● Redemption Project partnership established to help former clients become
better integrated into society.
● Guide to Positive Youth
Interaction educational program established to reduce the number of
juveniles arrested by teaching youth to follow simple rules of behavior that
balance officer safety and the protection of individual rights
● Youth Leadership Academy Project after-school program developed to increase
literacy and computer skills of youth and reduce the likelihood of youth
engaging in future criminal activity
● Big Brothers Big Sisters office partnership with a nationally-recognized
mentoring program to assist at-risk children in low performing schools and to
help counter negative factors that affect them.
● Brief Strategic Family Therapy partnership established to assist juvenile
clients and their families through family-focused substance abuse counseling
● Alcohol Treatment Targeting Adolescents in Need (ATTAIN) partnership
established to provide individual and family intervention to Hispanic/Latino and
African American juveniles with alcohol problems
● Lawyers and Advocates for Special Education Advocacy program established to
increase the likelihood that youth with learning related disabilities receive an
appropriate education and do not become involved in the court
● Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment partnership
established to reduce violence by increasing awareness of effective crime
prevention methods and responses to criminal and violent conduct in the criminal
justice system and community
