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47 <br /> SUMMARY REPORT OF THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE <br /> I. Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) Summary <br /> II. Summary of Community Resources <br /> III. Summary of Gaps and Barriers in the Community Continuum <br /> IV. Proposed Priority Services for Funding <br /> Part I. Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) Summary <br /> On November 29, 2022, the Orange County JCPC Risk and Needs Assessment Committee met <br /> to review the data gleaned from the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument(YASI) which <br /> was implemented by Juvenile Court Services beginning January 1, 2021. The full assessment <br /> consists of over 100 separate items useful for both predictive risk and case management, so data <br /> reported from this review will consist of county-level risk factors that may be prioritized by the <br /> JCPC for RFP development, as well as for highlighting prevalent issues among court involved <br /> juveniles that individual programs and community-based service organizations will want to <br /> consider when working with court-involved juveniles in the county. <br /> All juveniles at intake receive the YASI Pre-Screen (33 questions) which is also embedded in <br /> each full assessment. The aggregate outputs from full YASI assessments are just one of the data <br /> sources used by the Committee and are the focus of summaries that follow in this document. <br /> YASI questions are framed in either a historic context(Legal History, for example), or in some <br /> cases, "current" or "prior three-months"timeframes for other, more dynamic, questions. <br /> The following data summary represents the first full fiscal year of implementation of the YASI. <br /> In reviewing and prioritizing the elevated risk and needs extracted from this data set, one must <br /> consider the utilization of YASI as a predictor of future risk of offending; and as a case <br /> management instrument for determining level of service and types of services necessary to <br /> reduce recidivism. <br /> Orange County YASI Summary Observations: FY 2021-2022 <br /> The overall YASI summary data is based on 64 individual youth who were assessed during <br /> the fiscal year 2021-2022 coming to the attention of Court Services. <br /> Elevated Risk and Needs: <br /> • 80% of youth scored as moderate to high risk level per the YASI instrument. <br /> • 67% of youth scored as moderate to high level needs per the YASI instrument. <br /> Legal History Domain <br /> • 44% of youth had a previous delinquent referral which is 6% higher than the state rate. <br /> • 84% of youth had a complaint which had a result (i.e., adjudication, diversion <br /> plan/contract, continued adjudication, or continued disposition). This is 5% higher than <br /> the state rate. <br /> • 45% of youth had felony referrals which is 9% higher than the state rate. <br /> • 59% of youth had referrals for person crimes which is 12% higher than the state rate. <br />