Awarded

$27,040

Ages Served

10-18

LENGTH OF STAY

180 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15-20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

For more than 33 years PASS has served the community of Autauga County. PASS is made up of three major components: Teen Court, Independent Decisions, and Adult & Youth Coalitions. Teen Court is one of the major components of PASS purposed to give juveniles an alternative to juvenile detention centers. We offer juvenile diversion programs, re-entry, and aftercare. This is a cost effective ways for juveniles to be held accountable while gaining life skills, anger management skills, and continued family support. We encourage & assist them in making responsible decisions regarding their lives. The goal of the program is to make productive citizens. When student are less likely to re-offend, this saves money is the cost of re-arrest, adjudication, and even state adult incarceration.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1820 Glynwood Drive Suite D
Prattville, AL 36066

(334) 358-4900

Awarded

$400,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

3-6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

30 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

AMIkids has been helping youth separate a troubled past from a bright future since 1969, with programming for at-risk youth and families spanning 45 communities in 10 states. AMIkids provides Functional Family Therapy services in five Alabama counties: Butler, Pike, Crenshaw, Lowndes, and Covington. The goals of the program are to strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, and improve communication among family members, and ultimately to reduce recidivism rates for court involved youth. Each referred family participates in weekly sessions held in their home for about three to six months

FFT is a highly regarded evidence based model that has received international recognition for its outcomes in helping troubled youth and their families to overcome delinquency, substance abuse, and violence. It is a short-term treatment strategy that is built on a foundation of respect of individuals, families and cultures, but that includes powerful treatment strategies that pave the way for motivating individuals and families to become more adaptive and successful in their own lives. In doing so, FFT helps to save families while at the same time preventing crime and victimization in communities.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

329 Interstate Park Drive
Montgomery, AL 36106

1 (334) 312-4475

Awarded

$314,936

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

210 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The overarching mission of the Baldwin Transitions Program is to provide a community-based alternative to secure detention or commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. This is accomplished through a cooperative working relationship between program and juvenile court staff along with various community partners. Transitions recognizes that the adolescents, their families, and their communities are the agents of lasting change; therefore, highly individualized, evidence-based services are conducted in each adolescent’s environment. These services include school and curfew monitoring, family therapy, and case management allowing contact between the agency and the adolescent several times per week.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

Baldwin County Courthouse
312 Courthouse Square
Bay Minette, AL 36507

1 (251) 338-1780

Awarded

$433,160

Ages Served

14-18

LENGTH OF STAY

99 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Robert E. Lewis Residential Treatment Academy is a regional program serving six counties (Calhoun, Cherokee, Dekalb, Etowah, St. Clair, and Talladega). The youth court ordered to the program are males, age 14-18 years old, adjudicated delinquent, have no current or prior adjudications for sexual offenses or serious violent offenses, and are at-risk for commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS). Through a collaborative effort involving Lewis Academy staff, family members, and court officials, youth will receive treatment plan driven services to address their areas of risk and need to divert them from DYS commitment and recidivism.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

4629 McClellan Blvd.
Anniston, AL 36204

1 (256) 336-7190 

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Awarded

$214,240

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

16 weeks

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Calhoun County Success Academy is a diversion program that provides an educational and therapeutic safety net to prevent juvenile offenders from being committed to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. Youth attend the program daily to keep on track with their current grade and work towards credit recovery for classes which they may have failed. Some youth receive GED prep classes and GED testing. Additional services include bi-weekly group counseling, weekly individual counseling, and monthly family counseling. Parents of students also attend a collaborative parenting program that equips parents with better methods of dealing with adverse youth behaviors.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

20 W 14th Street
Anniston, AL 36201

1 (256) 231-1731

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Awarded

$156,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

176 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

34 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The overarching mission of the Chambers Transitions Program is to provide a community-based alternative to secure detention or commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. This is accomplished through a cooperative working relationship between program and juvenile court staff along with various community partners. Transitions recognizes that the adolescents, their families, and their communities are the agents of lasting change; therefore, highly individualized, evidence-based services are conducted in each adolescent’s environment. These services include school and curfew monitoring, family therapy, and case management allowing contact between the agency and the adolescent several times per week.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

