Juvenile Justice

Reintegration Services

“Working to enhance partnerships that will give juveniles skills and alternatives to lives of crime.”

The Division’s commitment to delivering re-entry services to youth after treatment program completion continues through the work of a group of reintegration employees throughout the state. The program is designed to prepare each institutionalized youth for a gradual and successful re-entry into the community from the time he or she is institutionalized. The Youth Level of Services/Case Management Inventory assessment instrument is used to identify specific individual need and areas of risk. Examples of services include: a job-ready group; Boys and Girls Club Targeted Re-entry program; school district re-entry coordination; relapse prevention; rural re-entry coordination; and intensive community coordination.

Transitional Services around the state collaborate with their local agencies to provide opportunities and support services for transitioning youth. Juvenile Justice has a partnership with the Department of Labor’s Alaska Workforce Investment Board which seeks to bring more juveniles into contact with local job centers and develop and fund vocational skills development programs. Additional re-entry activities include culinary arts programs and other vocational training, first/aid and CPR certifications, and job readiness preparation.

Juvenile Justice and the Interior Alaska Career Academy through the University of Alaska Fairbanks Tanana Valley Campus, in partnership with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and University of Alaska Workforce Development, offer career exploration classes to Juvenile Justice youth who want to expand their opportunities and learn about technical fields in high-growth, high-demand areas that can lead to successful career opportunities. The classes are intensive 43-hour courses that combine computer work, textbook, and hands-on instruction. Not only do the students earn high school credit, they also earn college credit simultaneously. In Anchorage, the Nine Star Enterprise, Youth First program provides youth with employment opportunities in established worksites and allows the youth the opportunity to develop work related skills while receiving intensive support through MYC and Nine Star.

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