Greenville Mental Health Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Program

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Greenville Mental HealthDepartment of Juvenile
Justice (DJJ) Program
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Program Purpose

• To provide comprehensive, coordinated services
  from Greenville Mental Health, Department of
  Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Diversion Services,
  and Juvenile Drug Court to targeted clients that
  allow them to remain in the community as opposed
  to out of home placements

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Staffing

• Two full-time and one part-time Masters prepared
  clinicians
• 1 LISW-CP
• 1 LPC
• 1 LMSW (part-time)

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Volume

• Full-time therapists can accommodate a case load
  of 50 clients
• Part-time therapists can accommodate a case load
  of 20 clients
• Total clients currently being served 89

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Program History

• 2002 One full-time therapist (primarily
  individual and family therapy for DJJ clients)
• 2003 Services expanded to include male and
  female adolescent groups (up to 8 eight week
  programs/yr) and parenting groups (up to 12 eight
  week programs/yr)
• 2005 Expanded service locations to include
  Greenville Group Home, a residential male
  adolescent group home for DJJ

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Program History

• 2008 Program had grown to three full-time
  therapists
• 2009 - Reduced to two full-time and one part-time
  therapists due to budget reductions

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Unique Aspects

• Largest mental health DJJ program in SC
• Greenville Mental Health's DJJ program added
  multi-systemic therapy (MST) component in 2008
• First MST program in SC to be offered solely to
  DJJ clients

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Best Practices

• Solution Based Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Multi-Systemic Therapy
• Targeted Parenting Components

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Family Involvement

• DJJ Clients Participate Not Only in Individual
  Therapy but also in Family Therapy
• Most Parents are Court Ordered to Participate in
  an Eight Week GMHC/DJJ Parenting Group

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Results

• Adolescents are more often able to remain in
  community settings than in out of home placements
• Parenting skills are strengthened and supported
• Reduced costs to Mental Health and DJJ