Juvenile Diversion

The agency provides services for youth, age 17 and younger, who live in Torrance. Services include juvenile diversion and substance abuse prevention.

The juvenile diversion program provides counseling services or referrals to other counseling resources in lieu of court action for youth younger than age 18 who are at high risk for delinquent behavior or who are already involved in delinquent behavior, and for their families. The program is for Torrance youth.

Young people may be referred from within the agency, by another agency, or by family and if they are appropriate for the program in terms of their past history, motivation, and family involvement, they may participate in crisis and/or short-term individual, family, and/or group counseling as well as substance abuse counseling, if needed, offered by agency staff, or be referred to a contracting agency or counselor for counseling and other support services.