The purpose of a youth diversion program is to:
- A. Provide preadjudicatory services for alleged juvenile offenders to reduce penetration into the Juvenile Services system and decrease the likelihood for further delinquent behavior;
- B. Provide services on a cost-free basis;
- C. Function as advocates of youth needs;
- D. Provide counseling (individual, family and group), referral and information services, crisis intervention, and informal counseling;
- E. Provide, in accordance with particular community needs, tutoring, alternative leisure activities, employment assistance for older youth, community education, and other specialized services at convenient hours;
- F. Service primarily youth from the Department of Juvenile Service' intake and the State's Attorney's Office;
- G. Service, in accordance with the contracted number, a formal caseload, that is, those cases requiring a written referral, intake report, service plan, and sequential case documentation. In addition, a specified counselor shall be assigned and case follow-up performed.
Authority: Human Services Article, §§9-216 and 9-241, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: March 25, 1985 (12:6 Md. R. 597)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.25.04 to COMAR 14.22.04
Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.22.04 to COMAR 16.04.02
Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.04.02 to COMAR 16.17.02 effective June 18, 2007 (34:12 Md. R. 1067)