Standard Supervision is a Community Supervision Program for court-involved youth. CSB Probation and Surveillance Officers ensure court order compliance, assess probationers and their families for necessary services, manage public safety risks, and provide opportunities for amends and prevention of serious behavior problems. The Probation and Surveillance Officers' ultimate goal is to help youth become productive members of society.
Diversion is a voluntarily program for youth diverting from formal court action who have the following referral types: status offenses, misdemeanor offenses, miscellaneous City Code violations and other offenses that the County Attorney determines are eligible for diversion.
Juvenile Probation Officers in the diversion program schedule interviews with the youth and their parents or legal guardians to determine if formal court action is necessary.
If the youth takes responsibility for the complaint, the matter can be resolved outside of the formal court process and in the diversion program instead. During the program, youth are given consequences and a specific deadline for completion. The consequences can include but are not limited to community service, monetary penalty, counseling, and educational classes.
If a youth denies the charge, a Petition Request will be completed by the Juvenile Probation Officer and forwarded to the County Attorney for review.
If the youth fails to complete the assigned consequences, a Petition Request is completed by the Juvenile Probation Officer and sent to the County Attorney. The County Attorney will determine if the juvenile needs to appear in court.
The Juvenile Community Offender Restitution and Public Service (JCORPS) program is a Juvenile Probation sponsored community service work program managed and supervised by Juvenile Probation personnel for youth to participate in. JCORPS provides supervised community service and/or victim restitution projects in collaboration with community partners.
The CUTS diversion program for youth with first and second truancy complaints removes communication barriers and ensures that the youth successfully receives an education. The program addresses truancy issues at the youth’s school with their parent/guardian and a school representative to hold the youth responsible and empower the parent/guardian.
With the support of school officials, youth are given specifically designed consequences to foster and promote long-term change.
Youth must admit to being truant and must be willing to take responsibility for missing school to participate in the CUTS Program. Consequences can include but are not limited to community service, truancy educational classes, tutoring hours, and counseling, if necessary. The youth’s driver's license may be suspended if they fail to appear to the CUTS hearing or if they fail to complete a consequence.
The Citation Diversion program provides youth a way to avoid court involvement if they have minor offenses like truancy, curfew infractions, minor consumption of alcohol, tobacco violations, city park violations and some traffic offenses.
How Citation Diversion Works
In collaboration with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and the Juvenile Probation Department, the Drug Diversion program increases youth understanding of the harmful effects of drug use and equips youth with skills to avoid use. The program provides a supportive network, skill development opportunities, awareness of personal and communal responsibilities, and a parenting skills class for the family.
How Drug Diversion Works
This program helps provide prevention and intervention to address parents who are coping with incorrigible behavior in their children.
Teen Court actively educates youth and the community about the law and provides a practical response to delinquency problems. Youth participate in peer trials to better understand the legal process, but the Tean Court trials do not determine the guilt of the offender.
How Teen Court Works
When ordered by the court, the Electronic Monitoring Unit team provides an additional level of supervision and structure with electronic monitoring (GPS) and training as an alternative to secure care detention (JETS).
JIPS provides highly structured supervision for youth who are at an increased risk of reoffending or are in the court system for felony charges.
Youth who are involved in both the juvenile justice system and the Department of Child Safety's child welfare system are considered Dually Involved Youth. This supervision program is provided by the Crossover Unit, a specialized unit that handles Dually Involved Youth cases.
This unit provides youth who have committed, or are accused of committing sexual offenses, with supervision and case management.
This unit provides supervision and case management for juveniles placed in out-of-home substance abuse treatment facilities.
