Demonstration Sites
The 14 Demonstration States selected for training and technical assistance in Graduated Sanctions are:

CALIFORNIA - 2008
The Santa Clara County Juvenile Court has an outstanding juvenile mental health court and serves as a source of cross-site technical assistance on the processing and treatment of juvenile mental health issues.  Contact: John Dahl (408) 435-2001

CONNECTICUT - 2008
Based in Hartford, public and private funding sources have been blended to implement a Juvenile Review Board that can process and manage 200 cases.  A 64 bed Risk Reduction Center provides intervention and treatment to high risk delinquent boys and offers a gender-specific track for girls.  Contact Geoffrey Scales, a Juvenile Probation Supervisor with the Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division (860) 244-7913 or Geoffrey.Scales@jud.state.ct.us

FLORDIA - 2006
Lee County (Fort Meyers), this site’s graduated sanctions activities include expedited diversion and restitution options at the front end of the system and implementation of an Aftercare Board to transition youth returning from commitment programs to employment, internship, and skills development opportunities.  Lee County also established a Trauma Network to work with trauma-affected delinquent youth.  Assessment data is being analyzed to indicate the prevalence of trauma by race and gender.   (No contact given)

GEORGIA - 2006
The graduated alternative sanctions program must be implemented in each judicial circuit in consultation with the judge of the juvenile court.  The graduated alternative sanctions program may include, but is not limited to:  community service, electronic monitoring, increased reporting or intensive supervision, home confinement, day or evening reporting centers, or treatment intervention.
Troup County Juvenile Court fielded a multidisciplinary planning team to review its dependency guidelines and develop a comparable assessment format for delinquent offenders embarking on a graduated sanctions program.  Troup County also established an Assessment Center to provide risk and needs assessment data on petitioned youth.  A service matrix systematically links those youth with appropriate services.  This rural county implemented a taxi token program to help youth attend therapeutic and other court-ordered services.  The county’s continuum of services includes a mentoring program for delinquent youth lacking adequate parental resources.  Contact: Judge Michael Key, Troup County Juvenile Court, (706) 884-6601 or Michael@kmglawfirm.com

INDIANA - 2008
Marion County (Indianapolis) the site developed the first Memorandum of Understanding with its state training school to extend the influence of the juvenile court into institutional treatment and release readiness assessment.  The court also developed a partnership with the local domestic violence prevention and treatment community to develop strategies for dealing with intra-familial violence.  The court is also recognized for establishing an outreach program to the media.  Contact Robert Bingham, Chief Probation Officer, Marion County Superior Court (317) 327-3059 or RLBINGHA@indygov.org

LOUISIANA - 2008
Jefferson Parish is focusing on alternatives to detention for minority youth and female offenders, an assessment instrument, and the identification of gaps in delinquency services.  The Parish also promotes decentralizing services among youth serving agencies and identifying high risk locations that are underserved and lack transportation for youth and families to access services.
Jefferson and Orleans parishes have collaborated in planning and programming to address Disproportionate Minority Contract (DMC) and gender-specific issues.  There is a mobile population that regularly moves between the two Parishes.  Contact Roy Junker, Jr., Jefferson Parish Director, Department of Juvenile Services, (504)364-3750, ext. 225 or rjunker@jeffparish.net or Judge Ernestine Gray, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, at (504) 565-7325 or egray@opjc.new-orleans.la.us

MISSOURI - 2007
5th Judicial Circuit, St. Joseph  as a coordinated graduated sanctions effort, reduced its detention population by half; developed a complete psycho-social, health, and dental assessment for delinquent youth; redesigned its combined short-and long-term detention and placement facility from a boot camp to treatment model; established a strengths- and resiliency-based assessment and supervision strategy; and participated in an evaluation of its empowerment program for delinquent youth from a dependency background.  Contact: Linda Meyer, Chief Juvenile Officer (816) 271-1421 or Linda.Meyer@courts.mo.gov

MONTANA - 2006
Montana’s Youth Court Act was established to prevent and reduce delinquency through “immediate, consistent, and avoidable consequences.”
The court has focused on securing professional training and providing programs for special needs offenders, specifically Native American and female offenders.  The Indian Center provides Native American counselors on site to work with detained youth.  Drug and alcohol evaluation and assessment services are available.  The Missoula Indian Center provides interdiction and counseling services.  Contact: Judge John Larson, District Court Judge, (406) 258-4773 or johlarson@mt.gov

NEBRASKA - 2006
Douglas County, (Omaha), provided cross-site technical assistance and training on cultural competency, the site has focused on immediate sanctioning at the front end of the juvenile justice system.  The court published a handbook on youth rights and responsibilities and has enhanced its tracking system to allow higher risk youth to be safely released from detention pending trial.  Contact: Judge Wadie Thomas, Jr., Juvenile Court Judge (402) 444-7889 or wthomas@co.douglas.ne.us

NEVADA - 2008
Clark County (Las Vegas) Department of Juvenile Justice Services has initiated a resource reallocation program to reduce the detention population and allow for personnel to focus on community-based services.  Continuous population growth at the rate of approximately 4,000 per month presents a challenge to goal attainment.  The county led the way in restructuring contractual services and forming a continuum responsive to offender and family needs, as assessed by the court.  The agency has refurbished it risk/needs assessment format and implemented a gender-specific residential treatment program for young female offenders.  Contact: Cherie Townsend, Director, Clark County Juvenile Justice Services (702) 455-5210

OHIO - 2007
The Montgomery County Juvenile Court has adopted a strength-based case management model and implemented a gender-specific, non-residential self-esteem program and a residential unit for female offenders in its Center for Adolescent Services.  Contact: Gregg Scott J.D., Intervention Center Director, Montgomery County Juvenile Court, (937) 225-4829 or scottg@mcohio.org

PENNSYLVANIA - 2006
Lackawanna County (Scranton), the juvenile court assembled a large multi-agency and cross-disciplinary team to identify and address gaps in service for delinquent offenders and convened 90 service providers to share their findings and expectations, the court stated as its priority the establishment of a continuum of services to meet the full range of offender needs.  The judge’s en banc engaged in graduated sanctions training to better shape this effort.  The court’s professional team is revising the risk and needs assessment formats to better inform judicial decision-making.  Contact:  Judge Chester Harhut, President Judge, (570)963-6306 or harhut@lackawannacounty.org

TENNESSEE - 2006
Davidson County adopted the “one family, one judge” case processing and supervision model and enhanced its alternatives to secure detention, Williamson County improved its risk and needs assessment capability, trained staff in structured decision-making and interviewing skills, and upgraded it Management Information System and integrated it with the graduated sanctions effort.  Contact information: Davidson County Referee (615) 862-8000 or Michael.ONeil@nashville.org or Betsy Adgent, Director of Juvenile Services, Williamson County Juvenile Court at (615) 790-5812 or badgent@bellsouth.net

VIRGINIA - Information pending