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Community Programs |
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Residential
Community Homes |
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Costello
Prep Residential Community Home |
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Assistant
Director: Jermaine Bright
800 Carranza Road
Tabernacle, NJ 08008
609-268-1424
609-268-6527 (Fax) |
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Phillip
M. Costello Preparatory Academy officially opened on
March 21, 2007. Costello Prep is operated as a partnership
between the Juvenile Justice Commission and Project
U.S.E., a private, nonprofit education organization.
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Project
USE has partnered with the Juvenile Justice Commission
to create a model program for the care and treatment
of juvenile offenders. In addition to programs funded
by JJC, Project USE procures funding from philanthropic
foundations, corporations, and individuals to support
unique, dynamic initiatives. With exceptional leaders
and staff, and innovative programming, Costello Prep
provides first-class educational training, therapeutic
care, and recreational experiences. |
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Costello
Prep offers an understanding environment balanced with
a structured treatment program for a maximum of fifty
adjudicated young men between the ages of sixteen and
nineteen, providing for the academic, social, and therapeutic
needs of its residents. Participants are engaged in
high school and college level academic pursuits, job
skill training, and individual and group counseling.
The residents of Costello Prep are also active members
of the community and regularly participate in service
projects in the local area and throughout New Jersey.
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Young
men in the program also have the opportunity to participate
in adventure-based programming and character development
including onsite ropes courses and offsite wilderness
activities. These experiences focus on leadership, community
building, communication, and other critical life skills
that compliment other aspects of their rehabilitation.
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Costello
Prep prepares residents to return to their communities
as positive, contributing members. While at the program,
the Juvenile Justice Commission's Office of Juvenile
Parole and Transition Services coordinates the needs
of these youth to ensure that upon release they return
to school, locate employment and/or receive other necessary
services. |
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