More about Family Court Social Services

FCSSD has an average of 1,200 juveniles under its supervision at any given time. The Division’s staff is responsible for:

• Screening and assessing each newly arrested youth’s social history and risk to public safety.
• Conducting youth and family assessments, including family group conferences.
• Making petition and detention recommendations to the office of the attorney general.
• Advising and making recommendations to the Court throughout all phases of the adjudication process.
• Conducting home, school, and community assessments toward the development of comprehensive pre- and post- disposition probation services, supervision plans and alternatives to detention.
• Recommending and facilitating commitment of youth to the District of Columbia’s Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services.
• Coordinating services and monitoring all court involved youth.

Court Social Services Division has the following satellite offices and signature programs:

• Status Offender/Persons In Need of Supervision (PINS)
• Delinquency Prevention Unit (DPU)
• Intake Offices One and Two
• Leaders of Today In Solidarity (LOTS)- Girls Only Probation Program
• Ultimate Transitions, Ultimate Responsibilities NOW (UTURN)- Intensive Supervision
• Child Guidance Clinic
• Juvenile Behavioral Diversion Program (JBHP)
• Here Opportunities Prepare you for Excellence (HOPE) Court – a treatment program for juvenile victims of sexual exploitation.