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Description
Director of Juvenile Justice Services, Marilyn Brown provided a Juvenile Justice System overview to the Board of Supervisors at the June 29, 2022 meeting.
A
Good
afternoon,
chairman
winslow
members
of
the
board,
dr
casey
very
honored,
to
be
here,
and
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
listen
about
our
department.
Today,
I'm
marilyn
brown,
I'm
the
director
of
juvenile
justice
services.
I
do
want
to
take
this
moment,
though,
to
thank
the
board
for
not
only
embarking
on
the
pace
study
but
for
also
funding
the
recommendations,
probably
for
the
first
time
in
several
years,
we'll
be
fully
staffed
and,
having
met
with
each
of
my
staff,
they
are
really
really
grateful.
A
They
feel
their
jobs
are
are
valued
by
the
county
as
well
as
their
loyalty.
So
I
just
really
wanted
to
share
that
with
you
as
a
department
director.
The
impact
you
have
had
on
employees
live,
so
thank
you
all
right.
So
we
were
newly
created
in
2020
to
serve
support,
protect
and
empower
court
involved,
not
only
juvenile
offenders
but
juvenile
victims
as
well.
So
our
agency
includes
the
juvenile
detention
home.
It
includes
what
we
call
the
adolescent
resource
pathways,
which
is
also
known
by
the
acronym
carp.
It
used
to
be
just
one
program.
A
It
is
now
a
hub
of
our
community-based
programs,
the
davis
child
advocacy
center
falls
under
our
department
and
janelle
beverly
and
her
wonderful
staff
were
here
not
too
long
ago,
providing
an
update
so
I'll.
Just
give
you
a
very
brief
kind
of
sneak
peek
at
what
they're
up
to
this
will
focus
more
on
our
juvenile
justice
programs
and
then
also
serve
as
a
liaison
to
our
12th
district
court
services
unit,
who
are
state
partners
offering
probation
and
parole
services.
A
It's
all
about
providing
the
right
intervention
at
the
right
time,
providing
low-risk
offenders
with
the
least
restrictive
environment
and
then
reserving
those
high
those
secure
confinement
for
our
highest
risk
offenders.
So
I
did
want
to
point
out
to
you
at
the
bottom.
It
shows
our
entire
wealth
of
services
and
programs
here
in
chesterfield
and
I'll
touch
on
those
briefly.
But
it's
not
by
happenstance,
it's
very
deliberate,
using
objective,
evidence-based
programming
assessments
to
make
the
right,
hopefully
the
right
decisions.
A
I
will
point
out:
we
have
almost
65
000
children
in
chesterfield
and
at
the
high
end
of
this
continuum,
we
only
committed
13
to
the
state
department
of
juvenile
justice,
which
speaks
a
lot
to
all
of
the
programs
and
services
we
are
able
to
provide
to
hopefully
interrupt
our
juvenile
offenders
cycles.
Why
am
using
fy20
data?
The
coveteers
were
a
bit
of
an
anomaly
with
schools
being
closed
and
our
courts
being
a
bit
backlogged,
so
I
thought
that
might
be
a
better
representation.
A
A
We
do
that
every
year
with
our
stakeholders,
which
includes
our
schools,
all
of
our
partner
agencies,
mental
health,
social
services.
We
have
so
many
children
that
overlap
our
system.
So
it's
so
important
that
we
engage
in
those
discussions.
Law
enforcement-
our
judges-
are
highly
invested
and
involved
in
that,
in
those
evaluations
of
what
we're
offering
and
fine-tune
those
programs
and
again,
we
reserve
our
secure
confinement
for
our
highest
risk
offenders.
A
We
certainly
successfully
divert
more
children
a
higher
percentage
of
children
from
energy
entering
the
court
system,
because
once
families
and
children
get
caught
up
in
the
court
system,
it's
very
difficult
to
get
disentangled.
It
does
not
mean
we
are
not
intervening.
It
just
means
we're
providing
a
more
appropriate
resource,
usually
and
again
in
concert
with
our
partners,
such
as
our
csb
cir.
All
of
our
wonderful
resources
in
the
community
of
our
diversion
eligible
cases
we're
proud
that
more
than
56
were
resolved
successfully
again,
comparing
ourselves
to
some
of
our
other
jurisdictions.
A
So
this
is
our
range
of
our
community-based
programs
and
services
and
I'll
just
touch
on
those
briefly.
