Title
Youthful Offender Diversion Project: YODA
Department/School
Social Work
Date of this version
2013
Document Type
Article
Keywords
case management, community-based treatment, diversion programs, family violence, juvenile justice, solution-focused brief therapy
Abstract
A university-court collaboration developed a youth offender diversion project (YODA) in response to an ongoing trend of youth arrests for violence toward non-intimate-partner family members (e.g., mothers or sisters) in Tarrant County, Texas. The YODA program is a three-phase approach using assessment, case management, and individual and family solution-focused brief therapy. This article reports on the benefits and process of the collaboration, as well as objectives for further study. Preliminary program evaluation results are promising.
Volume
9
Issue
1
Published in
Best Practices in Mental Health
Citation/Other Information
Jordan, C., Lehmann, P., Whitehill, K., Huynh, L. Chigbu, K. Schoech, R., Cummings, J., & Bezner, D. (2013). Youthful Offender Diversion Project: YODA. Best Practices in Mental Health, 9(1), 20-30.