Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests

Steve Evangelista, longtime NYC educator, and Anthony Celestine, director of the Office of Juvenile Justice Services at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, talk about  Calcasieu’s Multi-Agency Resource Center. MARC, an assessment center that coordinates services for struggling families, has been extraordinarily successful in reducing young people’s involvement with the juvenile justice system.  Transcript Click here to see the full transcription of this episode.  Overview 00:00-00:50 Intros  00:50-01:28 How Steve and Anthony met  01:28-03:19 What the MARC is and how it is innovative03:19-04:51 Families’ fears  04:51-07:59 Educator’s perspective on demystifying assessment centers07:59-15:16 Matching needed services with referrals  15:16-18:57 Building support from different stakeholders  18:57-25:23 Changes in community attitudes over time  25:23-27:11 Patterns of success and difficulty with assessment centers27:11-32:43 Environmental conditions for successful assessment centers32:43-33:21 Schools reaching out for intervention before explosions33:21-36:26 Suggestions for listeners  36:10-   Outro References The Casey Foun­da­tion’s Juve­nile Deten­tion Alter­na­tives Ini­tia­tive® – J.D.A.I website Multi-Agency Resource Center – MARC’s website 

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