Violent Offender Treatment Program Project Proposal & Management

This project proposal details the organization of a violent offender treatment program designed to reduce violent offenses and capital crimes, addressing the rising rate of offenders with mental illness. The program, structured and manualized, involves 280 hours of group therapy, individual work, and support, aiming to minimize violent behaviors in juveniles and reduce recidivism in mentally disordered offenders. Utilizing a clinical case management model, the program addresses barriers to service and provides direct counseling. The project, requiring 40 days and a $100,000 budget, includes planning, execution, treatment, and closure phases. Key personnel include a project manager and team, with progress monitored via project schedule tracking and evaluated by the project manager. The program seeks to reduce behavioral manifestations, increase interpersonal skills, and lower perceived risk levels among offenders.

[Organization Name]
[Date]
PROJECT PROPOSAL
[Organizing violent offender treatment
program]

1. Summary
The paper mainly reflects on organizing violent offender treatment program that helps in
reducing violent offences as well as capital crimes. As the rate of offenders with mental illness
is rising, violent behavior is seen in both the mental and penal health system and in order to
reduce violent behavior, the program helps in providing proper treatment to the offenders.
The main purpose of organizing this program is to minimize the violent behaviors in juveniles
and for minimizing the risk of recidivism within the individuals who are mentally disordered
offenders. It is found that the program is mainly structured as well as manualized and
delivered within the time period of around 280 hours of group therapy plus proper range of
weekly individual work as well as support is provided. With the help of this program, it is
found that behavioral manifestations can be reduced with further reduction in perceived level
of risk by increasing various types of interpersonal skills. It is found that around 40 days’ time
is mainly required for successfully arranging the program.
2. Introduction
The paper mainly reflects on the organization “Active Minds” which is one of the network of
around 400 campus based chapters that helps in providing awareness about the mental
health issues. The main mission of the organization is to promote self-seeking for various
types of mental health concerns. The organization arranges violent offender treatment
program for reducing the violent actions among the juveniles and for minimizing the risk of
recidivism within the individuals who are mentally disordered offenders. In order to arrange
the program, the organization engages in fundraising event so that the program can be
successfully executed. In addition to this, it is found that the organization will be able to
complete the program within the time period of 40 days by utilizing budget of around
$100,000 so that the program can be arranged successfully and can generally help the
individuals who requires help to get out of the problem.
3. Models of Case Management
It is found that clinical case management model is mainly utilized within this project. The
main reason behind the skeleton of the case management is that the model is helpful in
recognizing the clients that generally faces barriers to service that are generally beyond the
simple question of access. In this model, the case manager within a clinical case management
helps in providing direct counselling for the concerns of various individuals which might
include mental health services or the problems that are associated with the addiction
recovery support. This model is considered to be beneficial in understanding improvement of

the case manager’s ability of identifying the required services that generally connects the
clients with different types of formal resources.

4. Needs/Problems
The violent offender treatment program is mainly needed to be organized as the individuals
who suffers from mental and penal violent behavior creates number of violent offences as
well as capital crimes including assaulting partner, been into serious fights, committing
violence, robbery and more. In order to resolve the problems, it is quite necessary to arrange
violent offender treatment program that not only helps in reducing crimes but also helps in
reducing in perceived level of risk by increasing various types of interpersonal skills among
the individuals.
5. Goals/Objectives
The objectives of the project are listed below:
 To organize a violent offender treatment program for the juveniles
 To reduce the violent actions among the individuals who are mentally disordered
offenders who creates different types of crime.
 To increase various types of interpersonal skills among the offenders by reducing
perceived level of risks as well as challenges.
6. Timetable
The table that is provided below reflects on the start and end date for each of the project phase so that
the violent treatment program can be organized quite successfully.
Description of Work Start and End Dates
Phase One Planning phase 01-04-19 to 24-05-19
Phase Two Execution phase 18-04-19 to 01-05-19
Phase Three Treatment phase 02-05-19 to 24-05-19
Phase Four Closure phase 17-05-19 o 24-05-19
7. Budget
The table that is provided below reflects on the budget that is needed for executing each of phase of the
project that mainly focuses on the treatment of violent offender.
Description of Work Budget
Phase One Planning phase $4424
Phase Two Execution phase $35,736
Phase Three Treatment phase $59,840
Phase Four Closure phase $3080
Total $ 100,000

8. Key Personnel.
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Team [Please fill]], [Please fill], [Please fill], [Please fill]
9. Evaluation
It is found that the violent offender treatment program will be completed successfully within
40 days of time and within the assumed budget. The program is helpful in providing proper
mental treatment to the juveniles who are mentally disordered offenders and due to their
mental state they engage in a number of crimes. The program that was organized not only
helps in reducing the problems but also helps in reducing different types of interpersonal
skills among the individuals. Thus, it is found that this program generally helps in reducing
behavioural manifestations by reducing perceived level of risks as well as challenges. It is
found that in order to monitor the progress of the program it is quite necessary to track the
project during the project progress for making sure that the project is on track and it will get
completed within the expected budget and time by accomplishing the project objectives. It is
found that tracking of project schedule is considered as one of the important method that is
mainly utilized in order to monitor as well as evaluate the progress of the project. The
evaluation of the project will be carried out by the project manager.
10.Next Steps
The actions that are needed by the reader includes the following:
 Provide sponsorship for the project
 Helping the offenders by making the engaged with the program
 Helpful in enhancing interpersonal skills within different individuals.
[Name], Project Client
Date: _____________
[Name], Project Sponsor
Date: _____________
[Name], Project Manager
Date: _____________

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