ETI in conjunction with the Office of Juvenile Affairs is developing relationships with various youth
agencies, schools, neighborhood associations, and the police department to intervene in gang
membership and delinquent activity for young people in six targeted neighborhoods in Oklahoma
City. Click here for referral form
Click here for more resources on Gang Involvement and what is being
done about it.
Program goals
The goal of the ETI Youth Gang Intervention Program is to reduce the likelihood of continued gang
involvement by our targeted clients through the use of the nationally recognized Office of Juvenile
Justice Delinquency Prevention Gang Intervention Model.
The Gang Intervention Program provides intensive Gang awareness and deterrence program for
gang-involved youth ages 10-18 years old and their families.
ETI provides early intervention programs dealing with youth involved in the juvenile justice system
especially targeting those youth that are violent offenders or are gang-involved.
ETI’s Youth Gang Intervention Program is a systematic process of re-socializing gang-involved
youth. This process includes identifying the lure of the gang life, working with the young person to
de-mystify the gang culture, providing counseling services if needed, providing one-on-one
mentoring, exploring group dynamics, providing family support and educational/workforce
development services as needed.
ETI utilizes “street outreach workers” as the direct interface with our clients, but also employs
clinicians, educational experts, workforce development staff, and community development
professionals that are all tied to the project in an effort to ensure that all clients and communities
are appropriately served.
This project is not an instant “fix” or “cure”. It is a longitudinal process that accepts that the young
people that are provided direct intervention services have issues that were developed over time and
that it will take time to resolve those issues.
Targeted Populations
The Gang Intervention Program provides intensive Gang awareness and deterrence program for
gang-involved youth ages 10-18 years old and their families.
Click here for referral form
Description of the services provided
Assessment and Service Development: ETI meets with the client and their family to develop an
individual program of services based on their initial referral. The comprehensive, data-driven
assessment of the gang problem:
• Identifies the most serious and prevalent gang-related problems.
• Determines factors contributing to gang problems.
• Identifies and implements activities for intervention and prevention efforts.
• Identifies organizational or systems issues that must be addressed in order to have a long-
term effect on the problem.
Client Monitoring: ETI will communicate with each of its clients weekly. We will personally visit with
each client as needed for home visits and service provision..
Employment Assistance: ETI provides the “Getting-In and Staying in a Job” Workforce
Development program to all clients that are in need of employment. We will address job-search
techniques, completing applications, interview skills, etc.
Educational Assistance: ETI facilitates the client’s enrollment in an educational program and
provides support to the youth as they work to complete their educational requirements. Additionally,
ETI offers limited tutoring support to clients in an effort to improve academic standing of our clients.
Anti-Gang Education Sessions: ETI provides a wide variety of gang intervention services including
office-based and school-based services. ETI utilizes a 12-week curriculum that provides the client
social skills training, problem solving skills, gang intervention strategies, and other pertinent
topics. Additionally, each client works with a mentor in an effort to provide positive modeling.
Narcotics Anonymous: Narcotics Anonymous provides a recovery process and support network
inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA’s success is the therapeutic value of addicts
working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active
addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained
within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA. These principles are the core of the Narcotics
Anonymous recovery program. Principles incorporated within the steps include:
• admitting there is a problem;
• seeking help;
• engaging in a thorough self-examination;
• confidential self-disclosure;
• making amends for harm done; and
• helping other drug addicts who want to recover.
Family Counseling: Face-to-face interaction between a clinician and family to facilitate emotional,
psychological, and behavioral changes and promote successful communication and
understanding. Family counseling is provided for the benefit of the identified client, and is specified
as a component on the client’s treatment plan. Family counseling is provided by a Mental Health
Professional as designated in standards set by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
Family Intervention Services: ETI utilizes a modified version of the “Strengthening Families
Program” which is a parent, youth and family skills-building curriculum designed to:
• Prevent Gang activity
• Prevent teen substance abuse and other behavior problems
• Strengthen parenting skills
• Build family strengths
agencies, schools, neighborhood associations, and the police department to intervene in gang
membership and delinquent activity for young people in six targeted neighborhoods in Oklahoma
City. Click here for referral form
Click here for more resources on Gang Involvement and what is being
done about it.
