More about Family Social Services

FCSSD currently has an average of 1,600 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; and
• 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)
• Leaders Of Today in Solidarity (LOTS)
• Northwest Satellite Office (NWSO)
• Northeast Satellite Office (NESO)/NE Balanced And Restorative Justice (BARJ) Center
• Southeast Satellite Office (SESO)/SE Balanced And Restorative Justice (BARJ) Center
• Southwest Satellite Office/ SW Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) Center
• Sexual Abuse Violates Everyone
• Interstate Probation Supervision Office
• Ultimate Transitions, Ultimate Responsibilities NOW (UTURN)
• Delinquency Prevention Unit (DPU)
• Intake Offices One and Two
• Child Guidance Clinic
• Juvenile Behavioral Health Program (JBHP)
• Domestic Relations Services