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SUMMARY REPORT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 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 j 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 2014-2015 N=93 o Orange County experienced an 8 % decrease in the number of youth at intake as compared to FY 1344 . o 10% of youth were classified as high risk, an increase of 29% from FY 13 - 14 (from 7 to 9 youth) . o 10% of youth were under age 12, which remained the same as FY 13 - 14 . This is also lower than the state average of 16% . o 42% of youth show having one or more prior referrals at the time of intake . I� o 15 % have a prior class 1 - 3 misdemeanors , higher than the state average of 12% ; and 5 % !' have prior class f- 1 felonies or al misdemeanors, consistent with the state average . o While 14% of youth had prior assaults, a decrease of 24%, 3 youth had prior assaults resulting in serious injury and 1 youth had an assault with a weapon. o 22% of youth have run away from home or placement, an 82% increase from FY 1344 . o 43 % * of youth have some known substance use/abuse and need substance use/abuse assessment and/or treatment, an 11 % increase compared to FY 1344 . 17% * need