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Don Bosco Hall Male Leadership Academy
Day Treatment Overview
Purpose:
Don Bosco Hall in conjunction with the BKB Academy will operate an intensive community supervision program. The services will come under the program name of the Don Bosco Hall Male Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy will provide comprehensive education and treatment services to (50) adjudicated male youth between the ages of 12-17 years. The youth will be middle and high school eligible students. The youth will come from the Wayne County Juvenile Justice CMO system. The youth will have been assessed to be high risk community-based status youth. The program services will be provided at the new Don Bosco Hall Community Center located at 19231 W. Chicago, Detroit, MI.
Profile of Youth Served:
The majority of youth will have had prior histories of poor academic and social conduct within school settings. All of the youth will have committed juvenile violations that have placed them under the supervision of the Wayne County Juvenile Justice System. The overall purpose of the Leadership Academy is to provide the youth with an intensive educational, social development and leadership program that will address their academic and behavioral deficiencies. The Leadership Academy will also provide the youth with supportive, highly structured and therapeutic support activities that will promote positive changes with anti-social behaviors. The program will serve probation youth, committed youth and post-releasedyouth.
Goal:
The overall goal of the Don Bosco Hall Male Leadership Academy is to provide community-based educational, leadership and support services to male delinquent youth and their families that will empower and strengthen the youth's ability to discontinue from delinquent behavior.
Domains of Leadership Development:
Family
School
Community
Description of Core Services:
The Don Bosco Hall Male Leadership Academy will provide the youth with a variety of educational and support services. The youth will attend an intensive educational program during school days. The school operates between the hours of 8:00am - 3:30pm. The BKB Academy will provide the educational instruction. At the completion of the school day, the youth will participate in a variety of after-school recreational, cultural arts, career development, leadership training and tutorial services. The youth will be transported to and from the Center Monday - Saturday. The Academy will also provide community monitoring services for the youth during the evening hours and Sunday. Listed below are the types of services that will be provided within the Center.
Educational Instruction
Crisis Management
After School Services
Group Counseling
Family Counseling
Career Planning
Community Service Projects
Psychotherapeutic Services
Community Monitoring
Random Drug Screening/Counseling
Pre-Employment Training
Meals
Reintegration/Follow Up Services
Referral Services
At the completion of the school day, the youth will participate in an evening program.
The evening program activities will be conducted at the Don Bosco Hall Community Resource Center. The program youth will receive a light snack at the completion of the day program. The evening program will be conducted between the hours of 3pm - 7pm. After 7pm, the youth will then be transported to their place of residences (community home or residential treatment program). The youth will be monitored the remaining of the evening hours through community monitors.
The services within the evening program will consist of the youth enrolling in the various activities that are offered through the Don Bosco Hall Community Resource Center.
Don Bosco Hall’s Detroit Workforce Program
Don Bosco Hall provides year round remedial education, life management skills, work readiness skills, career and leadership development skills training to youth between the ages of 14-18. The goals of the workforce training are to:
Increase the basic skill levels of participants by upgrading their math and reading levels.
Assist and encourage youth in the attainment of a High School Diploma or GED.
Assist the participant in upgrading their academic skills and provide instruction on job search/work/readiness skills. The goal is to improve reading and math levels and expose participants to career paths and the job market.
Encourage youth to complete high school, seek post secondary or advanced training or obtain placement and retention in military service, employment or qualified apprenticeships.
Provide Follow up Services for not less than 12 months after the completion of classroom training.
Instructional methods include lectures, mock interviews, demonstration clinics, discussion periods, role playing, videos, labor market exposure and practical application.
A Cleaner Safer Community:
The program includes a Quality of Life components, this component addresses the personal responsibility of focusing on the leaning and development of youth in overall safety of citizens and a litter free city.
DBH West Residential Care
This program provides housing and therapeutic treatment services for up to forty-one youth. DBH West is located on the west side of Detroit, and is Don Bosco Hall's first, oldest and longest running Residential program. This program specializes in caring for and supporting youth that require a more structured and healing environment due to emotional difficulties that stem from living in an environment that had problems with domestic violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse and/or neglect.
Admission Criteria:
Length of Placement:
Primary Services:
Referrals are made by:
Call (313) 834-8677 for referrals and information
Sutton House
Sutton House is a low security, community-based open setting treatment program. Sutton House employs a multi-disciplined approach to residential treatment. The program specializes in caring for young men who are at the beginning stages of delinquency and misdemeanor conduct. The focus of this program is to provide immediate intervention to prevent further engagement with the juvenile justice system. All Treatment Specialists are aware of each individual resident's needs, and work cooperatively to meet them. Staff members are trained to assure care, welfare, safety and security are a priority. The focus of the program is to strengthen each young mans self management skills.
Admission Criteria:
Length of Placement:
Program Treatment:
Services Provided:
*All maintenance services as mandated in the State of Michigan's Licensing Rules for Child Caring Institutions.
These services are offered in a milieu designed to provide structure and support in a less restrictive setting when home placement is not an option.
Referrals are made by:
Call (313) 834-9922 for referrals and information
Depaul Youth Treatment Center
A medium-security mental health facility, the Center is managed by trained Don Bosco Hall staff. The Center will provide short and long term mental health treatment services.
Behavior Health Services Program:
Placement requires a minimum of 3 of the Severity of Illness Criteria for Residential Treatment:
Call (313) 267-0043 for referrals and information
