Intensive Community-Based Aftercare Programs: Training Manual for Action Planning Conference

• NCJ Number: 152428
• Author(s): D M Altschuler; T L Armstrong
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 164 pages
• Grant Number(s): 87-JS-CX-K094
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: Johns Hopkins University; California State University, Sacramento
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This manual presents a nine-module curriculum for an action planning conference, sponsored by the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), related to intensive community-based aftercare programs for juveniles.

Abstract

The first module provides an overview of the intensive community-based aftercare project and the intensive aftercare program (IAP) model. The second module discusses integrated theoretical underpinnings and underlying principles of programmatic action, followed by a description of organizational factors and the external environment in IAP planning. The manual focuses on case management, highlighting concepts in assessment and classification and individualized case planning, surveillance techniques and programming/services provision, balanced incentives and graduated consequences, and service brokerage with community resources and linkage with social networks. The final module presents specifications on management information and program evaluation.