Juvenile Diversion Program

Alternative Responses to Court

• ARCM (Alternative Response Case Management) - Targeted case management to meet the needs of youths and families referred by the County Attorney’s Office without a court order. Youth and family assist in creating the list of conditions to follow for successful discharge from programming.  Strengths based, trauma informed, with culture recognized as protective factor.

• RESCU (Restoration, Education, Skills, Change, and You) – A 1½ hour cognitively-based program that provides guardians and youth with a safe space to discuss the young person’s choices, risks, and accountability. Guided by the Interactive Journal series “Forward Thinking.” The youth must attend with a parent/guardian.

• Traffic Law Refresher Course - A one-hour pre- and post- test formatted class that requires youth to answer questions regarding the most commonly referred traffic offenses. Referral from and for traffic offense instead of court. Utilizes the MN Driver’s Manual as a guide to correct and learn from wrong answers.  The youth must attend with a parent/guardian.

• RGC (Restorative Group Conferencing) - A process that brings together all stakeholders after a harmful incident to discuss what happened and to decide what the young person responsible must do to make things right to the best of his/her ability.

• Sexting Diversion Program - Juveniles are referred to the program by Beltrami County Attorney’s Office, based on the recommendation of a Screening Committee, in lieu of formal charges. Youth attend a class coordinated and led by the BASC Intervention Program Specialist to learn about the risks and dangers associated with sexting. This class also addresses consequences of sexting, child pornography, and sexting laws. The youth must attend with a parent/guardian.