Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group Presents the YOUTH OFFENDER REINTEGRATION PROJECT

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Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group Presents the
YOUTH OFFENDER REINTEGRATION PROJECT

• November 7, 2005

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The Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group Family of
Companies

• Together, we are re-inventing behavioral health.

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Community Collaboration Systems of Care

• Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group is a creative,
  collaborative force for the people in our
  community who need help and hope to return to
  productive community life.
• Best practices.

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Department of Labor Youth Reintegration Grant
Project
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Project Award

• The US Department of Labor awarded 16
  organizations from a pool of 168 applicants from
  across the country to administer the Youth
  Reintegration Project. As one of the 16
  recipients ADIS received an 851,249 grant per
  year for upwards to 3 years.
• Locally this project will be called the Right
  Track Project. We believe that most youth
  offenders are not bad kids, but good kids whove
  made bad decisions. It is our obligation to put
  them on the Right Track.

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What is the Right Track Youth Reintegration
Project?

• The project will demonstrate/ensure
• Innovative solutions for moving young offenders
  successfully into employment with opportunities
  for careers in high growth, high demand
  industries
• Collaborative efforts of the workforce investment
  system, business and industry, the education
  community, and the juvenile justice system
• Young offenders have the foundational academic
  skills they need to attain a high school diploma
  or GED leading to post secondary educational
  opportunities that, in turn lead to jobs in high
  growth, high demand industries.

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RIGHT TRACK PROJECT

For these children are all our children. We
shall profit by or pay for whatever they
become. James Baldwin
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Project Award Recipients

• AWARDEE CITY/STATE
• 1. Improved Solutions for Urban Systems (ISUS)
  Inc. Dayton, OH
• 2. Community Learning Center Fort Worth, TX
• 3. Quad Area Community Action Agency,
  Inc. Hammond, LA
• 4. Suncoast Workforce Board, Inc. Sarasota, FL
• 5. Cuyahoga County Cleveland, OH
• 6. The BRIDGE Imperial Beach, CA
• 7. Worksystems, Inc. Portland, OR
• 8. Colors of Success, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT
• 9. Goodwill Industries-Suncoast St. Petersburg,
  FL
• 10.The Oregon Consortium Albany, OR
• 11.Workforce Connections, Inc. La Crosse, WI
• 12. Camden County Workforce Investment
  Board Cherry Hill, NJ
• 13. DCCCD Richland College/Rock on
  Program Dallas, TX
• 14. Goodwill Industries of Central Arizona,
  Inc. Maricopa, AZ
• 15. State of Oklahoma Stillwater, OK
• 16. ASPEN DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES SERVICES, INC.

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Grant Objectives

• This project will serve 200 eligible youth
  offenders per year, ages 16-21, in El Paso and
  Teller Counties.
• The Goals are to
• Utilize proven strategies and networks to prepare
  area youth offenders for high-demand, high-growth
  jobs suited for each individual, and
• (2) Place qualified youth offenders in jobs for
  which they are trained and which provide at least
  average market-based wages for each occupation.

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Project Outcomes

• At least 200 consumers meeting the programs
  criteria will be assessed and receive services
  from the program each year.
• At least 50 (100) of the consumers enrolled in
  the program will complete their individual
  program goals in the first year of funding.
• The post-program competitive employment placement
  rate will exceed 55 (110 youth) will be employed
  in the competitive market.
• Estimated starting wages for individuals placed
  in competitive employment will be at least 90 of
  starting wages for that occupation as identified
  in work market surveys of the area i.e.
• Construction 8 - 10
• Culinary 10 - 12
• Office Assistant 7 - 9
• Custodian 8 - 10
• (5) At least 40 (80) of program clients will
  complete either post-secondary education or
  training leading to certification in a vocation.
• (6) The 12-month rate of recidivism for program
  participants, measured as the 12-month period
  starting from the date of program assessment,
  will be no more than 20 (or no more than 40
  youth will re-offend while in the program).