Our
court
services
unit
offers
a
lot
of
diversion
programs
shoplifter
assault,
diversion
again
in
partnership
with
our
many
other
juvenile
juvenile
serving
agencies.
We
have
a
family
resources
coordinator
and
she
works
with
families
on
the
front
end.
A
lot
of
domestic
issues,
assault
diversion.
A
She
also
works
with
kids
on
the
back
end,
when
they're
transitioning
out
of
our
secure
detention
home
to
make
sure
that
they're
connected
to
the
resources
that
they
need
our
adolescent
day
reporting
program
is
a
nice
alternative
for
kids.
Who've
been
suspended
or
expelled
from
school.
If
they're
on
probation,
they
will
attend
that
program.
So
during
those
school
hours,
they're
provided
with
a
one-on-one
instruction
as
well
as
kind
of
a
structured
program
of
care.
We
provide
the
transportation
for
that
program
as
well.
A
Our
court
navigator
and
restorative
justices
coordinator
kind
of
holds
the
hands
of
families,
while
they're
going
through
the
court
process
so
that
they
can
be
successful
in
complying
with
any
court
orders
answer
the
questions
I
mean
as
sure.
As
you
all
know,
especially
mr
winslow.
The
court
process
can
be
the
juvenile
court
process
can
be
very
confusing.
We
use
a
lot
of
different
terminology,
so
she's
there
and
she's
a
wonderful
she's
retired
from
the
department
of
social
services,
so
she's
a
wonderful
asset
for
families.
A
Our
education
vocational
connections
coordinator
helps
to
get
kids
back
into
school
or
reconnected
with
school
or
in
school
for
the
very
first
time,
or
gets
them
on
more
of
a
vocational
track
and
connects
them
with
resources.
She's
been
very
successful
with
connecting
our
kids,
we
have
two
new
programs
for
this
year:
we're
partnering
with
chesterfield
county
public
schools
for
kids
with
first-time
drug
offenses.
They
will
be,
they
can
be
referred
to
carp
where
they
will
come
to
the
day
reporting
program,
so
they
won't
just
be
idle
at
home.
A
They'll
have
somewhere
to
go
and
keep
up
with
their
schoolwork,
as
well
as
being
offered
a
substance,
abuse
prevention,
intervention
program
through
mental
health
support
services,
so
again,
a
wonderful
collaboration
with
schools
and
mental
health.
We
are
also
partnering
with
our
child
advocacy
center
and
the
police
department
for
those
children
who
are
have
some
problematic
sexual
behaviors,
but
haven't
we
don't
want
to
charge
them
as
a
sex
offender?
We
want
to
get
them.
A
The
help
that
they
need
so
that
they
won't
become
a
sex
offender,
so
we
have
some
funding
set
aside
now
to
provide
those
services
and
again
partnering
with
mental
health,
to
provide
those
much
needed
resources.
And
then
we
have
two
more
our
home
incarceration
program,
which
is
our
electronic
monitoring
program,
our
diversion
program.
It
allows
children
to
remain
at
home
with
their
families
connected
to
schools,
jobs,
while
they're
going
through
the
court
process.
So
in
lieu
of
secure
detention,
that's
been
a
wonderful,
valuable
resource
for
our
community,
as
well
as
our
community
service
program.
A
We
are
one
of
the
only
localities
that
offers
an
actual
program
where
judges
don't
just
give
children
a
brochure
and
parents
are
kind
of
stuck
making
cold
calls
and
trying
to
get
their
kids
to
connected
to
perform
community
service.
We
do
all
of
that.
For
them
we
provide
the
transportation.
We
provide
the
partnerships
and
we
also
work
around
parents
schedules.
We
offer
evenings
weekday
evenings
weekend
times,
so
we
have
a
very
successful
rate
of
completion
for
community
service
hours.
A
So
then,
of
course,
at
the
highest
end
of
our
spectrum
of
our
continuum
is
our
secure
detention
home.
These
messages
here
are
notes
that
our
kids
have
left
to
other
kids
who
are
coming
into
detention,
maybe
for
the
first
time
trying
to
remind
them
that,
while
it
does
seem
like
things
are,
are
a
little
dire.
This
might
be
a
good
opportunity
for
you
to
turn
things
around.
A
So
I
again,
we
have
a
pretty
complex
population
in
our
detention
home.
