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58 <br /> 68% of juveniles come from homes where parents/guardians have marginal to inadequate family <br /> supervision skills which is significantly higher than the state at 54% <br /> *16% of juveniles have family alcohol/drug abuse in the home, higher than the state average of 11%. <br /> *This statistic is possibly underreported. <br /> 42% of adjudicated juveniles come from homes where family members have criminal history and an <br /> additional 5% are under active court supervision or have gang involvement. <br /> Part III. YASI Assessment Summary <br /> The Risk and Needs Assessment Committee reviewed data gleaned from the Juvenile <br /> Youth Assessment Screening Instrument (YASI) administered by Juvenile Court <br /> Counselors after juveniles are referred with a complaint alleging that a delinquent act <br /> has occurred and prior to adjudication of the juvenile. The YASI is an instrument used. <br /> to show the risks, needs, and strengths of a juvenile, as well as to predict the likelihood <br /> of the juvenile being involved in future delinquent behavior. For some youth, some of <br /> the individual item ratings may be heavily dependent upon information reported by the <br /> juvenile or the parent(s). For these items, there is a likelihood of under-reporting the <br /> incidence of a particular behavior and the actual incidence may be higher than <br /> suggested by these figures. In those cases, the figure should be interpreted as a <br /> measure of the minimum level of occurrence. Please see attached the most updated <br /> 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 YASI data includes the review of 52 juveniles for January to June 2021. Orange County <br /> YASI data reported that 42%were Low Risk, 35%were Moderate Risk, and 23%were High Risk. <br /> YASI Assessments Points of Interest: <br /> 31% had prior runaway history and 20% had finding of child neglect, both higher than State average at <br /> 23% and 11% respectively. <br /> 20% reported family history of SA/alcohol as compared to State average of 17%; 18% family mental <br /> health problems as compared to State average of 15%; and 29% family juvenile/criminal involvement as <br /> compared to State average of 26%. <br /> 10% dropped out of high school, higher than State average of 6%. <br /> 19% of youth had school infractions reported, significantly higher than State average of 9%. <br /> 31% of youth had some part-day/full-day unexcused absences, significantly higher than State average of <br /> 14%. <br /> 23% of youth were failing most classes, compared to State average of 18%. <br /> 44% of youth reported having delinquent friends, compared to State average of 41%. <br /> 48% of youth had alcohol/drug use, higher than State average of 36%. <br /> 56%were identified as having mental health problems, significantly higher than State average of 40%. <br /> 3 <br />