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Maine Team (2024 TJP)
Description: The Maine Team seeks to divert more youth to community-based supports and ensure probation is strengths-based, time-limited, and focused on positive youth development. To do so, the team will partner with stakeholders including law enforcement, DOC, defense, prosecution, the judiciary, DHHS, youth, families, and community entities and individuals.
Contacts:
Betsy Boardman, Child Protection and Juvenile Process Specialist, Maine Judicial Branch
Tara Chaisson, Juvenile Community Corrections Officer, State of Maine
Timothy Gleason, Student & Maine Team's Youth Representative
Joe Hansen, Regional Correctional Manager, State of Maine Dept. of Corrections
Steve Labonte, Regional Correctional Administrator, State of Maine Department of Corrections
Christopher Northrop, Director, Clinical Programs at University of Maine School of Law, University of Maine System
Tanya Pierson, Assistant District Attorney, State of Maine
Emma Schwartz, Research Analyst II, Catherine Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy
Jill Ward, Director, University of Maine System
Doran Wright, Maine State Coordinator & Reentry Specialist, Straight Ahead Ministries
Jane Young, Homemaker
Greene County, Ohio Team (2024 TJP)
Description: The Greene County Team seeks to decrease the amount of youth placed on probation, create additional diversion opportunities, and reduce recidivism rates. The team also aims to further individualize probation and engage with families and community partners. To do so, the team will partner with law enforcement, mental health services, schools, mentorship programs, and the community at large to create a Network Team that will divert youth from formal system involvement.
Contacts:
Nathan Boone, Public Defender for Juvenile Court, Greene County
Nicole Burke, Juvenile Division Chief- Assistant Prosecutor, Greene County Prosecutor's Office
Tammy Detty, Family Navigator & Compliance Specialist, Greene County Juvenile Court
Joshua Hazelrigg, Chief Probation Officer, Greene County Juvenile Court
Amy Lewis, Judge, Juvenile Division, Greene County Court of Common Pleas
Greta Mayer; Chief Executive Officer; Mental Health Recovery Board of Clark, Greene & Madison Counties
Charlie McNamee, Probation Officer, Greene County Juvenile Court
Anya Senetra, Director of Mental Health and Prevention Programs, Greene County Educational Service Center
Tracy Van Heulen, Commercialization Manager, Kimball Midwest
Cook County, IL Team (2022 TJP)
Description: The Cook County team seeks to create a culturally competent and trauma-informed probation system based within impacted communities and rooted in adolescent development principles. To do so, the team will shift probation practices to those that are child- and parent-driven, strength-based, and rooted in community connection. Two main short-term strategies of the team’s Capstone Project are to hire family navigators to help youth and families better understand juvenile justice system processes and to amend the existing approach to probation orders (including the conditions contained therein) to better position youth for success.
Capstone Update (2024):
Family Navigators: In October 2023, the Cook County Probation Department hired three Family Navigators with lived experience. Each Navigator is assigned to a community-based organization that receive a significant number of referrals from Juvenile Court. Since April 2024, the Family Navigators have had 111 interactions with youth and families (including escorting families to departments in the court building), completed 46 Spanish translations, made 57 connections to resources, and led 10 de-escalations with families on average per month. The Navigators also recently released a survey to get direct feedback from youth and families about their services.
Probation Conditions: Two calendar judges have committed to reducing the standard probation conditions to one to two goals aligned with a youth's case plan (e.g., enrolling in specific programming/counseling, staying connected to programs they are already involved with, enrolling in a prosocial activity). These judges have also decreased the length of time on probation, terminating 65% of youth successfully at 8.5 months.
Family-Engaged Case Planning: A group of staff received training in this area from the Annie E. Casey Foundation in October 2024, with a pilot planned for January 2025.
Communication: Youth and families can now provide feedback to probation in English or Spanish through surveys, interviews, or email. In these surveys, 97% of parents/guardians reported that probation helped their child and that they had a say in their child's probation. A majority of youth reported that they trusted their probation officer and always knew what was expected of them while on probation. Additionally, the department has established a communication team and is contracting with a communications expert to message their goals and initiatives to various audiences.
