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NC DPS »   Our Organization »   Juvenile Justice »   Quick Facts

Quick Facts ...

... about the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:
  • Provides services and programs in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties and emphasizes the importance of community leadership with Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils (JCPCs).

  • Received 29,001 complaints on 11,296 juveniles during calendar year 2021.
  • Facilitated approximately 15,638 admissions to community programs during fiscal year 2020-2021 in the following program types:

    • JCPC Funds – 14,182
    • Community Based Contractual Services– 310
    • JCPC Alternatives to Commitment Programs – 150
    • Residential Contractual Services– 724
    • JCPC Level II Dispositional Alternatives – 272
       
  • Provided court-ordered supervision to 5,951 distinct juveniles in CY 2021 who ranged in age from 8 years old to 26 years old (types of court-ordered supervision include probation, protective supervision, commitment, post-release supervision, continuation services, interstate compact, and other supervision) and supervised 4,451 distinct juveniles in CY 2021 on diversion plans/contracts that last no longer than six months.
     
  • In calendar year 2021, DJJDP had approximately 1,555 youth-serving professional positions. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission-certified positions (transportation drivers and those who provide direct care) make up 79% of staff. Eighty-six percent of Court Services staff; 80% of Facility Services staff, including education, health care and clinical team members; and 78% of Transportation Services staff are in these certified positions. In December 2021, DJJDP had an overall staff vacancy rate of 18%. The vacancy rate in Court Services was 15% and the vacancy rate in Facility Operations, including Transportation Services, was 22%.
     

    • Between June 2021 and May 2022, 125 out of 579 juvenile facilities’ staff voluntarily separated from their positions, the majority of whom made less than $39,000 and had less than five years of service with the state.
    • 22.5% of DJJDP positions are vacant (349 of 1554), primarily in the areas of case management and direct supervision of juveniles in confinement. 185 (53%) of the 349 vacancies are JJDP facilities’ positions. 156 (45%) of the vacancies are in court services, which provides juvenile case management services.
       
  • Operates juvenile court offices in 30 Court Services districts.
     
  • Operates four youth development centers that had an average daily population of 149 juveniles during 2021, with a bed capacity of 226. In June 2022, the YDC bed capacity was 194.
      
  • Has reduced the number of youth committed to its youth development centers since the passage of the Juvenile Reform Act in 1998 by 86.7% percent (from 1,360 in 1998 to 181 in 2021).
     
  • In 2021 operates nine juvenile detention centers and currently contracts with five county-operated detention centers (Brunswick, Durham, Guilford, Madison and Mecklenburg). 
  • Had a state appropriation of $168,300,957 in fiscal year 2020-2021. 

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