NC DJJDP--Putting Families First North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Staying Focused on Youth Putting Families First Dr. Jean Steinberg, Director, Jackson Project Michael Haley, Youth and Family Services Administrator

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Overview of DJJDP Juvenile Justice Reform Creation of DJJDP Cabinet-level Department Comprehensive Strategy 39 Court districts, 5 YDCs, 9 Detention Centers, 100 JCPCs, community programs, CPSV

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Overview of Comprehensive Strategy Problem Behavior  Non-criminal Misbehavior  Delinquency  Serious, Violent & Chronic Offending Prevention Target Population: Youth at Risk Graduated Sanctions Target Population: Delinquent Youth Programs for all Youth  Programs for youth at Greatest Risk  Immediate Intervention  Community Confinement  Youth Develop- ment Center  Post Release Youth Development Goals Healthy and nurturing families Safe Communities School attachment Prosocial peer relations Personal development and life skills Healthy lifestyle choices Youth Habilitation Goals Healthy family participation Community reintegration Educational success and skills development Healthy peer network development Prosocial values development Healthy lifestyle choices

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Family Focused Initiatives Center for the Prevention of School Violence Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils Court Services Studies Service Planning Therapeutic Environment Training Replacement Facility Construction Jackson Project

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First DJJDP Accomplishments In 2005, DJJDP had several significant accomplishments: Increased admission in community programs by 10% Reduced juvenile crime by 1.4% Reduced YDC admissions by 9.5% Reduced detention center admissions by 2%

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Risk and Needs of Youth at Disposition (N = 9,400) In 2005, 55% of youth were medium or high risk 55% of youth were medium or high need 73% of youth had mental health needs 68% of parents were reported to have marginal or inadequate skills 40% of families were reported to have criminal histories 31% of homes were reported to have domestic discord or violence

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Jackson Project First implementation of Department’s new programming Five lenses of Model of Care Focused Therapeutic Interactions Higher staffing ratio Staffing qualifications Smaller, community connected

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Jackson Project Admission Family involvement begins from the day of admission Family-centered service planning approach Introduced to Model of Care Family tour of facility Arrange for weekly contact with youth at minimum

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First Jackson Project Programming Monthly Service Planning and progress review Multi-family group and family therapy Family participation night Parent support group (parent training) Supervised home visits (then unsupervised) School functions (open house, GED graduations)

NC DJJDP--Putting Families First

Contact Information Dr. Jean Steinberg (704) Michael Haley (919)