Powell gives example of probation officers addressing glasses and health needs
Powell says probation officers have discovered a child just needed glasses and have taken youth to doctors or arranged eye and teeth checkups. Narcisse agrees that simple supports like glasses, hearing help, or family therapy can make a difference.
And if they have a number, do you have a number of the amount of young folks that walked in under probation that have
that dealing with mental and any sort of trauma.
I'm not aware.
You're not aware.
They don't have no personal, that's it.
Because I used to do year and two program as a nurse.
And one of the things that bothers me the most is just like sometimes the simple things to get to understand that young man or that young woman that can kind of make you make that breakthrough.
Just listening to them and to know exactly what's the problem.
You know, as a probation officer, we make those assessments kind of like on our own.
Like when we can kind of, and tell me if I'm wrong, we kind of make those assessments and determine what we think that individual, what that key is might be for that individual.
Child or adult that comes through probation and we have connections with others outside, you know,
partners that we refer them to.