Crossover Youth MDTs

Maricopa County, Arizona (2014 MSI)

• • Description: Create a integrated case plan within the context of a team meeting (modeled after the multi-Agency Reunification Collaboration Project) and recommendation to the judicial officer for dually-involved youth.

  • Contacts:

    • Deidre Calcoate, Bureau Chief of Permanency - Arizona Department of Child Safety

    • Shelley Curran, Court Services Administrator - Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care

    • Sarah Murillo, Division Director - Maricopa County Juvenile Probation

    • Dorothy (Dottie) Wodraska, Director of Juvenile Transition - Maricopa County Education Service Agency *NOTE* Dottie is retired but is still in contact with the Capstone team.

Clayton County, Georgia (2010 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Create a multi-disciplinary review/service/diversion process (based on an MOU) specifically for children under supervision of the local child welfare agency upon an initial allegation of delinquent behavior to address their needs and prevent juvenile justice system penetration.

  • Contact: Adolphus Graves, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Coordinator - Clayton County Juvenile Court *Note: Adolphus is no longer with Clayton County and is not involved in the Capstone Project.

Kentucky (2010 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Establish committee of pre-existing advisory board focused on early identification of traumatized children in CW, predicting risk of and preventing delinquency.

  • Contact: Alfreddie Hasan Davis, Deputy Commissioner of Operations - Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

Florida (2010 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Strengthen collaboration between ChildNet with DJJ to efficiently target service provision to improve the likelihood of a successful transition into adulthood for crossover youth. Expanded services will include:  joint independent living assessments and transition planning, multi-disciplinary staffings and case reviews, mandatory youth and family engagement in transition planning; and staff training and cross-training. 

  • Contact: Cecilia Shepard, Assistant General Counsel - ChildNet

New York (2010 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Implement coordinated case management (between between the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth and Local New York State Departments of Social Services (LDSS)) and planning for crossover youth immediately upon adjudication and placement to better support permanency and their transition back to the community.

  • Contact: Felipe Franco, Associate Commissioner for the Office of Community Partnerships - New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Louisiana (2010 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Identify, assess, and provide services to crossover youth via MDT system.

  • Contact: Larry Spottsville, Sr., Director of Juvenile Services - Rapides Parish Juvenile Services

New York (2009 MSI)

• • Description: Develop an integrated protocol to identify, track and assess crossover youth in the Queens County adult criminal court in order to ensure that these youths receive the necessary support services to reduce their likelihood of reoffending; Create a multiple disciplinary team made up of prosecutors, judges, probation officials, and community-based mental health and alternative-to-incarceration programs to lead integrated case management conferences.

  • Contact: Felix Martinez, Community Coordinator for Special Prosecutions - Queens County District Attorney’s Office

Washington (2008 MSI CPI)

• • Description: Implement Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) for youth involved in child welfare and for crossover youth (in which case the protocol would function as a collaborative court).

  • Contact: Randy Doucet, Chief Judge - Lummi Nation