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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1984.11.29 - 17390Miscellaneous Resolution 84317 November 29, 1984 .aj .? 44 BY: HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE-Marilynn E. Gosling, Chairperson RE: PROBATE COURT-OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD CARE FUND BUDGET FOR 1984-85 TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, pursuant to provisions of Act 280 of the Public Acts of 1975, Oakland County is required to develop and submit a plan and budget for the funding of foster care services to the Office of Children and Youth Services, Department of Social Services, annually; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Probate Court - Juvenile Division and the Oakland County Department of Social Services have developed the attached foster care services budget for the State's Fiscal Year, October 1, 1984 through September 30, 1985; and WHEREAS, the Health & Human Resources Committee has reviewed this budget and recommends its submission to the State Office. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes submission of the 1984-85 Oakland County Child Care Fund Budget to the State Office of Children and Youth Services; Department of Social Services. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners be and is hereby authorized to sign said budget. Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Health & Human Resources Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE Martty,n9(X. Gosling, CIMirpersq I HEIá Y APPROVE THE FO'GOING RESOLUTION . Ai ii /44ri r Z.L _71- JY Da lei T. Mu • y, urity 7 ecuti i- Date / 1 • 29th day of November 1 3 84 ALLEN #84317 November 29, 1984 Moved by Gosling supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted. AYES: Law, McConnell, McPherson, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson, Olsen, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Calandro, Doyon, Fortino, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, R. Kuhn, Lanni. (23) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of Misceilaneous at their meeting held on November 29, 1984 with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan County Clerk/Register of Deeds this - PROBATE JUDGES NORMAN R. BARNARD EUGENE ARTHUR MOORE JOHN J. O'BRIEN BARRY M GRANT titut ut litlic1jt4an I. Probate (Erfurt couutti of Oaklath 1200 N. TELEGRAPH POAD PONTIAC, MICHIGAN A8053 JUVENILE DIVISION 31341584245 BARBARA A. CONSILIO Cavrt Adminlatrator Probate Fle‘ilsier I Juvenile Register JOHN DOWSETT Dirac-Mr Juvenile Services MEMORANDUM TO: Commissioner Marilynn E. Gosling, Chairperson Health and Human Resources Committeec . , 2 ). FROM: Mr. John E. Dowsett, Director - Juvenile Services RE: 1984-85 Child Care Fund Budget DATE: November 8, •984 Enclosed are twelve (12) copies of the proposed joint Child Care Fund Budget proposal for the 1984-85 State Fiscal Year. You will recall that this budget is based upon our budget request. I would appreciate it if you would include this budget on the agenda for hearing at the earliest Health and Human Resources Committee meeting. You will note that we have added a new component to the In-Home Care Program, the "Repeat Offender Project". This component was mentioned in our budget hearings though not included in our formal budget presentation. It is impor- tant, however, that we include it in the Child Care Fund Plan and Budget so that that process need not be repeated if and when we gain Full Board approval for the project. I would anticipate that we will be approaching the Board with regard to the project shortly after the first of the year. Back-up material on the project is included in this packet. Thank you for your assistance and should you have any questions, please call me. JED/pm Enclosures cc: Ms. Barbara A. Consilio Presiding Judge of Probate Court, Juvenile Division Signed County Director of Social Services Date Date ... . .. .._ . 1 Thu oorwtm.or or :ourial 7.Vic.,'. vial nut Lookup/bluing foirnq any InOrvidual or group because of race. seK, (4lI9lOn. 4911. Ntikeirl* , ori91n, color. marital status, handicap, or political beliefs. , I i'Vti i I 10 .il I , , 1..1 0 • t . ,01t11.4,. 0 .. IN ..f . $9/13,Ikt A.,,C.1 ,-kni. r.. A CCIMPLE1 SON; Requlreo, , PENALTY: 5tate reinlOursement will I DU vvl thhe cl from local eu/ernment. COUNTY CHILD CARE BUDGET SUMMARY Michigan Department of Social Services For the Office of Childien and Youth Services PROGRAM PLAN AND BUDGET CONTACT PERSON COunty Oakland COURT: Earl L. Koonce Phone, 313 - 858-0256 Fiscal Year 1984-85 DSS: aP.a nn Wdtr Phone: 213 - 858-1481 1.1.1•11=111 TYPE OF CARE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE/CREDIT I. FAMILY FOSTER CARE 357 ql II. INSTITUTIONAL CARE 7,976_3 187 III. IN-HOME CARE 3?0,452 IV. INDEPENDENT LIVING 0 V. FOSTER CARE DURING RELEASE APPEAL PERIOD 6,0j0 VI. STATE WARD CHARGEBACK 800,0_00 VII. BASIC GRANT 0 SUBTOTAL zi!..,1-6,21.5..54.. ANTICIPATED CREDITS APPLICABLE TO CHILD CARE FUND EXPENDITURES (Subtract from Subtotal) TOTAL COUNTY CHILD CARE 1,381,555 8,078,999 1.n•11•1n11 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION The undersigned have participated in developing the program budget presented above. Signed I certify that the budget submitted above represents an anticipated gross expenditure for the fiscal year October 1,19 .hru September 30,19 Signed Chairperson, Board of Commissioners Date 055-2091 (Rey. 4-84) Previous eciltlon obsolete. TYPE OF CARE I. FAMILY FOSTER CARE A. Directly Supervised Annual (total anticipated Anticipated Gross Cost expense) Days Care 280 ,000 30,256 32 941 10,000 0 1,176 33 592 349 1 ,900 County Child Care: Budget Detail Page 1 The Department of Social Services will not discriminate against any Individual or group because of race, sox, religion, age, national origin, color, marital status, handicap, or political beliefs. COUNTY CHILD CARE — DETAIL BUDGET Michigan Department of Social Services For the Office of Children and Youth Services F.Y. October 1, 19 84 — September 30, 19 85 AUTHORITY: Act 87, Public Acts of 1978, As Amended, COMPLETION: Required. PENALTY: State reimbursement will DC withheld from local government. County Oakland Date Submitted _November 8, 1984 1. Court Supervised — Foster Care Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments 2. County DSS Supervised — Foster Care Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments B. Private Agency Family Foster Homes 1. Court Placed — Foster Care and Administrative Rate Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments 2. County DSS Placed — Foster Care and Administrative Rate Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments 3.419 314 3QQ FAMILY FOSTER CARE TOTAL 357 ,_915 055-2092 (Roy, 444) Previous ecUtiori obSOlete. TYPE OF CARE Ir. INSTITUTIONAL CARE A. Private Institution Annual Gross Anticipated Cost Days Care 1. Court Placed in State — Foster Care Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments 292,000 4 t000 0 0 0 0 0 297,014 4,125 County Oiild Care: Budget Detail Faze' 2 2. Court Placed Out-of-State — Foster Care Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments 3. County DSS Placed In-State — Foster Care Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments 5 014 125 4. county DSS Placed Out-of-State — Foster Care Payments — Non-Scheduled Payments Subtotal Private Institution 055-2092 (Rev. 4-64) Prav?ous editlan obsolete. Annual Gross Cost (total anticipated expense) Number Anticipated of Beds Days Care Subtotal Court Operated Institutions • 24? - 85;1. .679 173 i.1011PMIMM EM 0 0 0 0 0 Subtotal County DSS Operated Facilities 242 County Child Care: Budget Detail Page 3 TYPE OF CARE B. Court Operated Institutions I. Detention 1.884,7 9,4 69 25,185 2. Group Care Facility 5, 247 .913 131 45,424 ' 3. Shelter Care Facility 546.466 42 14,564 4. Other 0 .9 0 C. County DSS Operated Facilities 1. Group Care Facility 2. Shelter Care Facility 3. Other INSTITUTIONAL CARE TOTAL 7,976,187 DS5-2092 ;Rev. 444) prsvichus •4:11tion obsolete. 153 021 167.431 48 TOTAL IN-HOME CARE IV. INDEPENDENT LIVING V. FOSTER CARE DURING RELEASE APPEAL PERIOD 320,452 0 6,000 County Child Care: Budget Detail Page 4 TYPE OF CARE Anticipated Annual Gross (total anticipated Number of Children Anticipated Cost _sallgtLse in Care/Service Ilyjyare_ HI. IN-HOME CARE SERVICE COMPONENTS S .0.A .R. "A" R.O.P. "B" - VI. STATE WARD CHARGEBACK 800,000 H. COUNTY BASIC GRANT 0 VIII. GRAND TOTAL I thru VII 9,460,554 IX. ANTICIPATED CREDITS Telephone Reimbursement -Camp Oakland 3,601 Veterans Administration) 191,000 Social Security Per Diem Receipts 160,000 Governmental Grants (Meal Reimburse- 127.000 Parent Pay ment) 473.868 State School Aid 426,086 TOTAL CREDITS 1,381,555 X. TOTAL COUNTY CHILD CARE (subtract credits from Grand Total) 8,073,999 OSS-20g2 (Rey. 4-$4) Previous edition obsolete. A) B) C) 0) E) F) IN-HOME CARE SUMMARY Michigan Department of Social Services FOR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES County Oakl and I. List atl service components which make up the II-IC program and specify the requested information for each. . CCF Other Public Gross (Service Component) (Adm. unit) Expenditure Funding Expenditure Status Offender Alternative Resources - 4 None 5 i Repeat Offender Project Juvenile Couri 167,431 None 167 431 IIMIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 111111.1111111111111 IIIIIIIIMILIIIIIIIIIIIII Subtotal IHC - Court 320 452 11.11 i , Subtotal I HC , DSS 1111111111111 TOTALS IHC 304,429 None 304,429 For each service component listed above, complete a separate IN-HOME CARE BUDGET DETAIL, (DSS-2094) filling in the appropriate budget items. AUTHORITY: Act 87, Public Acts of 1978, as amended. COMPLETION: Required PENALTY: State reimbursement wit) b wtthhetd tram local government. NOTICE: Act 133 of 1982 (Papurwork Reduction) recitipos that the State control duplicate information collection by state agencies. if this form requests information that yuu nave alicia0Y submitted to another agency, please send copies of the forms or dePartment name anti !Wm numbers/Met to the Stale FornIS AtimlniS5rat0r. Department or