Les Peters Halfway House

/tommy-fawcett les_peters_halfway_house 3930 W. Martin Luther King Boulevard FL 33614 (813) 871-7655 (813) 871-7998 robert.tucker@djj.state.fl.us 28, Ages 14–18 Florida Department of Juvenile Justice http://www.djj.state.fl.us Moderate-Risk http://www.djj.state.fl.us/Residential/restrictiveness.html#Moderate

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13 Tampa Robert Tucker Superintendent

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Les Peters Halfway House provides individual and group treatment services for the boys in the program with a primary diagnosis of substance abuse. The program has an agreement with Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to provide weekly group meetings. The program incorporates evidence-based treatment such as Thinking for a Change (T4C), Corrective Thinking (Truthought), the Impact of Crime (IOC) curriculum, and Restorative Justice. Boys in the program receive medical and mental health services, social skills, life skills and vocational training. The program teaches the Fatherhood Curriculum for juvenile fathers to learn how to care for their children.

The program provides interaction with the community. The boys attend professional sporting events, tour the Military Museum and learn about history, and volunteer at assisted living facilities. The program has an agreement with the Computer Mentor group, which provides technical instruction to build computers. Each boy receives a computer when he leaves the program. Uniforms are provided. The average length of stay is 8 months.

Les Peters Halfway House (school number 295048) 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: Auto Body Repair and Woodworking.

In Tampa, proceed on I-275 to Martin Luther King Blvd. Exit and follow MLK west for approximately 4 miles. MLK will intersect Dale Mabry Hwy (stadium on southeast corner). Continue on MLK, crossing Dale Mabry. Proceed 2 blocks then turn left in to the W.T. Edwards complex. Program is first building on the left (brown building), across from Hillsborough Detention Center. Hillsborough

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