The Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP) is based on work in the US and will take a relationship-based approach.
Phyllis Walsh, ISSP project manager at Birmingham Youth Offending Service, said: "It's about getting staff to work with young women holistically, looking at all aspects of their lives."
The programme, which is still in development, will use a less formal learning approach than standard ISSPs and will try to develop young women's self-esteem, said Walsh.
The Youth Justice Board has provided 58,000 for the two-year programme.
A spokeswoman for the board said it would monitor the outcomes of the work with interest.
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