Management and Burnet. Box 30026, Lan$1n9, MI 43909. Sen.:tiny Material dni' lint r*e.14, thAl you don't neeci to tomPlete Olt form. The Department of t-,,ocial SP.incv wilt not aiscrimiriate against any inoivIclual In group her.aine of race, see, teliglOn, es, national urlrjiii , color, rnarYtal status, handicap. Of pcIltical builefs. OSS•2093 Rev. 5-14) prr,vious editi0.1 nosoietu. IN-HOME CARE BUOGELDETAIL Michigan Department of Social SerVkeS FOR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES Service Component "A A. PERSONNEL (Employees of Court or DSS) Adminstrative Unit: DSS Court 0 (name) (function) (#hrs,/wk.) (total cost) 1 - Child e1 fare Worker Sunervisor 40 34,176 Supervisor 3 - Child Welfare Worker I Casework 120 71,143 2. Fringe Benefits (specify) 38% of total salary cost 41,137 1 Total Personnel 146.456 B. PROGRAM SUPPORT (For Employees Identified in "A" above) 1. Travel (Personal Mileage (purpose) (rate/mile) See clients 125 Travel and Conference 2. Supplies and Materials Print shop Membership, Dues and Publications 3. Other Postage (specify) Building Space Cost Allocation Con nience Copier Tel hone Communication Stationary stock ionary stock t shop (total cost) 2,100 75 100 300 110 80 2,466 269 1,065 (est. # miles) 8,400 C. CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 1. Individual Consultants or Providers (name) I (rate/unit) Total Program Support (total units/contract) 6,565 (total cost) None 2. Contrac_ing Organization a. Closed-end contracts (name) None I , 0 7 -2094 ( R. it . 5.841 Previous achtior. 3010te, Sea reverse sicalo( PA 133 InformatiOn and non-discrimination staternent. (source) (amount) (purpose) b, Per unit contracts (name) (rate/unit) (est, # purchased units) (total cost) None D. Total Contractual • •— anticipated average cost (type of service) 4 units to be of each (total cost) provided service unit , • Total Non-Scheduled None E. Add Totals for A, B, C, & 0 above Total Service Component Cost 153,021 F. If you plan to fund any portion of this service component with other public revenue (including other Child Care Funds or Basic Grant monies), specify the following: None Total Public Revenue G. Subtract Total Public Revenue from Total Service Component Cost NET ANTICIPATED &IC MATCHABLE EXPENDITURE $ 153,021 AUTHORITY: At 87 PUIPlic ACAS of 1978, as amended. COMPLETiON: Required PENALTY1 State reimbursement will lae withheld from local government. NOTiOe: Act 133 of 1902 (Paperwork Reduction) ragVirei that the Slate control duplicate iniorniation concoction ray State agencies. if this form reQuests information tr at you have already suismilted to another agency, please Send codies of the forms pj dePartmcrit narne$ and form numbers/titles to the State Forms Administrator, Department of Management and Budget, Box 30026, Lansing, Ml 48909. SenclIng material ciOes not Mean WM you don't need tu complete this form, The Department of Social Services wiii not discorninath again5t any individual or group DeCuuse Of race, sex, reirglon, age, national or131n, color, marital StPt1.15, harumap, or doiiriew Dodos, D55-2094 4Rev..:1434) lEsacui 1. Salary and Wages (name) (total cost) (# hrs./wk.) (function) 40 2 - Doctoral Interns 14000 Casework 149 ,R21 nge Den Interns and uoctora Total Personnel (total cost) 7,380 500 80 1,700 400 1,65D 4,000 1,900 (est. # miles) 29,520 (total cost) None D55•2074 (f-tor. 5-ts4) P,uyluco.. ea.t.,on / Sr,s rusie+4-.11L0 tur i'n 133 Intorm3tIon ar.ti c.9..1-alsulmiroliQn stm,einent. IN-HOME CAkE BUDGET DETAIL Michigan DepartmiLlt.of Social Services FOR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES Service Component '"B" A. PERSONNEL (Employees of Court or DSS) Administrative Unit: DSS 0 Court 0 3 - Child Welfare Workpr Casework 120 8381O 6 - Monitoring .-ff Casework 120 21,840 con ractua wit la • an. University 2. Fringe Benefits (specify) 36% of total salary cost (3 - Child Welfare Worker II) 30,171 B. PROGRAM SUPPORT (For Employees identified in "A" above) 1. Travel (Personal Mileage) (purpose) (rate/mile) See clients .25 2, Supplies and Materials Pos Publ idoci aetions I Telephone Communi cati on 3. Other Convenience Copier (specify) Clielit Transportat(omiunit) Rest tution/Moti vati on Funds Buil ing Space Cost Allocation 17 ,61(1 C. CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 1. 1 ndlvidual Consultants or Providers (name) I (rate/unit) Total Program Support (total units/contract) Contra:7,ing Organization a. Closed-end contracts (name) None (total cost) None (source) (purpose) . • (rate/unit) b. Per unit contracts (name) (est. # purchased units) D. Total Contractual .—.. — anticipated 3vera9e cost (type of service) # units to be of each (total cost) provided service unit _I- I Total Non-Scheduled None E. Add Totals for A, B, C, & D above Total Service Component Cost 167,431 F. if you plan to fund any portion of this service component with other public revenue (including °the( Child Care Funds or Basic Grant monies), specify the following: Total Public Revenue G. Subtract Total Public Revenue from Total Service Component Cost NET ANTICIPATED 1FIC MATCHABLE EXPENDITURE (amount) None 167,431 AUTHORITY; Act 87 P•nzPlc Acts of 1978, as amended. COMPLETION ,. Required PENALTY: State relrnbUrSoment will be withheld from local 90wernrherlt. NOTICE: Act 133 of 1902 (Paperwork Reduction) requires that trie State control duplicate Intormation conection by State agencies. If this form requests Intofmation that you hare already 5W:11iit-tea to another agency, please Send COpieS Of the forms str department names and form hurnborSititleS 110 the State Forms AC.rninIstrator, Department of Management and BuOget. Box 30026, LansInst, MI 4890g. Sending rnaterlai does not mean that you don't heed to complete this form, The Department of Social Servicel willl not disitriminate asiainft any Individual or grouo because of race, SOY. rellyion, national Origin, cotor, maritat gains, handicap. or poiltIcal beliefs. 055-2094 (nev. 5-8c) Mack) PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMS NOT PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THROUGH IN- HOME-CARE: REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM A. COMPONENT PROBLEM STATEMENT: Children seen in Court who already have had two or three police contacts by the age of 13 can be predicted to recidivate in 10096 of the cases. This conclusion was drawn from two separate studies conducted by the Oakland County Juvenile Court's Psychological Clinic. An obvious question is what brings about delinquency at an early age. In addition, we must ask what services does a Juvenile Court need to offer to a population that we know will recidivate. Current theory and practice in the Juvenile Justice System carries the theme that "less is best". Age has a moderating effect on disposition. The younger the offender, the less restrictive the disposition. This basic attitude is reflected at all levels of our system. Police are more likely to release an 11 year old with a warning than a 15 year old. Intake Departments routinely divert the younger offender from formal Court intervention. The approach of non-intervention appears appropriate for many first time offenders. What approach is best when the first time offender repeats this act and then repeats this again? With the strength of the research data from our Oakland County Psychological Clinic, we must question our benign approach with the repeating youthful offender. How many times have we released this 11 or 12 year old, or diverted them to a voluntary agency, or held the matter under advisement at Intake? Many of these children end up later in our institutions with a deeply ingrained, difficult to modify, delinquent pattern. We believe that we must deal with the chronic offender no matter what the age in a very decisive manner. Dr. John Mrozak, Director of Centerpoint, Hathorne, Massachusetts, emphasizes on page 44 of Delta Institute Book a publication of The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, entitled "The Kids Nobody Wants: Treating the Seriously Delinquent Youth 1982", "the importance of beginning to treat young kids of about 13 rather than waiting for them to prove to society how dangerous they are at 17 or 18". Our position is that the youngster under 13 years of age who has committed multiple offenses (although not necessarily adjudicated by Court) is a high recidivism risk. (See clinic study attached.) This very young offender presents a different diagnostic picture than the older delinquent. There are dynamics particular that cause or support very early acting out behavior. To gi ie us a theoretical frame of reference, we hypothesize that two factors work cumulatively to produce the climate for early delinquency. First is the area of personal self worth. Youngsters in this population experience little if any success in those spheres generally open to children. They are non-performers in school; they are not accepted by non-delinquent peer groups; they have not participated in available enrichment programs -scouts, sports, church, etc. -!cond. these vounzsters experience subnormal parenting. In the form of lak of stimulation, lack of nurturing, inconsistent discipline. Subnormal parenting emphasizes a youngster's sense of non-value, "I'm different from other children". To contieue the theoretical model, we contend that the presence of one of the two factors might well lead to delinquency - but at a later age. It is the existence of both that compel a youngster to act out delinquently at an abnormally young age. Our proposal devises a positive intervention package activated at a much earlier age than is now typical. This intervention model must hold the child accountable for the behavior. It must also provide opportunities for the child to find acceptable means for successes. It must provide parents a positive parenting model so they will resume their role as an authority figure. Our intervention must also maintain the statutory mandate for the "least restrictive" care; and also minimize the negative effects of "labelling", B. TARGET POPULATION DESCRIPTION: The population to be served is the repeat delinquent offender. The project will serve the youngster 13 years of age or younger who has a minimum of two previous police or court contacts besides the offense presently before the court. The child must be adjudicated on the case before the court. We estimate that this unit will serve 80 - 125 cases annually. Based on our studies 7496 of the cnildren would have been removed from home during their involvement with the Juvenile Justice System. C. SERVICE MODEL DESCRIPTION: 1. Describe the services which will remedy or reduce the identified problem. Our approach dealing with the identified high risk repeat offender is one of high intensity intervention. The child will continue to reside at home. The program will employ a variety of stategies to impact this offender. Services will be provided for a maximum of one year. Caseload size will be a maximum of one intensive caseworker to twenty children. This ratio will be augmented with the intensive supervision staff reducing this ratio to one to ten. a. INTENSIVE CASEWORK: Identif ied youth will continue under supervision for a minimum of one year unless terminated due to established criteria. In the initial phase, the project caseworker intensively supervises youngsters on their load. Making at least two face to face -2- contacts a week, the caseworker will provide aggressive, parent- like, feedback with the following focus: I. Emphasize the seriousness of the delinquency. 