Supervision Programs & Methods

Types of Formal Probation Supervision Caseloads

  • Boot Camp Commitment
  • Community Schools
  • Electronic Monitoring Program
  • Group Home Placement
  • Home Supervision Program
  • Juvenile Drug Court
  • Wraparound

Community Schools (Youth Resource Center / Alder Grove)

Community school programs provide year-round services and activities to Placer County youth. Programs include:

  • Anger Management
  • Drug Education
  • Employment Skills
  • Health Education
  • Mentorship
  • Violence Prevention

Programs are supervised by school staff and probation officers.

Youth Resource Center (YRC)

Services provided include:

  • Community Service
  • Domestic Violence class
  • Drug and Alcohol Education
  • Folsom State Prison tours (non-probationers)
  • Health Education
  • Parent Night
  • Sierra College tours

Home Supervision Program

  • Provides an alternative to secure detention for a juvenile.
  • The minor must agree to all conditions in the contract.
  • A violation of the written contract may result in the minor being taken into custody at the Juvenile Detention Facility.
  • Probation will maintain daily telephone contact with minors and their parents.
  • Supervision may consist of home, school, office, and employment contacts.

Electronic Monitoring Program

  • Provides an alternative to secure detention for a juvenile.
  • The minor must agree to all conditions in the contract.
  • A violation of the written contract may result in the minor being taken into custody at the Juvenile Detention Facility.
  • Supervision may consist of home, school, office, and employment contacts.
  • Juveniles will wear a GPS ankle monitor.

Electronic Ankle Monitor

Family Resource Community Collaborative (FRCC)

  • FRCC team’s purpose is to engage the youth and family in assisting them to find solutions in an open, family-centered and community based manner.
  • FRCC team will review the case and provide system services authorization.
  • FRCC authorizes and reviews out of home placements for youth.

Wraparound

  • Wraparound provides services for minors and their families in hopes of eliminating the need for out of home placement.
  • Wraparound facilitator will identify strengths, goals, and needs of the family.
  • Wraparound team could include Family Advocates, Parent Partners/Family Liaisons, and Youth Coordinators.

Juvenile Drug Court

  • For minors who have significant drug and/or alcohol abuse problems.
  • Minors participate in drug treatment.
  • Attend weekly self-help meetings Frequent drug tests.
  • Court reviews progress every two weeks.
  • Court imposes sanctions for positive drug tests or other program violations.

Out of Home Placement

Out of home placements provide services for minors with psychological, emotional challenges and substance abuse problems. These solutions include:

  • Foster Home
  • Group Home
  • Non Relative Extended Family Member (NREFM)

Boot Camp Placement

These commitments offer:

  • Family reunification
  • Intense behavior modification for minors who have been unsuccessful rehabilitating on formal probation
  • Intensive family and personal counseling
  • Strict conduct requirements Focus on privileges/consequences

Juvenile Work Project

  • Offenders are committed to work an average of 24 to 40 hours.
  • Participants work weekends, school vacations, and during the summer.
  • The Electronic Monitoring Program is a non-secured alternative to placing a minor in custody at the Juvenile Detention Facility.
  • Minors are monitored 24 hours a day through a Global Positioning System (GPS).
  • Designated areas (zones) are established to show compliance in the program.
  • Zones indicate locations the minor must remain in as well as locations they must avoid.
  • An Electronic Monitoring bracelet will be assigned to the minor.
  • The bracelet will be attached to the minor’s leg.