PROBATION DEPARTMENT

2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Initiated implementation of new Title 15 revisions that directly impact juvenile facilities. Updated policies and procedures to align with new Title 15 regulations and provided training to staff to implement new requirements. • Coordinated with CEO, OC Board of Supervisors and the Juvenile Court to operationalize the Probation Department’s juvenile facilities plan. • Collaborated with other County departments and was awarded a no-cost technical assistance and training grant to participate in the “How Being Trauma-Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses Training Program.” • Initiated the development of a Continuous Quality Improvement framework for Probation Department operations. • Initiated the establishment of the Probation Victim Services function with the support of a full-time victim services coordinator.

2020 GOALS

• Review all Probation Facility and Field Supervision Operations to incorporate and implement the County’s Integrated Services Vision Model for 2025. • Expand of Adult, Transitional Aged Youth and Juvenile Re-Entry programs and services. • Complete the relocation of the North Orange County Youth Reporting Center. The new center will provide additional reentry services and provide additional opportunities for alternatives to incarceration and community-based treatment. • Begin construction of the Multipurpose Rehabilitation Center. • Resume the development of a Continuous Quality Improvement framework for Probation Department operations. • Continue the expansion and development of the department’s Victim Services function as well as the collaboration with agencies that provide direct victim support services.