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Important functions that occur at the Intake and Assessment Center include:
- The JIAC will ensure the safe intake process of youth that enter the facility. The parent/guardians will be immediately notified to ensure all things are considered in the processing of the youth. Factors such as drug and alcohol use/abuse, suicidality and other mental health issues, potential trafficking concerns and other issues will be assessed through screening and questionaries presented to the youth. Often these screenings and questionnaires will reveal the need for community resource referrals.
- Juvenile Counselors are available 24 hours to answer phone calls from both youth and parents and provide consultation/referrals to community agencies.
- JIAC also provides a central information system for police agencies. The law mandates that all youth who are taken into custody for a crime must be fingerprinted and photographed. JIAC has state of the art equipment and provides this service for all Clackamas County police agencies.
