Evening Reporting Center
Program Overview
- Designed to serve Berks County pre-adjudicated and adjudicated
delinquent adolescent males.
- Typical ERC clients are placed as
part of the graduated response system of accountability or pending
adjudication or violation court hearings.
- Rooted in Balanced
and Restorative Justice (BARJ) principles.
- Keeps youth in their
home community by providing meaningful community- based interventions as
an alternative to secure detention.
- Capacity is 8-15 youth with
an anticipated average daily census of 12.
- Short term program
with a projected 30 day average length of stay.
- ERC clients are
placed on Electronic Monitoring or house arrest by the courts/ juvenile
probation department.
Collaborative Team Effort
ERC is a collaborative effort designed to work closely with schools,
juvenile probation, parents / families and other community human service
providers.
Schools - Program staff visit the home schools of the
clients in an effort to establish working relationships with the
institutions. School attendance, behaviors and grades are monitored.
JPO - Visibility of probation officers is important in establishing
a treatment milieu in which a united team approach is presented.
Probation Officer is considered a member of the treatment team and open
dialogue is recommended.
Parents / Families - Attempts are made
to engage the family at time of admission to provide program
introduction and gather background information. Family contacts are made
to monitor client behavior in the home. Family are encouraged to contact
program staff with any questions / concerns they may have.
Other
Providers - Probation utilizes community human service providers to
perform various court ordered assessments and as possible aftercare
providers for youth that remain in the community.
Typical
Program Day
In operation from 3:00 - 10:00 pm Monday through Friday, except
major Holidays
3:00pm - 3:30pm Client transportation
3:30pm - 4:00pm Community Group / Goals / Intro
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Educational Time
5:30pm - 6:00pm Dinner
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Therapeutic Group
7:30pm - 8:30pm Community Service / Recreation
8:30pm - 9:00pm Focus / Goal Group
9:00pm - ? Client
transportation
