The rate of juvenile offense arrests per 10,000 youth ages 10 - 17 - Societal and systemic factors impact this indicator as well as poverty, substance abuse, mental health issues, resistive parents, funding (lack of continuity), length of service constraints (from funding sources), inconsistency in consequences or lack of consequences in the judicial system, inadequate resources in community to treat sexual offenders, inadequate research to show what is effective (for sexual offenders) inadequate number of providers to work with the sexual offender population, location of services (centralized in Hagerstown), transportation issues, inadequate numbers of staff to manage current caseloads, confidentiality barriers related to data sharing, lack of sufficient resources to provide a holistic wrap-around approach in order to keep the youth in the County, complexity of dual diagnoses.

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention & Diversion Initiative, Rural Out of School Time Initiative, Tomorrow's Leaders and School Based Mental Health Services

Children are born and raised in a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment, parented by caring adults capable of meeting the child’s physical and emotional needs. Ultimately, children will be free from child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency and the destabilizing effects of domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health concerns within their homes and communities.