Niagara Falls PINS Diversion Intensive

Case Management Program (PINSDICM)

Program Summary

This community-based case management program offers families the ability to access services designed to refocus the current situation, and empower each family member to return to a path of success for the youth and family. The Niagara County Department of Social Services will refer youth, age 10-15, who are exhibiting PINS-related behaviors, for participation in the program.

Key components of the program include a thorough mental health/substance abuse assessment, drug screening, family support services, academic assistance, linkage to other community service agencies, and family therapy once each week. Youth are required to adhere to established curfew limits, participate in structured group and family therapy, and cooperate with random drug screening throughout the (90) day program. The program also makes use of restorative justice components such as restitution, community service, and victim/offender mediation.

The Niagara Falls PINS Diversion Intensive Case Management Program is also expected to reduce the number of PINS petitions filed in Family Court and reduce the need to detain youth in traditional detention environments and out-of-home placement settings.  This will be achieved by providing intensive case management and support services to youth and families utilizing several evidence based models for intervention, in a (90) day time frame.

This program is monitored in partnership with the NYS Office of Children & Family Services and Niagara County Department of Social Services.

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