Day treatment facilities (or day reporting centers) are highly
structured, community-based, postadjudication, nonresidential
programs for serious juvenile offenders. The goal of day
treatment is to provide both intensive supervision to ensure
community safety and a wide range of services to the offender to
prevent future delinquent behavior. The intensive supervision is
fulfilled by requiring the offender to report to the facility on
a daily basis at specified times for a specified length of time.
Generally, programs are provided at the facility during the day
and/or evening at least 5 days a week. Special weekend
activities may also be conducted. The services provided by day
treatment programs include a plethora of correctional treatment
methods similar to those used in halfway houses, but day
treatment facilities allow program participants to return home
at night and therefore do not have the costs associated with
residential facilities. Treatment services in day treatment
facilities may include individual