Crossroads is an intervention program for juvenile offenders that provides youth with the opportunity to choose a new direction while holding them accountable for their actions.

The benefits of the Crossroads Program include crime prevention and increased community safety, increased victim services, family empowerment, a lower juvenile recidivism rate and more responsible youth.

PASS (Program for the Acquisition of Social Skills) is an eight-week adolescent group for teens between the ages of 13-18.  Some topics covered during the group course include: Self-awareness, Communication, Problem Solving, Job Interviewing, Manners, and Teamwork.

Crossroads Drivers Improvement Course is designed to reinforce safe driving principles to teen drivers and reduce traffic violations.  When Juveniles in St. Tammany Parish receive a traffic ticket, they are not allowed simply to pay the ticket, but are required to attend Juvenile Traffic Court. There, they are referred to Youth Service Bureau’s Crossroads Program where they are assigned community Service Work and are often required to attend the Drivers Improvement Course. This two hour course is offered at the Youth Service Bureau once a month and is available to the general public.   

Focus:
- Juvenile offender accountability
- Restitution to the victim and the community
- Juvenile competency development
- Community protection through supervision
- Family strengthening
- Reduction of repeat juvenile offenders

Benefits:
- Troubled youth are given a second chance
- Troubled youth are helped to become responsible community members
- Families are assisted with their troubled youth
- The Court and District Attorney's Office are provided with diversionary programs
  to which they can refer juvenile offenders
- The community benefits by reduced crime rates
- Research shows that approximately 90% of the youth completing the program do
  not re-enter the juvenile system within a year and over 80% do not re-enter the
  system over the course of three years
- Community savings … $350 per youth in Crossroads per year vs. $40,000 per
  youth in detention per year
- Approximately $20,000 returned to victims of juvenile crime in St. Tammany
  annually
- Law Education Classes
- Approximately, 30,000 hours of community service performed by the youth
  annually
- Access to affordable counseling services and educational groups and classes
- Access to information and referral services

Referrals:
Most referrals are made through the District Attorney's Office or local judges. Some services may be available through self-referral. Please call for more information

The Youth Service Bureau presents Chef Soiree 2012 Sunday March 18th, 2012 at the Bogue Falaya Park in Covington LA from 5pm til 9pm

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