About
- About
- Blog
- Dictionary
- Staff
- Partners
- Executive Committee
- Advisory Board
- The best beaches on Costa Blanca
- Elevate Your Smoking Experience with Stylish Accessories
- Succinic acid. Amber powder. Amber oil
- Youth Mental Health: The Importance of Social Support
- Tutoring: A Key to Success for At-Risk Youth
- Racial Inequality and Youth Crime
- Motivating At-Risk Students for Higher Education
- The Influence of Peer Pressure on At-Risk Youth and its Implications
- Juvenile Recidivism: Addressing the Factors and Finding Solutions
- The Impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences on At-Risk Youth
What is the Clayton County System of Care (SOC)
Click Here to View Our Documentary
The Clayton County System of Care (SOC) is an umbrella organization that engages our community for solutions and resources to keep youth in school and out of the juvenile justice system. We believe that the answers to community-based problems should be driven by the community. SOC focuses include: 1. Providing school discipline alternatives that do not push our students out of school 2. Intervention options that focus on dropout prevention 3. Mental health solutions for our families and youth in need, and 4. Career training programs to build career ready futures.
For our youth already involved in the juvenile justice system, the SOC supports Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) core objectives to:
- Eliminate the inappropriate or unnecessary use of secure detention
- Minimize re-arrest and failure-to-appear rates pending adjudication
- Ensure appropriate conditions of confinement in secure facilities
- Redirect public finances to sustain successful reforms
- Reduce racial and ethnic disparities in an attempt to reduce the negative impacts and restore our youth back to whole, contributing members of our community.
Our Logic Model
(click on the images below to review our logic model and key)
Logic Model
Logic Model Key
Sheryl Burright-Teske | Administrator
Sheryl Burright-Teske has fourteen years of experience in identifying funding streams, grant writing, program implementation, and program/grant management in social impact and social impact educational efforts. Currently, Burright-Teske is administering the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise grant which she wrote as part of Clayton County’s current juvenile justice reform efforts to provide protective buffers and decrease court involvement for male youth of color. She is hired and serves at the pleasure of the Clayton County System of Care Governance Committee and is responsible for carrying out the collective mission of the Governance committee which includes the implementation of a Collective Impact model for a county-wide youth agenda. The collective mission of the Clayton County System of Care is “In school, out of court and on to a positive and healthy future.”
Deborah Stone | Monitor
Deborah Stone has a strong child welfare background as she served at-risk youth in the Detroit metropolitan area for a number of years by providing a variety of services including foster care, licensing, foster parent training, and therapeutic services. Today Stone is the Monitor and oversees delivery of services in order to enhance positive outcomes for children and families and promote positive futures for Clayton County. Through facilitation of collaborative efforts between Clayton County’s Juvenile Court and Public Schools, Stone is able to identify, implement and maintain best-practice procedures for our clients. Armed with her personal experience of living in a third world country and witnessing the crippling effects of poverty and oppression, Stone is committed to empowering our youth to remain in school, out of court, and on to positive and healthy futures.
Grace Harbour Inc.
