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probation. The data that is shown in the chart is pulled from the most recently completed risk assessment; <br />the majority of youth served by JCPC fall within risk level 3. Youth that are seen by juvenile court for <br />the first time under the age of 12 tend to stay in the system longer, often have more mental health issues <br />and commit more serious offenses. Being the last state to implement Raise the Age, they have seen that <br />mediation and restorative justice, community service and restitution, and teen court programs have seen <br />the greatest increase in referrals. <br /> <br />In preparation of “Raise the Age” which takes effect December 2019, the Department wants county <br />JCPCs to begin thinking about the impact it will have on service providers. When the money comes, the <br />Department will utilize a formula to decide how much each county receives. The JCPCs then have to <br />decide how they plan to use that money: 1) increase funding to existing programs to increase their <br />capacity; 2) provide funding for new programming through an RFP process for additional components in <br />existing or newly funded programs; and/or 3) collaboration with surrounding counties to provide funding <br />for multi-county programming. <br /> <br />Denise has created a draft of the Addendum for review by the JCPC, selecting some program priorities <br />based on the risk and needs data and the experiences of the other states: mediation, restitution/community <br />service, teen court, and runaway shelter. On the second page, the currently funded programs that fall <br />within those priorities have been listed along with an estimate of how much it would cost to be able to <br />increase capacity to serve the expanded population. However, she noted that since juvenile crime is down <br />across the state and that as a result, programs have been under capacity for a while. So when referrals <br />start coming in for the older juveniles, they will help bring the numbers back up to original capacity, and <br />possibly over. This addendum will not drive any funding decisions, but will help the department know <br />what the county’s priorities are and what the plan is. <br /> <br />