Equity: In 2025, a staff survey and focus group will be released regarding equity. The team plans to implement a tool to examine current policies and practices related to equity.
School Partnerships: Probation staff screen education needs during intake and work with Educational Advocates to ensure links to supportive systems.
Contacts:
Adam Alonso; CEO; BUILD, Inc.
Craig Engebretson, Chief, Juvenile Justice Bureau, Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Miquel Lewis, Acting Director of Juvenile Probation and Court Services, Circuit Court of Cook County
Andrea Lubelfeld, Chief, Law Offices of the Cook County Public Defender
Anthony Montoya, Mentor, New Life Centers
Michael Muhammad, Supervising Probation Officer, Cook County Juvenile Court
Linda Perez, Judge, State of Illinois
Yvonne Pulido, Juvenile Probation Officer, Cook County
Jarrod Smith, Commander, City of Chicago/Chicago Police Department
Melissa Spooner, Section Chief Chicago Field, Cook County Juvenile Probation and Court Services
Robert Wright, Juvenile Probation Officer, Cook County Juvenile Court
El Paso County Team (2022 TJP)
Description: The El Paso County team seeks to reduce the number of youth detained and revoked for technical violations; reduce the system involvement of low-risk youth and engage community partners to drive diversion and prevention efforts holistically; and create a holistic system of care that focuses on the family system to promote positive youth development and define a success criterion beyond recidivism. To do so, the team will work with a variety of stakeholders to: create and implement a new Judgment of Probation; pilot a new diversion program for youth who commit particular school-based offenses; and develop a community action plan designed to provide a more holistic system of care to serve youth and families.
Update (2024):
Diversion: Related to diversion, the team has implemented a validated risk assessment and family interview at the initial intake appointment, completed a SIM mapping of diversion points, created a diversion program for youth referred on misdemeanor Assault Family Violence charges, continued to divert youth referred on felony THC offenses to a 30-day diversion program, and collaborated with Socorro Independent School District to develop a first-offender program (to be launched in 2025). The team also hopes to enhance the Juvenile Court Conference Committee Diversion Program in 2025.
Court Orders: The team formed a workgroup to create a new Judgement of Probation (JOP) that would be easily understood by youth and parents. This JOP was released in March 2024 and reduced the terms of probation from 27 to 9. The group continues to meet to identify next steps for aligning court documents with the new JOP.
Community Resources: The team surveyed youth at all points of the probation system to identify areas of interest and obstacles to participation in community programming. They also created a Community Resource guide JPD staff and use and add to as they refer families to services.
Facility Care: The team has introduced the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) initiative at its Challenge Facility to meet the complex needs of youth with multiple ACEs.
OBP Pilot: This pilot provides supports to families through a strengths-based approach, offering incentives for progress and positive behavior change. The pilot also connects families with education, employment, and community resources. The pilot has served 22 youth and families to date and provided 149 incentives.
Home Detention Program Redesign: The team identified the Home Detention Program in El Paso County as not in alignment with the TJP initiative, as it requires daily home visits, keeps youth at home except for court-ordered activities, and forces youth who violate home detention conditions deeper into the system. In February 2024, the team formed a workgroup of probation officers and field compliance officers. This group is tasked with making Home Detention more client-centered and strengths-based as well as incorporation positive youth development and family empowerment.
Contacts:
Tiffany Aguirre, Youth Advocate
Richard Ainsa, Associate Judge/Referee, El Paso County
Emily Dawson, Trial Team Chief, El Paso County Attorney
Josue Lachica, Project Manager, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Maria Ligon, Associate Judge, 65th District Court
Marc Marquez, Deputy Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, El Paso County, Texas Juvenile Justice Center
Rosie Medina, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department
Janel Morgan, Director of Probation Services, El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department
René Vargas, Juvenile Unit Chief, El Paso County Public Defenders Office
Los Angeles County Probation Department Team (2022 EIYF)
Description: The Los Angeles County Team seeks to reduce the use of isolation in the Campus Kilpatrick by implementing new reintegration process strategies, new credible messenger strategies, and increasing and implementing consistent youth-centered training for staff.
