Roles & Responsibilities
Our department is responsible for juvenile delinquency and dependency court operations, probation, and detention.
Our Mission
We develop our youths' Pro-Social Life Skills, Beliefs, and Motivations that create short and long-term successes and community protection.
Our Mission's Model
is Step Up Juvenile Justice.
The two main goals of
Step Up Juvenile Justice are:
1. To develop our youths' Five Pro-Social Life Skills:
- Positive Daily Routine with Rules and Boundaries (Structure Law Abiding Living)
- Making Things Right (Restorative Accountability)
- Staying Out of Trouble (Relapse Prevention)
- Preparing for the Future (Education, Employment, and Special Strength Building)
- Positive Support System Building (Positive People and Activities that Facilitate Success)
2. To empower parents to take effective parenting actions in three key parenting areas:
- Positive Structure and Supervision
- Modeling and Teaching Pro-Social Behaviors and Skills
- Positive Adult Care and Leadership
We implement evidence based principles through:
- Youth and family-centered practices
- Outcome-based, performance-driven skill development programming
- Integrated programming and care givers
