The phrase "a diversion program" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to legal or educational systems where an alternative to traditional punishment or discipline is offered.
Example: "The court recommended that the defendant participate in a diversion program to address their behavior and avoid a criminal record."
Alternatives: "rehabilitation program" or "alternative program".
A felony gun charge will be dismissed if Rogers, 31, completes a diversion program.
Justice Farrell started a diversion program from drug crimes in 1996, and for domestic violence in 1999.
He ended up pleading no contest and was sentenced to 15 months of probation and entered into a diversion program.
He was charged with obstructing government operations, but the charge was dismissed when he completed a diversion program, the Lancaster County, Neb., attorney said.
The son of Howard Dean, the Democratic presidential hopeful, will join a diversion program for being involved in stealing alcohol from the Burlington Country Club.
The judge in the fraud case offered me a diversion program that would allow me to have my felony record expunged if I maintained one year of sobriety.
And in Louisiana, the state attorney general in 2004 set up a diversion program in which gamblers charged with nonviolent crimes can avoid trial if they get treatment.
They also say the prosecutors' conditions for the men entering a diversion program in exchange for dropping misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution are too harsh.
Ninety-eight subjects were assessed: 51 subjects who had been convicted of a DUI offense following a diversion program, and 47 drivers without criminal records.
As part of their punishment, about 25 members of the group chose to enter a diversion program in order to expunge their records.
After he was arrested for theft, Mr. Klebold was assigned to a diversion program that administered standardized psychological tests that his mother said found no indication that he was suicidal, homicidal or depressed.
