One Life-Juvenile Diversion Program

One Life is a tri-county community & faith-based juvenile diversion program that deals with correcting negative behavior, attitudes and criminal activity in at-risk youth between the ages of 6-15 through 12 weekends sessions of military-style boot camp training, family intervention counseling and an introduction to spiritual growth.

Areas of Development Include:

• Leadership                            
• Control
• Responsibility
• Self-Respect
• Social Activity
• Public Order
• Spiritual Growth
• Team Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Family Counseling
• Nutrition & Health
• Community Service
• Field Trips

Additional Services Include:

• Substance Abuse Testing, Education and In/Outpatient Counseling Referrals
• Project P.O.S.T. Parent Outreach Services & Training

For more information, contact Agent Rogers at (313) 267-0088.

Sign of Possible Gang Involvement

• Sudden poor school grades and disinterest in school
• Withdrawal from family activities
• Use of unknown vocabulary (gangs have many slang words)
• Sudden change in friends
• Evidence of drug abuse
• Sudden affluence
• Use of hand signs
• Desire for excessive privacy
• Having a new nickname
• Developing a bad attitude towards family, school, and authorities
• Purchase or desire to buy clothing of all one color or style
• Wearing altered headwear (gang members often put gang information on the inside of baseball caps)
• Changing appearance with special haircuts, eyebrow markings or tattoos
• Use of gang graffiti on folders, desks, walls, and buildings
• Staying out later than usual

What Can You Do?

• Become Informed
• Get Involved
• Know Your Children’s Friends
• Communicate
• Spend Time Together
• Set Limits
• Teach Good Values and Responsibility
• Monitor Media
• Encourage Healthy Activities
• Be A Role Model
• Say No To Gangs
• Avoid Denial