Update (2024): The population at Campus Kilpatrick has been capped at 20 youth for the past three years and serves as a "step-down" for youth with dispositions of several years. The Mindfulness Center has not needed to be opened and used, as staff are utilizing other methods to help youth cool down (e.g., taking a walk, counseling, going to the gym). The team has, however, added formerly justice-involved Credible Messengers to its staff, and these individuals work alongside staff in the units on a six to eight hour shift. This Credible Messenger model has expanded to most of the jurisdictions' facility sites.
Contacts:
Albert Bañuelos, Probation Director, Executive Staff Director, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Katheryn Beigh, Director, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Jessica Carrington, Supervising Deputy Probation Officer, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Jesus Corral, Senior Director, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Janice Jones, Senior Probation Director, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Sam Lewis, Director, Anti Recidivism Coalition
Michelle Medina, Deputy Probation Officer II, Treatment and Counseling, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Starla Nunley, Deputy Probation Officer I, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Mary Ann Smiley, Director, Los Angeles County Probation Department
Brook Smith, Associate Director, The Children's Initiative
Tami Wilson, Metal Health Clinical Program Manager II / Supervising Psychologist, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs Team (2022 EIYF)
Description: The Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) seeks to reduce the use of isolation with the goal of eliminating the practice. The Oklahoma team Capstone Proposal focuses on staff response to aggression through de-escalation and role modeling, revising their youth treatment programming to include behavior modification system, and increase family engagement. This effort will require the involvement of youth, their families, staff, and stakeholders.
Contacts:
Yemi Adeyiga, Psychologist, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Daniel Castaneda, Institutional Program Coordinator, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs/Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center
Darryl Fields, Superintendent, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs/Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center
Amiel Fletcher, Community Consultant, Evolution Foundation
Ronald Hill, Deputy Superintendent, Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center
Rachel Holt, Executive Director, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Carol Miller, Deputy Director of Residential Placement, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Shel Millington, Director of Behavioral Health, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Leticia Sanchez, Principal, Office of Juvenile Affairs/Oklahoma Youth Academy Charter School
Union Tanyi, Residential Care Specialist, Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center
Racine County Team (2021 EIYF)
Description: The Racine County Team seeks to reduce the use of isolation in the Racine County Juvenile Detention Center by implementing new room confinement processes, increasing and implementing youth-centered training for staff, and continuing to participate in the Annie E. Casey Foundation - JDAI efforts. They will amplify continued data collection and hold regular discussions on data collected with diverse levels of staff.
Contacts:
Brian Brickner, Lead Youth Program Coordinator, Racine County
Antonio Chavez, Superintendent, Racine County
Eric Corrao, Youth Detention Worker, Racine County Juvenile Detention Center
Candy Hattix, Youth Program Coordinator, Racine County Youth Justice Department
Glenn Larson, Operations Manager- Youth Development, Racine County Human Services Department
Darius Williams, Youth Service Coordinator, Racine County
Winnebago County, IL Team (2021 EIYF)
Description: The Winnebago County Team seeks to reduce the use of isolation in the Winnebago County Juvenile Detention Center by amending their behavioral incentives system (or “points system”) to be more strength-based, adjusting their responses to minor rule infractions, increasing incentives for youth, and expanding mental health services, all of which will be achieved in partnership with multiple levels of staff.
Update (2024): To reduce the use of isolation, the Winnebago County Team has increased its number of staff, implemented 15-minute time-outs with staff follow-ups to help reintegrate youth as soon as possible, and reduced room time in general. When a youth receives a major rule infraction, they must complete a packet and write a letter about who their actions may have wronged. Additionally, the team has revised its behavior and incentives programs so youth can earn points for positive behavior during every aspect of the day, and points are not taken away. They have also started a "3,000 Point Group" that allows residents with 3,000 points to have a special meal and extra recreation time each week.
