Juvenile Residential Services
(Juvenile Detention)
Frequently
Asked Questions
Juvenile Services Network
Adolescent Clinical Treatment (ACT)
ACT is structured to meet the needs of children experiencing substantial
interference with daily functioning. Many of the ACT services are
provided in client homes to allow for the delivery of highly
individualized treatment interventions within the context of the
adolescents' families. Clinical practitioners in ACT are responsible for
the outreach, engagement and retention of clients in this home-based
service model. Service intensity may be increased or decreased to
respond to the individual juvenile's requirements on an ongoing basis.
Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST)
Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) is a culture and gender-sensitive,
evidence-based intervention that works with children within the context
of their families, addresses family variables that are critical to
lasting improvement in adolescent functioning, and minimize the risks of
anti-social peer associations. MST teams are available in all SCJMs,
with slots assigned to court sites based on judicial caseload volume and
risk data for each court.
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Court-Based Assessment Services
These services target juveniles in need of psychological,
psychiatric, substance abuse and/or sex offender evaluations.
Evaluations can be ordered by the court or requested by the juvenile
probation officer. Services include comprehensive assessments and
evaluations of juveniles using a Juvenile Probation /Risk/Needs
Assessment, in conjunction with diagnostic centers in each Juvenile
Court. A contracted provider is used to coordinate the psychological
/ psychiatric, substance abuse, and sex offender evaluations. This
system provides an improved means to determine which alternative
sanction, if any, is appropriate, and assists the Court in making
the best program/placement description for each juvenile referred.
Juvenile Residential
Services (Juvenile Detention)
The Court Support Services Division
(CSSD) Juvenile Residential Services (JRS) Unit is responsible for
operating and overseeing a continuum of both voluntary and
court-ordered residential programs/centers designed to meet the
unique needs of juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile
court system. JRS is committed to providing a safe living
environment through evidence based practice, a strength based
approach, comprehensive education and quality healthcare services.
Juvenile Residential Services is
comprised of a vast network of programs and services including three
state operated detention centers located in Bridgeport, New Haven,
and Hartford and numerous contracted residential programs. All
programs are designed to promote the development of positive,
pro-social skills of the juveniles placed in our care and to
contribute to individual development and community safety.
Community Residential Program -
Hartford
Community Residential Programs provide the juvenile court judges
with access to staff secure, community-based, short-term residential
services for delinquents and status offenders in order to divert
from detention when appropriate, to provide client respite and
stabilization, and to maximize the efficient use of resources. This
residential program provides intensive staff-secure services
including education, structured recreation, community service, case
management, individual and group services, family mediation, and
access to medical, mental health and substance abuse intervention
and treatment.
Secure Community Residential
Program - Hamden and Hartford
Secure Community Residential Programs target female juveniles who
have been assessed and classified as appropriate for a secure,
gender responsive facility. Juveniles can be remanded to this
physically secure facility pending disposition or placement.
Services include education, medical treatment, life skills,
substance abuse intervention, and counseling, Family visitation and
recreation opportunities are available to juveniles in this
community-based detention facility.
Center for Assessment, Respite and
Enrichment (CARE)- Waterbury and New Haven
CARE is a two-pronged service model that provides voluntary respite
care beds for Families With Service Need (FWSN)-referred juveniles
in crisis as a bridge to home-based, family centered treatment, or
other appropriate services. Juveniles and their families are
assessed at CARE and connected to an intervention based on risk,
needs, and strengths. Program services include family mediation and
conflict resolution, treatment/service planning, educational
advocacy, transition services, on-site groups, and linkages to
community based services.
American Correctional Association
(ACA)
The ACA is a national organization which sets standards detailing
minimum operational practices. Connecticut's three state operated
juvenile detention centers (Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford) are
accredited by the ACA. Beginning in 2003, and every 3 years
thereafter ACA has conducted a thorough audit of the juvenile
detention centers on almost 400 standards. Connecticut is the only
state in the country to achieve accreditation of all state run
facilities.
National Commission on
Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC)
The NCCHC accreditation process is an external peer review in which
public recognition is made to correctional institutions that meet
nationally accepted Standards for Health Services. A total of 71
standards delineate delivery of medical, mental health, dental, and
pharmacy services. Connecticut's three state operated juvenile
detention centers are accredited by NCCHC. Since 2003, and every
three years thereafter NCCHC audits have been conducted and have
granted the juvenile detention centers accreditation status.
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