Programs

Click the links below to learn more about Orleans Parish Juvenile Court programs.

• Family in need of services (FINS)
  FINS goals are to reduce formal juvenile court involvement while generating appropriate community services to benefit the child and improve family relations. For more information or assistance please call (504)-658-9590.
  FINS General Information Brochure 2019
• Intake
  Intake & Assessment serves as intake to the juvenile justice system and assess all youth arrested with an objective decision-making tool or Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) to ensure fairness in the process, reduce disparities in the system, and assess risk to ensure high risk youth who pose a risk to public safety are removed from the community.
• Juvenile Justice Model Court Project
  Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (OPJC) has made a commitment toward improving its handling of juvenile delinquency cases by joining the Juvenile Justice Model Courts Project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ).
• Orleans Detention Alternative Program (ODAP)
  ODAP is a pre-adjudication alternative to detention program that seeks to ensure that youth will return for court appearances and do not re-offend while under supervision.
• Restitution/Community Service
  The main goals of restitution and community service programs are to hold offenders personally accountable for their crimes and to make reparations to victims either directly or indirectly.
• Girls Reaching Out Works Wonders (GROWW)
  GROWW is an evidenced-based program designed to provide an educational and inspirational environment for low to medium at-risk female youth currently involved with the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.  It serves as an alternative to detention, intervention and/or prevention program for pre-adjudicated female youth, status offenders and post adjudication female youth. It incorporates the most effective methods of monitoring female youth while holding them accountable as they continue to be engaged with school and relationships with their families and communities.
• Men Engaging in Leadership and Opportunity Works (MELOW)
  MELOW is a pre-adjudicatory program designed to serve as an alternative to secure detention, intervention/prevention course of action, and mentoring program for teen male status offenders and post adjudication probation teen males.  The mission of the MELOW Program is to provide additional support to at-risk youth who are involved in delinquent and/or high-risk behaviors.  The overall goal of the MELOW Program is to provide a safe and structured environment for youth after school and until bed time hours, which is normally the peak hours in which youth participate in delinquent activities.
  MELOW Brochure

• Teen Court
  Teen court is an evidenced-based program designed for youth ages 14 to 17, who are first-time offenders that have admitted responsibility for a misdemeanor offense and have consented to be represented and sentenced by a jury of their peers.