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Resource Planning Program (R.P.P.)
R.P.P. is responsible for the supervision of all youth placed in out-of-home treatment facilities, group homes, and out-of-county foster care homes. On the average there are approximately 200 youth in placement. One of our many goals is to better understand the family dynamics relevant to the behaviors exhibited by the youth that may have directly or indirectly caused the youth’s Court involvement. R.P.P. is committed to working with families in order to facilitate the transition of youth into placement, ensuring the youth receives the appropriate treatment, and assisting in the transition of youth back into the community.
R.P.P. possesses the clinical knowledge and skills as to the causation, diagnosis, treatment of sex offenders, mental health offenders, violent offenders, and substance abuse as required by the variety of treatment facilities. R.P.P. is responsible for monitoring the milieu and programming component of each individual placement facility. R.P.P. staff members visit these facilities on a monthly basis to meet with the youth, to monitor the youth’s progress in treatment, and to inspect each facility. In addition to these monthly visits, R.P.P. also conducts annual audits of each facility focusing on location, condition of facility, treatment objectives, intake access, monthly reports, family services, and aftercare services. Facilities are graded in order to assist us in determining whether or not we will continue to contract with and use a particular facility.
Every effort is made to maintain youth within the community prior to being placed in a treatment facility. As a result, we implement an internal review system referred to as the Formal Review Process. The Formal Review Process serves as the central location for referrals of youth needing specialized services including but not limited to out-of-home placement. This type of integrated review and treatment planning approach encourages early identification of higher risk offenders in order to develop treatment plans that will impact a youth’s criminogenic behavior, as well as meeting their specific treatment needs.
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