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56 <br /> SUMMARY REPORT OF THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE <br /> I. Risk Assessment Summary <br /> II. Needs Assessment Summary <br /> III. YASI Summary <br /> IV. Resource Assessment Summary <br /> V. Summary of Gaps and Barriers in the Community Continuum <br /> VI. Proposed Priority Services for Funding <br /> Part I. Risk Assessment Summary <br /> The Risk and Needs Assessment Committee reviewed data gleaned from the Juvenile <br /> Risk Assessment instrument administered by Juvenile Court Counselors after juveniles <br /> are referred with a complaint alleging that a delinquent act has occurred and prior to <br /> adjudication of the juvenile. The Juvenile Risk Assessment is an instrument used to <br /> predict the likelihood of the juvenile being involved in future delinquent behavior. For <br /> some youth, some of the individual item ratings may be heavily dependent upon <br /> information reported by the juvenile or the parent(s). For these items there is a <br /> likelihood of under-reporting the incidence of a particular behavior and the actual <br /> incidence may be higher than suggested by these figures. In those cases, the figure <br /> should be interpreted as a measure of the minimum level of occurrence. Please see <br /> attached the most updated Risk, Needs, and YASI data. <br /> Orange County Risk Factor Observations: FY 2021-2022 <br /> The Risk and Needs Committee met on November 8, 2021 to review the Risk, Needs, and YASI <br /> Data. The Risk data includes the review of 86 juveniles for July to December 2020. Orange County <br /> risk assessment data reported that 1% were Risk Level 1, 16% were Risk Level 2, 27% were Risk <br /> Level 3, 34%were Risk Level 4, and 22%were Risk Level 5. <br /> Risk Assessments Points of Interest: <br /> 11% of juveniles were under age 12, a slight decrease from FY 19-20 (14%). <br /> 51% of juveniles show having one or more prior referrals at the time of intake, a significant increase from <br /> FY 19-20 (39%). <br /> 26% of juveniles have a prior class 1-3 misdemeanor as compared to 22% in 19-20; 8% having prior <br /> class f-1 felonies or al misdemeanors as compared to 5% in 19-20 and A-E Felonies were at 0%. <br /> 22% of juveniles had prior assaults, a slight increase from FY 19-20 (20%). <br /> 28% of juveniles have run away from home or placement, an increase from FY 19-20 (23%). <br /> *30% of juveniles have some known substance use and need further assessment, as compared to 18% <br /> in FY 19-20. 21% have known substance abuse and need assessment or treatment, as compared to <br /> 20% in FY 19-20. *This statistic is possibly underreported. <br /> 1 <br />