In 2022, the team received a grant from the Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board to fund three full-time therapists in their facility. These therapists work alongside staff to reintegrate residents with major rule infractions as quickly as possible. The therapists also perform check-ins, follow-ups, and one-one-one counseling with residents and run groups four days a week. This include CBT groups, DBT groups, and Seeking Safety Trauma groups. Outside agencies also provide programming such as therapy dogs, Social Emotional Learning and Ready to Work Curricula, and an anger management group.
Lastly, the team has received a grant from BJA to implement the corrective actions needed to receive their PREA Compliance letter. The team is also working with the County Board to conduct a Space Needs Study to determine what physical changes they could make to their facility.
Contacts:
Kamisha Garrett, Detention Officer, Winnebago County Juvenile Detention Center
Debbie Jarvis, Director Court Services, 17th Judicial Circuit / Winnebago County
The Honorable John Lowry, Circuit Judge, State of Illinois
Julie McCray-Grotto, Assistant Superintendent, Winnebago County Juvenile Detention Center/Court Services
Jacob Morsch, Judicial Detention Officer, Winnebago County Juvenile Detention Center
Erin O'Gorman, Winnebago County Juvenile Detention Center
Bill Vedra, Superintendent, Winnebago County Juvenile Detention
Jason Waak, Supervisor/PREA Coordinator, Winnebago County Juvenile Detention
New Hampshire Team (2019 TJP)
Description: The New Hampshire team seeks to maximize diversion and transform Juvenile Probation to a purposeful intervention targeting youth who pose significant risk for serious re-offending through individualized, positive, pro-social approaches with racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and geographical equity. Key goals of the Capstone Project include:
Building a community of support for probation reform by conducting focus group meetings in geographically representative districts, which will include, but not be limited to, youth, families, law enforcement, court personnel, attorneys, and DCYF staff. Part of this community of support will also be establishing permanent youth and family groups to advocate for and inform your reform efforts.
Creating a robust database to assess current needs, service capacity, and youth outcomes in juvenile justice services by taking an inventory of available data to serve as a baseline, identifying gaps in data collection, and enhancing long-term data collection and reporting to be incorporated into a new data management system.
Developing a risk and needs assessment process around the CANS, including validation and ensuring race neutrality, training for stakeholders who will administer the assessment, interpretation of the data, and appropriate referral to services.
Expansion and standardization of equitable, statewide diversion opportunities by mapping and identifying gaps in existing diversion programs and community resources, and leveraging current reforms to expand community-based diversion interventions and evidence-based treatment alternatives.
Revising Court Rules on Juvenile Probation to reflect an individualized and race, ethnicity and trauma- informed response.
Advocating for legislative initiative and statutory changes to support changes to diversion, assessment, and probation practices.
Update (2024): Over the past five years, the team has conducted the focus groups as intended, utilized a database to assess needs and gaps, developed a strengths and needs assessment process utilizing the CANS, revised rules of probation to be more individualized, expanded and standardized their diversion programs, and advocated for legislative and statutory changes to propel the work forward.
Contacts:
Susan Ashley, Judge, Circuit Court Judge
Pamela Jones, Staff Attorney, New Hampshire Public Defender
Amy McCormack, Juvenile Probation and Parole Officer VI; State of New Hampshire, Division of Children Youth and Families, Bureau of Juvenile Justice
Moira O'Neill, Director, State of New Hampshire DCYF
Steven Ranfos, Attorney- Juvenile Prosecutor; City of Manchester, New Hampshire
Joseph Ribsam, Director, State of New Hampshire DCYF
Nicole Rodler, Juvenile Division Coordinator, Rochester Police Department
Richard Sarette, Administrator II, State of New Hampshire DCYF
Multnomah County, Oregon (2019 TJP)
Description: The Capstone Team seeks to transform their juvenile justice system by enhancing their diversion and probation practices, with an emphasis on addressing racial and ethnic disparities and engaging, youth, families and communities. Key aspects of their Capstone Project include: 1) expanding and aligning diversionary options available within the community to meet the needs of youth and their families; 2) encouraging Probation’s use of incentives rather than sanctions to promote positive behavioral changes; and 3) reducing the number of standard court-ordered conditions of probation with a focus on individualizing conditions that address root causes of delinquency and repair community harm.
