After considerable research and discussion, plans for Juvenile House were set forth in July of 1982. Juvenile House was planned and sponsored by the Department of Rehabilitation and Civil Liberties, and effected by the Taiwan After-Care Association, an organization which helps prisoners just out of jail to go to school and find work.
為籌辦「少年之家」，保護司司長林榮耀、台北高等法院檢查處首席檢察官兼台灣更生保護會董事長石明江，多次邀集有關學者專家研討，並率團赴日本考察類似機構（教護院）的做法。