We
serve
children
at
all
ends
of
the
system
very
first
time
getting
into
trouble
and
then
children
who
of
course
have
been
incarcerated
for
some
time
and
are
have
committed
a
parole
violation.
Let's
say
so.
We
have
children
what
we
call
predispositional
so
they're
going
through
the
court
process,
but
that
could
mean
many
things.
It
could
be
children
who
are
being
tried
as
adults.
A
We
currently
have
three
first-degree
murder,
children
with
first-degree
murder,
charges
who
are
being
tried
as
adults
they're
all
co-defendants,
so
we
have
to
keep
them
separated
so
they're
on
separate
units.
We
have
children
that
are
being
restored
from
mental
competency
if
they're
appealing
their
sentence.
A
If
they're
waiting
for
a
residential
placement-
as
we
know
how
challenging
that
is
because
a
lot
of
places
don't
want
kids
who
have
been
in
trouble
with
the
juvenile
justice
system,
so
one
of
the
things
we
are
doing
is
trying
to
work
with
those
children
to
get
them
ready
for
that
next
step,
get
them
acclimated
to
residential
care
so
that
they
can
be
successful
in
a
less
secure
environment.
Then
we
also
serve
children
who
are
actively
serving
their
sentences
in
detention.
A
So
we
have
a
local
six-month
program
where
kids
don't
get
committed
to
djj.
They
come
to
us
instead
and
we
provide
all
kinds
of
services-
individual
treatment,
family
therapy
school
re-engagement,
so
that
they
can
be
successful
when
they
leave
and
then
at
the
again.
At
the
high
end
of
the
spectrum,
we
have
a
contract
with
djj
to
in
lieu
of
a
child.
Let's
say:
go
to
bonaire,
they
can
come
to
our
facility
and
serve
anywhere
from
maybe
three
months
12
months,
14
months,
it
just
depends
on.
However
long
djj
assigns
their
length
of
stay.
A
Those
children
can
be
from
anywhere
in
the
in
the
state
of
virginia.
Normally
they
are
close
to
home,
so
we
try.
We
take
kids
from
richmond
petersburg,
so
they'll
have
access
to
family
as
well
as
our
connections
with
some
of
our
regional
partners,
and
then
we
hold
children.
We
call
them.
Cap
holds
those
are
children
who
have
just
been
committed
to
djj.
A
A
So
some
of
our
challenges
obviously
include
behavioral
health
challenges,
we're
definitely
seeing
an
uptick
in
those,
but
how
we
meet
those
is
with
wonderful
mental
health
staff.
Again
in
partnership
with
mental
health
support
services,
we
have
two
staff
from
their
department
embedded
in
our
facility.
We
also
have
our
own
full-time
clinician
that
works
across
the
juvenile
justice
system.
We
want
a
naco
and
a
vaca
award
for
that,
because
he
really
does
try
to
figure
out
what
the
kids
need
and
connect
them
to
that.
A
I
think
you
all
probably
are
not
surprised.
50
to
60
of
our
children
have
a
diagnosed
mental
health
condition
so
working
with
those
children
making
sure
that
we
can
get
them
back
on
track
with
taking
their
meds,
getting
them
access
to
med
consultations,
access
to
psychiatrists,
to
ensure
that
we
can
continue
them
on
those
meds
educational
challenges.
A
Our
school,
our
children
usually
aren't
very
successful
in
school
and
aren't
excited
to
go
to
school,
but
we
have
a
wonderful
partnership
with
chesterfield
county
public
schools,
as
well
as
the
department
of
education
who
funds
and
oversees
the
school
programs
in
virginia's
juvenile
detention
homes.
So
in
the
past
two
years
we
had
14
children
either
get
their
ged
or
graduate
with
their
high
school
diploma,
and
we
feel
that's
incredible.
Some
of
our
kids
come
in
reading
on
a
third
grade
reading
level,
so
very
proud
of
that.
C
C
It
was
probably
the
most
personable
graduation
that
I
have
ever
attended,
and
it
was
touching
to
see
that
at
that
time
a
lot
of
the
people
teaching
in
the
detention
center
had
never
seen
a
kid
graduate
from
their
program,
and
so
it
was
good
for
the
teachers
as
well,
because
they
got
to
actually
see
the
fruit
of
their
work.
So
it
it
as
crazy
as
it
sounds.
The
most
personable
graduation
I've
ever
been
was
in
our
detention
center.
Thank.