2 South LaFayette Street
LaFayette, AL 36862

1 (334) 338-0080

Awarded

$200,784

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

330 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The STAR (Saving Teens At Risk) Adolescent Day Treatment Program is a partnering venture between Cherokee County Schools, Cherokee County Board of Education, and Cherokee County Juvenile Court. The program goal is to close the service gap for male and female low-risk delinquent youth age 12-17. The STAR program allows the youth to remain in the home of his/her parents while receiving daily counseling and education, participating in community activities to increase adaptive behavior and reduce maladaptive behavior, and implementing strategies to reduce recidivism. Family counseling and parenting skills training are also offered to youth and their families.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

350 East Main Street
Centre, AL 35960

1 (256) 484-4344

Awarded

$152,880

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

10 weeks for groups, 6 months for YAP

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

25 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The goal of HOPE (Helping Our People by Empowerment) is to divert juvenile offenders from DYS and other out-of-home placements. HOPE strengthens the target youth’s support system while providing the youth with community-based services. HOPE offers academic remediation/GED preparation, life skills classes, vocational/educational counseling, anger management therapy, community service opportunities, healthy relationship classes, substance abuse education, after care accountability, and the encompassing services of the Youth Advocate Program (YAP) Inc. Evidence-based programming is utilized to assist the youth and his or her family to maintain productive behaviors and stable environments.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1300 8th Street South
West Sheffield, AL 35660

1 (256) 978-5669

Awarded

$226,984

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

Cullman- 9 youth; Blount – 3 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

For over 40 years, YAP has proven that high-risk youth involved in the juvenile justice system can safely and effectively be served in home and community-based settings at a fraction of the cost of out-of-home placements. Cullman County YAP offers alternatives to detention and state incarceration, supports youth post-adjudication to help with compliance and other needs, and also provides reintegration support for youth transitioning out of these placements. YAP continually evolves services to meet new needs that emerge for youth involved within the juvenile justice system, with primary programming designed to address diversion, pre-adjudication, post-adjudication, and re-entry.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

708 Second Avenue S.W.
Cullman, AL 35055

1 (256) 590-1855

Website

Awarded

$156,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Southeast Alabama Youth Services, CHOICES program is a community-based endeavor utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to successfully divert court involved youth from DYS residential commitment. CHOICES provides in-home, school-based, and community services to medium to high risk adolescents in Dale County. The multi-disciplinary approach allows the program to provide intensive individual, family, and group interventions that have been tailored to fit the needs of each youth and their family.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

2856 Horace Shepard Drive
Dothan, AL 36303

1-(334) 983-8377

Awarded

$300,664

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

85 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

12 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Compass Evening Reporting Program is a youth diversion program whose goal is to divert high-risk youth from commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. Utilizing evidence-based programs, Compass provides individual/family counseling, referrals/transportation to community-based services, intense supervision, and positive activities and structure during high-risk time periods. This program allows high-risk youth an opportunity to remain within the community. Dallas County Children’s Policy Council, an extension of the Dallas County District Court, has been integral to the growth and development of this program. Since 2010, its programming has been proven to be effective, leading to positive results in all youth served.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

501 Plant Street
Selma, AL 36701

1 (205) 767-7721

Website

Awarded

$229,320

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

2.5 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

16 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Perry Varner Educational and Treatment Facility is an eight week residential program serving males, 12 to 18 years old, exhibiting behavioral issues that resulted in juvenile court involvement. The program aims to develop/enhance positive behavioral characteristics in youth through several treatment components, which includes counseling, anger management, education, physical fitness, and activities designed to enhance identity development. Perry Varner will work to decrease the number of youth committed to the Alabama Department of Youth Services and reduce the recidivism rate of youth involved in the juvenile court system within the program catchment area.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1002 Selfield Road
Selma, AL 36703

