Milestone is designed to meet the needs of juvenile offenders with acute substance abuse needs.  The program focuses on providing intensive therapeutic, didactic and supportive services.  These services address and treat the co-morbid issues of conduct challenges and substance abuse.  The broad range program assists youth with delinquency and behavioral problems, to work towards remaining crime and drug  free, employed and in school.  The program provides an alternative to out-of-home detention placement.

Successful Treatment

• 89% of youth were working or in school upon termination from the substance abuse treatment program
• 74% of youth remained totally “drug-free” during treatment

JJDRA provides intensive home-based services to male  and female youth aged 14-21 that are adjudicated wards of the state.

JJDRA serves as a diversion to out-of-home placement and reintegration of community placement.

A treatment team consisting of a community treatment worker and a youth surveillance worker work intensively with the youth and family to prevent re-entry into the juvenile residential system. During involvement with the program, the youth, family and team of workers discuess and identify goads to be achievied

The treatment team focuses on the strengths within the family and empowers the youth and family by providing encouragement, support, advocacy, referrals to community-based resources and assistance with many concrete needs.

Successful Program Delivery:

• 100% of youth remained crime free while receiving services
• 95% of youth completed programming were working and/or in school after release.
• 90% of youth that successfully completed the program did not become re-institutionalized within 12 months of the completion of services
• 100% of youth received required level of service contacts

Home Based Services  is a continuum of care made up of programs designed and implemented to serve adjudicated youth within the community.  Eligible youth include those 11 to 19 years of age who have been adjudicated through the Wayne County Juvenile Court System and need intensive services that are designed to keep them at home and crime-free. Emphasis is placed on exposing youth to constructive recreational activities and reputable employment opportunities, as well as involvement in weekly social living skill building groups.