The Juvenile Treatment Services (JTS) Fund provides funding for programs to assist juveniles on probation to meet the terms of their probation, enhance accountability, provide community safety, enhance skill development and to change behavior. Programs include services such as: residential and foster care to assist youth who can no longer live in the community and for protection of the community; impact programs, to develop competencies in areas such as vocational, educational or general life skills; and accountability programs, stressing community work services, restitution programs, drug testing etc. Short term interventions are preferred to long term interventions.

In addition to youth requiring service in the juvenile system, the fund also provides service to youth who have been transferred to the Adult Court and placed on probation.  Services are provided to transferred youth through the same provider network under contract with the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) serving juvenile court youth.  Transferred youth require similar types of interventions as juvenile court youth in the educational, vocational, skill development area.

Recent research on treatment effectiveness indicates community-based programs have an appreciable effect on recidivism when they are intensive, apply a cognitive-behavioral, or multi-treatment approach and are tailored to meet the juvenile offenders risk level and offense.  According to the Office of Justice Programs research report "Preventing Crime, what works, what’s promising", programs emphasizing Life Skills Training which teach such skills as stress management, problem-solving, self control and emotional intelligence reduce delinquency and substance abuse.  Also specific programs such as drug courts, mentoring, family therapy and parental training about delinquency have shown promising results in reducing delinquency.  All of these programs are contracted for by the AOC.