A
You
so
much
for
sharing
that
we
appreciate
it
yeah
we
were
the
only
ones
having
in-person
graduations
during
covid,
they
were
outside
and
they
got
a
little
hot,
but
we
still
held
them
because
it
is
it's
a
major
milestone
and
we
don't
want
to
take
that
away
from
the
kids
or
their
family.
It's
still,
certainly
something
that
should
be
celebrated
and
honored
and
getting
the
kids
on
the
right
track.
A
Medical
last
I
just
want
to
touch
on
is
our
medical
challenges?
A
lot
of
our
kids?
Aren't
you
know
regularly
seeing
doctors
dentists?
I
will
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
you
all
and
the
county
for
the
foresight,
and
I
don't
know
whose
idea
it
was
was
brilliant
to
have
us
connected
to
the
employee
medical
center.
So,
dr
mcgowan,
laura
jensen,
provide
wonderful
oversight
for
us
and
connection
for
us,
so
we're
really.
A
A
One
of
the
things
that's
not
up
there.
I've
got
the
police,
but
I
don't
have
their
actual
pals
and
I
should
have
hear
our
kids
participated
in
the
pals
program.
Our
post
d,
kids
were
part
of
the
bowling
league
last
summer
and
they
really
enjoyed
it
and
what
a
wonderful
way
to
connect
law
enforcement
with
kids
as
well
as
our
local
partnerships.
A
A
lot
of
these
partnerships
are
around
our
community
service
sites
and
we
really
appreciate
our
nonprofit
partners,
giving
our
kids
a
chance
to
be
successful
and
to
get
those
community
service
hours
completed.
I
know
everybody's
got
a
lot
of
coveted
fatigue.
I
sure
do
too,
but
I
did
want
to
say
it
was
important
again
for
the
support
we
had
from
the
county,
especially
the
wonderful
direction
of
the
employee
medical
center.
We
really
weathered
covet.
I
know
we're
still
going
through
it,
but
we're
pretty
proud
of
how
we
got
through
it.
A
We're
the
only
place
in
town.
You
could
get
a
haircut.
We
thought
that's
really
important,
haircut's
really
important
for
the
kids.
You
know
they
want
to
feel
good.
They
want
to
go
to
court
looking
good,
so
we
have
a
wonderful
barber
who
you'll
see
there.
He
came
in
full
shield
and
gave
our
kids
haircuts.
We
also
were
a
vaccine
site
for
our
kids,
which
was
fantastic
and
again
that
was
through
the
employee
medical
center
in
the
department
of
health,
so
just
again
and
kind
of.
A
In
summary,
you
know
we
have
a
it's
a
pretty
thoughtful
continuum
of
services
that
we
offer
with
lots
of
diversion
options
and
detention,
alternatives
and
then
using
our
detention
home
to
serve
children
at
both
ends
of
the
of
the
system.
We're
part
we're
very
proud
of
that
was
one
of
our
graduations.
We
see
one
of
our
judges
attended.
We're
proud.
We've
won
several
naco
two
vaco
awards
for
our
detention
review
committee.
They
look
at
every
single
kid
who's
in
detention.
It's
a
multi-collaborative
group
and
we
figure
out
what
does
the
child
need?
A
How
can
we
step
the
child
down
if
appropriate
and
then
what
can
we
do
for
this
kid
to
keep
them
successful?
We
also
just
won
an
aco
award
for
our
behavior
management
program,
so
we're
very
proud
of
that
as
well,
and
so
just
a
few
things
that
are
on
the
horizon,
our
greenhouse
program
is
blooming.
It's
a
nice
metaphor,
for
it
was
a
little
stagnant
for
the
last
two
years.
So
it's
nice
to
see
things
blooming
again.
A
Thanks
to
dr
casey
and
his
leadership,
we
are
working
on
a
working
with
procurement.
We
have
a
request
for
proposals
to
look
at
our
facility
needs
assessment,
not
only
to
look
at
our
future
needs
in
terms
of
the
number
of
beds
we
need,
but
does
it
make
sense
to
stay
where
we
are
given
our
kind
of
large
square
footage,
or
would
it
be
more
cost
effective
for
us
to
relocate?
A
So
we
are
we'll,
be
looking
at
that
and
anticipate
providing
you
with
some
with
report
recommendations
and
then
you've
probably
have
heard
there
has
been
some
attention
being
paid
to
juvenile
justice
in
the
state,
especially
with
detention
capacity.