www.gharbour.com
New Heights Behavioral Consultants
http://nhbc.homestead.com
Tips 4 Teens
http://tips4teens.org/
Center for Adolescent Male Development (CAMD)
http://www.camdsaves.org/
Plaza Consultants
http://www.plazaconsultantsllc.org/
Clayton County Public Schools
http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us
Clayton County Board of Commissioners
http://www.claytoncountyga.gov/departments/board-of-commissioners.aspx
Clayton County Juvenile Court
http://www.claytoncountyga.gov/courts/juvenile-court.aspx
Clayton County Public Defenders Office
http://www.claytoncountyga.gov/courts/public-defender.aspx
Clayton County District Attorney’s Office
http://www.claytoncountyga.gov/courts/district-attorney.aspx
Clayton County Sheriff’s Office
http://claytonsheriff.com/
Clayton County Police Department
http://claytonpolice.com/
Clayton State University
http://www.clayton.edu/
Clayton County Department of Family and Children’s Services
http://www.claytonchamber.org
Chair, Aundria Cheever, Executive Director (Clayton Center)
Dr. Tamera Foley, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning (Clayton County Public Schools)
John P. Johnson III, Court Administrator (Clayton County Youth Development and Juvenile Justice Center)
Vince Williams, Minister (Higher Living Christian Church)
Jeffrey E. Turner, Chairman (Clayton County Board of Commissioners)
John P. Johnson III, Court Administrator (Clayton County Youth Development and Juvenile Justice Center)
Ms. Selina Spencer
Chief Judge Steve Teske, Clayton County Juvenile Court
Senior Pastor, Rodney Akins, Restoration Family Life Center
Associate Pastor, Larry Lawrence, Jonesboro First Baptist Church
Dr. Aaron Roquemore, Director of Plaza Consultants
Marnie Lynch, Riverwoods Behavioral Health
Our Work
School Based Interventions: SOC Pilot Program
(funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise Grant)-This program compliments our successful School to Court Referral Reduction protocol and provides for additional effective alternatives to suspension intervention for disruptive youth. The male youth of color served under this grant cannot and should not be arrested, are not eligible for mandated public school interventions, but still have underlying issues that cause them to be chronically disruptive and likely to be suspended.
Clayton County Child Case Study Team (Quad C-ST)
A multidisciplinary panel reviews the child’s and family’s history, situation and circumstances to determine what interventions may be put in place to assist the child and family and reduce risk of further system involvement. Services are offered through the Panel organizations as well as community service providers. Children are referred through Juvenile Court Intake, by school social workers, and by court officers working with the family.
Delinquency Interventions
Second Chance Court
FAST Panel
Probated Youth Interventions
Downloads
CCSOC Welcome Letter
Provides an introduction of the Clayton County System of Care to parents of youth whom qualify for services.
CCSOC 2014-2015 Staffing Calendar
Utilize this calendar to schedule staffings at the availability of the staffing facilitator.
Download PDFStaffing Action Plan (SAP)
Complete Section A for referred youth and email to staffing facilitator the Thursday, prior to scheduled staffing date, by 5 pm.
Download PDFCCSOC Staffing Log
Complete and email to staffing facilitator the Thursday, prior to scheduled staffing date, by 5 pm.
Download PDFCAMD YCEO Referral Form
Please utilize this form when referring youth to CAMD’s Young CEO program.
Download PDFT4C Referral Form
Please utilize this form when referring youth to Thinking for a Change.
Download PDFPlaza Consultants Transportation Policy
Provides an overview of Plaza Consultant’s transportation policy.
Download PDFImpact
Gallery
Links
Seeking Safety: A second chance for a violent 16-year-old.
Seeking Safety: Rethinking the zero-tolerance policy for juvenile offenders.
Under Construction. CCSOC efforts are highlighted in Philanthropy News Digest (PND).
Graduation not incarceration. Clayton News Daily identifies CCSOC as an organization focused on keeping children in school.
Keeping kids with minor problems out of court. The Washington Post discusses Clayton County’s pursuit for positive change, as championed by Judge Teske.
Leading the Way in Juvenile Justice. We are Clayton Magazine details juvenile justice reform efforts in Clayton County lead by Judge Teske.
The Clayton County Juvenile Justice Fund, Inc. identifies CCSOC as a collaborative partnership with the Juvenile Court in the innovative and successful creation of The FAST Panel, Quad-C ST, and the SRRP.
Reclaiming Futures recognizes CCSOC.
‘Safer Schools’ Community Forum
‘Clayton Proud’ Rally
Reforming Juvenile Justice, the testimony of Judge Teske
Life After Juvenile Detention
CCJC sets standard for Georgia in Juvenile Justice
Timeline
Resources
Organizations whose initiatives and practices contribute to and inspire our work.
Clayton County Juvenile Justice Fund
The Forum for Youth Investment
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Forward Promise