Chief
Judge: K. Van Banke
Clayton
County Administration, Annex 3
121 South McDonough Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236
Office (770) 477-3270 Fax (770) 477-3255
W/E: (770) 473-5975
Intake/
Probation: (770) 473-5977
Dear Fellow Citizens:
I
am pleased to present to you Clayton County Juvenile Court's
Report for 2009 via our county Web site. We believe that the citizens
of Clayton County are entitled to be informed about the functioning
of their Juvenile Court and trust you will find this report useful
and informative.
As
you will note from the charts contained in this report, the workload
of the Juvenile Court has continued to increase over the last
several years but we are hopeful that, with the support of the Board
of Commissioners as well as internal operational changes,
we will be able to reverse the current trend.
We
are certainly appreciative of the cooperation we received from
many other agencies, including the
Clayton
County Sheriff's Office,
Clayton
County District Attorney's Office,
Clayton
County Police Department,
Board of Education and
Board of Commissioners
as well as the municipal law enforcement agencies within the county.
We also continue to maintain a strong working relationship with
the
Clayton County
Department of Family and Children Services.
Our
efforts remain focused on public safety, holding youth accountable
for their behavior, as well as services to victims.
Sincerely,
K. Van Banke, Chief Judge
"We
envision a nation of strong and stable families, where every child
has an equal opportunity to reach his or her full potential, and
where public policies and personal values give highest priority
to healthy whole children."
BEYOND RHETORIC ~ A new American Agenda for Children
and Families
Final Report of the National Commission on Children, John D. Rockefeller
IV, Chairman