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Juvenile Court touts lower intakes, warns $650,000 cut would gut diversion programs
Summary
Orleans Parish Juvenile Court reported declines in intakes and juvenile violent offenses and described successful evening reporting and truancy efforts. Court leaders said a proposed $650,000 reduction would force elimination of many community prevention and diversion programs and weaken staffing and case management.
Chief Judge Candace Bates Anderson told the council that Orleans Parish Juvenile Court saw intakes drop from a high of 831 in 2024 to 351 through Sept. 30, 2025, and that serious violent juvenile offenses are at a four-year low. She highlighted an expanding evening reporting center and a new truancy court pilot as evidence-based interventions that reduce after-school arrests.
The court described…
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