REPORTS
Judge's Comments – not in attendance
Juvenile Treatment Center Assistant Deputy Probation Officer - Beth Borovich in
attendance reported:
On 7/17/25 OYCR visited the JTC (3 representatives) met with all but one youth in the
facility as well as DCPO Smith, ADCPO Borovich and DPOS DeVol. No known
grievances to report and no follow up action needed. Feedback from OYCR discussion
with Youth: 1) point loss equitable male/female 2) food quantity/portion size – some
youth noted they would like larger portions with meals.
Currently: 13youth (10 male/3 female) – 1 SYTF, 1 Challenge – both from out of County
of El Dorado y
5 bookings – 4 released of the 5 bookings - two from in county (1WS and 1SLT) and
three from out of County of El Dorado
4 use of force reports within the last 30 days (decline from last month)
7 suicide watch incidents (increase from last month)
No current major projects going on at the JTC
New furniture is still in the works – currently with County Procurement
CFT (Child and Family Team) – 3-4 per month (including pre-placement and transition
home or out)
Chief Probation Officer - not in attendance
Treasurer's Report – not in attendance
Leadership Team - nothing new to report
NEW BUSINESS
Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids (TASK) - Presentation
Theresa Papandrea
Task's Mission is to prevent and reduce youth substance use and related harm
Evolved from Drug Free Collaboration (2012) primarily (90%) grant funded. Going into 4th year
as a non-profit
work, 8 member Board, approx $30K annual budget Theresa works with TASK approx 20
hrs/week as primary
* distribute medical lock bags (keep prescriptions out of reach of children) and drug deactivation
kits (disposal of medications safely)
* presentations with youth - tie into schools and education - preventative and educational
assemblies and healthy decisions - Kindness Assembly, "refusal" skills - ways to say "no"
* partners with Live Violence Free
*Soul Shoppe - Social Emotional Health - build skills and tools to deal with stress and coping
skills
Theresa Papandrea also coordinates the Drugstore Project