What is the Juvenile Assessment Center?
The JCJAC is a centralized location for the coordinated provision of mental health, social services, law enforcement and other intervention programs for youth under the age of eighteen (?juveniles?) and their families. These youth and families can be referred to the JCJAC by Human Services, Mental Health, R-1 Schools, Law Enforcement Participants, and families living in the First Judicial District of Colorado (Jefferson and Gilpin Counties). The principal function of the JCJAC is to conduct complete assessments to help identify the risks and needs of juveniles and their families. These assessments are aimed at finding appropriate community resources that can provide crisis intervention and other services. JAC History Juvenile Diversion Mental Health CourtThe JCJAC utilizes a case management process where we are able to evaluate the progress of the intervention, coordinate and centralize the information collected by agencies involved with the juveniles and their families, and hopefully
