to Redeploy hubs. There, they participate in intensive outpatient and extracurricular projects, including:
Trauma-informed, evidence-based mental and behavioral health therapies.
Structured, information-packed tours of such places as the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center and Art Institute of Chicago; and academic and vocational classrooms and workshops at Chicago State University and the City Colleges of Chicago.
Mentoring by staff members at those hubs, located in partner agencies such as Youth Outreach Services and the National Youth Advocate Program. Continue reading >>>
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