Family Court CSP
The Client Specific Planning (CSP) Program is a court mandated alternative to placement and alternative to incarceration program for youth involved with that function as youth with delinquency cases in the Family Court..
This program provides up to 12 months of supervision. For each youth enrolled in this program, CCA submits monthly progress reports to the Court and all parties to the case. Court support services are also offered to advocate on the youth’s behalf before family court judges.
The CSP Program also includes the development and submission of a Client Specific Plan to guide services. Clients from all five boroughs are eligible to receive services.
Program elements include:
- Mandatory individual case management
- Mandatory weekly life skills/therapeutic groups
- Nightly curfew monitoring
- (if necessary) Urinanalysis
- Supervision of school attendance
- Referrals to community service placements
- Optional after school programming
- Mental Health and Substance Treatment Referrals and Aftercare
- Vocational Training Referrals and Placement Assistance
- Educational Support Referrals
- Other service referrals
Eligibility
Youth are eligible if they are 15 or younger with pending delinquency case(s), youth adjudicated delinquent, and have a home in which they can reside during community monitoring.
Referral Process
Youth eligible for the CSP program may be referred for screening and acceptance to the Court Advocacy Unit at 212-691-1911. The agency will prepare any necessary plan and secure the required judicial mandate.