1 (334) 419-0021

Website

Awarded

$75,420

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

8 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

DeKalb Youth Initiative is a DYS grant funded program intended to augment the service spectrum of the DeKalb Youth Service Center (a DYS licensed comprehensive youth service center). The Youth Initiative services include case management and therapy services by licensed therapists and family interventions for youth assessed at the moderate to high and extremely high categories. Program services are designed to meet the assessed needs of youth with the ultimate focus on preventing youth from further penetration into the juvenile justice system. The program also serves to transition youth from more restrictive placements back to the local community.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

409-A Main Street
Rainsville, AL 35986

1-(256) 638-8821

Awarded

$138,320

Ages Served

13-17

LENGTH OF STAY

10 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

10 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Elmore County Family Support is an intensive in-home treatment program for court involved youth and their families. The program serves males and females, 13 to 17 years old, who have been referred by Elmore County Juvenile Court. The program aims to reduce DYS commitments by utilizing the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model and Motivational Interviewing in the provision of individualized services including individual and family counseling, Thinking for a Change anger management curriculum, case management, pro-social and independent living skills, and parenting and conflict resolution classes. The intensity and type of interventions are provided based on the individual risk level of youth.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

507 N. Alabama Street
Wetumpka, AL 36092

1-(334) 239-5281

Awarded

$121,284

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

12 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Escambia County Project Turn Around Program is a local diversion program designed to target adjudicated high-risk youth. Youth are monitored weekly and are provided intensive wrap-around services based on individual needs. Participants are required to complete character education programs, and parents are required to complete a parenting program. Project Turn Around will provide youth with the resources and treatment needed to prosper into successful adults.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

8600 Highway 31
Atmore, AL 36502

318 Balleville Ave
Brewton, AL 36426

1 (251) 867-0263

Awarded

$140,400

Ages Served

10-18

LENGTH OF STAY

45 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

16 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Attention Homes of Northwest Alabama is a residential program dedicated to re-directing the lives of at-risk youth. The program aims to reduce the number of DYS commitments for adjudicated youth and to divert at-risk youth from the possibility of being committed in the future. The Attention Homes strive to teach the youth daily living skills, appropriate behaviors, the acceptance of choices and consequences, and acknowledgement of their role in the offense placing them into the juvenile justice system. The Attention Homes play a vital role in supporting the personnel of the juvenile court system within the catchment counties served.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

505 North Seminary Street
Florence, AL 35630

1 (256) 767-0972

Website

awarded

$509,600

Ages Served

8-18 (outpatient); 10-18 (inpatient)

LENGTH OF STAY

4-6 months for residential, 6-12 months for outpatient

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

66 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

SAYLA Therapeutic Resources is a residential and community-based program serving male and female youth referred by the juvenile courts in the program service area. The program works to reduce commitments to the Alabama Department of Youth Services through the provision of services that promote positive change in youth and their families. Program services include, but are not limited to, educational and psychological assessment, individual and family counseling, basic living skills, case management, and education and GED assistance. Referrals to community providers are provided when needed.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

437 Bowden Street
Newville, AL 36535

1-(334) -889-0112

Awarded

$54,080

Ages Served

11-18

LENGTH OF STAY

4 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

16 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Exchange Center for Child Abuse Prevention’s CAP Diversion Program, based in Geneva County, provides community-based counseling, educational support, and parenting classes to referred clients and their parents. This program exists to divert medium to high risk youth from commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. The program’s multi-faceted counseling approach consists of individual, family, and group sessions. Transportation is a barrier for many clients, therefore, most individual sessions are conducted on the client’s school campus. Issues addressed through the counseling program include anger management, self-esteem, decision making, impulse control, life skills, and substance abuse education and prevention.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1200 West Maple Avenue
Geneva, AL 36340

