This report describes a step by step illustrative model that has been developed that identifies the critical stages to implementing successful treatment for teens with substance abuse problems in the juvenile justice system.
It consists of six stages that direct how the juvenile justice system, substance abuse treatment providers, and the community (including the families of juvenile justice youth) work together. http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/sites/default/files/documents/RF_how_to_implement_color.pdf
About: Reclaiming Futures helps young people in trouble with drugs, alcohol, and crime. In 2001, with a $21 million investment from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 10 founding communities located throughout the United States began reinventing the way police, courts, detention facilities, treatment providers, and the community work together to meet this urgent need.
