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Marathon County reviews youth-justice intake, diversion and restorative programs after Goodwill contract ends
Summary
Health and Human Services and Public Safety committees heard a presentation on youth-justice intake, diversion tools, the Youth Opportunity Center and alternatives after the county’s restorative justice contract with Goodwill ended; staff described program statistics and gaps and said they are building data capability to measure outcomes.
Marathon County social services, juvenile-intake staff and sheriff’s detention staff briefed Health and Human Services and Public Safety committee members on youth-justice intake, diversion options and secure detention operations during a joint session.
Krista Jensen, Marathon County director, introduced the presentation and said county staff wanted committee members to learn “what Marathon County is currently doing” on youth justice and prevention. Becky Bogan, youth justice supervisor, and intake worker Greg Jen described the county’s intake process, diversion tools and the Youth Opportunity Center (YOC).
Bogan said Marathon County has used the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) since February 2019 to measure a youth’s risk to reoffend and assess protective factors, and that the assessment is one input among social-worker judgment and school and family information. “If a youth is low risk, we should really take a hands off…
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