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16 <br />o 38 %* of youth have some known substance use /abuse and need substance use /abuse <br />assessment and/or treatment, a 78% increase compared to FY 15 -16. Of those youth, <br />47 %* have known substance abuse and need assessment or treatment. <br />o 58% of youth demonstrate moderate to serious behavioral problems in school. These <br />numbers are consistent with FY 15 -16 and lower than the state average of 74 %. <br />o 79 %* of youth lack pro - social peers, regularly associate with others involved in <br />delinquent activity, and/or is a gang member /associates with a gang. <br />o 7% of parents are willing but unable to supervise youth, consistent with FY 15 -16, and <br />significantly lower than the state average of 19 %. <br />Part II. Needs Assessment Summary <br />The Orange County JCPC Risk and Needs Assessment Committee also reviewed data gleaned <br />from the Juvenile Needs Assessment instrument administered by Juvenile Court Counselors prior <br />to court disposition of a juvenile. The Juvenile Needs Assessment is an instrument used to <br />examine a youth's needs in the various domains of his/her life: The Individual Domain, The <br />School Domain, The Peer Domain, and the Community Domain. This instrument was designed <br />to detect service intervention needs as an aid in service planning. As with the Juvenile Risk <br />Assessment, some of the individual item ratings may be heavily dependent upon information <br />reported by the juvenile or the parent(s). For these items (represented by an asterisk) there is a <br />likelihood of under- reporting the incidence of a particular behavior and the actual incidence may <br />be higher than suggested by these figures. In those cases, the figure should be interpreted as a <br />measure of the minimum level of occurrence. <br />Orange County Elevated Needs Observations: FY 2016 -2017 <br />N =90 <br />0 53% of youth were assessed as having medium to high needs, above the state average of <br />39 %. 10% of youth were assessed as having high needs, twice the state average of 5 %. <br />0 21% of youth have healthy peer relationships, consistent with FY 15 -16. <br />0 45% of youth have moderate to serious school behavior problems, a 45 % decrease from <br />FY 15 -16 and less than the state average of 70 %. <br />0 16% of youth are functioning below grade level, the same as FY 15 -16 but above the <br />state average of 11 %. This does not include students identified in the Exceptional <br />Children's program. <br />0 40 %* of youth need substance abuse assessment or treatment which is slightly higher <br />than the state average of 34 %. <br />0 46 %* of youth are reported to be abuse /neglect victims which is twice the state average <br />23 %, and 10% have NO support (higher the state average of 4 %). <br />