 (334) 671-1966

Website

Awarded

$63,440

Ages Served

9-18

LENGTH OF STAY

10 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

18 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Coffee County Juvenile Redirection Program is a comprehensive program aimed at building stability, structure, and resiliency for juveniles and their families. This is accomplished through a Biopsychosocial Assessment to determine the needs of the juvenile and his/her family and providing services or referrals to accommodate those needs. Services include, but are not limited to, Parent Project® classes for parents, Why Try? classes for juveniles, referrals for individual and family counseling, monthly group meetings, tutoring, mentoring, community service projects, art class, and resource referrals to improve family stability. Each case plan is individualized according to the needs of the family.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

208 West Brunson Street
Enterprise, AL 36330

1-(334) 393-8538

Awarded

$458,640

Ages Served

10-18

LENGTH OF STAY

165 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

46 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Pathway is a residential treatment program located in Coffee County. The program serves boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 with primary behavioral and mood disorder diagnoses. Program clients have an established history of unmanageable behavior in their schools, communities, and homes. An individualized multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment plan is implemented which includes group, individual, and family therapy. Pathway also assesses every client for substance use issues and utilizes a twelve-step recovery approach facilitated by certified substance abuse professionals. Pathway’s specialized treatment center school offers credit recovery, GED preparation, and awards credits toward high school graduation.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

39 Private Road 1201
New Brockton, AL 36351

1 (334) 894-5591

Website

Awarded

$599,420

STRONGGirls

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

12 weeks

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

12 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

STRONGGirlsa highly-interactive program is designed to meet the changing and multi-dimensional needs of girls ages 13-18 at risk of re-offending and victimization. Best-practices are utilized in a highly relational, respectful, strength-based approach to affect lasting change. Art, woodworking, dance, drumming, and equestrian-assisted therapy are combined with individual and group therapy to cultivate skills in decision-making, emotion regulation and personal accountability. Half-day sessions with girls and families improve communication and mutual respect, as well as facilitate healing injured relationships. Over 15 years, continuous monitoring of quantitative and qualitative outcomes reveals extremely low rates of recidivism and high impact to quality of life.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1116 23rd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205

1 (205) 933-5422

Website

Youth Advocacy Program (JCYAP)

Ages Served

11-17

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

7 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Jefferson County Youth Advocacy Program (JCYAP) is a collaboration with Jefferson County Family Court and Jefferson, Blount, St. Clair Mental Health Authority (JBS). This comprehensive program is modeled after YAP Inc. and serves high to very-high risk male juvenile offenders ages 12 to 17 who are at-risk of DYS placement. Program services include educational advocacy and tutoring, linking families to needs-based social services, facilitating Youth Family Team Meetings (YFTM’s), and providing support for youth and their families. YAP offers this alternative for young men to change their mentality and become productive citizens in our society.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

120 2nd Court North
Birmingham, AL 35204

1 (205) 443-2224

UAB Beacon Recovery Family & Adolescent Services
(formerly known as ASAP)

Ages Served

13-18

LENGTH OF STAY

5 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

100 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The UAB Beacon Recovery Family & Adolescent Services program, formerly known as the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP), was founded in 1991 in response to an increase in drug-related juvenile crime. The program’s goal is to reduce adolescent substance use through the provision of substance abuse screening, drug testing, and appropriate substance abuse referrals for juveniles placed under the supervision of the juvenile court. Program case managers monitor participant compliance with program components and work closely with Probation Services and Juvenile Drug Court. Community partnerships allow the program to offer prevention groups and intervention programs. Program length is generally a minimum of three months, which can be increased when needed.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

120 2nd Court North
Birmingham, AL 35204

1 (205) 801-8845

Website

JBS Low Intensity Care Coord & Intensive Care

Ages Served

5-19

LENGTH OF STAY

9 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

12- ICC; 25- LICC

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The JBS Low Intensity Care Coordination (LICC) and Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) services within the JBS Mental Health Unit, addresses the mental health needs of youth involved in the juvenile justice system in Jefferson County. Through the provision of proactive care and services, the program offers out-patient and psychiatric services, in-home care and coordination, and follow-up aftercare services after a residential placement. The primary goal of the services is to improve the mental health needs of youth, identify additional community resources and services to meet familial needs, improve family relationships, and empower families to advocate for themselves.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

