Client Admission Profile

• Adjudicated Delinquent, or pre-adjudicated delinquent males and females 10-18 years of age.
• All children are required to have a detention hearing within 72 hours of their initial detention. \All children who have committed crimes requiring detention according to the Juvenile Act (42Pa.C.S.Sec. 6301), with the exception of those with ineligible crimes identified in the Act (i.e. Murder, Robbery, Kidnapping, etc.) \AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY: 15 DAYS (in 2004)

Key Services and Programming

• Assessment and diagnostic services available for youth placed in detention.
• Psychological and Psychiatric Evaluations as needed.
• Mental Health Clinic services available
• Life skills groups and seminars
• Health and medical services
• Family services
• Balanced attention to the development of client competencies, community safety, and victims issues
• Discharge and continuing care planning
• School services 12 months/year