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PROGRAM SUMMARY Statementofthe Problem: ~co~eterm~ology, de$cribet~j~en~j~ticeprob~mtheprogram ~n~toaddress. Many families in Cabarrus County are experiencing significant life stressors that are translating into significant f~mily problems. Many of these are single-parent families or blended families. Parents may exhibit a lack of parenting skills and children may not receive proper supervision because of parent's work shifts. There may be increased drug and alcohol abuse by the parents and/or children as well as increased school difficulties by the child. Within this type of environment youth may develop socially inappropriate behaviors and criminal behaviors which result in court involvement and (continued on 3.1) Program Goal:sta~t~ effectthatt~pro~am ~designedtoh~eonsolvingtheprob~m describedabove. The overall goal of Home-Based Services is to help keep families together while, 1) assisting identified youth in changing their delinquent and pre-delinquent behaviors, and, 2) assisting families in learning how to effectively manage behaviors and issues that are affecting the behaviors. CBA guidelines define Home-Based Services as "a method of service delivery that focuses on families of children". CBA standards further state that the home-based concept assumes that "(1) children need permanency in their family relationship for healthy development; (2) the family should be the primary caretaker of its child; (3) social s~rvices programs should make every effort to support families in .... {continued on 3.1) Target Population: Descr~bethet~getp~u~ti~nandt~st~s~at~epr~amh~ta~nt~i~urethattheta~etp~u~ati~nisse~e~ The population served by this program is those youth adjudicated delinquent and/or undisciplined and youth-at-risk. Referrals to the program are made by District Court Judges and Juvenile Court Counselors. This program can serve between two and ten clients at a given time depending upon the severity of the cases. It is estimated that 30 youth can be served during a one year period with the average length of service being 120 days. Some youth may require less service and others more depending upon the service plans. Some cases may be carried for a period of time following intensive treatment in order to allow for follow-up monitorSng of th~ you~h~ behaviors and the families' functioning. %contlnue~ on ~-l) Measurable Objective(s): Sta~me~urab~rm$~e~n~deffect~eprogramon~ec~cundisc¢l~edan~or~linquent beh~iors. ~tam~u~ s~ant~¢a~dre~cao~ ~cou~re~rra& mnaw~ b~io~andschoolsuspe~io~ andexpu~io~. 1. Continue to develop a service plan for 100% of the children in the program. 2. Reduce out-of-home placements so that 60% of the youth served by this program during the year will be in the home at the end of treatment. 3. Continue to reduce youth involvement in the Juvenile justice system by 60%. 4. Continue to increase school attendance for youth. 5. Decrease school discipline porblems while the youth is receiving services in the program. (continued on 3.1) Information Maintainedfor Effect~enessMeasurement: £~t~eda~e~men~andrecords~eprogram wiHma~to document~effe~iveness. The program maintains budgetary information regarding revenues and expenditures of CBA funds. Documentation of staff time involved in the program is maintained through the Department of Social Services Information System. Client files contain the following information: social history from referring agency, referral form, application for services, sercices plan, and case dictation. CBA client tracking forms are also contained in client file and are submitted to CBA office. In 1990-91 we worked with the Bring It Ail Back Home Program (BIABH) from Appalachian State University. They have supplied our staff with training on the use of several forms and materials they developed to measure program effectiveness.