2. Provide a consistency of expectation and supervision not identified in the home environment. 3. Provide alternate solutions to daily living problems. 4. Eliminate the child's excuses and focus on responsibility for individual behavior. 5. Provide positive feedback for desired behavior. b. INTENSIVE SUPERVISION: The conditions of community placement; that is curfew, associates, school attendance, and specific work assignments will virtually be monitored daily, on weekends and in the evenings. Staff will be in place and will make spontaneous checks on these children. A close working relationship with police, school officials, and parents will be maintained to maximize the control of the child's behavior. In essence, this program will provide a "structured environment", but within the community at large. c. PARENT COUNSELLING: The focus with parents will be to develop parent skills and build a support system. This service will be a direct effort of the project staff. The parents will be able to view and experience the techniques utilized by the caseworker as a model for their interaction with their child. Specific parent counselling may also occur in the natural family environment or with a group of parents of this identified population. The materials and approaches in STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting by Dinkmeyer and McKay) will be used as a foundation for group meetings. If it is determined that more intensive therapy is necessary, these families will either be referred to a community agency or seen by the clinician assigned to this unit. d. RESTITUTION/YOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICE: Special emphasis on the impact of delinquency on the victim will be made. One phase of this will be topics of discussion between the caseworker and the child, personalizing the offense and its effect on the victim. Another phase will be paid work assignments. These work assignments will be special household tasks, but paid from a special program budget. This program aspect is designed to repay the community and/or victim as well -3- as re-direct the youngster's role and responsibiltiy in his own family, e. SUPPORT/MOTIVATION: At various times during the youngster's participation in the project, group activities wilt be planned. These activities serve two purposes. First, they are a reward of positive progress of a youngster in the program. Second, they will offer the youngster positive approaches for use of their free time and create interest that can be carried over into their adult life. It is anticipated that the youngsters can identify in these activities new ways to have fun and ways to succeed in their adult life. Community resources will be used to implement this strategy. 2. Describe the client selection. a. Cases will be identified at the Intake Department level and assigned to the repeat offender unit based on the criteria of age 13 and under and having at least two additional prior police or court contacts. b. Project caseworker will collect social history data, Psychological assessment by unit clinician will also be Completed. c. Case will be staffed by caseworker, supervisor, and clinic person. The focus is on assessing the needs of the family and identifying specific structured tasks that the child and family must acco.-nplish. d. After adjudication but before disposition, if possible, the parents and child will be informed that total family involvement is required in this program (This might well include informal interventions with siblings). They should also be informed that the rationale for this program is based on the expectation through research that unless a strong, in-home intervention occurs it is highly likely their child will again act out and be placed out of the home. e. The final disposition is obviously determined by the Hearing Officer. If placement in the unit is made, the child will be placed on a Foster Care Order with a temporary release to home. Program will use the temporary community placement rules. These rules will be specific, setting expectations at home and school, restitution and Community Service work, curfew, associates the child is to avoid, and those structured activities that would benefit child and family. f. An interview will occur immediately after the disposition. An overview of the program is given. This includes standards and -4- phases of supervision, role of the staff members, disciplinary policies, and a review of the Order. The child and parents will be given the temporary community placement rules. The original (with a notation that the form was given to parent(s) and child) will be placed in the file. VIOLATION OF RULES/PROGRESS: In the initial stages of the program the child's time is structured by the program staff. Structuring of the child's time means set study time, curfew, work details at home, and frequency of visits by program staff. Lack of progress or regression will be handled by increasing this structuring. A maximum structuring, short of terminating the .child from the program and making him a full Children's Village resident, would be brief stays in Children's Village. As progress is made the structuring will be reduced. The child will also be rewarded with positive group activities scheduled at various times during program involvement. These activities will be matched with the child's interests. Incentives will also be established for parent participation. The dose working relationship between parent and program will also encourage parents by alleviating their feelings of no control. The incentives, rewards, and increased monitoring will be determined at periodic staff ings. These staff ings will continue to involve the caseworker, supervisor, , monitor, and clinician. The staf fings may also involve the parent and child so that all parties are participating and feeling part of the outcome of decisions. 3. State the method of delivery: a. Services for the program will be provided directly by Court staff. b. INDIVIDUAL CARE PLAN: A social history will be prepared for each case referred. The social history will be supported by psychological evaluations when appropriate. Initial case objectives will be developed based on the social history. c. MONITORING CASE GOAL AND OBJECTIVE ATTAINMENT: This component will utilize case staffing to review case movement and develop stategies. The staffing process will also determine when a child will be terminated from the program before one year. g. -5- d. SUPERVISION: Supervisor will be drawn from existing supervisory staff. This individual will utilize the case staffing process as a key supervisory technique. 4. State the goals and measurable objectives of the component. a. PROGRAM OBJECTIVZS: The research conducted through two birth years (see Addendum) establishes the following conclusions. These conclusions establish baseline data on the population to be served. 1. 2996 were placed out of home at the first adjudication. 2. 74% were placed outside the home during their length of Juvenile Court involvement. 3. 32% were committed to the Department of Social Services. 4. The average number of adjudications after the initial adjudication was 33. 5. 876 of the recidivism (re-adjudicated) occur within 12 months. Based on this data, the program establishes the following objectives for population served. Each objective is respective to the five conclusions stated above. 1. The number of children that will be placed outside the home at the first adjudication will be reduced from 29% to 0%. 2. The number of children served that will be placed outside the home during the length of Juvenile Court involvement will be reduced from 74% to 49.2%. 3. Tne number of children served that will be committed to the Department of Social Services will be reduced from 3296 to 21%. 4. The average number of adjudications after the initial adjudication will be reduced from 3.3 to 2.2%. 5. The number of cases that will be re -adjudicated (recidivate) within 12 months of the initial placement in the program will be reduced from 87% to 43.5%. -6- b. CASE OBJECTIVES: 1. To improve the parents' effectiveness in establishing consistent limits. 2. To improve the parents nurturing skills. 3. To teach parents how to hold their child responsible for their behavior. 4. To offer the child legitimate means for successes. 5. To hold the child accountable for his or her delinquent behavior. c. OTHER OBJECTIVES - EFFECTS OF PROGRAM ON JUVENILE COURT SERVICES: 1. To provide the Court with another alternative to institutional care. 2. To reduce the placement of children outside the home. 3. To avoid the combination of young delinquents with the older, hard-core delinquents. 4. To assist in reducing population in Children's Village. 