The Court Employment Project (CEP) is an award-winning non-residential alternative-to-incarceration program for teenaged felony offenders. CEP combines a strengths-based, youth development focus with accountability to the courts. The youth development model emphasizes youths' skills and abilities - rather than focusing on their deficiencies - and helps them set high expectations for their own educational, vocational and social development. For young women, CEP offers gender-responsive services through the GirlRising Program. CEP works closely with judges, probation officers, defense attorneys and prosecutors to serve more than 600 participants annually.