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Juvenile Risk Intervention Services Coordination (J-RISC) is a community-based service offered through Dutchess County’s Department of Community Corrections and Probation. The program offers Functional Family Therapy to youth who are identified as high-risk for Family Court involvement and/or juvenile detention or placement.
J-RISC utilizes an intensive team intervention approach. The team includes a Probation Officer dedicated to the J-RISC assigned youth, a Probation employed Case Manager, and an Astor clinician specifically trained in the evidence-based model, Functional Family Therapy (FFT).
Services Offered
- Engages both the youth and their families
- Seeks to reduce risk factors while enhancing protective factors
- Develops specific behavior change plans with the families that are sustained beyond completion of the program
- Increases the families ability to use community resources and engage in relapse prevention
- A YASI reassessment is completed with all youth at the end of services
- Youth who complete the program have lower rates of placement and lower rates of the youth’s re-involvement with the juvenile justice system
Referrals
Family Court Unit Probation Officers refer youth identified as high risk by the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI).
Contact Us
Megan Wright, PsyD, MS, MPA, Clinic Supervisor
Tel: (845) 303-4028
Email: Please use our Program Contact Form »
More Information
Program brochure (PDF file)
Folleto del programa (archivo PDF)
Learn about Astor's other Hudson Valley Community-based programs:
- Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program
An alternative to school, short-term intensive therapy program - Astor Learning Center
Therapeutic school for grades K-8 - Care Management (Health Homes)
Medicaid benefit that refers, organizes, and coordinates provider(s) involvement for families - Counseling Centers
Providing therapy, psychiatric services and case management to children and adolescents and their families - Day Treatment
In partnership with BOCES, a school-based intensive mental health and special education service for grades 2-12
Intensive Day Treatment
Therapeutic Transitions Program - Enhanced Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative
A multi-agency process that seeks to prevent out-of-home placement and coordinate services to meet the family’s complex needs in Dutchess County - Family Therapy and Support Services
Services to youth with behavioral issues, including Juvenile Delinquent (JD) and Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) in Orange County - Head Start
Federally funded preschool programs. Read more… - High Fidelity Wraparound
Evidence-based care coordination that uses a highly structured, team-based, family-centered approach - Home Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI)
Short-term in home family therapy program for families who live in Dutchess and Ulster Counties - Prevention / Intensive Home Based Services
In-home program that serves parents with children at risk of foster care placement in Dutchess County - Probation Based Services (J-RISC)
Family therapy program for children involved with Dutchess County’s Department of Community Corrections and Probation. - School-Based Behavioral Health and Training
School-based clinics and other mental health/casework supports embedded in community schools. - Serving Youth iN Their Communities (SYNC)
Home and community based services for children with Medicaid - Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home Program
Enhanced therapeutic foster care program with case management, advocacy, medical services, and 24/7 support