Juvenile Justice Contracts: Serving The High-Needs Youth Offender Population

As the nation continues to struggle with budget crises, there is a growing need for creative and cost-effective approaches in the provision of services for high-needs youthful offender populations. A couple months ago my colleague, Richard Louis, discussed some of the new trends in residential treatment utilization by county-driven juvenile justice systems in the face of the declining budget scenarios most counties and states have experienced (see Juvenile Justice Systems Embrace Community-Based Treatment As Low Cost Alternative To Detention & Residential Treatment Programs premium members).

The return on investment in preventative services is not only substantial . . .