5. To evaluate the effectiveness of this program so as to contribute a new tool to the Juvenile Justice System that effectively impacts the repeat offender. 5. State the case record management techniques. a. CASE RECORDS: Since cases served in this unit will be adjudicated Juvenile Court cases, the regularly maintained files will be the official files for this program. Workers will be responsible to update the file at no less than a two month interval. The file will contain appropriate Court Order indicating placement within this unit. Social history will identify specific objectives and specific tasks that the family is to accomplish. b. CASE REVIEW PROCEDURE: Case staffing will be the primary supervision tool in monitoring the development and thovement of these cases. A scheduled staffing will be held with parents, child, supervisor, clinician, caseworker and monitoring staff on a once every two month -7- basis. Other staff ings will occur as needed. It should also be pointed out that the court file will retlect progress or lack of progress as the conditions of temporary release are tightened or relaxed. Further, these cases will be judicially reviewed at least every six months as is normally a part of our process. c. TE.'R MINATION FROM REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM: Termination from the program will occur after one year on the program unless because of continued delinquency the child is returned to Court and removal from the home is ordered. When a child is terminated before the end of one year, the decision will be made as part of case staffing. A commission of another delinquent act will not automatically terminate a child from the program. 6. State the worker qualifications and duties. Court staff will be responsible for the delivery of services in most instances to these families. The following is an overview of the persons to be involved in this unit. A. SUPERVISOR: I. QUALIFICATIONS: The child welfare worker supervisor will be drawn from existing child welfare worker supervisors (job specifications attached). 2. SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES: a. Log cases and assign to worker for processing through Court. b. Keep accurate records of those served. c. Meet with members of the team in order to continue to offer support and discuss stategies. d. Meet with clinic person assigned to program and caseworker to regularly staff cases. e. Act as team leader and coordinate activities of team to insure the caseload receives an optimum level of treatment and surveillance. Insures compliance of team member with intensive supervision practices and procedures. f. Coordinate the staffing process. -8- Identify and maintain necessary liaison rapport with community agencies and groups in order to stimulate their cooperation with this program. h. Provide direct services when necessary. i. Implement and evaluate process. B. CLINICIAN: I. QUALIFICATIONS: The clinician psychologist will have a minimum of a Master's Degree in psychology and will be a licensed psychologist or a limited licensed psychologist. SPECIFIC TASKS; a. Complete psychological evaluation when appropriate. b. Staff eases with supervisor and caseworker. c. Determine with caseworker and supervisor the appropriate agencies to be used when outside services are required. d. To establish appropriate tasks and expectations for the cases served. e. Assist in program evaluation. f. Do therapy when appropriate. Provide consultation and develop appropriate in- service training programs. C. CAS.WORKER: I. QUALIFICATIONS; Caseworker will be a child welfare worker (job specifications attached). 2. sPeciFic TASKS: a. Supervises up to a maximum of 20 youth who would have been placed in Children's Village. b. Identifies treatment needs and coordinates or provides services to meet those needs through individual and group counselling with referred youth and their family members. -9- g. c. Collects social history information and completes report. d. Makes home visits. e. Handles all Court related duties, such as preparation of Court reports, meetings with nudges to discuss youths' adjustment and progession through the phases of supervision. f. Prepares case documentation consistent with department policy. g. Collects restitution and any other court ordered fees. h. Monitors school and/or employment performance. i. Provides informat ton on 'the program as needed for its evaluation. Assists in the smooth transition of cases from Repeat Offender Unit to other dispositions. D. MONITORING STAFF: I. QUALIFICATIONS: This person will oe in at least their second year standing of academic studies in the human service area. 2. TASKS: They will be assigned tasks under the guidelines of the caseworker and have general responsibility for the enforcement of the conditions of temporary release. More specificially: a. Monitors curfew, provides local law enforcement agencies with a list of all probationers under this program, completes police, school and/or employment checks. b. Provides 24 hour surveillance capability through day, night, and weekend visits and telephone contacts. c. Monitors and documents Community Service work. d. Assists in completing dispositions and participates in screening conferences. e. Visits the home consistent with the offender's progession through program phases. I. - I 4. I. Maintains proper case documentation consistent with department policy. Assists the caseworker as directed. 7. EVALUATION a. Effectiveness is defined as the actual outcome compared to expected outcomes (program objectives). All five objectives will be compared in this manner. b. Efficiency is defined as whether the programs carried out services as planned on the proposal. We will be examining various questions on the delivery system. 1. Did the project serve as many target youths as anticipated? 2. Did the staffing approach identify family needs and develop strategy to meet these needs? 3. Were the frequency of contacts maintained as described by the proposal? Were these contacts productive or did they become routine? 4. Was the paraprofessional monitoring component able to monitor the child and parents? 5. Was therapeutic intervention successful in helping parents better nurture and control their youngsters? 6. Did youngsters substitute positive activities for those deemed as undesirable? 7. How did the placement of children in Children's Village for short periods of time impact the children? g. CLids 1 1/0718 4 -11- DELINQUENCY RECIDIVISM RESEARCH SUMMARY: 1983 Oakland County Juvenile Court Psychological Clinic Jack P. Haynes, Ph.D. September, 1983 Contents Page Background of Recidivism Research at Oakland County Juvenile Court 1 Parameters of the Research 2 Variables Identified By Scientific Research 4 Current Research Subjects 5 Distributed By Age 6 Recidivism Rate for Oakland County Juvenile Court and How It Has Been Determined 7 Age As A Predictor of Recidivism 8 Other Variables Predicting Recidivism 10 Graphic Representation of Factor Interaction Sur.,ary and Recomiendation 16 ' Oakland County ' Juvenile Court Clinic September, 1983 DELINQUENCY RECIDIVISM RESEARCH SUMMARY: 1983 BACKGROUND OF RECIDIVISM RESEARCH AT OAKLAND COUNTY JUVENILE COURT Three years ago, in 1980, the birth year 1960 was selected by the Oakland County Juvenile Court Psychological Clinic as the data base for studying the pattern of repeated illegal behavior by adjudicated juvenile delinquents. The specific definition of recidivism used in that study was the same as in the current study, namely the proportion of -cated youth with more than one official adjudication. I te 1980 research, a total of 28 different variables were studied and several variables were determined to be most significant in predicting juvenile delinquent recidivism. A flowchart was developed which delineated differential risks to recidivism. The rate of recidivism for birthyear .1960 was non-status delinquent males: 36%; females: 31%. During the summer of 1982, files were made for all youth born in 1963 who had been adjudicated with the Oakland County Juvenile Court. Because of insufficient staff, the research was not undertaken until the summer of 1983. At that time, a university student was hired and worked approxi- mately 400 hours obtaining data from Court files. This student, Ms. April Eikenberry, did an excellent job of collecting the data upon which this study is based. 'r - 2 - Special thanks are due to Mr. James MacFarland and Mr. Ray Sharp of the Court for their suggestions in the preparatory stages of this research. Their input which was based on many years of experience was practical and useful. Thanks also are due to Ms. Judy Law, my secretary. Her assistance was a significant contribution to this work. Thanks • are expressed to Dr. Rod Howard for his graphics. PARAMETERS OF THE RESEARCH What This Research Accomplishes The current research project reported in this paper accomplished several goals: 1. A (career) recidivism rate for the delinquent youth of ?akind County was established. The advantage of this type of recidivism rate is that the entire history of the youth studied is known since they are adults at the time of the actual study. This arrangement allows the study of the ebb and flow of delinquent behavior and permits better understanding of the pattern of delinquent behavior that is associated with . recidivism. 2. This research used and evaluated demographic variables which other research has shown to be significantly associated . with recidivism. This research determined which specific characteristics may predict recidivism among delinquent youth in Oakland C3unty. 3. The current research has resulted in three organized graphic representations of risk to recidivism of youth in three broad categories: male non-status offenders, male status offenders and female offenders (combined status and non-status). :These flowcharts are included later in this report. 