Community Resources

• Community safety - a secure 24/7 facility to house delinquent/violent youth
• Court room security

• 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

• 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

• Community volunteer programs:
• CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) More Information
• Mentor Program: 3-13 volunteers as an additional positive adult relationship for kids

• 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

• Representation at state meetings
• Legislative Advocacy