New Report Details Innovative Ways to Help Teens Struggling With Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
One of the most pervasive problems facing adolescents who enter the juvenile justice system is drug and alcohol abuse, yet drug treatment is scarce for young adults in this country. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, fewer than 3 percent of juveniles arrested who have substance abuse problems receive treatment.
In 2002, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime, a program dedicated to creating and testing new ways to help teens that enter the juvenile justice system and previously received little or no care for their substance abuse problems.
A new report from the project directors involved in Reclaiming Futures outlines lessons learned from the demonstration sites, shares a six-step model to bring about change and provides a road map for communities that want to support local juvenile justice systems in implementing this model to help teens in trouble.
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