Contacts:
Kim Filla, Director, Family Outreach & Community Programs POIC + RAHS
Lori Fellows, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Multnomah County District Attorney's Office
Tracey Freeman, Senior Manager of Probation & Treatment, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice
Lisa Kay Williams, Supervising Attorney, Youth, Rights & Justice, Attorneys at Law
Michael Leasure, Police Captain, Portland Police Bureau
Morgan Long, Judge, Oregon Judicial Department
Esteban Mendez, Juvenile Court Counselor, Multnomah County
Maria Ximena Ospina-Todd, Youth Empowerment and Violence Prevention Program Manager, Latino Network
Charlottesville, Virginia (2019 TJP)
Description: Taking a trauma-responsive, multi-disciplinary approach, the Charlottesville Capstone Team plans to focus on bolstering the city’s family engagement efforts, creating a restorative program at all juvenile justice exit points, and increasing and improving the use of diversion practices. Through these efforts, the team seeks to take an equity lens that will reduce the number of technical violations and the number of Child in Need of Services/Supervisions (CHINS) petitions.
Contacts:
David Barredo, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge, Virginia Supreme Court
Martha Carroll, Court Service Unit Director Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
Jenna Easton, State JDAI Coordinator, VA Dept of Juvenile Justice
Christa Galleo, Probation Supervisor, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
Joey Lewis, Police Sergeant, City of Charlottesville Police Department
Samantha Markley, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Commonwealth Attorney, City of Charlottesville *Note* Samantha is no longer with the agency and is not involved in the project.
Marc Moore, Supervisor, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice- 16th District CSU
Hunter Smith, Program Supervisor, City of Charlottesville
San Diego, California (2019 TJP)
Description: The team plans to establish a new Youth Development and Community Support Division, a standalone juvenile probation division within the county’s Probation Department. This new division, in collaboration with several partners in the County, will expand community-based alternatives to detention for youth and support its staff to implement effective policies, practices, and approaches designed to achieve positive youth and community outcomes.
Contacts:
Ana España, Superior Court Judge, State of California
Adolfo Gonzales, Chief Probation Officer, San Diego County Probation Department
Scott Huizar, Deputy Chief Probation Officer, San Diego County Probation Department
Kevin Kellbach, Supervising Probation Officer, San Diego County Probation Department
Sandra McBrayer, CEO, The Children's Initiative
Dorothy Thrush, Chief Operations Officer, Public Safety Group County of San Diego
Lisa Weinreb, Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County District Attorney's Office
Mary Beth Wirkus, Deputy Public Defender, Supervising Attorney, Juvenile Delinquency Division County of San Diego
Caddo Parish, Louisiana (2019 TJP)
Description: The Caddo Parish team plans to reduce the number of juvenile justice referrals and youth recidivism using a multi-pronged approach. The team will bolster current approaches, services and interventions through enhanced family support, youth mentoring, restorative justice, and school prevention programs. In addition, the Capstone team will support and facilitate the Racial Unity Project to address racial equity issues within Caddo Parish’s systems of care.
Contacts:
Ree Casey-Jones, Judge, Louisiana Supreme Court/Caddo Parish Juvenile Court
Diana Coleman, Sergeant, City of Shreveport Police Department
Quentin Collins, Probation Officer, Caddo Parish Juvenile Court
Brenda Foppe, Probation Supervisor, Caddo Parish Commission/ Juvenile Services
Laurie McGehee, Manager of the Juvenile Probation Department, Caddo Parish Commission-Juvenile Services
Wilbert Pryor, Caddo Parish Chief Deputy District Attorney, Caddo Parish District Attorney
Kelli Todd, Executive Director, Volunteers for Youth Justice
H. Clay Walker, Director of Juvenile Services, Caddo Parish
Marion County, Indiana (2019 TJP)
Description: The team is focused on transforming the county’s juvenile probation system and addressing racial and ethnic disparities by 1) increasing diversion opportunities, 2) redesigning court and probation practices to facilitate agency-wide culture change, and 3) ensuring families and the community are engaged and supported to meet the needs of system-involved youth.
