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Juvenile services report: referral rates and intensive-intervention completions improved in SFY24
Summary
Deputy director Mario Salinas reported increases in juvenile referral initiation (67% rising to 70%) and IIP program completion (96% in SFY24), while probation violations and AWOLs rose and some juvenile goals were unmet; commissioners thanked staff and requested continued collaboration with foster care and community partners.
Mario Salinas, deputy director of juvenile programs, briefed commissioners on SFY24 juvenile outcomes and said the results will be forwarded to KDOC as part of the annual grant requirement. "Our 1st KDOC funded program is the juvenile intake and assessment center or JIAC," he said, outlining that JIAC serves youth ages 10–17 and averaged about 145 intakes per month.
Salinas reported JIAC achieved its referral initiation goal at 67% (and had since increased to 70%) and described outreach and follow-up steps that drove the gains. He also described the IIP immediate-intervention program: "Ultimately, this goal was met at 96 percent, successfully completed the IIP program," with staff noting SFY24 served 78 families compared with 147 families served the prior year. Juvenile intensive supervision (ISP) closures improved to 71% from 59% the prior fiscal year, and combined juvenile outcomes rose to 68% from 60%.
At the same time, Salinas said probation violations increased and AWOL/New offense incidents contributed to goals not being met in one area; staff said they are working with clinicians, referral partners, and a new coaching model to improve case plans and follow-up. The board publicly thanked staff for engagement on difficult foster-care and behavioral-health cases and authorized routing the KDOC packet for the chair’s signature.
