Positive Alternatives Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Oct 31, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$1,273,946

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Intervention services works with youth and parents to improve family, community and school relationships, as well as to prevent out of home placement. The program has been used in conjunction with waiver funding to assist in stabilization of mental health issues and behaviors in the home and school. Case managers are trained in the use of motivational interviewing and use these skills to help the youth and the family to reach their goals. Intervention services provide in-home, school and community services to provide youth with tools to avoid further trouble and out of home placements. Services are provided through programs including day supervision, electronic monitoring, p.a.s.s., restorative justice, teen court and truancy prevention.

Activity 3

Prevention services include programming focused on keeping the youth out of the juvenile justice system and assisting youth in maintaining strong family, community, and school relationships. Mentoring, parenting and educational programming are provided to give youth and families resources necessary to help prevent continued family stress. A total of 237 hotline calls from 6 counties were received on our 24 hours crisis line, 6 youth received shelter services and 4 youth received walk-in counseling. The school mentoring program matched 52 youth with adult mentors. Community education programs completed 74 school presentations and community events. The strengthening families program reached 34 adults and 28 youth, and the sandcastles divorce programs reached 71 parents and 48 youth. A total of 11,062 youth and 2,312 adults were outreached through community events and presentations.

Filer

EIN

39-1297249