Sweetwater Community Juvenile Services Board

Our Work:
Needs assessment, secondary research, in-depth interviews

Corona Insights has worked with Sweetwater County, Wyoming for over two decades. The Sweetwater Community Juvenile Services Board (CJSB) has twice retained us to conduct a juvenile needs assessment that examined the local systems related to preventing juvenile delinquency and identifying and diverting children at risk of entering the juvenile court system. We began by gathering existing research and data from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, the Wyoming Department of Family Services, the Wyoming Department of Education, and Sweetwater County, in order to conduct statistical analyses of the juvenile population and forecast juvenile crime. We also conducted informational interviews with key people in the juvenile services system to uncover processes and criteria in use, services provided, capacity limitations, barriers, and opportunities. Our final report was presented to the Sweetwater Board of County Commissioners and noted key needs for prevention and early intervention activities, as well as step-down services to support reintegration into family and community.