The Community Development Block Grant Program proposed by Lights of Zion Ministries will operate out of Harvey, Illinois, located in PPP Township of Cook County. After an encounter with violence to one of our youth, Lights of Zion and a few community members formed the Bounce Back 2 Life Training Program to offer alternative solutions to those who had limited resources and unstable environments. The aim of the Bounce Back 2 Life Program is to address the south suburbs of Harvey, Markham, Robbins, and surrounding communities who are plagued with limited social services economic decline, high criminal activity, and high numbers of the unemployed, low-skilled, low-income, undereducated workforce and opportunity youth that are primed for negative behavior. For most, criminal behavior and violence have become a natural course of matriculation from youth to adulthood. …show more content…
This is done with a welcome video presentation that shows past events, success stories from former participants, staff, and other community leaders to motivate the client’s participation. The orientation process also includes introductions of new participants, question & answer period, additional details about the program, and education test to assess proper program needs as it relates to reading, writing, and math skills. When the testing is completed, the intake personnel identifies an appointment time, for potential participants with a case manager, to develop a service plan to ensure that the individual is serious about enrolling in our program and starting a new career. Once a potential participant qualifies for our program, they are given an enrollment package, course catalog, and a scheduled start date. Each program has its own outline and schedule. Graduation Ceremonies are held to celebrate all graduation
Larry was identified as an overall high risk to re-offend, with moderate high dynamic risk and moderate protective factors. Larry and his family’s strengths and protective factors include family support. Larry and his family specific priority areas that should be targeted to reduce the risk of reoffending include reducing Larry’s criminal activity and involvement and maintaining stabling housing. Larry and his family should target community and peers, attitude and
It analyzed 229 REP clients to a contemporaneous cohort of 370 offenders released to non-REP neighborhoods in Baltimore City (Wall and Poole, n.d.). The quasi-experimental design tested whether REP reduced the widespread and occurrence of criminal justice obligations. The question at hand is whether the program was cost-beneficial. The quasi-experimental research attempted to determine causal relationships between the offender and the community by applying a treatment or condition to one group and comparing the outcome with a control group (Wall and Poole, n.d.). This resulted in REP clients committing fewer new crimes. Research also concluded that by reintegrating ex-offenders with their families it has significant benefits for families who suffer from the loss of emotional and interpersonal support (Wall and Poole, n.d.). The study also dissected the capability of a family who had a loss of income due to incarceration. By rebuilding family bonds during the transition from confinement to reintegrating can potentially reduce and prevent intergenerational cycles of crime (Latesse and Smith,
1.09(a) Provider will enroll youth in an appropriate educational program to meet the youth’s educational needs.
The reality for these teens is, “death isn’t just a possibility–it’s a reality they accept.” But Piquero hopes government officials see the urgency in his research and will help give disadvenataged teens more opportunities to become productive members of society. These kids need education and jobs. Chad Houser, exectutive director of Dallas-based Cafe Momentum, offers young men coming out of jail internships. Many of the men he helps realize the pride of completing an honest day’s work. “A simple pat on the back can make all the difference for disadvantaged juvenile offenders.” For many, they “feel a sense of approval and joy that comes in living up to expectations.” Their attitudes begin to change when they see they have something to live and word towards, instead of “accepting their dismal circumstances as fate.”
The explosion of racial violence that engulfed Tulsa, Oklahoma is arguably one of the worst cases in U.S. history. This essay will focus on the violence, economic destruction, social humiliation, and racial discrimination in Tulsa’s black community using the in-text essay, “The Invasion”, by James S. Hirsch. This history consists of the police actions to elevate the violence, and how white leaders attempted to maintain the status quo in Tulsa.
The recovery model is very import to the field of marriage and family therapy in many different ways. Recovery allows for the client to change, and see unlimited possibility. This model is seen through the lens of values, seeking to help the client to live a rich and meaningful life. Recovery is strength based, and allows for the client to build from their personal skills set, and doesn’t blame a single person for the distress of the family. This allows for the client to gain a sense of self and self-worth, see their own values, and be able to create support within the family as well as their community.
