Community Juvenile Services Joint Powers Board

Responsibilities

The Board shall review existing community juvenile services within its jurisdiction, develop a community juvenile services strategic plan and provide for periodic review of the plan and ensure that the community board's system of juvenile services provides for:

• Use of a uniform screening instrument.
• Assessments of referred children by licensed professionals who may include medical, mental health, social service and education personnel.
• Clear and comprehensive procedures to facilitate referrals of youth and families of youth needing services by school districts, law enforcement, licensed mental health providers, licensed health care providers, courts, the Department of Family Services, community youth organizations, families of youth needing services and self-referred youth.

Meetings

• 10:00 am
• Meets monthly, every fourth Thursday
  To join, please contact us

Contact

• Paul Fritzler
  307-473-3929
• Amanda Lewallen
  307-760-6267

Members

Our meetings are attended by representatives of the following community bodies:

• Local field offices of the Department of Family Services  
• Casper Natrona County Health Department 
• Natrona County School District #1 
• District Attorney’s Office  
• Casper Police Department 
• Natrona County Sheriff’s Office 
• Natrona County Board of County Commissioners 
• Regional Juvenile Detention Center 
• Department of Corrections 
• Casper Youth Crisis Center 
• Mercer Family Resource Center 
• Wyoming Behavioral Institute 
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wyoming - Casper 
• Central Wyoming Counseling Center