Teen Court: A National Movement
Steps for Implementing a Teen Court

• Conduct a stakeholder analysis.
  
  
• Solicit advice and input from key persons in the community.
  
  
• Assess needs and resources.
  
  
• Explore legal issues that may impact the program.
  
  
• Create an advisory board.
  
  
• Determine the program's purpose, goals, and objectives.
  
  
• Determine an appropriate target population.
  
  
• Examine staffing issues.
  
  
• Develop policies and procedures for referrals, case management, training, etc.
  
  
• Identify and secure financial and in-kind support for the program.
  
  
• Secure needed services for the program and its clients, such as arrangements for the sentencing options (community service locations, educational classes, peer discussion groups).
  
  
• Market and promote awareness of the program.
  
  
• Formulate evaluation goals and procedures.

For more complete information on implementing teen courts, see Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment listed in "Resources."

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>>What are teen courts?
>>The Growth of Teen Courts
>>The Major Models
>>Steps for Implementing a Teen Court
>>Teen Courts and Law-Related Education
>>Delinquency Prevention; The Educational Role
>>Training
>>Profile: Salt Lake City's Peer Court
>>Student Courts
>>How Do Lawyers, Judges, and the Bar Support Teen Courts?
>>Profile: A Lawyer's Inside View of Teen Court
>>Profile: The Wyoming Bar and Teen Court
>>Evaluation
>>Funding
>>Conclusion and References
>>Resources and Additional Information

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