4. The current research allowed for ready application of the knowledge that has been established, application primarily for use by caseworkers but of value to staff at all levels. What Is Not Accomplished The current research does not establish a short-term, for example annual rate of recidivism. The establishment of such an annual rate would provide a specific measure of eJrrent level of effectiveness of our efforts to reduce eelinquency and delinquent recidivism. The current research does not take into account ongoing variables which can only be reliably and validly judged on an ongoing basis rather than from historical records, variables such as degree of family cohesiveness, drug usage and social class level. Research to determine an annual rate of recidivism will begin later this year but will not yield substantial written results until late 1984. That research, when completed, will identify "active case recidivists," namely those who have additional adjudications while on probation or while in our residential programs. That research also will identify youth who are "closed case recidivists," namely youth who are ( ( adjudicated after having been dismissed from the attention of the Court. VARIABLES IDENTIFIED BY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH kvariety of research has been conducted over the past 40 years in other juvenile court systems and has been published in the scientific literature. This research was used in 1980 and again in 1983 to guide our thinking and research on recidivism. The scientific research on recidivism suggests that approximately eight categories of variables are most closely linked with recidivism. The definition of recidivism varies from researcher to researcher. The most cE7ierally accepted definition is the one used in our research, naely that recidivism is defiped as more than one official adjJdication. The most frequently identified variables in scientific research on juvenile delinquent recidivism are: 1. Dysfunctional family functioning • 2. Referral for antisocial behavior 3. Academic problems 4. Self-report of delinquency 5. Specific behavior problems such as daring behavior, disruptive school behavior, aggression 6. Cri.linality of other family members 7. Socioeconomic status 8. Truancy CURRENT RESEARCH SUBJECTS The Court records of all males and females born in 1963 who ever were brought before the Court on delinquency charges were studied. Some of those youth also had Consent Court histories but those histories are only available in the cases of those who had additional adjudications. Nearly all those who only have had Consent Court adjudications have been destroyed. The study size for the current research was 969 people. The overall distribution by sex was as follows: Males - 738 (76%) Females - 231 (24%) The specific distribution by sex is as follows: Males: 223 - one official aJjudication* 36 - Consent Court adjudication plus one official adjudication* 184 - multiple adjudications* 221 - files destroyed 51 - files not found 10 - jurisdiction transferred 10 - no adjudication 2 - Consent Court only but not destroyed 1 - other 738 *These figures are used to calculate the recidivism rate. Females: 89 - one official adjudication* 5 - Consent Court adjudication plus one official adjudication* 46 - multiple adjudications* 77 - files destroyed 9 - files not found 5 - no adjudication 231 *These figures are used to calculate the recidivism rate DISTRIBUTION BY AGE The following chart describes the distribution of study participants by age at first adjudication: Table One Distribution By Age and Offense Category 'MALES FEMALES Non-Status Status Total All Age 12 or less 20 15 35 6 • Age 13 33 26 59 24 Age 14 52 34 86 . 42 Age 15 106 31 137 43 Age 16 116 10 126 25 TOTAL 327 116 443 140 *Since the number of females adjudicated for non-status offenses is very small, all females were considered as one group. The most common age for both male and females at the time of their first adjudication is age 15. For males, the most common age for non-status offenders is age 16, for status offenders, age 14. RECIDIVISM RATE FOR OAKLAND COUNTY JUVENILE COURT AND HOW IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED The definition of recidivism is the proportion of individuals with more than one official adjudication in relation to all adjudicated individuals. Ultimately what is most significant to the Court is the category of actual adjudication rather than charge since repeat adjudicated behavior is what we wish to predict. The actual rate of recidivism is determined by dividing trle n.imbers of youth in each group officially'adjudicated more t'rar, one time by the total number of youth in that group. The resulting-percentage is the rate of recidivism. Consent Court adjudication is not considered an official adjudication. Offenders have been categorized as "status" or "non-status' in . reference to their first official adjudication. Although the recidivism rate depends on many factors which will be discussed later, the overall rates are as follows: MALE RECIDIVISM RATE = 42% Status Offenses: 35% Non-status offenses: 45% FEMALE RECIDIVISM RATE = 33% COMBINED MALE & FEMALE RECIDIVISM RATE = 39% AGE AS A PREDICTOR OF RECIDIVISM The strongest predictor of recidivism was age. The rate of recidivism,strongly varies with age at first adjudication. For both sexes, as the age of first adjudication decreases, the rate of recidivism dramatically and steadily increases. Conversely, as the age of first adjudication increases, the rate of recidivism dramatically decreases. This is graphically described as below in Figures One and Two. Figure One Rate of Recidivism As a Function Of Age at First Adjudication: Males Rate of Recidivism (Percent) 100, 90_ 80 70 60 50_ 40 30, 20 10 k..—.—.-.--nn•••n1.n•nnn1nnnn•fmrs 13 14 15 16 or less Age Females i60%1 ) 40% ( • Figure Two Rate of Recidivism As a Function Of Age at First Adjudication: Females ate )f ;ecidivism Percent) 100 • 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 13 14 15 16 or less Age The rate of recidivism can also be considered simultaneously with age and offense category. This is displayed in Table Two. The decline in recidivism rate with age is clear for all .categories, being most dramatic for status offenders. Table Two Recidivism Rate By Age and Offense Category Recidivism Rate Age , MaleNag-dalWa tus 12 or younger 65% 81% 13 years 64% 62% 14. years 60% 62% 15 yc.)rs 38% 32% 16 years 15% OTHER VARIABLES PREDICTING RECIDIVISM Many variables were examined and screened for their utility in predicting the rate of recidivism. Six variables in addition to age turned out to be most highly associated with recidivism. It is pointed out that these variables cannot be said to cause recidivism but merely are highly statistically associated with differing rates of recidivism. The six most significant factors are: *Number of police contacts prior to charge resulting in first adjudication *Mental health history (inpatient or outpatient treatment of child or parents) ehind one or more grades in school - *Parental divorce or death 'Youth Assistance history *Consent Court history The salience of these factors varied in relation to each other. For example, the importance of prior police contacts was more significant in predicting behavior with younger rather than with older non-status male delinquents. The factor of degree of being behind in school was more salient with very young non-status male offenders and with 16 year olds but was not predictive at the level of 14 and 15 year olds. The saliPnce of these factors also varied with sex and with category of initial offense (status versus non-status). -1 1- The percentages of several predictors are presented below in Table Three. Table Three Percentage of Predictors By Offense Category Male Non-Status Male Status Female Parents Divorced/ Deceased 45% 52% 57% Prior Contact With Police Other Than For Adjudication Charge 63% 52% 58% Behind In School One or More Years 20% 30% 30% Mental Health History 17% 28% 28% Assistance History 30% 29% 33% Consent Court Adjudication 15% . 6% 5% GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF FACTOR INTERACTION Three flowcharts are presented, Figures Three, Four and Five. These charges represent the optimum predictive scheme selected from hundreds of possible combinations of the factors. These flowcharts are recommended levels of risk to recidivism based on the interaction of factors. As stated earlier, the most salient predictor variable is age at first adjudication and so each flowchart is organized by age. Figures Three and Four are -12 organized for males, depending on whether the initial adjudication was for status or for non-status delinquent behavior. Figure Five is a flowchart for females. The operational definition of the risk levels is at the bottom of each Figure. ( A AA BA ' A BA Parents divorced/ deceased Yes No benina In grade placement yes No n••••• I I Behind in grade placement 1 Yes No BA -13- '• Figure Three FLOWCHART FOR MALES, NON-STATUS Age At First Adjudication 13 Years 14 Years 15 Years 16 Years I 1 Two or more Any Consent prior police prior police court history contacts ' contact Yes No Yes No Yes No Recidivism Risk Key H: High Risk = 86 - 100% chance of recidivism AA: Above Average Risk 66 - 85% chance of recidivism A: Average = 36 - 65% chance of recidivism BA: Below Average Risk ..--- 16 - 35% chance of recidivism L: Low Risk = 0 - 15% chance of recidivism High 15 Years /6 Years 13 Years or Younger Behind in grade olacmg.nt Yes No 14 Years Child or Parent Mental Health Yes No Youth Assistance History Yes No BA -14- , Figurq Pogr- FLOWCHART FOR MALES, STATUS Age at First Adjudication I I A H A Recidivism Risk Key. •H: High Risk = 86-100% chance of recidivism .AA: Above Average Risk = 66 -85% chance of recidivism A: Average Risk 36 - 65% chance of recidvism BA: Below Average Risk = 16 - 35% chance of recidivism L: Low Risk = 0 - 15% chance of recidivism Any Prior police Yes AA A BA BA -15 7 Figure Five FLOWCHART FOR FEMALES Age At First Adjudication 13 Years 14 Years ;5 Years 16 Years I Youth Yes No Behind in Parents divorced/ chooI deceased Yes No Yes No 1 . I Prior police contacts 1 I I T TYes No n -i- A L Risk to Recidivism Key, H: High Risk 86 - 100% chance of recidivism AA: Above Average Risk = 66 - 85% chance of recidivism A: Average Risk = 36 - 65% chance of recidivism BA: Below Average Risk = 16 - 35% chance of recidivism L: Low Risk = 0 - 15% chance of recidivism -16- SUMMARY AND RECOM M ENDATIONS Seven primary factors were found associated with different levels of juvenile delinquent recidivism. Age at first adjudication was the single most powerful predictor of different levels of recidivism. The second most powerful predictor was the number of police contacts a youth had prior to the contact associated with the first adjudication. Whether or not a child was behind in school grade placement similarly was strongly predictive of recidivism under some circumstances. Other factors found to be significant included whether or not there was a divorce or parental death, whether or not the child or parents have had any inpatient or outpatient mental health care and whether or not the child had Youth Assistance or Ccnsent Court 1-istory. These factors interacted differently depending on the age of the child as well as upon the category of charge (status versus non-status). 1. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EMPHASIS BE PLACED UPON DEVELOPING SPECIFIC INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUNG 'OFFENDER. The risk to recidivism is substantially higher for all offense categories of delinquents younger than 15 years of age at the time of their first official adjudication compared to youth age 15 and older. 2. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS EMPHASIZE REMEDIAL ACADEMIC EFFORTS. Being behind one or more years -17- in school grade placement is significantly associated with elevated delinquency rates for all offense categories of delinquents. Organized emphasis may lower the recidivism rate. 3. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO YOUTH-POLICE RELATIONSHIPS. The strong connection between police contacts and repeat delinquency can be summarized as "the best predictor of behavior is past similar behavior." Closer contacts should be maintained with the police department of a youth. Regular monitoring of the relationship between the police and home probationers is recommended. 4. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INTERVENTION AS A CONCEPT BE UPH'61ZED BY THE COURT. The rate of male non-status delinquency c:1 -5ec! between birth year 1960 and 1963 from 36% to 45%. This difference is substantial-and is unlikely to represent random fluctuations. An intervention orientation could be encouraged by regular group brainstorming sessions, case conferences and allied methods. The message should be clear to staff that reduction of recidivism may occur via concerted effort. ' Reduction of recidivism is unlikely to occur if we continue without change. MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. McFarland FROM: Dr. Haynes q Coordinator: Research, Training Clinical Services RE: Young Recidivist Study DATE: September 18, 1984 Enclosed is tho. Young Recidivist Study. You will find that much of the data of what we know about recidivism in young boys (age 13 or younger at initial adjudication) supports many of the Repeat Offender Project structure "j1 YOUNG RECIDIVIST STUDY Jack P. Haynes, Ph.D. Oalcland County Juvenilc Court Psychological Clinic September, 1984 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 Purpose 2 Research Subjects 3 Age Distribution 3 Characteristics 3 Placement Status 6 State Department Committments 7 Conclusion 9 YOUNG RECIDIVIST STUDY INTRODUCTION This study is a further examination of data from the Oakland County Juvenile Court Psychological Clinic study of September, 1983: "Delinquency Recidivism Research Summary." That research studied the adjudication and recidivism patterns of all youth born in 1963 who came to the attention of the Oakland County Juvenile Court when they were juveniles. ecidivism as defined as more than one official adjudication. Of thc5o youth studied, 443 males and.140 females were adjudicated one or more times. The most common age for both .ales and females at the time of first adjudication was age 15. Of those adjudicated, 124 of the 583 (21.2%) Were first adjudicated at age 13 years 11 months or younger. One of the primary findings was that for both males and females the rate of recidivism varied as a function of age at first adjudication. The younger a youth was at the time of first official adjudication, the more likely that youth would become a recidivist. For example, for male youths first adjudicated for non-status offenses at or before age 13 years 11 month, the recidivism rate was 65%. In comparison, for youth adjudicated at age 15 ycar5, the recidivism rate was found to bo 38;.. Overall, the male non-status offender rccidivisr Tate was 4St. - 2 - Many variables were examined and screened for their utility in predicting the rate of recidivism. Six variables emerged as improving the prediction of the rate of recidivism. If just one additional factor (two or more prior police contacts) was added to male youth first adjudicated for non status offenses at age 13 or younger, the recidivism rate for those youth rose to 100%, namely a certainty of recidivism. Even if that young boy did not have two or more prior police contacts hut was one or more years behind in school grade placement, the recidivism rate was approximately 90t; namely near certain --y of recidivism. Therefore, the first study concluded (I) early age of adjudication combined with (2) two or more police contacts and/or (3) being behind in grade placement were the key factors. PURPOSE The purpose of the present descriptive study was to learn more about several aspects of the early recidivist offender. Using all male youth born in 1903 officially adjudicated more than one time, the study examined those initially adjudicated at age 13 years 11 months or earlier. Because of small numbers, females were not included in the study. The focus was upon characteristics potentially pertinent in developing a program aimed at reducing early recidivism. As stated above, some factors were eliminated in the original study. - 3•- RESEARCH SUBJECTS From the population of 738 males born in 1963 involved with the Court, 443 were adjudicated more than one time. A total of 94 were first adjudicated at age 13 or younger. Of those 94, 53 were adjudicated for non-status offenses and 41 Were adjudicated for status offenses. The current study examined non-status offenders. Records were able to be obtained for a total number of 48 subjects of the 53 original subjects (91%). Aze Distribution The breadown by age in years and months of the subjects at first adjudication in the study was as follows: Table One Distribution By Age and Recidivism Status RECIDIVISTS NON-RECIDIVISTS 9-0 to 9-11 I0-0 to 10-11 3 1 11-0 to 11-11 4 12-0 to 12-11 3 $ 13-0 to 13-11 20 10 TOTALS —TY— —17— The age distributionsfor recidivists and non-recidivists were similar, namely approximately 64% of the recidivists in the 9-0 to 13-11 group were age 13-0 to 13-11 and approximately 59% of the non-recidivists fell into the 13 year grouping. Characteristics The distribution of recidivists and non-recidivists were: Recidivists 31 Non-Rocidivists 17 (58%) (42%) 31 TOTAL SUB,r Of the 3.1 recidivists studied, the distribution was as follows: Number of Adjudications Number of Recidivists 2 13 3 9 4 7 2 -Tr- TOTAL The median number of adjudications for these early recidivists was 3 adjudications, the average being 2.9 adjudica- tions. Of the recidivists, the distribution according to whether or not they were still under the jurisdiction of the Court when they recidivated was as follows: Table Two Distribution By Court Status and Recidivism Status Recidivated While Under Recidivated After Court Jurisdiction Dismissal 18 13 Of the 18 recidivists who were adjudicated a second time while under the jurisdiction of the Court, the distribution in number of months after the initial adjudication was as follows: Table Three Distribution of Number of Months Before Second Adjudication For Youth Under Court Jurisdiction Months Before Second Adjudication Number 1 1 2 1 3 2 4 2 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 2 9 0 10 1 11 2 12 1 18 1 26 1 The media:: (mid-most) duration was 7 months. In 897, of the situations (16 of 18), the recidivism occurred during the first 12 months. Of those 13 who recidivated after dismissal, the distribution of number of months between first adjudication and dismissal was as follows: Table Four Distribution of Number of Months Between First Adjudication and Dismissal Months Number 2 1 4 1 5 4 6 7 8 11 1 20 -6 The median length of jurisdiction by the Court was 7 months for this group. For the same youth, the distribution of number of months after dismi-s.al and second adjudication was as follows: Table Five Number of Months Alter Dismissal and Second Adjudication For Youth Re-adjudicated After Dismissal Months Number 1 1 2 1 7 2 9 1 1 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 19 1 20 1 28 1 37 1 Combining the two groups (all were recidivists) a total of 19 of 31 (62%) recidivated within 12 months of their first adjudication and 21 of 31 (68%) recidivated within 16 months of the first adjudication. The 1.ey months, therefore, are the first 12 months. PJacement Status The following describes the placement status of the recidivists upon first adjudication. • Table Six Placement Status Upon First Adjudication By Number ity Adjudication Total Status Number of Youth Average # Adjudications Probation 22 3.0 C.V. Placement 4 2.8 Private Placement 5 2.8 The average number of adjudications did not vary depending upon what the first adjudications entailed. It is also clear from the data that the majority of early adjudicated male r.