Overview - The Community Supervision Team provides services to those juveniles and families who are on release from Juvenile Detention and pending court, those placed on Deferred Prosecution, on Court Order Probation and those who are diverted to other community resources. In 2022, the total number of referrals to the GC JPD totaled 211 referrals and the number of juveniles supervised was 172. Currently, a Deputy Director, Sr. Juvenile Probation Officer, five Juvenile Probation Officers, an Administrative Assistant, an Engagement Specialist and a Mental Health Provider serves as the Grayson County’s Community Supervision team. With a combined total of over 122 years of experience, the Community Supervision team provides case plan services, supervises Community Supervision Restitution, Sex Offender Treatment, Intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment, Equine Therapy and specialized Drug Court programs. Along with their commitment to providing ongoing services, the Community Supervision Team visits their assigned cases in the community.

The Community Supervision Team provides continuity of care for juveniles placed outside of their homes in a relative placement, group home, treatment and secure facilities. Continued contact with the juveniles and their families as well as collateral agencies assures successful reintegration into the community. Residential case plans, period placement visits, and treatment team meetings for the juvenile combined with liking families with social services helps continue assuring family involvement in the placement process. In 2022, 20 juveniles were placed in either a secure or non-secure facility throughout the State of Texas.

Community Service Restitution (CSR) is assigned to allow juveniles to “pay back” their community for their delinquent acts. CSR is also a way for juveniles to develop a since of citizenship within their community. Traditionally CSR activities are work related. The Community Supervision Team conducts work related activities such as; cleaning up football stadiums, caring for areas around the Juvenile Probation Department or airport. However, CSR can be earned by attending educational workshops, providing canned foods, water, and/or Gatorade to food banks, non-profit organizations, and first responders, attending school and making good grades, participating in extracurricular activities at school and even employment.  

Juvenile ProbationOfficers have the responsibility of determining if detention of a juvenile for alleged delinquent conduct is warranted. A JPO determines if detention is warranted using risk factors that take into consideration the following criteria;

1. Is the child likely to abscond or be removed from the jurisdiction of the court;
2. Suitable supervision, care, or protection of the child his not being provided by a parent, guardian, custodian, or other person;
3. Child has no parent, guardian, custodian, or other person able to return him to the court when required;
4. Child may be dangerous to himself or may threaten the safety of the public of released; or
5. Has the child previously been found to be a delinquent child or has previously been convicted of a penal offense punishable by a term in jail or prison and is likely to commit an offense if released. 

Definitions

• Juvenile: a person who is:
  1. Ten years of ae or older and under 17 years of age; or
  2. Seventeen years of age or older and under 18 years of age who is alleged or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision as a result of acts committed before becoming 17 years of age.

   

• Delinquent Conduct:
  1. Conduct other than a traffic offense, that violates a penal law of this state or of the United States punishable by imprisonment or by confinement in jail;
  2. Conduct that violates a lawful order of a court under circumstances that would constitute contempt of that court in:
     1. A justice or municipal court; or
     2. A county court for conduct punishable only by a fine;
  3. Conduct that violates  Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; or
  4. Conduct that violates Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, relating to driving under the influence of alcohol by a minor.
• Court Ordered Probation- is a juvenile court disposition that may not continue beyond the child’s 18th birthday. The juvenile court may permit the child to remain in their own home, a suitable foster home, a public or private residential treatment facility or a suitable public or private post-adjudication facility.  The juvenile court’s probation orders vary from child-to-child and depend on assessment outcomes completed at intake with the assigned Juvenile Probation Officer, severity of the case and the needs of the child.
• Deferred Prosecution- is an alternative to seeking a formal adjudication of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need of supervision.  It is a three to six month voluntary period of probation.
• Custodian: means the adult with whom the child resides.
• Guardian: means the person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of the child or the public or private agency with whom the child has been placed by a court.
• Parent: means the mother or the father of the child, but does not include, a parent whose parental rights have been terminated.
• Orders Affecting Parent and Others: are juvenile court orders for child support, injunctive orders, probation supervision fees and costs of court.

Victim Services

1. Victim’s Rights
   1. https://www.tjjd.texas.gov/index.php/doc-library/send/350-victim-services-brochure/658-brochure-sample-victim-rights-v2016eng
   2. https://www.tjjd.texas.gov/index.php/doc-library/send/350-victim-services-brochure/657-brochure-sample-victim-rights-v2016sp