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38 <br /> SUMMARY REPORT OF THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE <br /> I. Risk Assessment Summary <br /> II. Needs Assessment Summary <br /> III. Resource Assessment Summary <br /> IV. Summary of Gaps and Barriers in the Community Continuum <br /> V. Proposed Priority Services for Funding <br /> Part I. Risk Assessment Summary <br /> The Orange County JCPC Risk and Needs Assessment Committee reviewed data gleaned from <br /> the Juvenile Risk Assessment instrument administered by Juvenile Court Counselors after <br /> juveniles are referred with a complaint alleging that a delinquent act has occurred and prior to <br /> adjudication of the juvenile. The Juvenile Risk Assessment is an instrument used to predict the <br /> likelihood of the juvenile being involved in future delinquent behavior. For some youth, some of <br /> the individual item ratings may be heavily dependent upon information reported by the juvenile <br /> or the parent(s). For these items (represented by an asterisk)there is a likelihood of under- <br /> reporting the incidence of a particular behavior and the actual incidence may be higher than <br /> suggested by these figures. In those cases, the figure should be interpreted as a measure of the <br /> minimum level of occurrence. <br /> Orange County Risk Factor Observations: FY 2014-2015 <br /> N=93 <br /> o Orange County experienced an 8% decrease in the number of youth at intake as <br /> compared to FY 13-14. <br /> o 10% of youth were classified as high risk, an increase of 29% from FY 13-14 (from 7 to <br /> 9 youth). <br /> o 10% of youth were under age 12, which remained the same as FY 13-14. This is also <br /> lower than the state average of 16%. <br /> o 42% of youth show having one or more prior referrals at the time of intake. <br /> o 15%have a prior class 1-3 misdemeanors, higher than the state average of 12%; and 5% <br /> have prior class f-1 felonies or al misdemeanors, consistent with the state average. <br /> o While 14% of youth had prior assaults, a decrease of 24%, 3 youth had prior assaults <br /> resulting in serious injury and 1 youth had an assault with a weapon. <br /> o 22% of youth have run away from home or placement, an 82% increase from FY 13-14. <br /> o 43%* of youth have some known substance use/abuse and need substance use/abuse <br /> assessment and/or treatment, an 11% increase compared to FY 13-14. 17%* need <br />