The Treatment Alternative Program (TAP) for male and female juvenile probationers operates in collaboration with the Dauphin County Juvenile Probation Department and The PROGRAM – “It’s About Change” to enable them to receive individualized programming and services to ultimately assist them with their needs and goals relative to education, employment and behavior modification.

Opportunity

The PROGRAM – “It’s About Change” has been a community-based treatment provider since November 1998.  Formally known as the Intensive In-Home Programming, the Treatment Alternative Program (TAP), it provides community-based  alternatives that includes programming and services in lieu of  incarceration and placement services to both male and female adolescents under formal probation supervision.  TAP enables these young men and women to receive individualized programming and services in their community and homes and ultimately assists them in achieving their goals.

Based on the Balanced Approach to Restorative Justice (BARJ) principles, TAP provides curfew monitoring for community protection, helps young men and women accept accountability for their actions and become positive members of their communities, and provides competency development through supporting their educational and academic activities.

Programming & Services

The following is a list of programming and services that includes, (but is not limited to):

1. •Counseling
   

2. •Parenting Education Training
   

3. •Life Skills Groups
   

4. •Job Readiness/Job Search
   

5. •Case Management
   

6. •Court Accompaniment
   

7. •Home Visits/School Visits
   

8. •Curfew Checks
   

9. •Tutoring
   

10. •Community Service
    

11. •Job Coaching/Job Support
    

Eligibility/Referral Process

Eligible referrals will be identified by the Juvenile Probation Department Supervisor of the Community Based Supervision Unit and the Court at their adjudication or disposition hearing.

Contact Information

Located at:

1515 Derry Street
Harrisburg, PA  17104
(717) 238-9950
Fax: (717) 236-3585

Hours:

Office – weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Evenings and weekends by appointment

For more information contact Ms. Joe Ann Dillard, Juvenile Case Manager Supervisor at The PROGRAM (717) 238-9950 or email jdillard@theprograminc.org.

Click here to download the one page handout about TAP.