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Who Are the Stakeholders?
Service Delivery Project Team (Vendors)
Department of Labor ETA Grant Team
Right Track Project
System Referral Sources
Recipients of Training (The Youth Offenders)
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Right Track Flow Chart
Services
Referral System
Gate Keeper

• ADIS, Inc
• Project Director

Employment, Training Restorative
Services (Workout Ltd.) Job Training
Vocational Rehabilitation (ADI, Inc.) Secondary
Education (Community High Schools
ADIS) Subsidized Employment (ADIS, Inc.) Higher
Education (Pikes Peak Community College Blair
College) Other Work Placements (Pikes Peak
Workforce Center, Community Businesses
Companies)
Justice System Youth Corrections Parole and
Probation Secondary Education System Industr
y Advisory Board (6)

• Intake Counselor (1)
• Case Managers
• (2)

Managed Services Organization (Connect Care)
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Intake Services Network

• The Initial Assessment and Referral to Support
  Services will take place within (5) five days of
  acceptance into the program a Project Intake
  Coordinator will meet with each youth for an
  initial assessment consisting of the following
  components
• (1) Inventory of Descriptive Characteristics,
  including history of involvement with the legal
  system and any current mandated requirements,
• (2) Assessment of educational background,
  aptitude, progress, and goals,
• (3) In-depth Vocational Assessment
• (4) Subsidized Employment Benefits and
  Assessment

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Connect Care Management Services

• Connect Care will administer and manage the
  services for youth that are provided through
  partner agencies such as ADI Vocational, ADIS,
  Workout Limited, PPMH, PPWFC, PPCC, and Blair
  College. Connect Care will do so through a
  combination of care coordination, evaluation and
  administrative services.
• Care Coordination
• Connect Care will provide a licensed mental
  health professional who will function as a Care
  Coordinator. This person will work closely with
  the ADI Intake Coordinators to help determine the
  most appropriate services for a particular
  client. The Care Coordinator will make referrals
  to contracted providers, issue authorizations and
  renew authorizations based on the ongoing need
  for a particular service.

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Connect Care Management Services

• Evaluation
• Connect Care will collect, analyze and report the
  service data associated with this grant to
  include the amounts and types of services
  provided, length of services, associated costs,
  etc.
• Connect Care will collect, analyze and report the
  pre and post outcome data that is tied to service
  provision as required by the grant. This
  information will help determine if project goals
  and objectives are met.

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Connect Care Management Services

• Administrative Services
• Contract and credential all service providers -
  create service agreements, rate negotiation,
  ensure appropriate provider qualifications.
• Claims payment - adjudicate and pay claims of
  service providers based on a fee for service
  system.
• Financial management - help develop and monitor
  the overall services budget for the grant.

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Service Network Component 1 Restitution,
Therapeutic Employment and Restorative Justice

• Youth who have certain legal requirements will
  be referred to Workout, Ltd. for Community
  Service, Restitution, and Restorative Justice
  Services.

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Service NetworkComponent 2 Secondary
Educational Services

• Youth needing remedial education in language and
  math or courses to complete high school or obtain
  a GED, as well as those with an interest in and
  aptitude for higher education and training will
  be linked with the ADIS educational program,
  local high schools, and community colleges.

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Service NetworkComponent 3 Vocational
Rehabilitation Services

• Through the ADIS Vocational Rehabilitation
  Program, a vocational counselor and the project
  youth will develop a vocational plan which
  identifies the youths vocational goals and the
  objectives required to meet these goals. This
  plan may incorporate any or all of the following
  six (6) types of services
• Situational Vocational Assessment
• Training in Job Seeking Skills
• Vocational Training in High Growth, High Demand
  Industries
• Transitional Employment
• Job Placement
• Job Coaching
• The industries targeted, based on local industry
  and job market data, are
• Culinary
• Custodial
• Construction
• Computer/Business

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Service NetworkComponent 3 - Vocational
Rehabilitation Services (Cont)

• ADIS Vocational Rehabilitation Services Flow
  Chart

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Service NetworkComp. 4 Higher Education and
Training Services

• The regional vocational rehabilitation and
  training agency (Pikes Peak Workforce Center)
  will provide remedial math and language classes,
  as well as a host of vocational training and
  placement services.
• The community colleges (Pikes Peak Community
  College and Blair College) will provide
  post-secondary education to eligible program
  participants.

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Service NetworkComponent 5 Employment
Opportunities

• Through the ADIS Vocational Rehabilitation
  Program project youth will be placed with
  market competitive businesses as employees.
• Their salary will be paid by the grant for a
  specified amount of time.
• The intent is to provide the project youth with
  real world work experience, as well as build up
  their work portfolio.

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Right Track Project Youth Reintegration
Service Delivery
Reintegration Monitor Youth
Connect Care Mgmt
Youth Offender
Youth Entry Into System
Intake Assessment
Referral from System
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Next Steps

• Full Project Implementation began
• September 27, 2005
• Stakeholder Planning Session (TBD)
• Website www.aspendiversifiedindustries.com/rightt
  rackproject

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Discussion