ECHOES: Each Child Has an Opportunity to Excel and Succeed

Overview: An alternative-to-placement program that connects participants to paid externships and an adult trained in life coaching.

Participant Profile: Probation clients who are 13 - 18 years old, have been court-mandated through Family Court and are at risk of being sent to placement.

Details: ECHOES represents the highest level of Juvenile Probation supervision and has three main goals:

• To create a transformational relationship with an adult, using a life coaching model
• To increase social and emotional competencies
• To increase the employability of every participant

DOP is partnering with community-based organizations to provide a job training component: