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Valley County juvenile probation reports rising cases, higher diversions and local treatment emphasis
Summary
Court services director Dee Phillips told commissioners juvenile cases increased in 2024, with diversion cases up markedly; no juveniles were committed to state custody and staff emphasized community-based services and a resource fair for Region 4 service access.
Valley County Court Services Director Dee Phillips gave the Board of Commissioners an annual update on juvenile probation on Feb. 3, reporting an increase in caseloads and a sharp rise in diversion referrals.
Phillips said that, as of Jan. 28, the office was supervising 21 juvenile cases with an average age of 16; most juveniles live in McCall. She told the board diversion referrals were up substantially in the year reported: "For the whole year we went up to 31 new diversion cases this year, 13 last year, and 12 the year before," she said. Diversions, she said, were mostly drug- and…
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