120 2nd Court North
Birmingham, AL 35204

1 (205) 443-2224

Awarded

$128,888

Ages Served

10-17

LENGTH OF STAY

4.5 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

8 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

For over 40 years, YAP has proven that high-risk youth involved in the juvenile justice system can safely and effectively be served in home and community-based settings at a fraction of the cost of out-of-home placements. Lauderdale County YAP offers alternatives to detention and state incarceration, supports youth post-adjudication to help with compliance and other needs, and also provides reintegration support for youth transitioning out of these placements. YAP continually evolves services to meet new needs that emerge for youth involved within the juvenile justice system, with primary programming designed to address diversion, pre-adjudication, post-adjudication, and re-entry.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

200 S Court Street Suite 231
Florence, AL 35630

1 (256) 260-2866

Website

Awarded

$490,236

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

131 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Youth Villages provides Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), which is a family-based treatment model implemented in the youth’s home and community that has been validated as an effective treatment model for reducing antisocial behavior among juveniles, including the reduction of substance use. Therapy is an intensive three to five month process with the assigned counselor meeting with the youth and family an average of three times per week. The counselor also works closely with teachers, neighbors, extended family, and peers. An MST counselor is available in person 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the family to respond to any crisis.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

2705 Frederick Road, Unit #1
Opelika, AL 36801

1 (251) 367-7741

Website

Awarded

$47,840

Ages Served

11-18

LENGTH OF STAY

5 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

30 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

To hold juvenile offenders accountable for the criminal offenses they have committed by requiring community service, providing in-home detention through ankle monitoring, and providing intensive outpatient drug and alcohol therapy.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1109 West Market Street
Athens, AL 35611

1-(256) 216-3424

Awarded:

$332,760

FIT

Ages Served

10-17

LENGTH OF STAY

12 weeks

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

12 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The FIT program provides intensive, in-home intervention and family therapy to court-involved families who are experiencing severe family turmoil or conflict. Over the course of 4 to 12 weeks, youth and their families receive in-home services including family support and advocacy, as well as family therapy, provided by licensed therapists. At week 10, a case manager begins working with the family to help them prepare for the transition away from in-home services. The FIT program is primarily used for youth who are at high risk for re-arrest and whose home environments are highly chaotic or violent.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

817 Cook Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35801

1-(256) 533-2861

Family Project

Ages Served

10-17

LENGTH OF STAY

10 weeks

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Family Project is a 10 week course for youth and their parents that is intended to help build parenting skills, reduce conflict, and improve family relationships. This program is contracted through and administered by the Mental Health Center of Madison County and sessions are held weekly for 3-4 hours per session. The focus of this program is aimed at adjudicated juveniles with low to medium risk levels who are experiencing behavioral and domestic issues. Parents/Guardians are ordered by the courts to attend this program with their child.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

817 Cook Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35801

1-(256) 533-2861

Electronic Monitoring

Ages Served

Any age – Juvenile Court Jurisdiction

LENGTH OF STAY

30 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

25 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The electronic monitoring (EM) program is intended primarily as a sanction for juveniles who are non-compliant while on probation or at risk of placement in secure detention. Radio frequency monitoring, global positioning satellite monitoring, and alcohol transdermal monitoring make up the types of electronic monitoring available for use by the juvenile court. EM is intended to be used as a tool to help probation officers safely supervise youth in the community and to help youth successfully complete the terms of their probation without the use of secure custody. 

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

817 Cook Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35801

1-(256) 533-2861

Awarded

$188,068

Ages Served

11-17

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

7 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Marshall County YAP provides wrap-around community-based services to youth and their families by using trained advocates who provide in-home and community services to juveniles at risk of commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services or any other residential facility. An action plan is developed by YAP staff, the youth, and his or her family. Plans include but are not limited to counseling, parent training, chemical abuse evaluations and treatment, tutoring, and job readiness. YAP offers family-focused programming and strives to help young people take advantage of resources available near their homes.

