Transition Team

Mr. Jim Shearer

Mr. Jim Shearer

Transition Services

  • To help these youth avoid or transition out of the juvenile justice system

  • Promote cross-system collaboration

  • Effective reintegration of youth from juvenile corrections to the community, school, and/or workforce requires highly individualized education, treatment, and transition planning from the moment the youth is committed

  • Practices on reducing recidivism and increasing engagement in school, work, or both, of detained youth 30, 60 90 days post-release

  • To effectively track students who move from the juvenile detention facility environments to other educational environments;

  • To ensure the continuity of instruction as students transition among educational environments;

  • Program administrator conducts regular site visits to the facilities as well as to the schools where juveniles are reintegrated