Community Resources
Safety
- Community safety - a secure 24/7 facility to house delinquent/violent youth
- Court room security
Evaluation/Intervention/Education
- Assessments - risk to reoffend/interventions, suicide screen, substance abuse evaluations, PESQ
- Disposition reports - provide a holistic picture of the youth for sentencing
- Education - assessments, curriculum, credits, tutoring
- Counseling - daily life, behavior modification, substance abuse
- Training for youth - personal hygiene, sex education
- On-site testing - DNA/UA
- Youth advisor - weekly at detention center
- Facilitation of mental health services - referrals, follow up
- Family support - contacts with parents/guardians
- Alcohol Drug Education Classes - monthly 4 hour class
- Case management - not just monitoring, but facilitating change in behavior, reduction of risk factors, increase of protective factors
Community Interface
- Restorative justice - consequences, restitution, community service, victim/offender mediation
- Interagency Meetings - CSAT, CPT, Interagency Consortium
- Staff members are positive role models for youth in the community
- Interagency training - free in-service training provided, approximately seven times a year
- Detention facility tours
- Community Education
Volunteer Programs
- Community volunteer programs:
- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) More Information
- Mentor Program: 3-13 volunteers as an additional positive adult relationship for kids
Non-offender Programs
- Truancy Court - working with 9 school districts weekly, annual meeting, monitoring community service, detention, school, and purge conditions
- At Risk Youth/Children in Need of Services - Becca Bill - assistance for out of control teens
- Child advocacy - Guardian ad Litem - abused/neglected children/family court/adoptions - 977 children served since 1991
- Adoption file information - Confidential Intermediary
County Representation
- Representation at state meetings
- Legislative Advocacy