Contacts:
Jill Johnson, Juvenile Division Chief, Marion County Public Defender Agency
Christina Ball, Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Marion Superior Court Probation Department
Mark Jones, Judge, State of Indiana
Leon Keith, Chief, Juvenile Division, Marion County Prosecutor's Office
Kay Knorr, Probation Supervisor, Marion County Probation
Damon Lane, Re-Entry Employment Liaison, City of Indianapolis
Marilyn Moores, Judge, Marion County Superior Court, No. 9 State of Indiana
Nancy Wever, Director, Indiana JDAI Indiana Supreme Court, Office of Court Services
Stark County, Ohio (2019 TJP)
Description: The goals of the Capstone aims to reduce racial and ethnic disparities for youth involved in its juvenile justice system. Their key initial strategies include: 1) developing a school-based diversion program with strong restorative practice components; 2) developing a post-adjudication services continuum that addresses youth’s needs in a culturally responsive, racially/ethnically equitable way; and 3) partnering with youth-serving systems to strengthen the county’s family engagement efforts, with a specific focus on youth and families of color.
Contacts:
Michelle Cordova, Chief Juvenile Prosecutor, Stark County
Ali Frantz, Chief Magistrate, Stark County Family Court
Kimberly Genis, Director of Behavioral Health Services, Stark County Family Court
Jim James, Judge, Stark County Family Court
Jacob Morgan, Assistant Court Administrator, Stark County Family Court
Chad Smith, Sergeant, Stark County Sheriff's Office
Diane Wilson, Court Administrator, Stark County Family Court
Timothy Wires, Chief of Probation, Stark County Family Court
Missouri (Sept. 2014 Diversion)
Description: Develop a toolkit of standards, best practices, and assessment tools to guide all jurisdictions in the state in aligning their diversion programs; Implement a truancy prevention program in a pilot school district to prevent court-involvement, in which a case manager will look into reasons behind truancy and connect the youth with appropriate services.
Contacts:
Jessica Behle, Deputy Juvenile Officer for the 26th Judicial Circuit - State of Missouri
Tim Hadfield, Superintendent - Camdenton R-III Schools
Anne Janku, Research Manager - Office of State Courts Admin.
Beverly Newman, Chief Juvenile Officer - Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Tammy Walden, Chief Juvenile Officer - 26th Judicial Circuit, State of Missouri
Sacramento County, CA (2013 YIC)
*Note: The majority of this team has retired and their Capstone Project is no longer active.
Description: Change rewards and incentives for positive behavior in juvenile correctional facilities.
Contacts:
Ruby Jones, Supervising Probation Officer - Sacramento County Probation Department
Marc Nigel, Director - Court and Community Schools - Sacramento County Office of Education
Michael Shores, Chief - Sacramento County Probation Department
Nevada (2013 YIC)
Description: Develop a committee focused on program improvement.
Contact: De Vere Karlson, Chief - Churchill County Juvenile Probation. *NOTE* De Vere has retired and is no longer involved in this project.
Texas (2013 YIC)
Description: To improve the local facility leadership and staff reporting culture of sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sexual harassment through implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards and build upon the outcomes from Comprehensive Approach to Promote Sexual Safety in Youth (CAPSSY) Project (a Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistant Grant funded project in 2011).
Update (2016): Jerome incorporated culture change of safety, especially sexual safety, in all facility-level programming (e.g., PBIS, education, youth group sessions, staff orientation and annual training requirements) and utilized data collection/analysis to evaluate the results of this effort. In 2015, TJJD has 6 facilities that are PREA compliant, and 4 additional facilities will achieve PREA compliance by the end of Aug. 2015. In 2016, 2 of the TJJD facilities achieved 100% compliance, with 4 PREA standards being rated as "exceeding" during PREA audit. The project has served over 3000 youth and trained over 3500 staff in PREA.
