HIGHLIGHTS OF MINUTES
August 7, 2009
Holiday Inn Stevens Point, WI
Case Problems
1. Received a request from Interstate Compact to provide supervision for an 18 year old client still subject to a juvenile court order.
Question #1: What services are counties obligated to provide in this situation? Board members recommend providing services based on the sending states court order and their ability to pay for those services. The receiving state is not expected to provide services at their own cost. However, the receiving state should also take into consideration any potential risks to the community if the needed services are not provided.
Question #2: Is it common for other states to continue court orders beyond the age of 18? Lance Horozewski from OJA reports he is familiar with several states that do continue juvenile court orders up to the age of 21. The rationale is that the juvenile court system is better equipped to provide services for this population. If the client continues to offend consequences would likely happen in the adult system.
If a Type II sanctions is rejected by the Type I institutions due to a suicidal risk by the client. Concern is who takes responsibility for the juvenile at this time? The current practice is to transport the juvenile to local law enforcement for a possible mental health detention. All Board members present agreed that the placing county should assume responsibility, even if a mental health detention is completed and follow up with services after the juvenile is released, including the possibility of returning the juvenile to the residential care center.
2. If a Type II sanctions is rejected by the Type I institutions due to a suicidal risk by the client. Concern is who takes responsibility for the juvenile at this time? The current practice is to transport the juvenile to local law enforcement for a possible mental health detention. All Board members present agreed that the placing county should assume responsibility, even if a mental health detention is completed and follow up with services after the juvenile is released, including the possibility of returning the juvenile to the residential care center.
3. 16 year old from out of state (Michigan) residing in WI county. Juvenile was first reported to be the victim in a stabbing incident and then committed a substantial battery. It was unknown who the juvenile was living with at the time of the incident. The juvenile has since left the area and County is determining what to do with the juvenile and the alleged delinquent act. Board members present agreed it would be appropriate to file a petition in the juvenile’s absence and issue a capias if he fails to appear for a plea hearing. It was also strongly recommended that a waiver to Adult Court be filed for this juvenile due to his age and the seriousness of his behavior and the likelihood that he may not be located until he is beyond the age of 17 or 18 years old.
Gretchen Kubnick, DJC, is supervising a federal grant targeted at returning juvenile sex offenders to their communities. Anyone with interest should contact Gretchen or Michelle.
Trainings on evidence based practice are scheduled in Madison and Eau Claire. There may be some financial reimbursement for counties that are sending teams to the trainings. Contact Lance for information.
Federal grant money is still available to Wisconsin for truancy abatement programs for rural counties.
Juvenile detention policies, DOC 346, are being reviewed and updated. Medical care and the use of medications in detention centers are under close review.
Conference Committee
Planning for upcoming conference continues to go well. Registration numbers are good at the current time. Reports will be provided during the annual meeting at conference from the Legislative, Curriculum, and Training Committees.
Conference Site Committee
The conference for 2010 is set at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The Committee will be doing a tour of the Holiday Inn located in Stevens Point to assess for consideration as a possible future conference site.
Curriculum Committee
Planning continues for the Advanced Intake Worker Training scheduled for the spring of 2010. The Department of Juvenile Corrections has volunteered to co-sponsor the training.
Nomination Committee
After discussion with Board decision on recipient of annual achievement award reached.
Training Committee
Michelle Buehl will check with DRL regarding the new on-line version of basic intake training to verify how many CEU’s will be credited to attendees. Because a portion of the training has been placed on-line, it is not clear how many CEU’s they will receive.
Recognition Committee
On nomination has been received for the annual award.
Information Technology Committee
Goals for the upcoming year will be to update the website and add an on-line registration system for conference and intake training