NCJ Number
145428
Date Published
1993
Length
47 pages
Annotation
Goals of the 1993 plan of New York's Division for Youth are to encourage diverse communities in the State to create a wide spectrum of opportunities for youth development and to prevent juvenile delinquency.
Abstract
Trends indicate that children of color will comprise a majority of New York's population in the 21st Century, and the Division for Youth's 1993 plan addresses the State's growing ethnic and cultural diversity. The division supports local youth recreation and service programming and makes funding available to support the construction and renovation of youth centers in high-need areas. New programs initiated in 1993 enable local service providers to address the needs of vulnerable youth in distressed neighborhoods and encourage young people to be involved in community service while developing skills. For youth placed by courts in the division's care and custody, a statewide system is being developed to address increasing supervision and service demands. An effort is also being made to strengthen service options for juvenile rehabilitation, with emphasis on counseling services; aggression replacement training; case management; expanded programs for substance abusers, sex offenders, and others with special needs; and such alternative placement programs as home-based intensive supervision, evening reporting centers, youth leadership training, and the Wilderness Challenge Program. Other youth initiatives concern youth opportunity centers, gang-related research and activities, mentoring, independent living skills training, educational and vocational programs, medical and dental services, mental health services, suicide prevention, AIDS prevention, services for mothers, and law- related education. New facilities have been constructed to provide for cost-effective youth rehabilitation, including seven 20-bed residential cottages and a 150-bed limited secure facility, and eight 25-bed nonsecure facilities are planned. Tables and photographs