=-status youth (67%) were not taken from the home upon first adjudication. Taking the child from the community upon first offense was not associated with sinificantly fewer adjudications. The average length of time for those youth placed out of the home dra m atically varied. For these youth sent to Children's Village programs, the average length of time out of the home was 3.7 months. For the private placement group, the average time was 6.2 months. STATE DEPARTMENT COMMITTMENTS Ten of the 31 young recidivist youth (32?,) eventually were committed to the State Department. This figure is much higher than is characteristic of the overall male non-status delinquent population. • - - Table Seven Distribution of Adjudications for Young Non-Status Male Recidivist Youth Committed to the State Department Number of Adjudications Number of Youth 2 1 3 2 4 6 5 1 The average number of career adjudications for those corlmitted to the State Department was 3.7 compared to the overall group average of 2.9. The average number of adjudications was 28% higher. These yoth were also younger at first adjudication than the group as a whole, the age distribution fo-; initial adjudication being: Table Eight Distribution of Age at First Adjudication For Young Male Non-Status Recidivists Committed to the State Department Age , Number of Youth 9 1 10 2 11 1 12 13 5 The average age for this group was 13 years 5 months. • CONCLUSIONS - This study further examined available data on male non-status offenders adjudicated at age 13 years or younger. The primary conclusions are: (1) A majority of youth adjudicated at an early age recidivate while still under initial Court jurisdiction. (2) Most recidivism by early offenders occurs within the first 12 months following first adjudication, whether they are under Court jurisdiction or not. (3) Few early recidivists are placed out of the home at first adjudication. This pattern appears appropriate when other data are examined including number of career adjudications. (4) For youth placed out of the home initially and at an early age, the average length of placement is between approximately four and six months, depending upon where they have been placed. (5) A higher percentage of early recidivist youth are committed to the State Department compared to the overall male non-status Court population. (6) The findings support the concept of an in-home ..)rogram of 12 months duration for early adjudicated youth. - 10 - (7) It is.recommended that two recidivism rate's be used to establish recidivism reduction goals. (A) It is recommended the overall recidivism rate of 65% for male non-status youth adjudicated at age 13 or younger be used as a general benchmark. (B) It is recommended that the recidivism rate of 100% be used as a second benchmark, taking into account not only early first adjudication age (13-11 or younger) but also the variable of two or more police contacts prior to the allegations bringing them toward that first adjudication. MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. McFarland FROM: Dr. Haynes 4 Coordinator: Research, Training & Clinical Services RE: Addendum to Young Recidivist Study DATE: September 21, 1984 As an addendum to the Young Recidivist Study, please be advised that 74% of the 31 youth in the study at one time or another during their Juvenile Court careers were placed cut of the ho. aNiFORARY COMMUNITY PLACEME.NT • RULES ex REGULATIONS, Name: Cause No.: Caseworker/Counset,or Assigned: Phone No.: I, the above-named child, agree to obey the terms of temporary community placement, as indicated below, A. I will obey all of the laws of the United States, the State of Michigan, or any municipality. B. I will obtain written permission from the Court before leaving the State of Michigan. C. I will attend school every day, obey all of their rules and regulations and attempt, to the best of my ability, to obtain an education, unless excused by the written consent of the Court. I understand that no absence or tardiness is acceptable without a medical excuse or a good reason from my parents. D. I shall live at the address as designated in the Court Order. • I will obey all reasonable directions of my parents, guardian, or probation officer, at all times: I) I will keep my parents informed of my whereabouts at all times. 2) I will associate only with friends of whom my parents approve. 3) I will report to my court worker every . Within 2 weeks I will locate an employer(s) who will permit me to work voluntarily 30 hours in a 10-week period and that this will be fulfilled per agreement with the caseworker. • I will find paid employment and work cooperatively, effectively and, as scheduled, for the employ er. • I will make payments to as restitution, in the total amount of and provide receipts to the caseworker by I. I will no: leave home except for school and work unless accompanied by a parent. :1 I wili when I get up each school day; also immediately after arrival home from sehq. • I will telephone and get approval before leaving home for non-school or work activity, and will telephone again each time I want to go to another address. L. I will attend and participate constructively in counseling as directed by Court staff. I will obey the following special terms: may revoke the temporary community placement if its full intent is not honored, as reviewed by I acknowledge that if the temporary community placement is revoked, , will be returned to the prior building for brief periods or will become a full-time resident of the Children's Village at the discretion of (Child's Signature) I, as parent or guardian of said child, will assist the Court in enforcing the above probationary rules. I will assume responsibility for knowing where my child is at all times and, in the event that my child violates any of the above rules, I will assume full responsibility of immediately notifying the probation officer. in the event of my absence, I will guarantee that my child will have adequate supervision. I will ensure that reliable and timely transportation is provided to permit my child to comply. I understand that Date: Pare—W - Coramur.ity 1,3 1;:cernnt Rules and Rftgulatinn Form P717/Rev. S/S4 WPC Forms , OAKLA1:D COUNTY MICHIGAN CLASS TITLE CHILD WELFARE WORKER suPERvIsoa SECTION B: QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS & ABILITIES A. Required Minimum Qualifications 1. A Master's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Social Work, Sociology or Psychology and have hdd at least two (2) years of full-tine paid casework experience, within the last three (3) years, one of -which was obtained as Child Welfare Worker II, or as a State appointed County Juvenile Officer or Assistant County Juvenile Officer with a County classification of Child Welfare Worker II in the Oakland County Juvenile Court; OR 2. A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology or related fields and have ha Z at least three (3) years of full-time paid casework experience, within the last four (4) years, two (2) years of which were obtained es a Child Welfare Worker II or as a State appointed County Juvenile Cfficer or A2sis:ant County Juvenile Officer with a County classification Child Welfare Worker It in the Oakland County Juvenile Court; 3. ?aasess a valid Michigan motor vehicle operator's,or chauffeur's license; 4. s the com -.--e examination, including the pre-employment medical, e:sblished f:: the class of Child Welfare Worker; 5. Successfully conplete the six month probationary period. B. Addlticnal Des se Qualifications 1. Considerable knowledge of Juvenile Court policies, procedures and legal requirements, child neglect and delinqueacy programs and social casework pclicies and practices; 2. Considerable knowledge of Michigan Juvenile Codes, Supreme Court rules, and other atatutes, ordinances, and case law pertaining to juveniles; 3. Considerable knowledge of and skill in investigating, interviewing and counseling practices, procedures and techniques; 4. Considerable ability to prepare and present technical written and oral reports to officials and other interested groups or individuals; 5. Considerlble ability to communicate under adverse conditions with distressed people; 6. Considerabl.e ablity to cope with and/cr emet7,ency situations requiring7LIE -c:iate decisions in accordance with departmental policies and objectives; APPROVED BY: cloluaA.,/g J. B. Dunkel. Jr. irector of Personnel DATE: Cnlid Wc11-z41....2 Wcirt Page B2 7. Considerabie aiAlity to emercise mature judge,nent and initiative in analyzing probletzs and recommending solutiom3; 8. Reasonable ability to interpret departmental program.:.; and procedures to officials, comunity agencies, civic groups, and the general public; 9. Reasonable knowledge of supervisory policies and practices. SPECIAL REUIR_Q=_:S The employee of this class must maintain a valid Michigan motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license. Cl ASS TITLE CHILD WELFARE WORKER _ Duekel, Jr. Director of Personnel // /7L OAKLAND COUNIY MICHIGAN SECTION Pi: QUALIFICATION; EXPERIENCE, TRAININ:7., KNWLEDGES SKILLS & ABILITIES A, Required Minim= Qualifications 1. A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Sociology, Corrections, or a closely related field; 2. Possess a valid Michigan motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license; 3. Pass the complete examination, including the pre-employment medical, established for the class of Child Welfare Worker I; 4. Successfully complete the six month probationary period. B. Additional Desirable Qualifications 1. Sone knowledge of and skill in investigating, interviewing and couaseling practices, procedures and techniques; 2. Reasonable knowledge of social work practices, procedures and resources, including ceork, group work and community organization methods; 3. Reasonable ability to prepare and present technical written and oral reports; 4. Reasonable ability to communicate under adverse conditions with distressed people; S. Reasonable ability to present programs and reports to .organized groups; 6. Reasonable ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with people; 7. Reasonable ability to cope with difficult situations requiring Immediate decisions in accordance with departmental policies and objectives; 8. Reasonable ability to interpret departmental programs and procedures to officials, cozer,unity agencies, civic groups and the general public. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Must maintain a valid Xichigan motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license4 APPROVED BY DATE: . B. Dunkel, Jr. t airector of Personnel CW6 worcr A2 Assists in the planning, organizing and coordinating of the efforts of co -unity and civic groups participating in voluntary programs dvslgned cc, develop services and resources for the prevention of juvenile dviinquency and child neglect; Participates in Juvenile Division's in-service training program; Performs related duties as assigned. