Judge: pilot collects juvenile-justice data from 24 counties; statewide system underway
Summary
Judge Kenworthy told the committee a data pilot collected juvenile-justice information from 24 counties (about 35,000 youth) and that a co-chaired committee is developing a statewide juvenile-justice data-collection plan.
Judge Kenworthy updated members on efforts to build a statewide juvenile-justice data system. She said a data committee co-chaired by Dr. Matt Alsma (IU School of Medicine) and Chris Bean has identified eligible datasets, run pilots and compiled a dataset from 24 volunteer counties covering roughly 35,000 youth over five years.
"We have collected data from those 24 counties ... about 35,000 kids over the course of 5 years," Judge Kenworthy said. She described ongoing work to improve data quality, recruit five pilot sites for further testing, and develop an infrastructure for a statewide research and reporting system.
Committee members welcomed the update and said better data should inform policy decisions about juvenile justice and child-welfare overlap.
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