Chair asks about juvenile adjustment cases; Dessimore reports 9,000 intake and 1,400 adjusted

So it's a lot that we are putting together in terms of what our metrics is actually going to look like.

Got it.

Thank you.

And thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Sticking with juvenile probation adjustment and diversion, how many cases were eligible for adjustment in fiscal year 2026?

And how many were actually adjusted?

Good morning again, Stacey Dessimore.

We had approximately 9,000 cases that came through intake and about 1,400 that were adjusted.

What is eligible for adjustment depends on the charges, depends on the circumstance of the case, and that's the process of an intake probation officer is to determine the eligibility and the suitability of the case to be diverted from court.

I know that our adjustment rate is not where we want it to be, and that is something that I am going to be working with my team.

We had started looking at the cases.

We want to make sure that we have the right staff in place to be able to effectively

assess a case and looking at that young person as a whole and seeing what that young person's strengths are, but also what are some of the challenges so that we can determine why can't we divert this case from court.

We want to divert as many suitable and possible cases from further court involvement, right?