Dr. Miquel A. Lewis, Acting Director/Chief Probation Officer With a focus on results, Dr. Lewis aims to lead a healthy workforce with passion, humility, and commitment to serve the needs of all court-involved children and families through a sound framework of public safety, equity, and trauma-informed behavior change practice.

Donna Neal, Deputy Director
Mark Werner, Director of Human Resources
 

The Mission of the Administrative Services Division is to serve the Department with professionalism, stewardship, and leadership one interaction at a time.
 

Goal: To support the department’s administrative needs in a way that is helpful, professional, and timely.

Sharon Throw-Koc, Section Chief Probation Officer
 

The Mission of the Court Services area of operations is to facilitate a young person’s earliest contact with the Juvenile Court system, ensuring the Court has options for a youth’s safe and supported return to the community. The earliest intervention points of a young person’s court involvement are managed in this area of Department operations – Detention Screening, Electronic Monitoring, Reporting Centers, and short-term temporary shelter care. 

Continuous Court Operations (CCO) Units 

The Continuous Court Operations (CCO) Units are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to Detention Screening calls and the EM Alert dashboard. These CCO POs are responsible to maintain coverage for both functions on a consistent basis. 

Reporting Centers
Reporting Centers (RCs) are another detention alternative which allows minors to remain in their homes while awaiting adjudication or pending sentencing. There are currently six (6) Reporting Centers located throughout the County, three in Chicago, two in south suburban Cook County and one in Evanston. 

Saura Center
The Saura Center is a staff-secure shelter-care facility that allows minors to remain in the community with the goal to have minors return to their family, school, and community. The Saura Center may be utilized as a step-down option for minors that may be in the JTDC, or as a non-secure alternative to detention.

Amanda Halawa-Mahdi, Section Chief Probation Officer
 

The Mission of Pretrial Services is to create a more equitable and fair approach to Pretrial Services by focusing on a holistic framework that expands our view of public safety and prioritizes upfront investments that enables access to programs, social services, and resources. 

Goals of the Pre-trial Services Division are: 

• Decrease the chance of missed court dates 
• Support youth in remaining arrest free 
• Facilitate access to community resources Support youth engagement in all pretrial services and/or court ordered conditions. 

Pre-trial Services operationalizes the intention to “Screen-Refer-Support”

Melissa Spooner, Section Chief Probation Officer
 

The Mission of the Youth Care and Coordination area of operations is to offer guidance to all post-adjudicated youth throughout their probation sentence experience by building relationships. Case planning, Core Correctional Practice and Case Management are the primary areas of focus for all youth we serve. Collaboration and coordination with community-based service providers are centered around goals set by the youth and family to meet their needs while also focusing on building skills.

Tamar Stockley, Section Chief Probation Officer
 

The Mission of the Supportive Services area of operations is:
 

• To provide the department with the internal and external communication needed to uphold daily operations of the organization through support, maintenance, and ongoing enhancements of the case management system.
• To provide training and personal development of department staff, give notifications and safety alerts to officers working in the community, facilitate linkage to services for youth and families regardless of sexual orientation, preference, or economic circumstance.
• To generate data and quality management to inform decisions and promote positive outcomes for the youth and families we serve.