1. A Decade of Youthful Offender Supervision
Bill Berg
Zach Nothwehr
Melissa Monahan

2. Learning Objectives
Identify 3 different strategies utilized for the youthful offender population
Explore success rates when compared with similar populations

3. Definitions
Transferred Youth-an individual who was under age 18 at the time of sentencing and was either transferred or direct filed into the adult court system
Youthful Offender-an individual between ages and who was sentenced after age 18, even though the crime may have occurred before 18.

4. The transferred youth team
Judicial Officer
Probation Officer
Defense Attorney
Clinical Coordinator
Client

5. What do you know?
Kahoot survey

6. Pre-Project Safe (2008-2010) JTOP court once a month
Probationers would improve the week before court, but relapse soon after
Limited accountability
Few sanctions

7. Project Safe (2011-2015) Modeled after Hawaii’s HOPE program Swift
Accountable
Fair
Effective
Focused on quick turn
around for violations, court held every day, problem solve on the fly

8. Current Program 2 Judges with set court days
Sanctions, incentives, and therapeutic responses
Clinical Coordinator to assess treatment needs

9. Strategies Risk reduction and cognitive training
Clinical assessment for treatment needs
Swift sanctions
Accountability

10. AOC funding Drug testing is paid for
Funding available for transferred youth treatment
Piggy backs off of juvenile court contracts
Individual counseling
Residential treatment
Group Homes
Group Treatment

11. Barriers
Drug testing locations
Lack of services
Size of county

12. Client Incentives Gift cards for positive behavior
Early termination from probation
Community service credit
Expungement/set aside

13. Success Rates JTOP/Youthful offender is considered standard probation
Handout shows differences between standard/JTOP/IPS