COA - Council On Accreditation

	Juvenile Justice Corrections Services

Introduction

Administration and Management

Service Delivery Administration Standards

Service Standards

Definition

Juvenile Justice Corrections Programs provide long-term placement and services to youth who have been adjudicated delinquent.

Juvenile Justice Detention Programs provide short-term placement and minimal services to youth who are awaiting adjudication, disposition, or long-term placement.

Note: Rather than focusing on the short-term public safety that may be achieved simply by removing youth from society, JJC strives to promote long-term public safety by encouraging provision of services and supports that can help youth avoid crime and become productive members of society.

The organization's services will be reviewed and matched with the most appropriate Service Standard, regardless of the population served. When an organization operates a program where the service population includes, but is not limited to, youth involved with the juvenile justice system, it may be more appropriate to complete another Service Standard, such as Group Living Services (GLS) or Residential Treatment Services (RTX).

This Service Standard accommodates both secure and non-secure juvenile justice facilities.

Organizations providing only detention services will complete the relevant practice standards within: JJC 1, JJC 3, JJC 4, JJC 5, JJC 6, JJC 7, JJC 9, JJC 12, JJC 13, JJC 14, JJC 16, and JJC 17. These organizations have the option to take NAs for: JJC 2, JJC 8, JJC 10, JJC 11, and JJC 15. Length of stay in detention can vary considerably, for example, from less than 24 hours to more than 90 days. Accordingly, organizations should strive to limit the amount of time youth are detained without services, as referenced in JJC 5.01.

Note: Please see Self-Paced_Training: Juvenile Justice Corrections Services (JJC) in the Tools Index for additional assistance with this standard.


	PURPOSE: Juvenile Justice Corrections Services promote public safety by helping youth overcome problems and develop the attitudes and skills needed to make responsible choices, avoid negative behaviors, and become productive, connected, and law-abiding citizens.

RELATED FILES


	SERVICE One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.


	CONNECTED The means by which individuals access services that may or may not be provided by the organization itself. These terms are used interchangeably when individuals are connected to services either directly or by referral. See also LINKED.


	PROGRAM A system of services offered by an organization. For example, an organization providing a mental health service may offer several mental health programs to different populations, e.g., a mental health program for adolescent teens. The word "program" can be used interchangeably with the word "service" or to describe specific programs.


	SERVICE POPULATION A group or target population that the organization's services are designed to serve in accord with its mission, and which includes the organization's service recipients. An organization's service population may be defined by geographic location, specific problems or needs, religion, ethnicity, culture, or other factors.


	PRACTICE Established actions or ways of proceeding in the regular performance of organizational duties. Policies and procedures often guide practice.