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SHORTSTOP

 
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SHORTSTOP® is a unique juvenile crime diversion program developed in 1980 for juvenile offenders and their families. As a cost-effective alternative to prosecution, SHORTSTOP teaches the offenders to take responsibility for their actions through decision-making strategies designed to result in positive future choices. SHORTSTOP breaks the cycle that turns young people into repeat offenders by using three simple concepts: reach youth early; involve the parents; and use a graphic courtroom setting with legal professionals and actual prisoners.

 

Juvenile offenders, 11-17 and their parents participate in several sessions held at night in a courtroom where volunteer attorneys, legal professionals and wards from the California Youth Authority dramatically present the “legal facts of life”. SHORTSTOP teaches:

  • Consequences of criminal behavior

  • Value of freedom

  • Accountability for actions

  • Peer pressure

  • Family communication/conflict resolution

  • Awareness of drugs, alcohol, gangs & victims

  • Positive future choices

  • Case Management & Counseling
 

Family Therapy  +  Higher Education Mentoring Program  +  Hermana Project  +  Project SELF  +  Programa SHORTSTOP  +  SHORTSTOP  +  STOP SHORT of Addiction

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Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, OCBF does not discriminate in the provision of services on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability or age.