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15 <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 2016 -2017 <br />N =84 <br />o Orange County experienced a 23% decrease in the number of youth at intake as <br />compared to FY 15 -16, (from 65 to 53). <br />o 18% of youth were classified at Risk Level 1 or 2, 40% at Risk Level 3, and 42% at Risk <br />Level 4 or 5. <br />o 15% of youth were under age 12, an 86% increase from FY 15 -16 (from 7 to 13). While <br />this is higher than our county numbers for the previous five fiscal years, it is consistent <br />with the state average of 14 %. <br />o 44% of youth show having one or more prior referrals at the time of intake. <br />o 18% have a prior class 1 -3 misdemeanors, consistent with the state average of 17 %; and <br />12% have prior class f -1 felonies, al misdemeanors or A -E Felonies, a 150% increase <br />from FY 15 -16 but consistent with the state average. <br />o 20% of youth had prior assaults, an increase of 89 %. <br />o 25% of youth have run away from home or placement, higher than the state average of <br />17 %. <br />