Program goals
The goal of the ETI Youth Gang Intervention Program is to reduce the likelihood of continued gang
involvement by our targeted clients through the use of the nationally recognized Office of Juvenile
Justice Delinquency Prevention Gang Intervention Model.
The Gang Intervention Program provides intensive Gang awareness and deterrence program for
gang-involved youth ages 10-18 years old and their families.
ETI provides early intervention programs dealing with youth involved in the juvenile justice system
especially targeting those youth that are violent offenders or are gang-involved.
ETI’s Youth Gang Intervention Program is a systematic process of re-socializing gang-involved
youth. This process includes identifying the lure of the gang life, working with the young person to
de-mystify the gang culture, providing counseling services if needed, providing one-on-one
mentoring, exploring group dynamics, providing family support and educational/workforce
development services as needed.
ETI utilizes “street outreach workers” as the direct interface with our clients, but also employs
clinicians, educational experts, workforce development staff, and community development
professionals that are all tied to the project in an effort to ensure that all clients and communities
are appropriately served.
This project is not an instant “fix” or “cure”. It is a longitudinal process that accepts that the young
people that are provided direct intervention services have issues that were developed over time and
that it will take time to resolve those issues.
Targeted Populations
The Gang Intervention Program provides intensive Gang awareness and deterrence program for
gang-involved youth ages 10-18 years old and their families.
Click here for referral form
Description of the services provided
Assessment and Service Development: ETI meets with the client and their family to develop an
individual program of services based on their initial referral. The comprehensive, data-driven
assessment of the gang problem:
• Identifies the most serious and prevalent gang-related problems.
• Determines factors contributing to gang problems.
• Identifies and implements activities for intervention and prevention efforts.
• Identifies organizational or systems issues that must be addressed in order to have a long-
term effect on the problem.
Client Monitoring: ETI will communicate with each of its clients weekly. We will personally visit with
each client as needed for home visits and service provision..
Employment Assistance: ETI provides the “Getting-In and Staying in a Job” Workforce
Development program to all clients that are in need of employment. We will address job-search
techniques, completing applications, interview skills, etc.
Educational Assistance: ETI facilitates the client’s enrollment in an educational program and
provides support to the youth as they work to complete their educational requirements. Additionally,
ETI offers limited tutoring support to clients in an effort to improve academic standing of our clients.
Anti-Gang Education Sessions: ETI provides a wide variety of gang intervention services including
office-based and school-based services. ETI utilizes a 12-week curriculum that provides the client
social skills training, problem solving skills, gang intervention strategies, and other pertinent
topics. Additionally, each client works with a mentor in an effort to provide positive modeling.
Narcotics Anonymous: Narcotics Anonymous provides a recovery process and support network
inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA’s success is the therapeutic value of addicts
working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active
addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained
within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA. These principles are the core of the Narcotics
Anonymous recovery program. Principles incorporated within the steps include:
• admitting there is a problem;
• seeking help;
• engaging in a thorough self-examination;
• confidential self-disclosure;
• making amends for harm done; and
• helping other drug addicts who want to recover.
Family Counseling: Face-to-face interaction between a clinician and family to facilitate emotional,
psychological, and behavioral changes and promote successful communication and
understanding. Family counseling is provided for the benefit of the identified client, and is specified
as a component on the client’s treatment plan. Family counseling is provided by a Mental Health
Professional as designated in standards set by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
Family Intervention Services: ETI utilizes a modified version of the “Strengthening Families
Program” which is a parent, youth and family skills-building curriculum designed to:
• Prevent Gang activity
• Prevent teen substance abuse and other behavior problems
• Strengthen parenting skills
• Build family strengths
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OJA Designated Areas
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ETI Documents and External Links
(Click on the links for more information on Gang
Prevention)
(Click on the links for more information on Gang
Prevention)
 | Presentation of ETI's strategy for Gang | |
| Intervention (Microsoft Power Point) |
| ETI WHITE PAPER ON GANG INVOLVED | |
| AND VIOLENT YOUTH (PDF) |