Rehabilitation for at risk teens has been an ongoing issue that runs deep in certain communities. When kids at young ages are exposed to stress and have to cope early on with dysfunction they are denied the opportunity to mature and conditioned to commit thinking errors that perpetuate a young offender into an adult offender. To find ways to break this cycle John Hubner accounts his time on the Giddings State School Capital Offenders Program and how a group of counselors are able to combine many strategies in rehabilitating young offenders who have committed serious crimes. Young people convicted of serious crimes are often transferred to adult prisons that institutionalize young people to prison life only increasing the likely hood of
Community Based Corrections programs, also known as halfway houses or Residential Reentry facilities, were established as an alternative for prisoners to complete their term of incarceration in a community setting. Residential Reentry facilities provide a structured environment for low, minimum, and high-risk offenders while allowing them to integrate back into society. Specifically, Residential Reentry facilities provide offenders the opportunity to gain employment, establish financial responsibility, and obtain suitable housing. With the overcrowding of prisons, the ability to participate in Community Based Correction programs enables the convicted criminals as well as prison staff to lessen the loads that come with working in a prison as well as improve the lifestyle that comes with incarceration. As with all things in life, there are positive as well as negative outcomes to the participation of these convicted criminals in community-based programs. In viewing the positive and negative outcomes, the end
Clearly, there is a need to make communities safe and assist a population of African American male youth, that are headed towards a continued self destruction path, of criminal life. Causes such as lack of employment, lack of education, social disparities and an injustice justice system, leads to high recidivism rates among African-American juvenile offenders. It is imperative that programs are implemented in areas such as rehabilitation, intervention, job ready skills, substance abuse treatment, educational skills and anti-social behavior programs, to help move the African American male juvenile youth into a positive direction. In a direction of not having to make life criminal choices, from living in communities of disparities and
Since its inception, Curran realized that ex-offenders needed more than just a job when they got out. Safer began to expand its focus on other areas after placement was made. These programs have expanded to include education, vocational training, addiction counseling, housing, and employment. Safer’s primary objective is to assist youth
Juvenile delinquency is a relatively new phenomenon. For this reason, society’s reactions and solutions to the problem of delinquency are also modern developments. The United States developed the first youth court in 1899 and is now home to many new and formerly untested methods of juvenile rehabilitation and correction. One of many unique programs within the Juvenile Justice system, boot camps are institutions designed to keep delinquent juveniles out of traditional incarceration facilities and still provide a structured method of punishment and rehabilitation. Boot camps developed in the early 1990s and quickly proliferated throughout the nation. Specifically, they are “…short-term residential programs modeled after
Celebrate Recovery is a self-help recovery program that contains a heavy emphasis on Christ and seeking healing through Him. There is a strong religious focus so individuals feel like they have help that is unconditional and they are surrounded by a body of individuals who are struggling with similar situations as well. Although these individuals cannot provide the answers or healing for one another, they are the support, a body, a family, and create a safe environment for fellow participants. Moreover, with this focus on Christs healing powers in their lives, the program emphasizes the eight recovery principles in the Beatitudes as well as the twelve-steps (similar to those used in Alcoholics Anonymous). I, therefore, attended a Celebrate Recovery meeting at the fellowship church in Rogers, AR on October seventh, two thousand sixteen.
Not only this but, “offenders who commit new offenses after court contact are at risk for a variety of poor developmental and life course outcomes, including school failure, out of home placements, occupational marginality, and long-term involvement in criminal activity” (Schwalbe 2004). As seen here, this is a downward spiral. Active reform has never before been at such a demand. As recidivism and juvenile delinquency continues to increase, not only will national crime rates and juvenile prison populations inflate, but the diminishing of an educated, safe, and economically stable society will also be affected regrettably. If juveniles whom continue to commit repeat criminal offenses lack school initiative, family support, and job exposure, than relatively as recidivism and juvenile criminal activity increases, our nation’s standard of living will consequently lower.
Ever since I was little, i have had the career aspirations of any other child. From ballerina to firefighter, fashion designer to chef. At one point I wanted to be a veterinarian, but when I came to the realization that I don't particularly like animals that dream slowly faded and died. When I looked back upon my previous dreams I realized one common theme, Helping people. It was from then on that I knew who I wanted to be.
Most of teachers have their cultural prejudice. This prejudice influences teachers decide what kind of education show to their students. In Culturally responsive teaching(CRT), teachers have to take care of everything. I think, The most important thing for teacher's role in The CRT consider value of diversity, historic experience and the current status of various students in class. It is important to understand that the differentiation among students comes from a different cultural, social and political background. School and political systems, cultural norms and values about education differ from culture to culture and therefore it is important as a teacher to try to discover these backgrounds as best as possible in order to better understand