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0 3 8 % * of youth have some known substance use/abuse and need substance use/abuse <br /> assessment and/or treatment, a 78 % increase compared to FY 1546 . 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 1546 , 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 /> o 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 /> o 2 1 % of youth have healthy peer relationships , consistent with FY 15 - 16 . <br /> o 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 /> o 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 /> o 40 % * of youth need substance abuse assessment or treatment which is slightly higher <br /> than the state average of 34 % . <br /> o 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 />