Juvenile Programs

 

Tutoring/Academic Program

Provide tutoring during weekday evenings to address academic issues. You can help youths achieve academic success! Hours and times are flexible. Please apply.

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Mentorship

Develop relationships with court-involved youths who have shoplifted; provide positive influence, academic tutoring, needs assessment, and referrals to other resourceful professionals. Mentorship also with non-offenders to ensure steady involvement to deter from criminal activity. ____________________________

 

Community Service/Restitution

Gives pre-adjudicated and adjudicated juveniles and adults an opportunity to repay the community for the injustice they committed. Shoplifting offenders are assigned to various organizations through court order or through a diversion program.

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Shoplifter Education and Rehabilitation Program

A diversion and court referral program for first time petty larceny offenders. It educates juveniles and their parents on the harm that shoplifting causes on themselves and the community. Speakers include retailers, attorneys, offenders (over 21) and members of the CARDS staff. Juvenile offenders must attend sessions, pass a written test on curriculum discussed and complete a community service assignment. Those who repeatedly fail to appear for the program are violated and sent to Court for adjudication. Ages 11 and under attend a 4 hour course. Ages 12-17 attend a 6 hour course. Ages 12-17 repeat offenders referred by the Juvenile Bureaus attend an 8 hour course. On the education level, a free public seminar is held once a month. Our volunteers set up locations within the community at approved sites to distribute packets of information on shoplifting.

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Mediation Internship Program

Is a volunteer opportunity for individuals interested in the mediation process to gain work experience serving youth, adults and families of Tulsa and surrounding cities. Interns interact with Court staff, judges, lawyers, schools and social service agencies. The Mediation Internship program is currently on hold. When it resumes, application information will be posted here. Two members of the Community Alliance staff administers the program and each is a certified mediator, having completed family mediation training from the Mediation Institute in Oklahoma City, OK.

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Psychology Externship Program

Provided to both adult and juvenile offenders/clients, including individual and family therapy, group therapy and skills training, mental health evaluations, and psychological testing. This is an Externship Program that is available for graduate students working toward doctorate degrees in clinical psychology at local universities. Under supervision, the externs provide individual, family, and group therapy, mental health evaluation, and psychological testing. ___________________________

 

Photography/Art/Journalism/Computer Workshops

These programs build or enhance skills in these particular areas. The art/photography program will capitalize on the inner expressions of our youths. Their artwork will be on public display for monthly auctions which will support these programs. The journalism program will encourage youths to communicate with other youths and maintain our JuviNews Communicator. The computer workshop will focus on basic computer knowledge. Youths in this program will update and maintain our website which does not consist of secure data.

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Science Lab

This program is for the advantageous curious minds. They will conduct experiments that will be posted on our website. ________________________________

 

A Lion in the House

This community service program is an amazing program to involve youths in our community. The goal of this program is to teach human compassion by acting on it. Care packages are delivered to families at local hospitals who have a child with cancer. Due to such displacement in their lives, reaching out to help is one of the most important missions of this program. We provide a special website operated by the youth volunteers that will show the progress of their accomplishments. No funding from our organization is available for this area. Under strict volunteerism.

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