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OK Youth Services Focus On Juvenile Re-Entry
By tulsaworld.com
Published: 10/20/2010

The program is being funded by a three-year, $1.7 million grant through the federal Department of Justice's Second Chance Recovery Act Reentry Demonstration Project.

Oklahoma was one of nine states selected to develop a reintegration model.

Youth Services Executive Director Jim Walker said: "There are 65 teens in OJA locked facilities who will soon be returning to Tulsa. They all need supervision and support to successfully reintegrate and become contributors to our community."

Case managers will begin working with the youths while they're still in custody to develop a safety net of services to help them so they don't reoffend.

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