for Juvenile Justice
Diversion, Early Intervention and Prevention!
Young people’s skills for forming healthy relationships are shaped by the examples they see and the guidance they receive. When boys and girls become involved with the justice system, their opportunities to learn, cultivate, and practice these skills are interrupted.
In addition, those who experience ongoing stress or early trauma often have difficulty regulating their emotional responses when facing challenges in school, life and relationships, which can cause them to become system involved.
Project WITH and Mind Matters respond to the needs of justice involved youth for healthy relationship, impulse control, and resilience skills. Both programs have been successfully used with youth in care. These programs may be implemented with groups or individuals.
Project WITH
Mind Matters
check out our case studies below!
Goal: Addressing and mitigating trauma with high-needs youth, families, and communities.
Funding: California Behavioral Health Youth Initiative
Setting: Runaway and Homeless Youths
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: Giving Lao team the tools to cope with the stress of their jobs.
Funding: CalWORKS Homeless Assistance Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
Setting: Professional development day held in Lao Family Community Development Facility
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: Delinquency prevention, Delinquency intervention, and Delinquency accountability services for youth at risk for delinquency or affected by the correctional system
Funding: Arizona Title II Forumla Grant
Setting: Runaway and homeless youth shelters, Tribal schools, Diversion classes, PRIDE center, AIM Program
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: To diminish occurrences of Substance use/misuse prevention, address Ongoing stress, Truancy prevention, and Violence prevention.
Funding: Governor’s Office of Youth Faith and Families, Drug Free Communities, and Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS).
Setting: School facilities, Aftercare programs, Diversion programs, and Mostly rural locations
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: Teaching youth how to address their stresses and challenges to improve wellbeing
Funding: California Hospital Medical Center Public Benefits Funds
Setting: Summer Program in Medical Center
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: Strengthen connections between incarcerated and their families
Funding: State funds and private donations
Setting: Prisons
Curriculum: Love Notes
Goal: Learn coping skills & self-care
Funding: State Medicaid, county, youth services
Setting: Residential group homes
Curriculum: Mind Matters