Roles & Responsibilities

Our department is responsible for juvenile delinquency and dependency court operations, probation, and detention.

Our Mission

We develop our youths' Pro-Social Life Skills, Beliefs, and Motivations that create short and long-term successes and community protection.

Our Mission's Model

is Step Up Juvenile Justice.

The two main goals of Step Up Juvenile Justice are:

1. To develop our youths' Five Pro-Social Life Skills:

• Positive Daily Routine with Rules and Boundaries (Structure Law Abiding Living)
• Making Things Right (Restorative Accountability)
• Staying Out of Trouble (Relapse Prevention)
• Preparing for the Future (Education, Employment, and Special Strength Building)
• Positive Support System Building (Positive People and Activities that Facilitate Success)

2. To empower parents to take effective parenting actions in three key parenting areas:

• Positive Structure and Supervision
• Modeling and Teaching Pro-Social Behaviors and Skills
• Positive Adult Care and Leadership