Youth Offender Trauma‑Focused Treatment Program
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has developed and implemented the Division of Rehabilitative Programs (DRP) Youth Offender Program (YOP) that identifies and connects youth offenders to rehabilitative and educational resources targeted to their own specific needs. DRP and the Division of Adult Institutions (DAI) is working collaboratively to provide oversight of the YOP.
The mission of CDCR has changed over the past few decades, emphasizing better creation of opportunities to reduce criminogenic risks in our participants, the promotion of pro-social behaviors through education and cognitive behavioral treatment, and increased employability through career technical training and transitional reentry programs. To enhance CDCR’s ability to meet this mission, CDCR has and continues to work at transforming the culture of our adult institutions. CDCR plans to continue this shift through continued improvements in assessment tools to advise overall integrated case planning and programming, enhanced technological services to improve the delivery of education, health and vocation services, the utilization of behavior-based classification and credit-earning policies, and providing reentry services that promote support and assist participants by making pro-social connections to outside communities. The YOP provides an opportunity to demonstrate these strategies with participants that are still maturing and receptive to change.
Locations
Valley State Prison.