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Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders

Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders. Sara Mogulescu The Vera Institute of Justice August 29, 2006. New York State PINS Assistance. Prompted by: New PINS Legislation Vera State-wide PINS Report

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Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders

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  1. Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders Sara Mogulescu The Vera Institute of Justice August 29, 2006

  2. New York State PINS Assistance • Prompted by: • New PINS Legislation • Vera State-wide PINS Report • OCFS contracted with Vera to help the state and its counties prepare for the influx of youth entering the system under the new law.

  3. New York State PINS Assistance

  4. New York State PINS Reforms Two Central Trends: • Front end – Strategies to improve intake and diversion; • Back end – Development of community-based alternatives to detention and placement.

  5. Intake and Diversion Issues: • Lack of immediate crisis response (delay in services) • High number of court referrals • Immediately • Upon termination of diversion services • High use of non-secure detention and placement

  6. EVALUATION HOSPITAL ACCESS TO CLINICAL APPOINTMENT WITHIN 5 DAYS POINT OF ENTRY Intake and Diversion: Orange County MENTAL HEALTH FOLLOW-UP SERVICES FAMILY KEYS INTENSIVE SER VICES NETWORK INTERVENTION FAMILY REFERRAL TO PROBATION COURT DEPARTMENT

  7. Intake and Diversion: New York City Family Assessment Program (FAP) • ACS point of entry • Immediate response • Reduction in in PINS intakes • Reduction in PINS court referrals • Reduction in PINS placements

  8. Intake and Diversion: Chemung County New Agency: Children’s Integrated Services • First Response Team • Interdisciplinary Staffing • Not just PINS – Centralized and Streamlined Services for Youth and Families

  9. Alternatives to Detention and Placement Issues: • Cost • Overcrowding • Poor outcomes • Focuson keeping youth and families together – at home and in the community

  10. Alternatives to Detention and Placement: Albany County Juvenile Release Under Supervision: • DSS Funded • Daily contact with youth • Service referrals • PINS and JDs • Reduction in non-secure detention costs

  11. Alternatives to Detention and Placement: Erie County Evening Reporting Centers • Modeled after ERCs established in Chicago • Transport to location after school • Tutoring, counseling, group programming • PINS and JD populations • Probationviolators and detention alternative

  12. Alternatives to Detention and Placement: Onondaga County Probation Rehabilitation Intensive Services Management (PRISM) • Partnership between Probation, Social Services, and the Salvation Army • Comprehensive treatment planning • Every PRISM case staffed by FFT therapist • Pre-placement youth are eligible

  13. Alternatives to Detention and Placement: Onondaga County

  14. New York State Family Court Act 2005 Each county and the City of New York is mandated to provide diversion services to youth at risk of becoming the subject of a Person In Need of Supervision (PINS) petition and their families. [FCA 712 and 735(a)]

  15. New York State Family Court Act 2005 Each county and the City of New York must offer PINS diversion services designed to provide an immediate response to families in crisis and must identify and use appropriate alternatives to detention. [FCA 712, 735(d)]

  16. New York State Family Court Act 2005 A PINS respondent may be remanded to non-secure detention only if the FCT determines that there is a substantial probability that he/she will not appear in court on the return date and all available detention alternatives have been exhausted. [FCA 739(a)]

  17. National Models: Status Offenders • Florida • Cook County, Illinois • San Francisco, California • Maricopa County, Arizona

  18. Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders Sara Mogulescu The Vera Institute of Justice smogulescu@vera.org 212-376-3157 August 29, 2006

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