Community Based Detention Services
The goal of community-based detention services is to provide a balanced
approach of protecting the community while providing individual services to youth
while living in the community, primarily in the home of the guardian or adult
caretaker. Proposals should address how the program design includes
parental/family involvement and how linkages to community support systems for
youth and family will be established. Often youth are referred for delinquent
conduct, but they do not present a threat to community safety based on the
referring offense or on mitigating circumstances of the youth and/or family. These
youth can be served through close supervision in the home where they can be
allowed to continue their education, employment, or other activities which support
successful community living. Proposals should address how the staff will be
recruited to insure that they come from specific neighborhoods to be served.
