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The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice provides delinquency
prevention services through the Office of Prevention and Victim
Services. Delinquency prevention programs are designed to
address specific problems and provide interventions for at-risk
youth and their families in order to reduce juvenile crime and
protect public safety.
Prevention programs target high-risk juveniles
and those who exhibit problem behaviors such as ungovernability,
truancy, running away from home and other pre-delinquent
behaviors.
The Department addresses these problems by
contracting for delinquency prevention services and awarding
grants to local providers throughout the state.
Public Service Announcements
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Office of Prevention and Victim Services offers voluntary youth
prevention programs throughout the state of Florida. It is our
mission to increase public safety by reducing juvenile
delinquency through effective prevention, intervention and
treatment services that strengthen families and turn around the
lives of troubled youth. Help can simply be a phone call away.
Please follow the link below to learn how you or someone you
know can obtain information on services in your area.
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2009 Governor's Community Investment Awards
Governor's
Community Investment Awards (GCIA) Letter
Governor's
Community Investment Awards (GCIA) Nomination Form
Partnership and Volunteer Services
Florida Juvenile Justice Foundation, Inc.
The Foundation serves to change lives — the lives of students,
the lives of their parents, the lives of the citizens in our community — by promoting
delinquency prevention, intervention and educational opportunities for youth. A board
of community leaders makes up the Foundation's board of directors. Collectively, the
Board creates policies, provides direction, raises funds, and stewards all funds
raised to enhance the activities of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
Juvenile Justice Boards and Councils
The county councils and circuit boards serve as advisors to the
Department of Juvenile Justice. Members of the boards and
councils work closely with Delinquency Prevention Specialist and
the Community Partnership Coordinators to plan for services that meet
the identified needs of juveniles and families within the local community.
Federal Grants
Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP)
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Unit is
designated to plan, allocate and monitor federal delinquency
prevention funds. Review information about Federal Grants,
Requests for Proposal (RFP's), the
(JJDP) State Advisory Group,
and the Juvenile Justice Specialists who monitor the grants.
State
Advisory Group
Review the general information about the (JJDP) State Advisory
Group, including authority and responsibilities, member
directory and meeting announcements.
Disproportionate Minority
Contact (DMC) Initiative
Review the (DMC) rates and Relative Rate Indexes
(RRI) for Florida and the innovative approaches the
SAG is taking
to combat Disproportionate Minority Contact throughout the
state.
Additional Prevention Information
Neighborhood Accountability Board
Civil Citations
This program is available for juveniles who have committed
various misdemeanor offenses such as retail theft, criminal
mischief and battery. Instead of being arrested, juveniles are
issued civil citations and must complete a number of community
service hours and tasks as directed by the officer who issued
the citation.
Links to Other Programs
CINS/FINS - Ungovernable Youth
CINS/FINS by Circuit –
PDF of 2011-2012 CINS/FINS Contacts
Children In Need of Services (CINS)/Families In Need of Services
(FINS): An adjudication status for a child or a family for whom
there is no pending investigation into an allegation or
suspicion of abuse, neglect, or abandonment; no pending referral
alleging the child is delinquent; or no current supervision by
the Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Children
and Family Services for an adjudication of dependency or
delinquency. A family in need of services is not an adjudicated
status.
The child must also:
• Have persistently run away from the child’s parents or legal
custodians despite reasonable efforts; and/or;
• Be habitually truant from school, while subject to compulsory
school attendance, despite reasonable efforts to remedy the
situation; and/or;
• Have persistently disobeyed the reasonable and lawful demands
of the child’s parents or legal custodian, and to be beyond
their control;
Florida Statute Chapter 984
The Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc. is a
not-for-profit statewide association representing agencies which
serve lockouts/homeless, runaway, and troubled youth ages 10 to
17 and their families. Services include: shelter,
non-residential counseling, Case/Service Plan, Case Management
Services, Adjudication Services, CINS Petition Process, Staff
Secure Services, Physically Secure Services, and Case
Termination.
Mission: The Florida Network values young people and therefore
creates safe pathways to their future by building strong
families and communities.
Vision: Florida will be a safe place where all young people
reach their full potential.
Florida Runaway Hotline 1-800-621-4000
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUNAWAY
PACE Center for Girls, Inc.
PACE Center Contacts – PDF of Center contacts
Practical Academic Cultural Education (PACE) Center for Girls is
a Florida-based, nationally recognized not-for-profit
organization that provides non-residential, prevention,
intervention, and diversion services for at-risk girls and young
women ages 12 to 17.
PACE uses a comprehensive and holistic model that integrates
social services, education, and career readiness in a safe,
gender-responsive environment that reflects an understanding of
the lives of girls and responds to their strengths and
challenges.
Mission: PACE provides girls and young women an opportunity for
a better future through education, counseling, training and
advocacy.
Philosophy: PACE values all girls and young women, believing
each one deserves an opportunity to find her voice, achieve her
potential and celebrate a life defined by responsibility,
dignity, serenity and grace.
Florida Youth Challenge Academy (FLYCA)
FLYCA is a 17 1/2 month voluntary program geared toward
Florida's 16 to 18 year old at-risk youth. The program consists
of a 5 1/2 month residential phase and a 12 month
post-residential phase. The residential phase of the program
takes place in a highly disciplined and motivational environment
promoting structure and academics along with leadership, health,
community service, life skills, job skills, physical fitness and
citizenship. The post-residential phase takes place after
graduation from the residential phase and is a time when the
cadet uses the skills learned in the residential phase through
their placement in either a job, further education, or the
military. The cadet is matched with a mentor during the
residential phase and this mentor helps to guide the cadet
during the 12 month post-residential phase.
Mission: To provide a high disciplined and motivational
environment, free from outside distractions, which fosters
academics, leadership development, personal growth, self-esteem,
and physical fitness for qualifying high school dropouts.
Outward Bound
Outward Bound helps teens and their families transition their
lives in more meaningful and positive directions. Outward Bound
emphasizes character development, academic achievement and
social responsibility to reduce the risk of dropping out of
school, substance abuse and future delinquency. Programs consist
of 20-day wilderness expeditions and a 20 to 24-day follow up
component that takes place in the students’ home and school
environments. Parent involvement is required.
Mission: To inspire at-risk and committed delinquent youth to
remain crime free and stay in school to reach their full
potential in education, community, career and life, through
attaining academic achievement, character development and social
responsibility.
Program Locations
Outward Bound-Scottsmoor
Intake Coordinator
P.O. Box 417/3500 Sunset Ave
Scottsmoor FL 32775
Toll free: 866-270-7020
Telephone: 321-268-5666
Fax: 321-268-5667
scottsmoorintake@outwardbound.org
Note: Only students in the following counties are served -
Brevard, Osceola, Orange, Seminole, Volusia, and Flagler
Outward Bound-Key Largo
Wanda Roberts, Intake Coordinator
100693 Overseas Highway
Key Largo FL 33037
Toll Free: 800-327-2995
Telephone: 305-242-4881
Fax: 305-242-4882
Wroberts@outwardbound.org
Note: Only students in the following counties are served;
Monroe, Dade, and Broward
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