Services Youth/Parent and Gang Intervention Services::..

Youth/Parent and Gang Intervention services work with parents and their youth who exhibit high-risk and gang involved behavior. These youth may be at risk of or have become involved in the juvenile justice system. In particular, these services include:

• Case Management Services: Provide personal coaching, assistance with achieving personal/social/educational/vocational goals and securing needed services and opportunities.

• Community Re-Entry/After Care: Assist youth to integrate back into the community from correctional facilities and to adopt a pro-social lifestyle.

• Mental Health Services: Assist high-risk, gang involved youth access needed mental health services.

• Parent Education and Support Services: Educate parents to identify the signs of high-risk behaviors and gang involvement of their children/youth. Assist/coach parents on re-directing their youth’s high-risk and gang involved behaviors.

• Gang Outreach and Diversion Services:  Community outreach to gang involved youth and assist those who want to leave the gang lifestyle.