Physical Address

229 Gunter Avenue
Guntersville, AL 35976

1 (256) 571-4988

Website

Awarded

$416,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

3.5 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

12 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Elk River Treatment Program provides behavioral and mental health services while emphasizing the concepts of Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility. The Joint Commissioned accredited program incorporates evidence-based and empirically supported treatment modalities which include the following: Trans Theoretical Model, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused Therapy, Restorative Justice, and Family Systems Therapy. Interventions include mental health screenings, educational assessments, medical evaluations, medication management, treatment planning, case management, psychiatric evaluations, individual, group, & family therapy, substance abuse group, psycho-educational groups, equine assisted learning, experiential education, mental health consultations, accredited education program, parent training workshops, discharge planning, and follow-up services in the individual’s home county.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

2495 Copperhead Lane
Elkmont, AL 36220

Website

Awareded

$1,025,440

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

172 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

62 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The overarching mission of the Mobile Transitions Program is to provide a community-based alternative to secure detention or commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. This is accomplished through a cooperative working relationship between The Mobile County Juvenile Court, The Bridge, Mobile County Public Schools, and AltaPointe. Transitions recognizes that the adolescents, their families, and their communities are the agents of lasting change, therefore highly individualized, evidence-based services are conducted in each adolescent’s environment. These services include school and curfew monitoring, family therapy, and case management allowing contact between the agency and the adolescent several times per week.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

722 Downtowner Loop West
Mobile, AL 36609

1-(251) 338-1780

Website

Awarded

$352,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

176 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

34 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The overarching mission of the Davis Transitions Program is to provide a community-based alternative to secure detention or commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. This is accomplished through a cooperative working relationship between program and juvenile court staff along with various community partners. Transitions recognizes that the adolescents, their families, and their communities are the agents of lasting change, therefore highly individualized, evidence-based services are conducted in each adolescent’s environment. These services include school and curfew monitoring, family therapy, and case management allowing contact between the agency and the adolescent several times per week.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1113 Airbase Boulevard
Montgomery, AL 36108

1 (256)546-6324

Website

Awarded

$356,720

Ages Served

15-17

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

30 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Morgan County System of Services utilizes the Wrap-Around Approach to provide highly structured community-based, individualized post adjudication programs for juvenile offenders based on a comprehensive intake and screening process. The Day Program offers, through direct provision of services or in partnership or collaboration with other service providers, the following components: Academic Remediation/GED Preparation/Credit Recovery; Life Skills Education; Mental Health/Substance Abuse Screening and Referral; Vocational/Educational Counseling; Vocational/Jobs Readiness Skills Training; Employment Referrals and Placements; Community Services Learning; Parent Project®; Girls’ and Boys’ Residential Assessment Centers; ROPES/Confidence Course®; Tobacco Cessation Counseling; Shop Lifting Counseling®; SEAT (truancy intervention) and Why Try®.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

2531 AL 20
Decatur, AL 35601

1 (256) 350-8434

Website

Awarded

$312,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

6 weeks

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

24 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Mitnick Wilderness program is a residential facility located in Walker County that works to reduce DYS commitments in the referring counties. The program serves male youth, age 12 to 18, and assists youth with enhancing the skills needed to become self-reliant, establish and accomplish individual goals, fulfill educational requirements, learn respect for self and others, and utilize problem solving and pro-social techniques. Youth participate in individual and group counseling and physical fitness activities to promote good health and build strength.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

4426 Calumet Road
Jasper, AL 35501

1-(205) 387-9911

Awarded

$104,000

Ages Served

11-18

LENGTH OF STAY

180 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

8 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Monroe County Juvenile Court Services is a community reinforcement program designed to divert low to very high risk youth from DYS commitment. Program services are individualized to address the unique risks and needs of each youth. Interventions will focus on performance-based outcomes for youth and their families, and use those outcomes to determine program efficacy and youth progress.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

