Design and Implementation of Family Foster Care Services for High Risk Delinquents Transitioning From Correctional Confinement

• NCJ Number: 170495
• Journal: Juvenile and Family Court Journal Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Dated: (Fall 1997) Pages: 17-32
• Author(s): J W Davis; P J Pecora; C Joyce; L Flemmer; J Edmondson; J Gerhardt; K Henderson; G Paddock; N S Le Prohn; T Armstrong
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 16 pages
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article reviews family foster care services for high- risk delinquents.

Abstract

Specialized Family Care (SFC) provides planned, long-term family foster care to youth who have been adjudicated as delinquent and who are at high risk of ongoing delinquent behavior following their transition into the community from correctional confinement. The program is funded and operated through a collaborative arrangement among the Casey Family Program-Bismarck Division, the North Dakota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the North Dakota Division of Juvenile Services (DJS). Specially recruited, trained, and supported foster families work closely with a dual case management system of services provided by SFC social workers and DJS case managers responsible for community-based aftercare. Individual case plans for youth involve a mix of intensive aftercare programming for delinquent behaviors, individually designed intervention strategies, intensive supervision, and intensive casework. The article discusses the program model, implementation challenges, costs and preliminary outcomes. Figure, table, notes, references