The following were discussed: Living Situation/Behaviors/family: Youth is currently living at the YCMA (YES) Shelter. Youth was court ordered on 11/29/16 to temporarily reside at Shelter. Youth is court ordered to obey the shelter rules and youth must attend ERC program. Youth attends the ERC program on Monday through Saturday from 3:00pm to 9:00pm. Youth and family lacks positive communication.
Ms. Stevens and her child, Tjayda Stevens are receiving preventive services with Harlem Dowling Westside Center for Children and Family Services (HDWC). Ms. Stevens’ case was referred from ACS and accepted thru HDWC on 03/02/2015. The services provided to Ms. Stevens are casework counseling, community advocacy, housing advocacy, and monthly home based visits to ensure stable family functioning and child safety. Ms. Stevens has been receptive to services since the agency obtained case planning responsibility. Administration for Children’s Services recommended the following service plan for Ms. Stevens to complete parenting and anger management class, individual counseling, and domestic violence.
Crossroads Juvenile Center Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Crossroads Juvenile Center In contemporary times, there is an increasing tendency for juvenile involvement in crime. The frequency and the severity of the crimes has increased so much that there are call for trial of delinquents as adults in extreme cases. The juvenile justice system however has a stronger emphasis on correctional activities and giving the under-age offenders a chance to change and make something useful of their lives. The Crossroads Juvenile Center is a detention facility in New York, it development and operations demonstrate the desire of the juvenile justice system to effects changes in the children admitted to these systems.
Reason Case was accepted for investigation: On 5/17/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged neglect and inadequate supervision of Miguel by his mother Estefania Perez-Gonzalez. Per reporter on 4/28/17 Miguel was left alone after school while his mother was picking up his brother, Gonzalo from school. Per reporter states that Miguel got home from school and his mother was not there and once reporter showed up, they waited an additional15 minutes before mother got home. Per reporter Miguel has autism and is not developmentally capable of caring for himself alone.
Reasons for referral may include any of the following: living out of township, court mandated work, a sexual offender is living in the home, or if an individual is in need of immediate psychiatric care. By investing the necessary resources (inputs), HTYFS is able to create these various programs and services. The staff, equipment, materials, money, time, and transportation allow for the manifestation of various prevention and outreach programs. The staff, interns, office space, technology, time, and money invested allow for the existence of family therapy services. Moreover, these outputs connect back to the priority of serving youth and families as they are focused on these populations.
Reighn receives weekly individual trauma therapy at the Lowcounty Children Center. The youth expressed participation in therapy allows her to process her thoughts and feeling about her biological mother. The youth will continue to receive family support services and individual therapy.
SafeHouse offers youth positive alternatives to becoming victims of the streets” (Volunteer Match, N.d.). Services that are provided by Operation Safehouse include emergency sheltering, community day schools, and outreach programs such as Project Safe Place and Main Street Transitional Living Program. These services encompass core services such as food, education, clothing, rehabilitation, and counseling. By providing these various resources to those in need, this agency accomplishes their goal as a human service organization with their contributions to individuals and to their
Based on the current needs assessment, the vision of the Tarrant County Homeless Youth Program (TCHYP) is to significantly minimize runaway youth – individuals less than 18 years of age, and street youth – less than 21 years of age, who are experiencing homelessness throughout Tarrant County. In order to carry this out, our mission statement is as a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting the homeless youth in Tarrant County to become self-sufficient through safe shelter or stable housing, case management, wrap around services, and regular status follow-ups. Moreover, although there are several agencies utilizing shelters in the area, our program’s main focus will be to ensure that effective interventions are in place to build skills and capacities that contribute to a healthy, optimistic, and productive functioning of children and youth into adulthood. Additionally, an individualized biopsychosocial assessments will be performed followed by an intensive case management plan tailored to each individual, based on their needs and strengths.
Foster care is not a perfect system. Many children that are put into the foster care system are separated from their siblings and put into harmful environments. These environments are supposed to be safe and give the child a chance at a better life. However, children living in group homes are not able to develop secure attachment to the people who are supposed to take care of them. Children bounce back and forth from house to house, family to family, causing them to live in an unstable environment through most (if not all of) their child hood.
The foster care systems has and will always be a part of society. The idea of a foster care system has always been around, even if it was not properly attained in the past. There has also been other methods to try to find placement for children with no or bad homes, for example the orphanage train, living with widows or living house to house in a community. Now in today’s time, we have an organized system of foster care with two different types of homes for children. For example we have group homes, which is a care facility that houses six or more children at a time.
Living on earth with the “drum major instinct”. The drum major instinct is a desire to be the first. Martin Luther King came from Mark the 10th chapter using verses 35-40 and 42-44 during his “drum major instinct” sermon. Although James and John were making specific request of the master, they were also frowned upon for making the request in verse 41 (KJV). In verse 45 it says that “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give hid life a ransom for many.”
Considering the fact that indigenous, racialized and/or poor women and children are more likely to become involved with CAS, it is evident that the child welfare system is built upon biases and various stereotypes pertaining to parents involved within these communities. After analyzing the statistics based on children in care, this institution draws out an indirect message that constructs parents of the mentioned categories as inadequate or “unfit” guardians. After thoroughly understanding the different aspects that play a major role in these circumstances, it becomes obvious that these populations’ involvement within CAS is rooted in structural inequalities and injustices. Despite the fact, the child welfare system continues to operate based
For the Child provides; assessment, specialized therapy, and advocacy support within the court system. Children and teens with complex trauma receive treatment that is longer and more
At-Risk Youth do not have Adequate Afterschool Programs in the United States As we witness and analyze the complexity and diversity of society today, it is easy to forget and dismiss the relevant and ever-present needs of at-risk youth. It is also easy to forget and dismiss our ability to facilitate engagement and present opportunity. The at-risk youth are facing widespread potential for failure if they do not receive assistance and/or adequate access to intervention programs and services. Julie K. S. Sprouse, Sandra Wolf Klitzing, and Mary Parr, writers for Parks and Recreation estimate that “increasing numbers of youth are considered to be ‘at risk’. The U.S. Census Bureau in 2000 reported the youth population as 71.6 million (qtd.
In addition to these adverse outcomes, it is important to intervene as early as possible with these youth to prevent any cascading effects due to long term exposure to trauma. These youth are still experiencing brain development, and the trauma of becoming homeless in addition to previous trauma, and substance use can severely impact their brain development negatively. Substance abuse is common among homeless youth since it is often used as a coping mechanism for previous trauma they have experienced. It is also important to intervene with this population group in order to stop generational homelessness since it is a cycle many of these youth are already a part
