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Juvie diversion grants helped keep youth out of TYC

The Juvenile Probation Commission has posted on its website this summary (pdf) of how Texas' largest counties spent grants given to their juvenile probation departments to divert chronic, serious offenders away from youth prisons as part of the 2007 SB 103 reforms. These eight pilot programs diverted youth from TYC for an average cost of $2,416.50 in FY 2008, with varying degrees of success.I pulled these topline summaries of the different county programs from the report:"Bexar County developed the Intensive Community Based ? Kids Averted from Placement Services (ICB-KAPS) program. ICB-KAPS is an in-home family services program for offenders at risk of serious, violent, or chronic delinquent behaviors. ICB-KAPS is provided by the Teen and Youth Services division of Baptist Child and Family Services...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 24, 2009 (boomark / email).