Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests

May 30, 2024 00:42:16
Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests
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Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests

May 30 2024 | 00:42:16

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Show Notes

Steve Evangelista, longtime NYC educator, and Anthony Celestine, director of the Office of Juvenile Justice Services at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, talk about  Calcasieu’s Multi-Agency Resource Center. MARC, an assessment center that coordinates services for struggling families, has been extraordinarily successful in reducing young people’s involvement with the juvenile justice system. 

Transcript

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Overview

00:00-00:50 Intros 

00:50-01:28 How Steve and Anthony met 

01:28-03:19 What the MARC is and how it is innovative

03:19-04:51 Families’ fears 

04:51-07:59 Educator’s perspective on demystifying assessment centers

07:59-15:16 Matching needed services with referrals 

15:16-18:57 Building support from different stakeholders 

18:57-25:23 Changes in community attitudes over time 

25:23-27:11 Patterns of success and difficulty with assessment centers

27:11-32:43 Environmental conditions for successful assessment centers

32:43-33:21 Schools reaching out for intervention before explosions

33:21-36:26 Suggestions for listeners 

36:10-   Outro

References

  • The Casey Foun­da­tion’s Juve­nile Deten­tion Alter­na­tives Ini­tia­tive® – J.D.A.I website
  • Multi-Agency Resource Center – MARC’s website 

Soundtrack by Poddington Bear

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