23750 Ewing Farm Road
Atmore, AL 36502

1 (251) 405-3707

Website

Awarded

$230,340

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

90 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

16 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Pickens County R.E.A.C.H. (Re-direction, Education, Accountability, Collaboration, and Home Stability) program is a community-based day treatment program. Youth are provided six hours of daily academic instruction including math, science, english, history, basic life skills, and physical education taught by an Alabama licensed teacher. A master’s level therapist provides one hour of individual therapy and ten hours of group therapy per week for each youth. The program encourages building core values by addressing responsibility, self-control, respect for self and others, improved social skills, and increased academic achievement. Transportation to and from the program is provided by REACH staff.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

135 Commerce Avenue
Carrollton, AL 35447

1 (256) 546-6324

Website

Awarded

$104,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

176 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

18 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Right Step program provides in-home and case management services to youth ages 13 to 18 with behavioral issues that resulted in juvenile justice involvement. Services include crisis intervention, anger management, social and parent skills training, home and school visits, community service, job searches, drug screening, and curfew monitoring. The program utilizes therapeutic approaches such as trans-theorectical model of change, motivational interviewing, trauma informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy, and The Change Companies Interactive Journaling.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

19 Woodland Avenue
Wedowee, AL 36278

1 (256) 546-6324

Website

Awarded

$72,800

Ages Served

7-18

LENGTH OF STAY

12 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

10 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The STARS Program is a community-based treatment program for youth between the ages of 7-18 who are adjudicated by the Russell County Juvenile Court for a sexual offense. Although treatment occurs in conjunction with the criminal justice system, community safety and victim justice are the primary guiding principles. In working with children and youth with sexual behavior problems, the program has implemented a goal oriented approach, providing a holistic mode of treatment. Cognitive exercises and psycho-education are used with both juveniles and the adults involved in the juveniles social network, as families are a critical part of their treatment.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

1212 7th Avenue, Suite C
Phenix City, AL 36867

1-(334) 560-1530

Awarded

$282,320

Ages Served

13-18

LENGTH OF STAY

9 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

27 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Developing Alabama Youth Foundation, Inc. (The DAY Program) was established in 1982 for the purpose of serving at-risk youth and their families in Shelby County, Alabama. The DAY Program is a comprehensive day treatment center for adolescents aged 13-18. Students receive academic remediation, behavioral modification training, and counseling services. The program serves as an alternative to suspension and expulsion and is considered a place for second chances. Students are identified by area professionals who are concerned about students’ lack of progress in school, family environment, and involvement with the legal system.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

117 Plaza Circle
Alabaster, AL 35007

1 (205) 664-1600

Website

Awarded

$305,760

St. Clair Day Program (Ashville)

Ages Served

13-18

LENGTH OF STAY

12 months (24 months extended care)

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

40 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The primary mission of St. Clair County Day Program is to provide for the juvenile court an effective therapeutic alternative to incarceration of St. Clair County youth. This community-based agency, licensed by the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), was established in 1998 to serve as a resource for the juvenile court system. The comprehensive program is proactive and provides high-risk adolescents and their family members an array of services strategically designed to meet needs, redirect behavior, and prevent commitment to DYS. Services include individual, group, and family counseling, along with academic remediation, high school credit recovery, and GED preparation.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

470 10th Street
Ashville, AL 35953

1-(205) 594-2280

St. Clair Day Program (Pell City)

Ages Served

13-18

LENGTH OF STAY

12 months (24 months extended care)

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The primary mission of St. Clair County Day Program is to provide for the juvenile court an effective therapeutic alternative to incarceration of St. Clair County youth. This community-based agency, licensed by the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), was established in 1998 to serve as a resource for the juvenile court system. The comprehensive program is proactive and provides high-risk adolescents and their family members an array of services strategically designed to meet needs, redirect behavior, and prevent commitment to DYS. Services include individual, group, and family counseling, along with academic remediation, high school credit recovery, and GED preparation.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

311 Williamson Drive
Pell City, AL 35125m (Annex of Duran Junior High School)

1 (205) 814-6232

Ages Served

14-19

SEX

Male/ Female

LENGTH OF STAY

6 mos.

