ACJCS offers weekly Substance Abuse treatment services on Monday thru Thursday from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. The program is a minimum of 6 months. It consists of two phases.

Services include:

• Phase 1 – Educational groups focusing on topics of relapse prevention, addiction, and physiological effects of substance abuse.
• Phase 2 – Groups focusing on exposing addictive behaviors of clients, as these tend to be most adolescents’ relapse triggers.
• Individualized treatment planning with qualified professionals.

Our clinicians provide both substance abuse and mental health assessments that help determine what type and level of care will provide the most benefit to the juvenile.  This is a 4 phase program, and groups are held Monday through Thursday from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

Phase 1
Education; exposure to learning terms of sobriety and recovery (8 weeks)

Phase 2
Foundations of recovery; beginning to apply concepts; self personalization

Phase 3
Becoming solid in sobriety and actively using interventions to maintain sobriety

Phase 4
Internalizing information; recovery enhancement; relapse prevention

Our counseling programs encompass:

Detention
Counseling is offered to all juveniles who are placed in secure custody and express issues related to suicide, mental health, family, drug/alcohol, or other concerns that the juvenile would like to speak to a counselor about.

Status Offender Program 
The least restrictive and most pro-active program, this brief intervention is designed to assist the child and the family in avoiding further court involvement.

Individual & Family Counseling
Master’s level therapists provide individual and family counseling. Referrals come from judges, probation officers, and the community.

Assessment
Our clinicians provide substance abuse, trauma, and mental health assessments that help determine what type and level of care will provide the most benefit to the juvenile.

Work In Lieu of Detention is a subcomponent of the Community Service Program at ACJCS, although it is treated as a separate program because WILD work days are credited as detention time served by the Court.

The WILD program provides:

• Work crews 3 days a week for males and 2 days a week for females;
• Male and female specific work crews;
• Safe working environments for juveniles repaying a debt to the community; and
• 200 hours weekly for restitution to our community.

For more information on WILD or Community Service, please contact our office at (208) 287-5600 or contact:

Deonda Thompson
Programs Supervisor
(208) 287-5629
dthompson@adacounty.id.gov

The Tobacco Alcohol Program (TAP) is a web-based interactive educational program available to youth under the age of 18 who have received a citation for either underage use of tobacco or alcohol. First-time offenders are offered the option to participate in the program by the Ada County Clerk. If eligible, a youth may choose to participate and be ordered to appear at Ada County Juvenile Court Services Programs Division (400 N. Benjamin, Ste 201). Once program fee arrangements have been made, the youth will undergo a short assessment and be scheduled to 3-hour blocks of time in the on-site computer lab. The TAP curriculum is based on the Botvin “Life Skills” program which focuses on increasing the participant’s knowledge of substance use while providing exercises to increase protective factors. The interactive and dynamic program takes approximately 10-15 hours to complete. Once successfully completed the youth’s charges are submitted to the Judge for dismissal.

For more information on TAP, please contact:

Deonda Thompson
Programs Supervisor
(208) 287-5629
dthompson@adacounty.id.gov

ECO is a program designed to meet the changing needs of our court-involved youth.  ECO is prepared to offer a variety of services to clients, including:

• GED preparation, study assistance in each test area, help with scheduling, payment assistance, etc.
• Employability skills, including completed resume, job search, interviewing skills, work maturity skills, etc.
• Independent living skills, such as personal finance, household management, nutrition, etc.

For more information on ECO, please contact:

Deonda Thompson
Programs Supervisor
(208) 287-5629
dthompson@adacounty.id.gov

For more information on the Programs Division, please contact our Programs Manager Jeffery G Schatz at (208) 287-5612 or our reception desk at (208) 287-5600.