serving djj & foster care youth christine sikora region 11 dannielle brun region 24
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Serving DJJ & Foster Care Youth
Christine Sikora Region 11Dannielle Brun Region 24
Serving DJJ and Foster Youth in our community
• Project READY• Project Hope• Project SELF• WIA Youth Programs
Partners in the community
DJJ Youth• Volusia County Juvenile
Justice Council• Flagler County Juvenile
Justice Council• Judges from Juvenile Court
in both East and West Volusia
• DJJ Probation Officers
Foster Youth• Children’s Home Society• Community Partnership for
Children• Member of Community
Forum• Circuit 7 Promotion
Planning Committee
Chief Probation OfficersCircuit 1 Circuit 2
Paul Wallis Vicki Cunniff1800 Saint Mary Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32501 1230 Bountstown Highway, Tallahassee, FL 32304(850) 595-8820 x233 (850) [email protected] [email protected] Counties: Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton Counties: Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon,
Liberty, Wakulla
Circuit 3 Circuit 4Sharon Neelands Chris Carr690 East Duval Street, Lake City, FL 32055 2055 Reyko Road, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32207(386) 758-1448 (Lake City) (904) 391-3830(386) 362-6838 (Live Oak) [email protected]@djj.state.fl.us Counties: Clay, Duval, NassauCounties: Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison,
Suwanee, Taylor
Circuit 6 Circuit 7Tim Niermann David Kerr955 26th Street South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33712 210 N. Palmetto Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32114(727) 893-2000 (386) [email protected] [email protected]: Pasco, Pinellas Counties: Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Volusia
Circuit 8 Circuit 9Wayland Clifton Jerome Hightower14107 U.S. Highway 441, North Building, Suite 200, 8500 Laurel Hills Drive, Orlando, FL 32818
Alachua, FL 32615 (407) 445-5354 x300(386) 418-5236 [email protected]@djj.state.fl.us Counties: Orange, OsceolaCounties: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, Union
Circuit 10 Circuit 11Judy Roysden Isabel Afanador195 South Broadway Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830 3300 NW 27th Avenue, Suite 1116B, Miami, FL 33142 (863) 519-8546 (305) [email protected] [email protected]: Hardee, Highlands, Polk Counties: Miami-Dade
Circuit 12 Circuit 13Virginia Donovan Norman Campbell701 Cortez Road West, Bradenton, FL 34207 4524 Oak Fair Boulevard, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33610(941) 727-6229 (813) [email protected] [email protected]: Desoto, Manatee, Sarasota Counties: Hillsborough
Circuit 14 Circuit 15Mike Nihill Feirmon Johnson505 East 11th Street, Panama City, FL 32401 3400 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406 (850) 872-7630 (561) 682-0000 [email protected] [email protected]: Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington Counties: Palm Beach
Circuit 16 Circuit 17RaiEtte Avael Vanessa Hargray5503 College Road, Suite 209, Key West, FL 33040 2301 West Sample Road, Building 4, Suite1B, (305) 292-6787 (954) [email protected] [email protected]: Monroe Counties: Broward
Circuit 18 Circuit 19Dan Rodgers Marcia Miller2224 Sarno Road, Melbourne, FL 32935 2215 South 25th Street, Fort Pierce, FL 34947(321) 752-3260 (772) [email protected] [email protected] Counties: Brevard, Seminole Counties: Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
Circuit 20Peg Lamarca2295 Victoria Avenue, Suite 195, Fort Myers, FL 33901(239) 338-2652 / (941) [email protected]: Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee
A Partnership to PRODUCTIVELY & SUCCESSFULLY engage Juvenile
Offenders with the workforce and their community!
Equal Opportunity Employer/ProgramAuxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
All voice telephone numbers in this document may be reached by persons using TTY/TDD equipment via the Florida Relay Service at 711.
The Overview…
• Providing WIA youth services to youth currently housed in 3 local residential DJJ commitment facilities;
• Enrollment occurs upon entrance to the facility;
• Vocational programming is provided as part of the academic schedule within the facilities (all listed as Alternative Schools with local school districts);
• Upon release to their home community (within Region 24), youth are immediately engaged with a local Career Coach to provide traditional WIA programming;
• Work with DJJ JPOs, Post Commitment Probation, Re-Entry Boards (when available); and school systems to ensure higher levels of support and success.
Why Juvenile Offenders?
• WIA eligibility;• Barriers to success (not just employment);• Community Impact;• Workforce Impact;• Braiding of Services;• Multiple Forms of Support;• Potential for Success w/ Workforce programming
vs. Potential for success without it!
What does the partnership do?
• Provides Vocational Education for youth while in facility;
• Provides DJJ programming support with a workforce emphasis;
• Provides credentialing opportunities both within the facility and upon release;
• Provides much needed transition programming that is focused on success, achievement and productivity.
Who does what????
AMI Kids• Referral (based on youth
committed to facility);• Academic Remediation and
opportunities;• Vocational Programming (type is
specific to location);• Mentoring of youth while within
facility (includes documenting mentoring activities);
• Access to transition meetings and information upon release of youth to home community;
Southwest Florida Works• Eligibility and Enrollment;• Documentation and EFM Data Entry;• Case Management Services;• Funding for Vocational Instructors;• Credentialing as a part of both
Commitment and Post Commitment programming;
• Transitional participation with DJJ, Court Systems and Schools upon release;
• Community and Workforce Engagement as part of transition, instead of optional/separate programming.
To What End???
• 60% or more of transitioned youth get positive engagement with home community and workforce community, including Leadership Activities, Career Exploration and Job Shadowing Opportunities, OJT and Credentialing and Education Opportunities!
• Financial impact on youth and families. Youth earn achievement stipends and work opportunities via their participation that allows for them to afford to make better choices, be more prepared for community interaction; and the means to pursue more productive options via school and work.
The Tricks of the Trade…
• Career Coaches visit and participate with youth while in the facilities;
• The workforce program in presented and represented within the facilities;
• Participation in transition planning that includes aligning expectations with youth;
• Support from both local DJJ and local workforce systems;
• Parental involvement and encouragement;
• Immediate and constant contact with youth during their first few months at home;
• Career Coaches act as mentors during transition, not JPOs;
• Community and workforce contacts that are willing to serve this population without judgment and place value on “the Change”;
• Opportunity to be rewarded for positive behaviors and to interact with a positive set of peers.