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Location: McKean County Courthouse Address: McKean County Juvenile Probation Department 500 W. Main Street Smethport, PA 16749  Phone: 814.887.3365 Fax: 814.887.5825 Pager: N/A E-mail: click here Teresa Wilcox  Director - McKean County Juvenile Probation Department Phone: 814.887.3365 Victim Services Department Marcia Jordan or Kristen Dillenbeck - 814-887-3365

McKean County Juvenile Probabtion Department

Employees:
8 total: full-time, non-bargaining, non-civil Service (Director, Assistant Director, Administrative Assistant, Probation Aide, Placement Specialist, 3 Probation Officers)

Duties and Responsibilities:
To carry out the court orders to supervise adjudicated juveniles in a community setting under the principles of balanced and restorative justice.

The successful execution of these orders accomplishes the following:
a) to protect the community (community service and public service projects, curfews)
b) accountability to the victim (by restitution and Various programs)
c) juvenile rehabilitation

Collaboration with the following departments:
1. Judicial staff - administrative duties, scheduling, court appearances
2. District Attorney - case disposition
3. Children and Youth Services Agency - shared management cases, placement funding, needs-based budget
4. County Commissioners - financial management issues
5. Adult Probation Department - information sharing
6. Controller's Office - payroll purposes, account disbursements
7. Prothonotary's Office - case dispositions, court records, disbursement of collected fines
8. Family Law Master - assessment and determination of support payments
9. Public Defender Client representation
10. Domestic Relations

External Agencies/Organizations:
1. McKean County School Districts (administrative staff and classroom teachers) for student case management, information sharing
2. County/municipal law enforcement agencies and Pennsylvania State Police - case management, information sharing
3. The Guidance Center (Bradford) - mental health services
4. McKean Count Department of Human Services - Case Management 
5. Alcohol and Drug Services
6. Beacon Light Behavioral Health Systems - residential treatment facility & wraparound services
7. Various Pennsylvania residential treatment facilities and treatment centers (clients are under Juvenile Probation Department's supervision)
8. McKean County Assistance Office - verify and initiate financial and/or medical assistance services
9. Juvenile Court Judge's Commission - Pennsylvania oversight agency for Juvenile Probation -
     www.jcjc.state.pa.us
10. PA Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers - www.pachiefprobationofficers.org
11. Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency - www.pccd.state.pa.us
12. Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole & Corrections - www.pappc.org
13. Port Psychological Services