Juvenile Services

 

Shaunda Cruz    Probation     Program Manager

JUVENILE INTAKE/COURT INVESTIGATIONS

MISSION:  To protect the public by assessment of public safety risks and personal needs of referred juvenile offenders and to provide investigative reports with dispositional recommendations to the Juvenile Court.

              JUVENILE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION/ PLACEMENT PREVENTION

MISSION:   To protect the public while minimizing juvenile placement out of the parental home and in residential treatment facilities for selected high-risk offenders, doing so by providing coordinated community-based risk reduction services, using a  multi-agency approach.

                                 YOLO COUNTY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

MISSION: To provide leadership in multi-agency coordination to a highly structured community-based work/education program for wards of the Court.

• Partners: Yolo County Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services; Yolo County Probation Department; - Yolo County Office of Education; Yolo County Department of Planning and Public Works. 

                                JUVENILE RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT UNIT

MISSION: To protect the public and provide risk reduction treatment programs by the placement of Juvenile Court Wards in residential treatment facilities, and the monitoring of these wards while in placement.

                     JUVENILE DRUG COURT AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM

MISSION: To target offenders, aged13-17, whose drug and alcohol abuse substantially contributes to their delinquent behavior.

• The program integrates a continuum of alcohol/drug assessment and treatment services through the utilization of regular court hearings, closely monitored probation supervision, comprehensive assessment and treatment, and regular drug testing.

                 JUVENILE VIOLENCE COURT AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM

MISSION: To target offenders, aged 12-17 whose offenses involve violence and/or who otherwise appear in need of improved anger management skills.

• Participants engage in a highly structured program that includes intensive probation monitoring/supervision, regular court appearances, anger management counseling, as well as alcohol, drug and mental health assessment and treatment. Further, parenting classes and family outreach services are provided to the parent(s) of these minors.

                         GANG VIOLENCE SUPPRESSION TASK FORCE

MISSION: To increase public safety by suppressing gang activity and providing education to community youth.

• The GVS Task Force is comprised of staff from several disciplines: a prosecuting district attorney; police officer; probation officer, members of the school district -- mentor/counselors
• This is a multi-disciplinary approach to gang suppression by maintaining cooperative working partnerships and beneficial sharing of information. Coordination among collaborative agencies to implement consistent and compatible data systems is necessary to share information and ensure the best outcomes. This true team approach is directed at reducing and/eliminating gang related activity.
• Effective intervention in enforcing probation conditions involve: Intensive supervision/monitoring; conducting routine searches; conducting drug urinalysis; checking school attendance; checking for curfew violations; and enforcing the gang registration order; providing gang prevention and education services at local schools.

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