DJC Technical Assistance
to Counties
The Division of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) provides ongoing technical assistance, training and support to counties in three program areas:DJC also provides information for those interested in Youth Mentoring as well as
Tables of Information for Partners and Providers.
DJC staff members with responsibility for above-named program areas work out of the Central Office in Madison. Except for the Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ) position, the juvenile services specialists travel extensively throughout Wisconsin. The Intensive Supervision Program Services specialist works with counties to develop and implement community supervision options for youth who may remain safely in their communities with, and benefit from, high levels of supervision. The specialist involved with court intake worker training ensures that juvenile court intake workers meet the Department of Corrections Administrative Rule for Training. The compact administrator and correspondent perform ICJ functions for Wisconsin delinquents placed in other states and delinquent youth residing in Wisconsin from other states.
Intensive Supervision Program Services
Contact: Jocelyn Petersen
Phone: 608.240-5934 Fax: 608.240-3371
E-Mail: jocelyn.petersen@wisconsin.gov
Mission of Intensive Supervision Program Services
The goal of Juvenile Intensive Supervision Programs (ISP) is to prevent removal of delinquent juveniles from their homes while providing close supervision of their activities.
Program Description
Juvenile Intensive Supervision Programs (ISP), operated by 36 county departments of human/social services, provide comprehensive treatment services and intense supervision to delinquent youth. Probation officers/county caseworkers with small caseloads have daily contact with ISP youth and require strict compliance with conditions of supervision.
Youth served by ISP are not supervised by DJC staff nor have they been returned to the community from a secured juvenile correctional facility. ISP juveniles have been adjudicated delinquent, but not of serious enough offenses to justify placement in a secure correctional facility. DJC provides technical assistance to the county-run programs.
Services Provided To Counties By DJC
Assist Wisconsin counties in their ISP feasibility studies
Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of local ISP programs
Identify funding sources and provide assistance in securing program funding
Assist in developing open dialogue with county juvenile justice representatives, educational staff, law enforcement, and community members
Provide information to interested counties on successful ISP’s within and outside of Wisconsin
Juvenile Court Intake Worker Training
Contact: Michelle Buehl
Phone: 608.240-5914 Fax: 608.240-3371
Email: michelle.buehl@wisconsin.gov
Mission of Juvenile Court Intake Worker Training
The Wisconsin Administrative Code rules in ch. DOC 399, require that the Department of Corrections (DOC) ensure that a county worker who performs juvenile court intake functions successfully completes 30 hours of approved training and scores 70% or more on a DOC approved test within 6 months of her or his appointment or assignment as an intake worker.
Services Provided By DJC To Counties
Evaluates and decides whether to approve a proposal for a period of 12 months from an individual, agency or organization intending to provide basic intake training
Reviews appeals from an applicant whose proposal was denied
Develops set of questions related to the content of intake training including relevant statutes
Administers, evaluates and scores the test
Provides trainee and her or his supervisor of the results of the test
Notifies trainers regarding evaluations submitted by participants in training
Interstate Compact on Juveniles
ICJ Administrator
Silvia R. Jackson
Phone: 608.240-5902ICJ Supervisor
Shelley M. Hagan
Phone: 608.240-5918ICJ Correspondent
Mary Keyes
Phone: 608.240-5931Fax:
608.240-3370
Federal and State Law
The Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ) is a federal law that assists states in the return of youth who runaway, escape or abscond across state lines. It also provides for the cooperative supervision of juvenile probationers and parolees between states. The ICJ contains 15 articles which are incorporated into the statutes of all 50 states and three territories (District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Guam).
In Wisconsin, the ICJ is contained in s.938.991, Wis. Stats. The cooperative supervision portion of the ICJ covers youth on county probation, county aftercare and state aftercare. Youth on type 2 status community supervision cannot be sent from Wisconsin to another state under the Interstate Compact.
Responsibilities of Compact Administrator
Acts as a communicator with all other states and jurisdictions
Ensures continuing cooperation and resolution of any problems that may arise
Ensures consistent interpretation of the AJCA rules and regulations.
Responsibilities of Compact Coordinator
The compact coordinator provides policy direction in the statewide implementation of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, for compliance with the regulatory provision on the Compact. The coordinator serves as the single point of contact on Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ) matters for the state and works with direct services staff, supervisors and managers in the State-administered Aftercare program, direct service staff and supervisors in the 72 County Human/Social Services Departments and the designated Compact representative in the party states.
The coordinator oversees the transfer of Wisconsin juveniles on court ordered supervision to other states, coordinates the return of Wisconsin juvenile absconders, runaways and escapees, oversees the transfer of juveniles supervised in another state to Wisconsin county or state supervision, and works with Wisconsin and other states authorities to return out-of-state absconders and escapees to their home jurisdiction.
Youth mentoring is an on-going structured relationship between a caring non-family adult and a young person that focuses on the needs of the youth, but also benefits the mentor. There are a variety of mentoring models characterized by where the mentor pairs meet (in a supervised setting or in the community for example), how they meet (one-to-one in person, in groups or on-line) and the primary purpose for getting together (friendship and support or additional specific goals).
Sustainable programs use research-based practices proven to be effective in a wide range of mentoring settings. To help volunteers, families, youth or governmental agencies locate quality mentoring programs DJC maintains a database of known mentoring programs in Wisconsin and a Directory of Youth Mentoring Programs which was last updated in 2004. If your program is listed and you wish to update your information please contact joann.mercurio@wisconsin.gov.
For the latest research on why mentoring works, program development or national advocacy, or to find a program in your vicinity visit MENTOR / National Mentoring Program.
