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Juvenile Services
Juvenile Assessment
Juvenile Probation Supervision
Administrative Probation
Traditional Supervision
Intensive Supervision Probation
PLACE (see Community Justice Programs)
Community Options Program (see Community Justice Programs)
Multi-systemic Therapy Team - MST (see Community Justice Programs)
Juvenile Detention (see Community Justice Programs)
Out-of-Home Placement (see Community Justice Programs)
Juvenile Offender Risk/Needs Assessment
All new juvenile cases petitioned to court receive a brief screening by the Intake probation officer in order to make initial recommendations for disposition. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, juvenile assessments are completed by the supervising probation officer post disposition. Juveniles assessed and determined to be in the low-risk to re-offend category are transferred to administrative probation.
As a result of the assessment, juvenile cases are assigned by risk level (low, medium, or high risk to re-offend) to the appropriate level of supervision. Case plans are developed to determine and prioritize the most appropriate set of interventions to develop strengths and competencies that will reduce the juvenile's risk to re-offend.
Administrative Probation
The administrative caseload consists primarily of juvenile petty offenders and referrals from Juvenile Traffic Court. These juveniles are placed on administrative probation, and a probation aide monitors their Court-ordered conditions, including community work service, chemical dependency evaluations, numerous educational programs, restitution, and fines. Juveniles who are not in compliance with Court conditions are granted extensions or returned to court for further disposition. Juveniles on probation who score in the low-risk range to re-offend are also transferred to administrative supervision.
Supervised Probation
Probation staff supervise juvenile offenders between the ages of 10 and 18 who are placed on probation by the Court. In addition, juveniles designated Extended Jurisdiction Juveniles (EJJ) may be supervised until age 21. Probation officers provide a structured, community-based, restorative approach to community supervision. They develop strength-based restorative case plans with the juvenile and their family members, provide crisis intervention, facilitate change in criminogenic areas through a helping relationship, hold juveniles accountable for reparation, facilitate Court-ordered conditions, investigate restitution and violations, and submit reports to the Court with recommendations.
Probation officers often work as members of a team with mental health professionals, educators, and families to facilitate a case plan that is comprehensive and strength-based. Medium- and high-risk juveniles experiencing ongoing conflict in their families are often referred to counseling programs through their health insurance plans. Conflicts arising out of delinquency cases are referred to Victim Offender Conferencing and are resolved with a face-to-face conference, whenever appropriate. One of the goals of probation is to teach juveniles skills to problem-solve and make better decisions.
Intensive Probation Supervision
Juvenile intensive probation supervision primarily provides a community-based alternative to residential programming. Some juvenile offenders are also referred to intensive supervision following a residential placement for aftercare programming and supervision. Intensive supervision is designed for the highest risk offenders and provides a substantially more intensive, community-based and structured probation supervision.
Intensive supervision is characterized by high levels of contact and intervention by the probation officer and daily expectations, including conditions for compliance. Intensive juvenile supervision is a phase system with initially high levels of external control, which are decreased as the juvenile progressively displays greater levels of responsibility and competency. Individual restorative case plans are developed during the first phase of the program and revised throughout the supervision period.
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