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    Family Risk Reduction Intervention With Female Juvenile Delinquents

    Project Overview

    2nd Funding Cycle Impact Award
         Project Start Date: 7/1/2006
         Project End Date: 6/30/2009

    Project Goal Statement: This project will implement a family-systems prevention program for adolescent females who have been referred to juvenile court which promotes sustained abstinence from delinquency and other risk behavior, as well as improved mental health, family function, and family communication.

    Orignal Award Amount: $436,601
    Adjusted Award Amount: $414,179*

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: New Concept Self-Development Center
    Additional community partner organization name: Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, Court and Delinquency Service

    Academic Partner:
    Primary Academic Partner: David Seal, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2006 - June 2008
         Project Final Report Summary    

    Affiliated Web Pages:
        Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, Court and Delinquency Service
        New Concept Self-Development Center

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)
         None reported

    *In 2009 award amounts, based on the remaining budget, were adjusted to reflect the decline in endowment asset value due to the downturn in the economy.