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Good Day

• Welcome from the Tri-City Grant Presenters
• Richard Sakowitz
• Winston Johnson
• Michael Cummings
• Ron Morse

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Tri-City Grant - Title ITri-City Prevention
Intervention Programs for Children Youth Who
are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk of Dropping
Out

• Designing a System to Facilitate the Transition
  of Youths from Correctional Programs to their
  Local Schools in Connecticut

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Objectives of Grant

• To design a system to facilitate the transition
  of adjudicated and non-adjudicated youths from
  juvenile detention centers to their local schools.

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Phases of Tri-City Grant

• Phase I of IV
• Form an Advisory Committee
• Hire a Transition Coordinator
• Review of each LEAs transition process
• Review of other transition plans from throughout
  the state and country

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Phases of Tri-City Grant

• Phase II of IV
• Review results from Phase I
• Explore possible models using the data from the
  research of Transition Coordinator
• Develop standardized forms for each JDC
• Agree upon standardized placement tests for all
  incoming students

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Phases of Tri-City Grant

• Phase III of IV
• Develop training sessions for teachers and
  juvenile detention staff
• Improve communication with parents
• Develop a data base system of record keeping

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Phases of Tri-City Grant

• Phase IV of IV
• Continue training sessions
• Write progress reports for the advisory
  committees monthly meetings
• Implementation of the Transition Plan

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Selected CT Cities Served (1995)
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Selected CT Cities Served (1995)
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Selected CT Cities Served (1995)
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Juvenile Detention Center

• WHAT IS IT?
• FOR WHOM?

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State Detention Alternative to Detention
Facilities

• Alternative to Detention Program (ADP)
• Bridgeport Community House
• 19 day detainees plus 16 residential detainees
  (coed)
• length of stay 30-60 days
• 1.5 Full time teachers (.5 duel certified 1
  Special Education Teacher)
• class size 8
• number of classes 2
• Hartford Girls Detention Washington Street
  Detention
• 18 females
• length of stay by court determination
• 2 full-time teachers (capacity 18)
• class size 8
• number of classes 2
• 2 full-time teachers (capacity 18)

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State Detention Alternative to Detention
Facilities (continued)

• Hartford (continued)
• ADAPT Program
• 15 females
• length of stay varies per court determination
• 1 full-time teacher
• PATHWAY Program
• 15 male
• length of stay varies per court determination
• 1 full-time teacher
• New Haven J.U.S.T (Juvenile Under Supervision
  and Transition)
• 15 resident males and 10 coed daily plus 10
  truancy students
• length of stay per court determination

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State Detention Alternative to Detention
Facilities (continued)

• Hamden,CT Girls Detention Center
• 14 females
• length of stay per court determination
• Long Lane Cady School Middletown, CT
  (Statewide Juvenile Institution)
• 172 bed Facility
• average daily attendance 85 students
• average length of stay 6 months
• 31 full-time teachers 35 dual certified 95
  special education
• class size 6 17
• total number of classes 31
• Pratt Cottage - (ADP in Long Lane)
• 20 students
• length of stay 3 6 months
• 2 full-time teachers

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State Detention Alternative to Detention
Facilities (Continued)

• Manson Youth Institute (MYI) Chesire, CT
• 700 bed facility
• maximum secure facility
• length of stay determined by the court (30 days
  to 40 years)
• 40 full time teachers
• Class size 15
• C.S.I. (Community Solutions Inc.)
• 10 bed girls facility
• length of stay determined by the court

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State Detention Alternative To Detention
Facilities (continued)

• J.S.R.C. (Juvenile Supervision and Reporting
  Centers)
• Seven facilities in state (Bridgeport, Hartford,
  New Haven, Norwalk (2 sites), Waterbury
  Willimantic)
• average attendance 20 day detainees 10
  residential detainees
• length of stay 6 to 12 months

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Connecticut Junior Republic (CJR) Litchfield,
CT (Statewide Non-public Special Education
Program)Ron Morse

• 84 bed facility
• length of stay 12 months
• 25 full-time teachers 1 dual certified and 17
  special education
• class size 8 12
• number of classes 12 (academic, vocational
  educational conflict resolution)
• Day Treatment (12 students)

