It's the mission of the Home Detention Program to provide intense supervision, electronic monitoring, supervised community service, and case management to court involved youth.

The Home Detention Program (HDP) provides daily face to face contact with its clients, 24 hour electronic monitoring through GPS tracking, and case management services; helping to link the client to community based services mandated by Family Court. Additionally, the HDP staff ensures the client is in compliance with court ordered treatment by removing transportation barriers.

The HDP is coordinated through the Department of Human Services, Division of Community and Youth Services. The program consists of six detention officers, one supervising detention officer, and a program director. All program admissions are authorized by the Sussex County Family Court Judge.

The youth and his or her family must agree to the program's rules and expectations before being placed in the program.

It's the mission of the Home Detention Program to provide intense supervision, electronic monitoring, supervised community service, and case management to court involved youth. At the same time, maintaining the youth with his/her family within the community where he/she can continue school involvement/enrollment, seek or maintain employment, and have access to local social services.

The program staff is able to monitor, track, and know the whereabouts of participating youth twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, through the use of an electronic monitoring device equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS). Through daily face to face supervision at home or in the community, the program staff assist the participating youth with daily life skills training, good decision making skills, and provides suggestions for effective use of their free time. By administering random urine screens and assisting with transportation, the staff helps the youth remain compliant with court ordered mandates such as, probation reporting, treatment and school attendance.

Eligibility	Court mandated youth in Sussex County
Age Groups	Adolescents
Community Services	Legal / Advocacy Legal Assistance

Last Updated: 09/13/21