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Assisting Juveniles Returning to School After Incarceration

Assisting Juveniles Returning to School After Incarceration. OSPI/Secondary Education Counselor Summer Institute June 24-25, 2014. Lewis County Detention & Green Hill Academic (Chehalis). G. King County Detention and Interagency School (Seattle) EA PROJECT

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Assisting Juveniles Returning to School After Incarceration

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  1. Assisting Juveniles Returning to School After Incarceration OSPI/Secondary Education Counselor Summer Institute June 24-25, 2014 Kathleen Sande, OSPI Juvenile Justice Education , WA Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

  2. Lewis County Detention & Green Hill Academic (Chehalis) G King County Detention and Interagency School (Seattle) EA PROJECT Woodinville Treatment (Northshore) Griffin Home (Renton) Thurston County - Tumwater West (Tumwater) EA PROJECT Charles Denny Detention & Northwest Regional Learning Center (Everett) EA PROJECT Cowlitz County Detention (Kelso) EA PROJECT H H H Island County Detention (Coupeville) Mason County Detention (Shelton) Clallam County Detention (Port Angeles) EA PROJECT Remann Hall, Project Choice, and Region V Learning Center (Tacoma) EA PROJECT H F H Grant County Detention (Ephrata) EA PROJECT H H H E Oakridge Group Home (Clover Park) Whatcom Detention (Bellingham) H H H E Canyon View Group Home (Eastmont) Chelan County Detention (Wenatchee) E Echo Glen Children’s Center (Issaquah) F Okanogan County Detention (Okanogan) EA PROJECT H Skagit County Detention (Mount Vernon) H Martin Hall Detention Center (Medical Lake) H Kitsap County Detention (South Kitsap) EA PROJECT H E Spokane Juvenile Detention, Structural Alternative Confinement, Healing Lodge, Morning Star, and Excelsior School (Spokane) EA PROJECT F Grays Harbor Detention (Aberdeen)EA PROJECT Yakima County Detention, Region 2 Learning Center, and Ridgeview Group Home (Yakima)EA PROJECT H Naselle Youth Camp (Naselle-Grays River) F Walla Walla County Detention (Walla Walla) EA PROJECT H G F Parke Creek Treatment Center (Kittitas) Benton-Franklin Justice Center (Kennewick) EA PROJECT H G Clark County Detention (Vancouver) EA PROJECT Twin Rivers Group Home (Richland) Camp Outlook (North Franklin) H E Washington State Detention Centers and Juvenile Institution Schools

  3. 22 Detention Center Schools (short-term) with Average length of stay of 7 – 10 days. 4 JJRA Schools (long-term) with Average length of stay of 6 months. RCW 28A.190 ADULT JAILS RCW 28A.194 ADULT DEPT OF CORRECTIONS RCW 28A.193 Numberserved in 2012-13: 20,500 (duplicated count) students 12,045 (Unduplicated count) students. * LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTSServing an average of 1000 students per month

  4. FACILITY SCHOOLS Title 1 Neglected-Delinquent Supplemental Services State (subpart 1) $1,058,591 (net) 2012-13 Served 1,945 in 2011-12 Local (subpart 2) $3,218,481(net) 2012-13 Served 7,905 in 2011-12 Long-term JJRA facilities • Green Hill School • Echo Glen Children’s Center • Naselle Youth Camp • Camp Outlook Short-term Detentions 22 juvenile detention centers INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

  5. Small programs • Adult Jails = 1-10 students • Department of Corrections = 1-10 students • Small detentions, group homes = 1-15 students • Medium programs • detentions = 30-45 students • Large programs • detentions = 50-125 students • JJRA facilities = 100 – 250 students DIFFERENT MODELS

  6. Education Services All operated by local school districts or contracted by educational service districts. Support Services Federal Supplemental Services Title 1 D Academic supports Transition Case Management Nurse Case Management • Basic Education inside institutions • Detention Centers • JJRA Facilities • Adult Jails • Adult Dept of Corrections • Group Homes for Juveniles • Basic Education includes • Math, Reading, Language Arts, PE/Health and other subjects EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED

  7. Inside Outside Education Advocates assisting youth leaving facilities Education Advocates in middle and high schools Health Services in Elementary schools • Academic Support Services inside facility schools • Transition services for youth leaving facilities Examples of Supplemental Title 1 D Services

  8. Funding: Access to State Apportionment ($14.5 million in 2012-13) and Federal supplemental funds ($2.4 million in 2012-13) • Monitoring: State & Federal program compliance. • Technical Assistance and professional development. The Role of OSPI

  9. Provide free, appropriate public education (RCW 28A.190) • Not less than 180-days (220 standard) • Employ admin, teachers and office staff • Provide all learning materials • Design curriculum (with safety in mind) • Provide Special Ed Services • Report students like all schools The Role of Districts

  10. Clark County Detention Center, Vancouver, WA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkAK8rCA9I A LOOK INSIDE JUVENILE JUSTICE

  11. Communication = key • Meet with student prior to release + develop a plan • Visit an institution near you • Allow credits for behavior programs completed • Connect with an adult at the returning school • Establish relationships with local detention school • As soon as student re-enters, request school records • Encourage GED students to complete diplomas • Contact an Education Advocate for information IDEAS FROM THE FIELD

  12. DISCUSSION Turn to your neighbor What has worked in your school? What challenges? What could our institution schools do to improve the transitions? 7 minute Discussion REPORT OUTS

  13. Questions?

  14. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Sande Institution Education Program Supervisor Superintendent of public instruction 360-725-6046 KATHLEEN.SANDE@K12.WA.US http://www.k12.wa.us/InstitutionalEd/default.aspx

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