JCPC Certification for FY 2018-2019 approved 061918 (2)

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15 SUMMARY REPORT OF ORANGE 1 AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTE] I. Risk Assessment Summary II. Needs Assessment Summary III. Resource Assessment Summary IV. Summary of Gaps and Barriers in the Community Continuum V. Proposed Priority Services for Funding Part I. Risk Assessment Summary The Orange County JCPC Risk and Needs Assessment Committee reviewed data gleaned from the Juvenile Risk Assessment instrument administered by Juvenile Court Counselors after juveniles are referred with a complaint alleging that a delinquent act has occurred and prior to adjudication of the juvenile. The Juvenile Risk Assessment is an instrument used to predict the likelihood of the juvenile being involved in future delinquent behavior. For some youth, some of the individual item ratings may be heavily dependent upon information reported by the juvenile or the parent(s). For these items (represented by an asterisk) there is a likelihood of under- reporting the incidence of a particular behavior and the actual incidence may be higher than suggested by these figures. In those cases, the figure should be interpreted as a measure of the minimum level of occurrence. Orange County Risk Factor Observations: FY 2016 -2017 N =84 o Orange County experienced a 23% decrease in the number of youth at intake as compared to FY 15 -16, (from 65 to 53). o 18% of youth were classified at Risk Level 1 or 2, 40% at Risk Level 3, and 42% at Risk Level 4 or 5. o 1.5% of youth were under age 12, an 86% increase from FY 15 -16 (from 7 to 13). While this is higher than our county numbers for the previous five fiscal years, it is consistent with the state average of 14 %. o 44% of youth show having one or more prior referrals at the time of intake. o 18% have a prior class 1 -3 misdemeanors, consistent with the state average of 17 %; and 12% have prior class f -1 felonies, al misdemeanors or A -E Felonies, a 150% increase from FY 15 -16 but consistent with the state average. o 20% of youth had prior assaults, an increase of 89 %. o 25% of youth have run away from home or placement, higher than the state average of 17 %.