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

15-30 youth per location

PROGRAM INFORMATION

SPAN is an educational program located at nine sites around the state. It is a non-residential, co-educational, comprehensive approach to meeting the service and training needs of at-risk youth who are unable to be successful in the regular classroom and who are facing difficulties with the juvenile court. The intent of SPAN is to prevent these youth from having further involvement with the justice system by developing social, behavioral, academic, and family skills needed to become productive members of the community.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

104 Spacegate Drive
Huntsville, Al 35806

1-(256) 562-0868

Awarded

$180,960

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

20 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Pathways is an after school/evening and case management juvenile diversion program under the auspices of Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement, Inc. The program serves male and female youth, age 13 to 18, referred by Talladega County Juvenile Court. Pathways goal is to reduce commitments to the Alabama Department of Youth Services and youth recidivism by using a wrap-around service concept that includes educational tutoring, individual and family counseling, mentoring, life skills training, career coaching, and parent education. Program interventions include, but are not limited to, Why Try, Parent Project, Check and Connect, and Model for Change.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

78 Betsy Ross Lane
Sylacagua, AL 35150

1-(256) 245-4343

Awarded

$129,364

Ages Served

14-17

LENGTH OF STAY

90 days monitoring 120 case mgmt

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

10 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Tuscaloosa Encouraging Adolescents with Monitoring and Support (TEAMS) is a comprehensive case management and electronic monitoring program. Participants are placed on a GPS tracker and receive interventions designed to strengthen the youth and their family. The family and the case manager work together to develop goals to meet the needs of the family as a whole and each individual family member. The case manager meets with the participants weekly to discuss steps in goal achievement and parenting skills/concerns. By providing a seamless array of services, in conjunction with the Juvenile Probation Officer, youth are able to remain in their community.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

810 27th Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

1-(256) 462-1000

Bibb, Hale, Perry

Awarded

$130,000

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

176 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

18 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The overarching mission of the West Alabama Transitions Program is to provide a community-based alternative to secure detention or commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. This is accomplished through a cooperative working relationship between program and juvenile court staff along with various community partners. Transitions recognizes that the adolescents, their families, and their communities are the agents of lasting change; therefore, highly individualized, evidence-based services are conducted in each adolescent’s environment. These services include school and curfew monitoring, family therapy, and case management allowing contact between the agency and the adolescent several times per week.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

Bibb County Courthouse
8 Court Square W
Centreville, AL 35042

Hale County Courthouse
1001 Main Street #9
Greensboro, AL 36744

Perry County Courthouse
300 Washington Street
Marion, AL 36756

1 (256) 546-6324

Tuscaloosa

Awarded

$290,472

Ages Served

12-18

LENGTH OF STAY

176 days

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

28 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Tuscaloosa Transitions Program is a community-based evening reporting program for youth that would otherwise be committed to the Alabama Department of Youth Services. Tuscaloosa Transitions Program supervises up to 30 youth (male or female) five days per week. Tuscaloosa Transitions Program provides an array of positive activities during high-risk time periods by strengthening each youth and his/her family through evidenced-based curriculum. In addition, the support system within the youth’s community is strengthened through referral, reinforcement, education, mentoring, and transportation to community-based services. The program varies in duration and intensity depending on individual needs and motivation for change.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

6001 12th Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

1 (256) 546-6324;

Website

Awarded

$204,984

Ages Served

12-17

LENGTH OF STAY

6 months

MAXIMUM CAPACITY

9 youth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Walker County Advocate Project provides in-home, school, and community-based individual and group services for eligible juveniles ages 12-17 that have been referred through juvenile court. Using a team member support system, an individual service plan is developed to support the youth and family for up to six months during a probation period to prevent or reduce probation violations and further infractions. Each client is assigned a personal advocate that spends up to 9 hours per week with the youth and family on basic living skills, community linkages, community service, provide academic and emotional support, anger management, career development, and job search and support work when applicable. Advocates and clients work closely with juvenile probation to foster a positive and long lasting relationship that provides support, encouragement, and alternatives to out of home placement.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

349 20th Street West
Jasper, AL 35501

1 (205) 471-0411

Website