Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 19-2.5-1409 — Juvenile intensive supervision program - creation - elements - role of judicial department.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 14: ADMINISTRATION, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 19-2.5-1409
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) The judicial department may establish and operate, either directly or by contracting with one or more private organizations, a juvenile intensive supervision program, which may be utilized by any judge in sentencing any juvenile who has been placed on probation and who presents a high risk of future placement within juvenile correctional facilities according to assessment criteria developed pursuant to this section. (2) The juvenile intensive supervision program created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must include, but is not limited to, utilization of any or all of the following elements: (a) Increased supervision of the juvenile by probation officers; (b) Utilization of specific youth case management approaches; (c) Community service work assignments; (d) Restitution programs; (e) Structured group training regarding problem solving, social skills, negotiation skills, emotion management, creative thinking, value enhancement, and critical reasoning; (f) Use of electronic or global position monitoring and substance abuse testing to monitor the juvenile's compliance with the program and providing sanctions for failure to comply with the program; and (g) Individual and family treatment. (3) The judicial department, with the assistance of a juvenile intensive supervision advisory committee, shall develop assessment criteria for placement in the juvenile intensive supervision program, including the results of a validated risk and needs assessment tool, and judicial department guidelines for implementation of the program and measurement of the outcome of the program. The advisory committee is appointed by the state court administrator and includes, but is not limited to, representatives of the division of youth services in the department of human services and the division of criminal justice of the department of public safety.
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