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Serious and Violent Offender Reentry
Initiative Grantees
Florida Department of Corrections (Amount: $1,000,000*)
The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) will partner with
the Palm Beach County Workforce Development Board and several state
and local agencies to develop a community-based reentry program
that will focus on public safety, reducing recidivism among youthful
offenders, and decreasing overall crime rates. The FDOC’s reentry
program will target youthful offenders ages 18–35 who have been
released from state correctional facilities and are returning to
Palm Beach County. FDOC’s reentry program will provide job training
and placement, educational services, vocational assistance, counseling,
anger management counseling, substance abuse treatment, mental
health treatment, housing assistance, long-term community-based
support, community service, faith-based mentoring, family reunification,
victim restitution, and intensive case management. For more
information, read this grantee’s workplan.
Local contact: Katherine Burns, 561–841–0222.
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (Amount: $1,000,000*)
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) will target
offenders ages 15–19 who have committed at least one violent felony.
FDJJ will implement the programs in Duval County, Circuit 4 (serving
25 offenders annually); Miami–Dade County, Circuit 11 (serving
100 offenders annually); and Hillsborough County, Circuit 13 (serving
25 offenders annually). Services will include substance abuse treatment,
employment training, case management and supervision, and mental
health services.
Local contact: Julia Strange-Seale, 850–488–0370.
[Asterisks indicate award amounts that are subject to final
review.]
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Florida Atlantic Balanced and Restorative Justice Project
barj@fau.edu
The Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) Project is a national
training and technical assistance effort supported by an OJJDP
grant. Project trainers, researchers, and juvenile justice practitioners
work with jurisdictions nationwide to help them advance systemic
change in juvenile justice policy and practice. As a model of community
justice, BARJ seeks to involve and meet the needs of three coparticipants
in the justice process—victims, offenders, and communities. In
doing so, the BARJ model guides juvenile justice systems toward
balance in meeting the sanctioning, public safety, and rehabilitative
needs of communities. To implement BARJ effectively, jurisdictions
must focus on differences between BARJ and more common juvenile
justice practices. Aspects of the balanced approach include values,
clients, decisionmaking processes, performance outcomes, program
priorities, and new roles for juvenile justice professionals. The
Florida Atlantic BARJ Project focuses on the way jurisdictions
address the reintegrative (competency development), sanctioning
(accountability), and public safety goals of the balanced approach
mission.
Juvenile Justice
Educational Enhancement Program
345 South Magnolia Drive, Suite D–23
Tallahassee, FL 32301–2987
850–414–8355
850–414–8357
jjeep@jjeep.org
www.jjeep.org
The Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program’s mission
is to ensure that each student assigned to a juvenile justice program
in the State of Florida receives high-quality and comprehensive
educational services that increase his or her potential for future
success.
Juvenile
Justice Program: Rehabilitating Juvenile Offenders
Eckerd
Juvenile Justice Services
P.O. Box 7450
100 North Starcrest Drive
Clearwater, FL 33758–7450
727–461–2990
800–554–4357
727–442–5911 (fax)
www.eckerd.org/programs/juvenilejustice.html
Eckerd Juvenile Justice Services operates nine rehabilitation
programs for juvenile offenders through the Florida Department
of Juvenile Justice. They serve males and females ages 13–18 and
are located throughout the State of Florida. Services range from
front-end efforts such as low-risk nonresidential programs to high-risk
residential programs and reentry. All or most youth served by Eckerd
Juvenile Justice Services—except for those in front-end programs—have
failed to be successfully rehabilitated by other providers or methods.
Safety-Net
Dawn Snedden,
Network and Operations Manager
Justice Distance Learning Consortium
888–974–6328, ext. 101
dsnedden@safety-net.org
www.safety-net.org
Safety-Net is a distance learning network
established by the Justice Distance Learning Consortium, composed
of the Texas Youth Commission,
the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and
the Florida Department of Corrections. Safety-Net offers its
members a wide variety of services including satellite-delivered,
high-quality
video educational programs, professional development for teachers
and administrators, opportunities to communicate and collaborate
with teachers in similar settings across the country, and access
to discussion forums and a range of lesson plans. Through a supplemental
grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the satellite education
technology is available to corrections departments nationwide.
This program is also currently active in New York and Texas.
If you know of a local organization or resource that should
be added here, please e-mail us at askreentry@ncjrs.org. Be sure to write "Local Organizations & Resources" in
the subject line. Provide a brief one-paragraph description of
the organization or resource and include any appropriate contact
information (name of organization or resource, name of contact
person, mailing address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address,
and URL).
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