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MEETING MINUTES
CHILD WELFARE JUVENILE JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE
October 10, 2023 12:00 PM
St. Croix County Government Center-Court Room 3
1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
Scott Needham St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Present
Michelle Leccia St. Croix County Children's Services Admin Present
Lisa Plunkett St. Croix County Child Support Adminstrator Present
Anjali Patel St. Croix County SCC Corporation Counsel Present
Susan Gherty St. Croix County Municipal Court Judge Present
Cathy Leaf St. Croix County Supervisor, District 4 Present
Karl Anderson St. Croix County District Attorney Present
Abrianna Dolfi St. Croix County Public Defender's Office Present
Teresa Baier St. Croix County GAL Representative Present
Sean Kinsella St. Croix County CASA Representative Excused
Aiden Tharpe St. Croix County Private Bar Representative Present
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
None - 1st Meeting of this Subcommittee
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Selection of Subcommittee Chairperson.
Judge Needham appointed Anjali Patel as the chairperson of the subcommittee.
2. Report on Child Welfare Conference.
S. Needham - summarized and overview of conference sessions.
M. Leccia - assessment language re: conditions/speaking to families.
A. Patel - group sessions, permanency, Nov. 20 (Tailored Dispositional Orders - CHIPS
training meeting) contact Attorney Patel if you would like to attend. Substance abuse
help for families.
T. Baier - Jefferson Co. Judge uses grants for attorneys for parents. Lacrosse Co.
suggestions on grants. Safety and Protective plans rolled into one.
S. Garrett - Non-profit called Emotional Justice in Hudson
S. Needham - Finding attorneys in our area to represent parents. Family treatment court
sessions at Conference/grants available. SCC no longer can provide treatment for
substance abuse.
3. Ideas/Suggested Areas to Explore as Subcommittee Work.
S. Needham - Juvenile Justice. What is causing the behavior? What alternatives are there?
S. Gherty - East Troy Judge, Mike Cotter, has program in municipal court (Juvenile
Municipal Court Program) - see power point handout attached. S. Ghery would like to
see a program brought to St. Croix County.
S. Needham - How can we work with the municipal courts? How to improve: truancy
issues, Juvenile Justice.
C. Leaf - Would like stats on truancy in SCC at municipal level.
A. Dolfi - discussed the need to further look at tailored dispositions.
T. Baier - discussed uniform drug testing for all CPS cases.
A. Patel - discussed the need for more attorney's to represent parents in CPS cases.
M. Leccia - discussed educating more in the court system regarding the youth risk
assessment (YASI).
L. Plunkett - discussed how the SAVES/WINS grant may benefit the work of this
subcommittee.
A. Damrau - discussed some of the current challenges with truancy cases.
4. JET Coordination/Implementation.
A. Dolfi - discussed how the juvenile’s actions are affecting them and how to get that
across to the youth.
S. Gherty- Schools participation in truancy statics and the schools would appreciate the
help from the County.
T. Baier - Unified testing
A. Patel - Parents resource guide (handout), getting parents attorneys, also for Juvenile
Justice handout.
M. Leccia - Reward program in Juvenile Justice Program. Hold parents accountable for
youth justice issues. Community intervention. Discussion coordinating services with
Justice Support for drug testing and GPS.
L. Plunkett - WINS Grant Available
A. Damrau - Would like to see truancy follow up and holding parents accountable
S. Needham - Trust issues in SCC. The JET Initiative and how building trust is very
important.
5. Truancy Policy (Municipal Court Cooperation/Coordination).
S. Needham - wants to change policy and discussed that the truancy policy in St. Croix
County is twenty years old.
S. Gherty - wants to streamline policy.
6. Future Meeting Dates.
S. Needham - suggests to meet monthly
P. Galli - sending out a poll for future meeting dates
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
None
ADJOURN
at 12:59 pm
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
TBD