Demonstration Projects In Partnership With Government. Vera Plans, Tests And Refines Innovative Soluiior To Difficult Problems In 2005, Its Demonstration Projects Included Adolescent Portable Therapy (Drug Treatment For Juvenile Offenders), Espcranza/Hopc (Restructuring Probation'S System For Advising Judges On Out-Of-Home Placermnt For Juvenile Offenders And Offering An Alternative To Such Placements), The Police Assessment Resource Center (Assisting Those Charged With Police Oversight), The Guardianship Project (Serving As Court-Appointed Guardian For Persons Incapable Of Managing Their Own Affairs), And The Adolcsccnt Rcentn Project (Linking Adolescents In The Cit'' Jail With Employment And Vocational-Training Programs)

PLANNING & RESEARCH ONGOING EVALUATIONS STUDIES IN PROGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PRISONERS, PREDICTING THE RISK OF FAILURE-TO-APPEAR AND RE-ARREST AMONG JUVENILES FACING DETENTION, TRAFFICKING, CHILD WELFARE (INCLUDING A REVIEW OF NEW YORK CITY FOSTER CHILDREN WHO, BETWEEN 1988 AND 2001,

CENTERS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDES VERA'S THREE CENTERS YOUTH JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION, AND SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS, PROGRAMS - ACCESSING SAFETY INITIATIVE, RACE AND PROSECUTION, VERA'S DC OFFICE & RELATED PROGRAMS, CHILD WELFARE, ALTUS GLOBAL ALLIANCE, OTHER INTERNATIONAL WORK, AND A FEW SMALLER PROJECTS