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57 <br /> 61% of juveniles demonstrate moderate to serious behavioral problems in school, a significant decrease <br /> from FY 19-20 (74%). <br /> 86% of juveniles lack pro-social peers, regularly associate with others involved in delinquent activity, <br /> and/or is a gang member/associates with a gang; a significant increase from FY 19-20 (73%). <br /> 12% of parents are willing but unable or unwilling to supervise juveniles, which has remained the same as <br /> FY 19-20 (12%). <br /> Part II. Needs Assessment Summary <br /> The Risk and Needs Assessment Committee also reviewed data gleaned from the <br /> Juvenile Needs Assessment instrument administered by Juvenile Court Counselors <br /> prior to court disposition. The Juvenile Needs Assessment is an instrument used to <br /> examine a youth's needs in the various domains of his life: The Individual Domain, The <br /> School Domain, The Peer Domain, and the Community Domain. This instrument was <br /> designed to detect service intervention needs as an aid in service planning. As with the <br /> Juvenile Risk Assessment, some of the individual item ratings may be heavily <br /> dependent upon information reported by the juvenile or the parent(s). <br /> Orange County Elevated Needs Observations: FY 2020-2021 <br /> The Risk and Needs Committee met on November 8, 2021 to review the Risk, Needs, and YASI <br /> Data. The Needs data includes the review of 84 juveniles for July to December 2020. Orange <br /> County Needs assessment data reported that 50% were low needs, 40% were medium needs, and <br /> 10%were high needs. <br /> Needs Assessment Points of Interest: <br /> 21% of juveniles report being rejected by positive peers; 53% had some/regular association with <br /> delinquent peers and 13% associated with a gang. There were significant increases as compared to FY <br /> 19-20 with 13% having gang association as compared to FY 19-20 (6%). <br /> 60% of juveniles have moderate to serious school behavior problems, a significant decrease as <br /> compared to 72% in FY 19-20. <br /> *51% of juveniles need substance abuse assessment or treatment, a significant increase as compared to <br /> 39% in FY 19-20. *This statistic is possibly underreported. <br /> *25% of juveniles are reported to be abuse victim with support which is higher than the state average <br /> 19%, and 10% having NO support which is also higher than the state average 3%. *This statistic is <br /> possibly underreported. <br /> *4% of juveniles were engaged in sexual behaviors with assessment needs not being met; 5% reported <br /> dangerous sexual practices and 2% sexually victimized. *This statistic is possibly underreported. <br /> 33% of juveniles need more mental health assessment which is slightly higher than the state at 31%. <br /> *14% of juveniles have domestic discord in the home as compared to 20% in FY 19-20 and 14% of <br /> juvenile's experience domestic violence in the home as compared to 10% in FY 19-20. *This statistic is <br /> possibly underreported. <br /> 2 <br />