Contact: Jerome Williams, PREA Coordinator - Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Cook County, IL (July 2012 MSI - Public)
Description: Reengage standing, but traditionally underutilized, dually-involved youth steering committee.
Update (2015): The team revitalized the Cook County Dually Involved Steering Committee by adding additional members and agencies, formed subcommittees to focus on training, best practices, and arrest/identification. Due to the success of this Steering Committee, DCFS established a statewide dually involved committee. A 2015 pilot project developed jointly by DCFS, juvenile probation, and the university of Illinois expedited CIPP staffing with intensive wraparound services in community-based settings. The pilot project reduced the number of crossover youth in detention center by 50% and reduced the number of youth in detention and congregate care. The Capstone Project has also encouraged the utilization of multi-disciplinary teams.
Contacts:
Teretha Lewis, Supervising Probation Officer - Cook County Probation Department
Mark Werner, Deputy Chief Probation Officer - Circuit Court of Cook County, Juvenile Probation and Court Services
Nevada (Nov. 2011 MSI - Private)
Description: Develop collaborative partnerships between private child-serving agencies; Create a mentoring program.
Contact: Joseph Wiley, Director of Operations - Unity Village Behavioral Health Center
Maryland (Nov. 2011 MSI - Private)
Description: Implement Treatment Foster Care with a focus on transition services, wraparound, and multi-disciplinary planning to better serve youth.
Contact: Carmen Brown, Senior Vice President - Arrow Child and Family Ministries
Philadelphia, PA (July 2011 MSI - Public)
Description: Enhance the array of effective community based programs, educate judges and other stakeholders about their existence and efficacy, and encourage their use as alternative to placement for crossover youth.
Contacts:
Anne Marie Ambrose, Commissioner - Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Kevin Dougherty, Administrative Judge, Family Court - Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts
Lori Dumas-Brooks, Judge, Family Court of Philadelphia - Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts
Timene Farlow, Deputy Commissioner, Juvenile Justice Services - Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Susan Kinnevy, Deputy Commissioner, Performance, Management and Accountability - Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Blondell Reynolds-Brown, Councilwoman at Large - Philadelphia City Council
Deszeree Thomas, Deputy Commissioner, Community Based Prevention Services - Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Roberta Trombetta, Chief Dependency Operations - Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts
Pennsylvania (2010 MSI - Public)
Description: Implement Systems of Care in counties around the state, including one in which they will implement High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW), while gathering data on impact.
Contacts:
Richard Gold, Deputy Secretary - Office of Children, Youth and Families
Karen Mallah, Director - Pennsylvania System of Care Partnership, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Keith Snyder, Deputy Director - Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges' Commission
New York (2010 MSI - Private)
Description: The team will continue to work with crossover youth and focus on enhancing and streamlining the process through identifying and rolling out evidence-based system of service to inform social services agencies. In particular, the Family to Family system will be implemented and evaluated using a longitudinal methodology.
Update (2014): St. Vincent's Services, Inc. are continuing its work to providing evidence-based interventions for crossover youth. Family support continues to be a major focus; St. Vincent's Services is working with the Youth Residential Services Department to putting protocols and procedures in place to deliver and track services.
Contacts:
Shari Richardson, Coordinator, Social Services and Permanency Planning - St. Vincent's Services, Inc.
William Sabado, Deputy Executive Director - St. Vincent's Services, Inc.
Texas (2009 MSI)
Description: Gather and analyze data on youth who participate in the county's new Therapeutic Foster Care program, with a focus on data regarding the following two factors: the number of youth on probation re-entering foster care and the number of those who are reunified with their biological family.
Contact: Kathy Paradise, Interim Program Director - The Center for Health Care Services
Missouri (2008 MSI CPI)
Description: Improve upon existing education and vocational outcomes for youth who will be served by a new joint case management approach.
Contact: William (Bill) Heberle, Deputy Director - Missouri Division of Youth Services
New York (2008 MSI CPI)
Description: Map and fill gaps in education and vocational programs.
Contact: Deborah Lashley, Executive ADA, Juvenile Crimes Bureau - Kings County District Attorney's Office
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