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Bridgeport Detention Center

• 22 Bed facility
• 2 Full-time teachers (1 vacant) and 1 Head
  Teacher (1 dual certified 1 Sp. Ed.)
• 1 social worker, 1 psychologist, part time
  clerical worker 1 speech language person
• 26 towns served
• Length of stay 13 days to 6 months
• Average daily attendance 23 students
• Class size 8
• Number of classes 3
• New 88 bed facility slated to open 2005

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Bridgeport Educational Program

• Entrance
• Class makeup
• Testing interview
• LEA academic records/IEPs (requesting
  reviewing)
• Database
• Request related services
• School
• Daily staff meeting (concerning detainee issues)
• Curriculum
• Transition from detention center
• Records
• Parent contact

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Hartford Detention Center

• 36 Bed facility
• 4 Full-time teachers (duel certified).
• 1 Paraprofessional, 1 Social Worker ,1 Speech and
  Language 1 Bi-lingual
• 80 towns served
• Length of stay 30 days to 4 months
• Average daily attendance 50 students
• Class size 8
• Number of classes 4
• New facility slated to open at the end of 2003

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New Haven Detention Center

• 38 Bed facility
• 3 Full-time teachers 1 Part Time Teacher
  (sub-contracted out to a private school by the
  City of New Haven, BOE)
• 1 Bilingual 1 Social Worker
• 50 towns served
• Length of stay 14 days to 3 months
• Average daily attendance 43 students
• Class size 8
• Number of classes 3

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Operational Responsibilities of All Facilities
Listed

• Juvenile Justice Department
• State Department of Education
• Department of Children and Families
• LEA (Local Educational District)
• Juvenile Forensic Services
• Juvenile Support Reporting Centers
• Community Partners in Action
• Corporation for Public Management
• Community Solutions, Inc.
• North American Family Institute
• Youth Continuum

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Inter / Intra Agency Agreement Winston Johnson

• Agreement among the Hartford Public Schools and
  the Department of Children and Families (DCF),
  inclusive of Long Lane School Parole Services,
  Unified School District II .
• Purpose Facilitate effective discharge,
  educational planning and re-enrollment procedures
  for the Hartford students returning from Long
  Lane and O/D placements.

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Concerns

• Transition from detention to School and Community
  
• Lawsuit
• Professional staff development
• Receiving of IEPs and curriculum materials from
  surrounding LEAs
• Lack of communication between LEAs and JDCs
• Occasional adversarial positions between state
  and local administration

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Grants Sequence of Events

• Collaboration
• Needs assessment
• A facilitator conducted a workshop that
  identified staff needs
• Research
• Target population served (15 yrs. and under)
• Advisory Committee
• Phases of the grant

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Advisory Committee Make-UpChairman Richard
Sakowitz, Head Teacher, Bridgeport LEA at JDC

• Transition Coordinator for three JDCs (Michael
  Cummings)
• Bridgeport
• LEA/JDC Head Teacher
• Coordinator of Special Education
• Director of Special Education
• Director of State and Federal Grants
• Assistant Superintendent of Schools
• New Haven
• Sub-contractor Educational Administrator
• Supervisor of Drop-out Prevention
• Director of Pupil Services
• Hartford
• LEA/JDC Head Teacher
• Coordinator of Social Work
• Director of SPED
• Director of Alternative Education Adult
  Education
• Dept. of Children Families, Unified School
  District I
• Superintendent of Schools
• State Judicial Department

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Accomplishments

• Collaborations
• Technology
• Defined lines of communication
• Professional Development
• Continuous flow of Information
• Identification of Transition Advocates at
  Students Schools
• Transition Program Plan

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Future Plans

• Continuation of grant
• Continued Implementation of transition plan
• Parent Involvement
• Increase LEA Community Awareness
• Continued up-dating of list or designated
  advocates in each LEA to aid in the success of
  smooth transition of students back to their local
  school

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Questions and Comments

• Thank you for attending our presentation. Its
  been a pleasure.
• Contact us at Bridgeport Juvenile Detention
  Center
• Richard Sakowitz or Michael Cummings
• Phone [phone] or 203 382-8443 x 5060
• Fax [phone] or 203 579-6035