Columbus Juvenile Residential Facility

/mack-mcleod columbus_jrf 9502 E. Columbus Drive FL 33619 (813) 769-0445 (813) 769-0932 mbliss@sunshineys.net 50, Ages 10–18 G4S Youth Services, LLC http://www.g4s.us/en-us/What%20we%20do/Services/Care%20and%20Justice/Youth%20Services/ Moderate-Risk http://www.djj.state.fl.us/Residential/restrictiveness.html#Moderate

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13 Tampa Marvin "Skip" Bliss Executive Director

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Columbus Juvenile Residential Facility is a 50-bed male moderate-risk program, primarily serving the West, East, and South regions. The program provides sex offender treatment services to youth who have not used force, threats, or weapons in the commission of the sexual offense. Offenses may include, but are not limited to charges involving voyeurism, exhibitionism, frotteurism, and sexual harassment. Additional eligibility requirements include youth committed for the first or second time with at least one of the above sexual offenses. Youth may also be transferred from other moderate risk programs who have exhibited the outlined sexually offending behavior. The program will provide specific sexual offending therapy to include individual, family and group services. Youth will be evaluated by a psychiatrist for medication management upon admission and monthly afterwards. The program will provide case management services and in home prevention services as the youth progress to release. Specific behavioral programming will be provided to youth referred with developmental issues. The program provides uniforms. Youth are permitted to bring own socks, shoes and undergarments. Treatment strategies and programming will be provided to support a length of stay between 12 to 18 months.

Columbus Juvenile Residential Facility (school number 295062) is a Type 3 program offering English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and one elective course. The elective course is typically used to provide additional reading assistance to needy students or vocational training.

Education and vocational services are provided through the Hillsborough County School District. Vocational opportunities include: Culinary Arts and Computer Repair.

In Tampa, proceed south on I-75 to Mango exit 52, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Turn right on MLK Blvd. Proceed approximately 1 mile to Falkenburg Road. Turn left on Falkenburg. Proceed to the third traffic light, (Columbus Drive). Turn right and follow Columbus for about ¼ mile. Program is co-located with Falkenburg Juvenile Correctional Facility-Mental Health. Hillsborough

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