It
is
not
a
unique
it's
not
unique
to
chesterfield,
there's
1400
beds
and
by
beds
I
literally
mean
concrete
slabs
we're
not
talking
about
staffed,
necessarily
staffed
beds,
but
there
are
1400
juvenile
detention
beds
in
the
state
and
there's
about
500.
A
The
average
daily
population
is
below
500.,
so
folks
are
looking
at
this
localities
are
looking
at
this,
so
jaylark
just
recently
completed
a
report
that
was
looking
at
the
entire
juvenile
justice
system
transformation.
As
a
result,
they
ended
up
closing
three
of
their
contract
programs.
We
were
certainly
not
one
of
them.
We
have
a
strong
partnership
with
djj
and
we
anticipate
that
that
contract
will
continue
and
then
the
virginia
commission
on
youth
is
currently
looking
at
kind
of
capacity
around
the
state.
It
is
a
challenging
issue.
A
One
of
the
things
one
of
the
criticisms
jlark
had
was
around
attorney
representation.
So
if
you
don't
have
a
detention
home
close
by
it's
really
hard
for
attorneys
to
visit
with
their
clients,
and
we
want
kids
to
have
good
representation
also.
I
hope
that
through
this
presentation
we
are
we're
not
just
a
island
out
there.
We
are
very
connected
to
all
of
the
services
and
all
of
the
other
departments
within
this
community,
and
so
it's
really
important
that
our
kids
stay
close
to
home
and
receive
the
services
and
be
connected
to
those.
A
So
it
is
a
complicated
issue,
but
commission
on
youth
is
looking
at
it
and
we
anticipate
they'll
have
recommendations
in
october.
I
serve
on
that
advisory
group
as
the
representative
for
our
detention,
home
association,
so
can
bring
you
updates,
as
they
are
available.
So
just
a
quick
update
on
the
child
advocacy
center.
They
have
submitted
their
application
for
accreditation,
which
is
very
exciting.
A
B
A
Yeah
great
question
recidivism
is
high.
It
is
for
the
deepest
and
system.
So
kids,
who
are
you
know
in
the
detention
homes
in
the
in
bonaire
correctional
center?
It
hovers
right
below
70,
it's
about
68
percent
and
it's
about
the
same
for
kids
coming
out
of
bonaire
as
it
is
for
kids
coming
out
of
our
cpps
or
our
post-d
programs.
The
challenges
are
many.
D
Thank
you.
Is
it
prompting
you,
mr
holland?
Yes,
mr
chairman,
first
of
all,
I
just
want
to
applaud
you
for
the
efforts
that
you've
done
over
the
last
several
years.
I've
followed
the
center
and
you've
just
done
a
tremendous
job
and
that's
indicative
of
the
neco
awards.
You
won
national
awards,
which
I
applaud,
you
for
winning
and
for
making
a
difference,
and
so
you're
a
national
focus
in
that
regard.
So
I
applaud
you
in
terms
of
what
we
can
do
to
help.
D
D
C
A
And
we've
it
we
have.
Our
numbers
have
been
trending
lower
we've
been
especially
with
covet
as
well.
I
can't
think
of
anything
off
the
top
of
my
head.
The
workforce
partnerships
are
very
important.
We
are,
we
just
formed
a
partnership
with
an
associate,
a
nonprofit
called
one
heart
and
they
are
actually
piloting
a
program
with
us,
as
well
as
henrico,
to
provide
mentorship
and
job
training
for
kids
coming
out
of
our
post
program.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
It's
still
in
its
infancy,
so
we
didn't
want
to
get
too
excited
till.
A
We
start
to
see
some
results,
but
we
can
certainly
share
that,
but
the
biggest
thing
you
did
for
us
was
fun.
That's
the
pace
study
because
we've
again
being
able
to
keep
our
very
good
staff,
who
are
really
talented
at
working
with
kids
and
building
rapport
with
kids
having
them
feel
like
that's
a
career
worthwhile
and
staying.
So
I
thank
you
for
that.
Yeah.
D
A
lunch
I've
always
enjoyed
that
over
the
years.
So
it's
been
a
pleasure
and
I
just
enjoy
the
enthusiasm
of
the
young
people
and
their
aspirations
what
they
want
to
do,
and
they
do
come
from
some
challenging
situations,
as
you
alluded
to
so
anything
we
can
do.
I
can
do
in
that
regard.
I'm
always
here
to
help.
Thank.