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Marion County probation unit reports 723 juveniles supervised, seeks approval to submit JCC annual report to DFC
Summary
The Marion County Community Corrections Advisory Board heard a presentation of the Juvenile Community Corrections (JCC) annual report for July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025; staff reported 723 juveniles supervised and recommended submitting the report to DFC, which the board approved by voice vote.
Carla Duffy, chair of the Marion County Community Corrections Advisory Board and chief financial officer for the Office of Public Health and Safety, opened the meeting and introduced the Juvenile Community Corrections annual report presentation.
Haley Elsia, director of community safety initiatives for the Marion County probation department, told the board the report covers July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and focuses on the community adjusting unit. "We supervised a total of 723 juveniles. And out of those 723, we had 573 successfully complete this year," Elsia said. She said the unit consists of three full-time probation officers and one full-time support staff and that the department had refined reporting methods this year to focus only on juveniles in that specific program.
Elsia described day-to-day work by the unit, including in‑community checks of juveniles on electronic monitoring, contacting parents or guardians, inspecting equipment and responding to alerts that suggest a juvenile is not at home. "They'll go out and make sure that it's not a device issue and that the child is at home," Elsia said. She added the unit does not provide the court-ordered services that assigned probation officers handle; rather, it focuses on monitoring and device-related contacts.
Board members asked for clarification about pre-adjudication services and parental engagement. Elsia said many juveniles receive court‑ordered services such as group therapy or home‑based therapy and that assigned probation officers work with parents on those services. "We do make contact with the parents. They'll call in and say they need to schedule their kid out or they're having issues with their device, but we don't really engage in their services," Elsia said, adding the unit will remind families about court dates or appointments when appropriate.
Chair Duffy asked for a motion to approve submission of the report to DFC. The board moved, seconded and approved the motion by voice vote.
The board did not discuss additional changes to the report on the record; Elsia said the department had altered some report pages and that members should have received electronic copies.
The board will continue routine oversight of juvenile supervision data and community monitoring operations.
