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eferral. Following that period a short term implementation plan is developed with the family. The two components of the plan include: 1. accessing community services and support, and 2. accessing support available through family, friends and community networks. Southwest Family Keys Program Report for 2005 states the following, “Because of the services Family Keys offers, 1219, 95% of total youth serviced have been diverted for probation and court involvement.” 73 The program was expanded in 2004 to provide services to youth and families involved with the Family Court as a result of a PINs petition having been filed for runaway. The program works with the family during the pendency of the cases to provide services and support, the Family Support Caseworker is available to attend court hearings and once a child is found or returns home they continue to work with the family to follow through with the plan made by the Family Court. If a child is placed out of his or her home for short term evaluation, the Family Support Caseworker works with the placement agency to assist with family involvement and discharge planning. The program report conveys the following outcome data: “Because of the services that the Family Keys Runaway Program offers, 36 youth, 84% of total youth services, have been diverted from probation and out-of–home placement.” 74 In 2005, the Southwest Family Keys opened the “Community Connections Program”. The program is designed to provide a structured continuum of care for children as an alternative to out-of-home placement. The program has three distinct components: The “Intensive Youth Services” (IYS), “Evening Support Services” and the “Independent Living Skills Program”. Each of the programs has distinct features. • Reform Efforts in Florida To address the service needs of the “FINS” and “CINS” status offenders, Florida developed a state administered, community-based array of services. Under the model, the State Department of Juvenile Justice awards and administers contracts. The contracts are managed by a State Network Office. The State Network Office provides contract monitoring, programming resources, training, data collection and analysis and public information material. Twenty-five community-based, non-profit agencies operate twenty-seven (two are county government operated) shelters and three stand alone nonresidential counseling centers. These programs provide services on a 24 hour/7 day per week basis for crisis intervention, triage and assessment, for “FINS” children. The shelters provide voluntary temporary respite care, for “CINS” children the shelters provide court-ordered staff secure temporary care. There are non-residential services provided to families as well as case management and referral to other services, such as mental health and substance abuse assessments and treatment, if needed. 73 Source: Southwest Key Program, Inc. Program Report, Orange County Family Keys, Community Connections 2005.(New York, 2005) 6 74 Ibid, 6 95
The programs also provide prevention and targeted outreach services to children and their families and the community that include public health education. • Girls Programming One example of such a program that targets girls is the Practical, Academic, Cultural, Education (PACE) Program. The purpose of the program is to intervene and prevent school withdrawal, juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, substance abuse and welfare dependency. The program accepts referrals from the juvenile justice system, the state Department of Children and Families, school personnel, community services agencies, parents, family members, friends and self-referrals. PACE programs provide the following service: academic education, individualized attention, gender-specific life management curriculum, therapeutic support services, parental involvement, student volunteer service projects and transition follow-up services. 96
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