The Accountability Based Sex Offender Program: Continuum of Care (COC) serves three populations of youth with sexual behavior problems.
The COC is designed to address issues associated with sexual behavior and to provide a rehabilitative support network for adjudicated youth returning to selected counties in Alabama on aftercare, and to provide intensive community-based treatment services to youth not suitable for residential placement. This program helps youth with illegal sexual behavior maintain and attain successful treatment gains, build upon family and community strengths, and provide adequate relapse prevention services including case management and mentoring.
COC’s Mission: To establish a continuum of care aimed at fostering accountability, relapse prevention, community safety, and positive growth for youth in need of therapeutic intervention, diversion, transitional services, and aftercare treatment. This program mission is fulfilled by making available at a minimum the following treatment services:
COC services are provided in 19 Alabama counties — Autauga, Bibb, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Hale, Jefferson, Limestone, Madison, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, and Winston. Additionally, the COC may, depending on available resources, accept referrals for youth assessment from contiguous counties and assist with identifying possible placement options and treatment recommendations.
The COC program has a downloadable referral form. The completed referral form and required supplemental documentation can be emailed to ysi@ua.edu or faxed to (205) 348-5721.
