1. The Colorado Senate Bill (SB 94) Community Based Detention Program

2. The Division of Youth Corrections
Provides Secure Detention Services
Allocates $7.9 Million to 22 Judicial Districts to Develop and Provide Community-Based Detention Services
Develops Policies, Procedures and Requirements for Local SB 94 Programs
Provides Training for Local SB 94 Programs on “Best Practices” within a Detention Continuum
Provides Programmatic and Fiscal Monitoring of Local SB 94 Programs

3. Judicial Districts Chief Judge Appoints a Juvenile Services
Planning Committee
Planning Committee Membership
County Department of Social Services
Local School District
Local Law Enforcement Agency
Local Probation Department
Division of Youth Corrections
Private Citizens
District Attorney’s Office
Public Defender’s Office
Community Mental Health
Municipality Representative

4. Planning Committee Develops and Oversees implementation of a Plan for the Community-Based Detention Services Within the Detention Continuum
Policies and Procedures for Managing the Judicial District’s Secure and/or Staff Secure Detention Beds are Included in the Annual SB 94 Plan

5. Local Senate Bill 94 Programs
Screen for Placement in Secure/Staff Secure Detention Beds Using a Standard Screening Instrument
Manage the Use of Detention Beds
Provide Client Information to the Courts
Participate in the Local Detention Emergency Release Process
Coordinate with Detention Facilities and Other Juvenile Justice Agencies
Provide Community –Based Detention Services

6. Common SB 94 Community-Based Detention Services
Screening & Assessment
Case Management
Tracking
Electronic Monitoring
Day Reporting
Work Programs/Community Service
Multi-Disciplinary Assessment/Case Planning
Mentoring
Mental Health Services
Drug/Alcohol Services

7. Senate Bill 94 – Fourth Judicial District
District Coordinator: Sarah Sherwin
Committee Chair: Jack Ruszczyk (4th JD Probation)
Fiscal Agent: Kathy Moan (Joint Initiatives)

8. 4th JD – SB94 Program Profile
Contextual Factors
Urban And Rural
Two Counties
Shared Detention Facility with other JD
Population: 558,816
Juvenile Population (10-17): 68,514
Minority Youth: 24.2%
Unemployment Rate: 4.3%
Poverty Rate: 12.6%
Juvenile Arrests 17.1%
Funding Support
FY SB94 Allocation: $1,110,322
FY SB94 Allocation: $989,980
WRAP Flexible Funds Available

9. 4th JD – SB94 Program Profile
Interagency Network
SB94 Juvenile Oversight and Planning Committee (20- Members)
Contract with Four Local Vendors (Issue RFP every 5 years)
Juvenile Screeners are Bond Commissioners - Issue PR Bonds on Warrants
Weekly Emergency Release/Detention Cap Meetings
Individual Planning Sessions (IPS’s)
Key Indicators
FY Juvenile Detention Cap = 58
FY Juvenile Detention Screens = 1,772
FY Juvenile Detained in Secure Detention = 1,454
FY YTD Detention Emergency Releases = 16
FY YTD Borrowed Detention Beds = 1

10. 4th JD – SB94 Program Services
SB94 Juvenile Services Oversight and Planning Committee
District Attorney’s Office Municipal Court Alcohol/Drug Treatment Provider
Office of Public Defender Mental Health County Government
Probation Department Social Services District Court
Law Enforcement Private Citizen Employment & Training
Division of Youth Corrections School Districts Other Youth-Serving Agencies
Senate Bill 94 Fiscal Agent
Senate Bill 94 District Coordinator
Contracted Service Providers
Mission Possible
Screening/Assessment
Case Management
Minority Family Advocacy
Individual Planning Sessions
Youthtrack Inc.
Tracking
Emily Griffith Center
Family Preservation
Multi-Systemic Therapy
El Paso County Dept. of H&E
Substance Abuse Treatment
UA Monitoring

11. 1st Judicial District Jefferson and Gilpin County Senate Bill 94

12. CURRENT PROCEDURES Juvenile Detention Screening & Assessment
Court Assessment
Pre trial Services
Graduated Sanctions
Fast Track Felonies
Data Entry

13. JUVENILE DETENTION SCREENING & ASSESSESSMENT
Jefferson County Juvenile Assessment Center
Detention Screening
Juvenile Detention Screening Guide
Detention Specialist

14. JUVENILE COURT COORDINATION
Assessment Team
Court Coordinator
Pre Sentence Investigations
Substance Abuse Evaluation Referral

15. PRETRIAL SERVICES SUPERVISION TRACKING Electronic Monitoring
Drug/Alcohol screening/monitoring

16. GRADUATED SANCTIONS RAPID INTERVENTION SERVICE Therapeutic Services
Multisystemic Therapy
Functional Family Therapy
Individual, Group and Family Therapy
Drug / Alcohol Intervention Programs
Anger Management
Mediation
Mentoring

17. GRADUATED SANCTIONS Work programs Residential Work Programs
Male and Female
Weekends
Non Residential Work Program
Sunday to Friday

18. FAST TRACK FELONIES Any Youth with pending felony
Level 4 or 5 on the Juvenile Detention Screening & Assessment Guide
Face to Face with Youth and Parents
Promise to Appear
Pre trial Supervision
Contract
Tracking
Drug / Alcohol Screen

19. DATA ENTRY Colorado Trails
Jefferson County Juvenile Assessment Center Database
Juvenile Information System

20. Juvenile Assessment Center
Jefferson County
Juvenile Assessment Center
Diversion and case management services:
Sheriff’s Dept.
District Attorney
Arvada & Golden
Truant & at-risk youth
Expelled youth
Discipline problems
The Johnson Program:
an alternative, year-round middle school for expelled Jeffco students
Advice center: in person or by phone
Parents who need help with children
Police officers: whether to detain
Criminal and academic information
Education and training:
Every Jeffco police officer annually X 2;
Teacher in-services
JCJAC:
SB-94
District Attorney
Mental Health
Human Services
R-1 Schools
Municipal warrants: all police agencies
Alternative to detention
Municipal probation and diversion services
Run-aways & homeless
Beyond control of parent
Abused and neglected