Correctional Services (Rehabilitation & Prevention) Administration

The Correctional Services (Rehabilitation & Prevention) Administration oversees social, therapeutic, and legal services for high-risk populations through four divisions and nine units. These focus on children, youth, adults, addiction, family conflict, and child/family court cases.

Target Populations

• Children, Youth & Young Adults at risk
• Youth and adults in conflict with the law
• People with addiction & Houseless People
• Victims of prostitution & cults
• LGBTQ at risk
• Ultra-Orthodox youth at risk
• Children (and adults with intellectual disabilities) under criminal investigations
• Families in conflict

Main Units

• Senior Division for At-Risk Populations – Out-of-Home Frameworks
• Senior Division for At-Risk Populations – Community Services
• Senior Division for Juvenile Probation Service
• Senior Division for Adult Probation Service
• Division for Professional Knowledge, Training, and Development
• Child Investigations and Special Investigations Services
• Family Court Assistance Units
• Youth Protection Authority
• The National Program – YATED (18-25)
• Planning and Budgeting Unit

Senior Division for At-Risk Populations – Out-of-Home Frameworks

The Out-of-Home Frameworks Division provides out-of-home rehabilitative therapeutic responses to service recipients who are at high risk who need intensive therapeutic intervention in a protected environment, around the clock.

Treatment in out-of-home frameworks is based on the concept of a "trauma-aware therapeutic environment" that provides service recipients with responses according to their situation, strengths and multidimensional needs. Integration and receiving a therapeutic response in the out-of-home frameworks of the division is at the service recipient's choice. Youth are integrated into Youth Protection Authority Frameworks and minors are integrated into shelters by court order.

Emergency Frameworks provide a short-term response and intervention in times of crisis and are intended for service recipients who are high risk and need an immediate primary response for protection, physical needs, assessment and diagnosis. These frameworks include shelters and emergency accommodation for all populations according to age distribution and population profile.

Long-term frameworks are rehabilitative therapeutic frameworks that provide a long-term response, between 6 to 18 months. These frameworks are intended for service recipients who need intensive therapeutic intervention that includes emotional treatment alongside strengthening normal functioning skills. These frameworks include rehabilitation hostels and therapeutic communities.

Transitional apartments are frameworks that provide a long-term response - up to 18 months, and are intended for service recipients who are in a good emotional and functional stage, allowing them to begin independent integration into the community. Their stay in the transitional apartments is dedicated to enhancing and completing the preparation for the transition to independent living in the community.

Senior Division for At-Risk Populations – Community Services

The division promotes a holistic, person-oriented, integrative perspective while developing a continuum of responses tailored to the needs of the target population in the community, promoting and developing collaborations between services, ministries, and sectors.

This unit supports youth, young adults, and other vulnerable groups—those facing homelessness, addiction, sexual exploitation, LGBTQ+ risks, or Ultra-Orthodox youth experiencing disconnection from the Ultra-Orthodox sector - through prevention, outreach, treatment, and reintegration strategies in coordination with municipal and community frameworks.

The addiction treatment service & Specialized Programs implements therapeutic and authority-based interventions for adults and youth on the addiction continuum, street dwellers, victims of sexual exploitation and of trafficking, and defendants with criminal behavior and distress who are referred from community courts. Programs include community-based social work, psychosocial counseling, group activities, volunteer placement, employment assistance, and the removal of bureaucratic barriers.

Senior Division for Juvenile Probation Service

Operating nationwide under the Youth Law (1971), this service provides assessment, supervision, and rehabilitation for minors accused or convicted in juvenile courts. It employs social-therapeutic, diagnostic, and monitoring tools to guide youths back into society, adjusting legal protocols to youth-specific needs.

Senior Division for Adult Probation Service

A state-legal-social body functioning under the Criminal Code, this service handles adults (18+) referred by courts. It conducts pre-sentence and rehabilitation reports, offers supervision, therapeutic interventions, and recommends alternatives to incarceration aimed at reducing reoffending.

Division for Professional Knowledge, Training, and Development

The Division leads strategic planning, policy development, professional training, and innovation processes across the administration. The unit enhances coordination between departments, develops integrated intervention models, advances digital tools, and implements evaluation and supervision mechanisms to improve service quality. Its work supports service recipients, providers, and the Administration's staff, aiming to ensure effective, forward-looking, and data-driven welfare services. 

Child Investigation & Special Investigations Services

Tasked with investigating alleged offenses against children under 14 and individuals with intellectual disabilities, this specialized unit operates within the administration's high-risk population division. Investigations follow protocols established by the Witness and Testimony Law (2006), ensuring child-sensitive evidence gathering and care throughout legal procedures.

Family Court Assistance Units

Placing multidisciplinary teams (social workers, legal advisors, psychologists, psychiatrists) within Family and Religious Courts, the Court Assistance Units support families through legal proceedings—by conducting interviews, preparing reports, and offering mediation. They aim to reduce conflict, promote fair outcomes, and avoid unnecessary judicial escalations. The service is cross-cultural and currently has 37 units near family courts, rabbinical courts, Sharia courts, and a Druze court.

Youth Protection Authority

This unit operates around 50 out-of-home services—including government hostels, shelters, and transitional housing—for youth in high-risk situations or with delinquent behavior. It delivers legal, educational, and therapeutic care, and facilitates post-care integration through programs like “Drorim” hostel for LGBTQ+ youth.

National Youth Program – YATED (18-25)

YATED is a flagship inter-ministerial initiative, uniting 11 ministries, 3 national agencies, local authorities, NGOs, and philanthropies. It offers a free support package for at-risk youth to realize their rights and potential, and to stabilize their lives across personal, family, educational, and employment domains.

The YATED program provides a solution for young people aged 18-25, who are facing difficulties in one or more of the areas of life defined in the program such as Education, employment and skills; Physical existence, health and protection; Emotional well-being and health; Family and social belonging; Young people in various risk situations, at different times in their lives; Young people who want to make a change and need the assistance and response of the YATED framework to do so.