The Department's five Youth Development Centers are state-operated, hardware-secure, residential facilities that provide treatment programs for delinquent youth ages twelve to nineteen. All students participate in a classification and orientation program. Based on the results of this evaluation, an individualized program plan is developed for each child.
The goals is building skills that allow each student to move to a less restrictive setting as soon as possible.
A full program of education, vocational skills, medical services, recreational programs, self help and independent living skills is provided. Specialty services include therapy for a broad range of needs, alcohol |
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and drug programs, speech therapy, dental care and behavior management. Students are prepared for release through planning with staff.
The five youth centers house a total of 593 and provide a number of services from counseling to sex offender treatment. The typical student of a Youth Development Center is likely to have committed a violent offense toward another person and may have mental-health problems or other specialized needs.
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