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Article
Publication Date
12-29-2021
Publication Title
Białostockie Studia Prawnicze
Volume
26
Issue
6
First Page
127
Last Page
144
Abstract
Delinquent youths oft en do not receive the opportunity to be mentored. Th is is especially true for youths who have committed serious law violations or are detained for multiple law violations. In the United States, youths with the most serious off enses are oft en committed to detention, or rehabilitation, or treatment centers. Since 2011, the Juvenile Reentry Mentoring Project (JRMP) has matched mentors to youths detained in Nebraska Detention, and Treatment Facilities. Th e Nebraska Youth Rehabilitation, and Treatment Centers (YRTCs), specifi cally, are for youths with the highest level of needs and who have exhausted all other programs available in the community. From 2011 through February 2020, the JRMP developed as an evidence informed model for mentoring juveniles with the highest level of need and the most serious law violations. Th e onset of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted youths in detention and treatment centers, and mentoring programs such as the JRMP adapted to continue to meet existing and emerging needs of youths. Th e aim of this article is to report on the evidence-based development of the JRMP and the adaptations that were necessary for it to continue to operate during COVID-19. We close with recommendations and lessons learned from the pandemic and ways that programs can resist a return to the status quo.
Recommended Citation
Hobbs, A. & Dzieniszewska, M. (2021, December 29). The juvenile reentry mentoring project: Adaptations during COVID-19. Białostockie Studia Prawnicze, 26(6), 127-144. https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2021.26.06.08
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This is an Open Access article © 2020 Anne Hobbs et al., published by SciendoThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2021.26.06.08