Department of Human Services

Juvenile Justice Initiative

Our department helps to facilitate a community response to both prevent and address the harm caused by juvenile crime.

In partnership with the Orange County Probation Department's Community Service Program, our Youth Bureau works to connect youth offenders with meaningful community service placements.

In addition, we provide support to the Newburgh Community Accountability Board. This community led initiative is aimed at repairing the harm committed against victims and neighborhoods. Rather than focusing on who broke the law, what laws were broken and how to punish the offender, this process takes a restorative justice perspective, with the attention placed on what harm was done, what needs to be done to repair the harm, and who is responsible for the repair.