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The Evaluation of Juvenile Day Reporting Centers in Christian, Peoria, and Winnebago Counties: Phase I
Co-principal Investigators: Richard Schmitz and Pinky Wassenberg

In July 1998, The Center for Legal Studies (now the Institute for Legal and Policy Studies) at the University of Illinois at Springfield was awarded a grant by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to conduct a process and preliminary impact analysis evaluation of Juvenile Day Reporting Centers in Christian, Peoria and Winnebago Counties. As reported, the services provided in each jurisdiction vary. The Christian County Juvenile Probation Intensive Extended Day Program incorporates drug treatment, education, life skills, and Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT). Participants meet twice a week with the Program officer to participate in Life Skills and MRT groups. During the first 18 months of program operation, the Extended Day Program 12 serious juvenile offenders. The Peoria County Anti-Gang and Drug Abuse Unit is a five-stage program that places a heavy emphasis on providing treatment services to clients in need. Other program components include anger management, Bridges, community service work, and frequent contact with the two probation officers assigned to the program. The Winnebago County Day Report Center focuses its attention of juvenile who would have ended up sentenced to detention or to the Illinois Department of Corrections, if not for this program. The center providers education, treatment, and recreational programming Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.