Senator Ron Richard Juvenile Center

The Senator Ron Richard Juvenile Center is a state-of-the-art facility which transformed the Juvenile Division’s service delivery from traditional juvenile justice practices into more proactive, preventative, and collaborative approaches. The Center combines all juvenile justice related services into one facility, thus, eliminating the need for families to traverse through complicated and often inflexible service systems. This “one-stop-shop” delivery model is extremely effective because it allows for a rapid response to incidents involving a juvenile or their family.

The facility’s trauma-informed design enables youth to engage in treatment and build trusting relationships. The program spaces are flexible allowing Joplin schools to provide educational services during the day while staff deliver in-house treatment, counseling, and other therapeutic interventions in the evening. By providing therapeutic spaces, youth develop positive coping and life skills, increasing their desire for achievement and deterring incorrigible and delinquent behavior.

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