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Employees in this class who consistently demonstrate an ability to complete journeyman level assignments may be promoted to Child Welfare Worker II provided the minimum requirements of the class are met, APPROVED BY: 4. DATE: Oakland County Probate Court - Juvenile Division and Department of Social Services Child Care Fund Plan and Budget Oakland County Status Offender Program 1984/1985 General Narrative In-Home Care and Basic Grant Narrative Addendum I Addendum II Proposed Program not Previously Funded Page 1 Page 2 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 • • GENERAL NARRATIVE & RELATED IN-HOME CARE PROGRAM EVALUATIONS & PROPOSALS A. Reference 13 made to last year's (1983/1984) General Narrative A(1) thru E. Oakland County Juvenile Court and Status Offender Program, S.O.A.R, component response to these questions remains essentially the same and is unchanged for (1984/1985). Please refer to 3 and C below for outline discussions of current program evaluation and new program component proposals. B. Current program evaluation (related statistics and data) for 1983 will be reflected in VII; A 1 6 2. In addition, projections and proposals for 1984/1985 will be based on additional data and statistics from January, 1984 thru June, 1984. Addendums I and II chart total detention days for 1983 for Status Offender Program youth as compared to past reporting years and baseline data accumulated in 1975 (the last year before the then "new" Status Offender Program 1978) began to impact dramatically the detention of status offenders in Oakland County and at the Oakland County Children's Village, residential detention, treatment and shelter care facilities and programs. C. Further and in accordance with 1111, E, a separate narrative will be submitted for program proposals for 1984/1985 not previously funded through in-Home Care Child Care Funds. These new and additional proposed service components will be outlined as shown in Section VII-B through 0; component problem statement, target population description and service model description. Last year's authorized components and services provided remain the same (see change proposal in paragraph VII; Z and the above proposals represent additional, modified and increased service components. Appropriate budget detail will be submitted in relation to the services/positions outlined in the narrative. VII IN-HOME CARE - STATUS OFFENDER PROGRAM EVALUATION NARRATIVE A. Service components as authorized and described and discussed ir detail in last year's plan in Sections VII-B thru VIII-C will rot be described again in this year's plan. The current program continues to provide identical services to those discussed above in 1983. New proposals/program plans, however, will be discussed in Section VII-B thru D. On-going program evaluation is presented as follows in VII; A 1 & 2. A - 3 reflects case characteristics from 1983. 1. The following narrative and related addendums 1 and II evaluate the impact of Status Offender Program services on the problems addressed by the service component for the year 1983. a. Oakland County Juvenile Court has made a concerted effort to reduce the number of status offenders detained in our faciliaties and processed through the court system. Since 1978, with a federal grant, a special program was initiated to serve and impact the prior to adjudication status offender who was a high risk for removal from home, primarily the home truant, services to avoid detention have been measured by monitoring the total number of detentions prior to adjudication since baseline year, 1975. Addendums 1 and II show graphically the success of these efforts and services. (1) The stated past objective has been to maintain a level prior to adjudication no greater than 25% of 1975 or 125 actual detentions annually. For 1983 the graph in addendum 1 translates into 113 actual detentions of all status offenders and thereby exceeds this goal. (2) A second objective was to reduce the length of detention for the population served by 40% from the length of detention was established from actual prior to adjudication detentions in 1975. Based on the data, the actual days in detention were 589 compared to expected days of 1,013 and represents a 58% reduction and exceeds the objective. Please refer to addendum 11 and expected versus actual days of detention for i983. (3) The final objective was to avoid out-of-home placement in at least half the status offenders referred to this program as an alternative court disposition to out-of-home placement. For 1983, 15 intensive cases were served and 10 were closed; three were admitted to CV facilities, one truarted and was dismissed at 17 and six were eitaer dismissed or remain on home probation. 6etweer January 17 and July 1, five more cases were closed with one returned to facilities for a delinquent act while one continues on home probation an three were dismissed to home. As of July 1 there are only two (2) active cases in the intensive/disposition program and court worker/court disposition referrals are very minimal. During February to April, three (3) referrals were r.arned down as not being appropriate for the program. The objective/goal to avoid out-of-home placement in half of these cases, however, was well realized for 1583. Please refer to paragraph 2 below for further evaluation, discussion and needed changes. (4) Addendum 11 shows the reduction in expected days in detention was 424. An average length of stay in a Children's Village residential treatment program for 1983 was 4.6 months or 138 days. Of the 15 youngsters served in the intensive/dispositional program the estimate is that with a success rate (avoiding detention) of 70% or 10 youngsters, another 925 days were saved of out-of-home care or a total of 1,346 days for 1983. For the first two quarters of 1984, however, 95% of our program services have been crisis intervention and short term 30 to 60 day casework, referral, placement and counseling services. 2, During 1983 case characteristics were accumulated at case closure. Through oversight, data was not collected for cases closed in January, 1984. a, Females represented 71% of the cases; males 29%; b. average age for males served was 15.1 with the youngest served 12; average age for females was 15.5 with tne youngest served 12; c. parental marital status of all cases served; 20% intact marriage, both natural parents; 62% of the natural parents were divorced (single parent or stepparent custody arrangement), 8% one or both parents deceased; 5% no legal father; 5% adoptive cases; d. 80% of all cases served had at least one prior agency, school or community/police contact prior to involvement with the Status Offender Program; e. 20% had some prior court contacts but only 10% were previously adjudicated; f. average school grade 9.3; WRAT results 2.5 to three grades underachieved. 4 in review and summary, the typical youngster served in this program is in 9th grade at 15+ ydars with very little prior official involvement with Juvenile Court (l out of 10 cases). The most significant factor is a breakdown in the youngster's basic family unit througn divorce, separation, non-marrying parents and single parent or stepparent homes. Close and trusting personal relationships with parents/adults have been very difficult if not impossible with an accompanying accumulation of "street values" and "survival skills". Peer groups art usually older and marginally delir.quent with the young ladies seen almost always having much older boyfriends, 17 to 23. Success in school is very minimal with a lot of truancy, C to E grade averages, no extracurricular involvement and little or no pre-voc or vocational involvement or experience. Alcohol and/or drug use runs around 80 to 90% at user frequency rates from light to heavy. AltornatIva to Sacure Detcntton t& mpldmonted t 30 20 10 00 Co 70 50 30 't• ok 0 1st lst 1 s t 151; 1st 1 n t 1st ' 1578 1979 NBO 1981 . 092 !qt:5 1976 1977 1.W.5 so • MADJUDICATED AC 3SNNS TO ,:HiLDRUI'S ViLUC.E , OF STATUS OFFENDERS V QUARTER (ALL STA -NS ocFer,An=Q5) \ ti3 I_ 1 S t !St 4 o r • ADDEi ' Expected vs Actual Days of Detention for 1583 The expected days in detention was established from the actual pre-adjudicated detention of status offenders in 1975. The days in detention were categorized by the length of the detention from one to thirty days. Any detention beyond 30 days was placed in the "30 Day" category because lengthier detentions usually included children waiting placement after adjudication. To establish the expected number of children for each category, the number of children in each category was divided by the total number of pre-adjudicated detentions (418) in 1375. Therefore, 48 children were detained for one day, divided by 418 equals the rate of detention for this category at 11.4%. For 1983 program year, the 11.4% was multiplied by the total number of children served, 128. The expected number of children for one day would be 15. The following table describes the expected days in detention compared to the actual days. The actual days was accumulated at the closure of our cases. Length of Percentage No. of Children Expected Actual No. Actual Days In of Population Expected Based on Days In of Children Days In Detention as- Category Pop. of 128 Served Detention in Detention Detention 1 11.4 15 15 18 18 2 15.0 15 38 11 22 3 8.1 10 30 8 24 4 8.5 11 44 2 8 5 9.8 13 65 3 15 6 8.6 11 66 2 12 7 8.8 12 84 0 0 8 2.1 3 24 0 0 9 2.4 3 27 0 0 10 .7 1 JO 0 0 11 .7 1 11 1 11 12 1.2 2 24 1 11 13 .5 0 0 1 13 2 28 1 14 1 15 i,7 2 30 0 0 16 1.9 2 32 1 16 17 2.4 3 51 1 17 18 2.1 3 54 1 18 13 1,2 1 19 1 19 20 .2 0 o 1 20 2.1 3 63 1 21 22 .9 1 22 0 0 23 1.2 2 46 0 0 24 .7 1 24 0 0 25 .2 0 0 0 0 26 .5 0 0 1 26 27 .7 1 27 0 0 28 .2 0 0 0 0 25 .., 0 0 0 0 30 + 4.5 6 180 + 10 300 + 100% ffg 1,013 From the 128 children served, 63 children were not detained and are not included in the column, "Actual Number of Children in Detention".