JUVENILE JUSTICE
TREATMENT CONTINUUM
(JJTC)
An Integrated Continuum of Care for
Court Involved Youth
“Despite the large numbers of youth with
mental health needs in the juvenile justice
system, the current landscape of service
delivery for these youth is often fragmented,
inconsistent and operating without the benefit
of a clear set of guidelines specifying
responsibility for the population.”
Skowyra & Cocozza, 2006
JJTC COUNTIES
A comprehensive intervention
strategy for court referred youth
with co-occurring mental health
and substance abuse disorders.
Restorative Justice
• Community Service to address healing the
relationship with the community
• Restitution to address the wrong done to others
• Mentoring and other services that address the needs
of the offender
• Provides the opportunity for mediation and/or
reconciliation with victim
JJTC Process
• Referral by Court Counselor
• Restorative Justice referral
• Assessment
• Court Report
• Treatment Contract
• Begin Services
Continuum of Behavioral Health
Services
• Assessment
• Structured Family Therapy
• Multi family group (8 sessions)
• Parent education
• *Community Support
• *Intensive in-home
• *Therapeutic foster care
*Enhanced Services include monthly child and family
team meetings
JJTC Organizational Structure
• Weekly JJTC Staffings
• Monthly JJTC Supervisory Meetings
• Quarterly JJTC Partner Training
(all staffs)
Shared Supervision and Increased
Accountability
• Supervisors meet monthly to review data, monitor
outcomes and problem solve.
• Agency staff meet weekly to review behavioral data,
discuss admissions and discharges, deal with high-risk
cases and provide direction for interventions.
• Supervisors from all agencies rotate through clinical
staffings to ensure adherence to agreements and
guidelines.
Data Driven Treatment
• Progress reports completed weekly
• Data for reports comes from the JJTC
Integrated Shared Information System (ISIS)
• Data is reviewed at weekly joint staffings
• enables monitoring of behaviors and
adjustments in treatment according to data
• Reports are provided to court counselors and
judges on progress of youth and family
JJTC Evaluation
• Process evaluation
• Gather information on program components
• Outcome evaluation
• Recidivism
• Detention
• Data sources
• ISIS
• Strengths – interwoven evaluation system
• Administrative data
Training: District 30
20
Total Attended
18
16
14
12
JJ
10
MH PROVIDERS
8
6
REST JUST
LME
4
2
0
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3-DAY 1
Training Level
LVL 3 - DAY 2
Total Attended
Training: District 23
30
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
JJ
MH
REST JUST
LME
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3-DAY 1
Training Level
LVL 3 - DAY 2
T otal Attended
T raining : Dis tric t 24A
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
JJ
MH
RE S T
J US T
L ME
LVL 1
LVL 2
L V L 3-DA Y 1
T ra ining L e ve l
L V L 3 - DA Y 2
Training: District 24B
Total Attended
5
4
JJ
3
MH
2
REST JUST
1
LME
0
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3-DAY 1
Training Level
LVL 3 - DAY 2
Total Attended
Training: District 28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
JJ
MH
REST JUST
LME
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3-DAY 1
Training Level
LVL 3 - DAY 2
RECIDIVISM
• % of youth who re-offend following program completion
• Varying definitions and timeframes
• Additional goal – compare to North Carolina data
• North Carolina Sentencing Commission 2007 report:
–
–
–
–
2 year recidivism
Youth with delinquent offenses only
Status offenders not included
31.9%
RECIDIVISM
• Our focus today:
– Delinquent youth who completed JJTC by
10/1/08
– Allow us to look minimally at 6 month recidivism
through 4/1/09
– For subset of overall group – also have data on 12
month recidivism
– Break out separately
– Same ‘window of opportunity’ to re-offend
RECIDIVISM
•131 youth completed services prior to
10/1/2008 (6 mos. from services)
•104 delinquent youth completed in that
time frame.
•11 of delinquent youth recidivated.
•Recidivism rate of 10.6%
•NC State recidivism rate 31.9%
(NC Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission 2007)
Recidivism Offense Type
9%
0%
Minor Offenses
Serious Offenses
Violent Offenses
91%
30th District Recidivism
(at intervals)
9%
46%
Recidivism - 6 mos
Recidivism - 12 mos
Recidivism - 12+ mos
45%
30th District Recidivism Rates for
6 Months and 12 Months
16%
14%
14%
Recidivism Percentage
12%
10%
8%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
6 months
12 months
Time
JJTC Provider Impact Project
All 135 JJTC direct-service providers (court counselors,
behavioral health and restorative justice providers) in
4 judicial districts surveyed:
• Anonymous, electronic survey
• Effectiveness of JJTC services
• Impact of JJTC on the provider’s work
• Overall value
To what extent would you agree/disagree with the
following statement:
JJTC Provider Respondents by Agency
(106 Total Respondents)
Restorative
Justice (18)
17%
Behavioral Health
(54)
51%
DJJDP (34)
32%
"JJTC is currently functioning in my district as an effective platform for delivering services to courtinvolved youth and families."
50
39.6%
(40)
Percentage
40
27.7%
(28)
30
17.8%
(18)
20
9.9%
(10)
10
4%
1%
(4)
(1)
0
Very Strongly
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Very Strongly Agree
"Considering the impacts on my work, I consider the effectiveness of JJTC to be worth my effort."
50
Percentage
40
34.7%
(35)
32.7%
(33)
30
23.8%
(24)
20
6.9%
10
(7)
2%
0%
(2)
(0)
0
Very Strongly
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Very Strongly Agree
Replication
• Invitation from Chief Court Counselor
• Creation of steering committee
• Selection of private provider
• Initial meetings with staffs
• First training – introduction to JJTC
components, creation of county teams
• Second training – Motivational Interviewing
training
• Third training – JJTC components in detail, joint
staffings, application of MI
District/Community Specific
Steering Committee
• Causes essential collaboration across community
agencies, informal support systems, and families.
• Provides oversight to support program
implementation
• Represents the entire district to better address the
needs of its communities
• Meets only as needed
JUVENILE JUSTICE TREATMENT CONTINUUM
Joining with Youth and Families in Equality, Respect, and Belief in the Potential to Change
Patti Long
JJTC Coordinator
Office: 828-631-3973
Cell: 828-508-2256
[email protected]
David Hutchinson
JJTC Trainer
Office: 828-631-3973
Cell: 828-266-8341
[email protected]
Gordon Keath
CEO, Project Challenge NC
Office: 828-765-0776
Cell: 828-467-3909
[email protected]
Chuck Mallonee
Chief Court Counselor, 30th District
Office: 828-586-5756
Cell: 828-371-1258
[email protected]
“JJTC offers me the assurance that each
recommendation is offered as a product
of collaboration between the court
counselor, the parents and all other
agencies involved with serving the
family.”
Chief District Court Judge Danny Davis
30th District
Quotes
“This is a wonderful group because we get to express ourselves
and not feel bad about it because we all got problems to deal
with. We help each other get through it together. P.S. This is
Cool”
“JJTC has helped a lot. I always feel welcome when I
come here. I would also like to remain active in the
program after I graduate.”
“I did a good thing that day by handing candy to kids
and to toddlers.”
“I helped the humane society Raise money and I
felt good throwing out candy to the kids.”
“Family sessions are positive experiences, helping teens and family relate to each other and
to the fact that they are all in similar situations. It gives us a chance to express thoughts,
feelings, without being judged in a negative fashion, plus the trust of confidentiality.
When you leave, you will have a feeling of relationship, hope and acceptance.”
Juvenile’s Parent