Currently Funded Programs

Community Service & Restitution

Volunteers for Youth, Inc.
Program Type: Restitution/Community Service
Brief Description: The Juvenile Community Service and Restitution Program works with Orange County youth who have committed offenses and are assigned community service hours and/or restitution.  Youth are assigned to nonprofit work sites throughout the county where volunteer supervisors oversee and evaluate their work.  Through this program, youthful offenders learn important lessons in responsibility and accountability and often develop positive relationships with their adult supervisors.

Mediation/Conflict Resolution

Dispute Settlement Center
Program Type: Mediation/Conflict Resolution
Brief Description: Restorative Justice practices consisting of mediated victim-offender conferences, restorative circles, and accountability processes. Program primarily serves youth referred by Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), and is also available to schools and community partners, including school resource officers and law enforcement officers.

Parent Teen Solutions

The Exchange Club’s Family Center in Alamance
Program Type: Interpersonal Skill Building
Brief Description: The program is provided to at-risk and delinquent youth (10-17) and their parents. The program is designed to maintain youth in the home, while reducing recidivism, improving parent-child relationship, school motivation, problem-solving skills, interpersonal skills, and parenting skills. Families participating in the program participate in peer
group sessions for 2 hours that include group discussion and peer and family practice.

Program Type:  Home Based Family Counseling
Brief Description: The home visitation counseling program provided to at-risk or delinquent youth (10- 17) and their parent(s) 3 hours per week from 3 to 6 months. Most families will average 150 days. Program is designed to maintain youth in the home environment while reducing recidivism, improving parent-child relationships, school motivation, problem solving skills, interpersonal skills, and parenting skills. Families are also offered the option to participate in group services along with this component.

Teen Court

Volunteers for Youth, Inc.
Program Type: Teen Court
Brief Description: Teen Court is an alternative court program for middle- and high-school students based upon the principles of restorative justice. Youth are tried and sentenced by a jury of their peers. Fellow students take the roles of defense attorney, prosecutor, clerk of court, bailiff, or juror to carry out these proceedings. Local attorneys volunteer to serve as Teen Court judges.

Wrenn House

Haven House Inc.
Program Type: Runaway Shelter Care
Brief Description: Wrenn House WH) is crisis shelter designed to provide a safe environment for runaway, homeless, and in-crisis youth.  WH is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.   Services are for youth ages 10-17.  By offering temporary shelter, it eliminates need for illegal means of support by homeless and runaway youth and therefore, reduces the rate of juvenile crime.  It also serves as an alternative to detention.  Services are provided within therapeutic environment while promoting individuality and empowerment.

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program

The Exchange Club’s Family Center in Alamance
Program Type: Substance Abuse Counseling
Brief Description: The Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides mixed counseling services for a total of 25 weeks to youth (10-19) that are dealing with mental health issues, emotional regulation issues, trauma histories, and at-risk of using substances.  The group services will be provided for 2 hours a week for 15 weeks for 2-3 total sessions for the year in addition to weekly sessions of individual/family counseling (1-2 hours per session total) to help with interventions implemented in the home.

Trauma-Informed Certified Peer Support

Reintegration Support Network
Program Type: Interpersonal Skill Building
Brief Description:  Reintegration Support Network (RSN) is a community that embraces, empowers, and inspires youth and emerging adults who experience challenges related to substance use, mental health and justice involvement.  Specialty trained mentors work with youth (ages 13-20), through one-to-one mentoring and facilitated peer support groups, creating a safe and resilient space for young people to center their needs and build agency while increasing their engagement with self, school, and community.

Additional Information

If you would like more information, please email Sharron Hinton or call 919-245-2800.