Juvenile Intervention Center

The St. Clair County Juvenile Intervention Center houses both a short term detention program and a longer term residential treatment program. Both programs are within the jurisdiction of the St. Clair County Circuit Court, Family Division.

The Juvenile Detention Center is a secure program that can house up to 30 children ages 9-16 that have had legal difficulties within their home, in the community or at a school setting. The stay in detention typically varies from several days to several weeks dependent upon the reason the child is being held and pending court disposition.

The Residential Treatment Program is a secure program with an overall capacity of 30 children (20 boys and 10 girls), ages 12-17, with most being older adolescents who are adjudicated Court wards. Children accepted into the program will have longer term, more serious school, home and community problems, many with secondary substance use issues. The program is not a psychiatric facility and therein does not accept children with severe emotional difficulties. All treatment residents receive individual, family and group services. Additionally residents receive an initial psychiatric assessment with medication review and management being available as personal circumstances warrant.

Full educational services are provided by the St. Clair County Intervention Academy, a charter school overseen by the Romine Group, Inc. (TRG), an educational provider to public schools academies (charter) in the State of Michigan.

Health services are provided by an on-site certified nurse practitioner. These services are augmented by a physician who is on-site as medically needed or minimally once a week.

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