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News Article Features Crossroads Program

A recent news article “Mental Illness Watch: Working with Youthful Offenders”, written by Judge Linda Teodosio of the Crossroads Program in Summit County, Ohio, discusses the large number of youth with mental health problems in the juvenile justice system and Summit County’s efforts to improve their response to this population. The article highlights the Crossroads program, a juvenile mental health court that functions as a voluntary, intensive probation program. This article can be accessed at

http://www.miwatch.org/2007/12/working_with_youthful_offender.html