OTHER-2023-043-Juvenile Crime Prevention Council County Plan Orange County for FY 2023-2024

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SUMMARY REPORT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE I . Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) Summary II . Summary of Community Resources III . Summary of Gaps and Barriers in the Community Continuum IV . Proposed Priority Services for Funding Part I. Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) Summary On November 29 , 2022 , the Orange County JCPC Risk and Needs Assessment Committee met to review the data gleaned from the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) which was implemented by Juvenile Court Services beginning January 1 , 2021 . The full assessment consists of over 100 separate items useful for both predictive risk and case management, so data reported from this review will consist of county-level risk factors that may be prioritized by the JCPC for RFP development, as well as for highlighting prevalent issues among court involved juveniles that individual programs and community-based service organizations will want to consider when working with court-involved juveniles in the county . All juveniles at intake receive the YASI Pre- Screen ( 33 questions ) which is also embedded in each full assessment . The aggregate outputs from full YASI assessments are just one of the data sources used by the Committee and are the focus of summaries that follow in this document . YASI questions are framed in either a historic context (Legal History, for example) , or in some cases , "current" or "prior three-months " timeframes for other, more dynamic , questions . The following data summary represents the first full fiscal year of implementation of the YASI . In reviewing and prioritizing the elevated risk and needs extracted from this data set, one must consider the utilization of YASI as a predictor of future risk of offending ; and as a case management instrument for determining level of service and types of services necessary to reduce recidivism . Orange County YASI Summary Observations : FY 2021m2022 The overall YASI summary data is based on 64 individual youth who were assessed during the fiscal year 2021 =2022 coming to the attention of Court Services . Elevated Risk and Needs : • 80 % of youth scored as moderate to high risk level per the YASI instrument . • 67 % of youth scored as moderate to high level needs per the YASI instrument . Legal History Domain • 44 % of youth had a previous delinquent referral which is 6 % higher than the state rate . • 84 % of youth had a complaint which had a result (i . e . , adjudication, diversion plan/contract, continued adjudication , or continued disposition) . This is 5 % higher than the state rate . • 45 % of youth had felony referrals which is 9 % higher than the state rate . • 59 % of youth had referrals for person crimes which is 12 % higher than the state rate .