Livingston County Probation is pioneering the use of the revolutionary e-Connect system developed by Columbia University for juvenile suicide prevention. This digital tool screens every new juvenile case for suicide risk, directing at-risk youths to immediate mental health support. The real-time assessments and risk-based scoring optimize resources, reducing unnecessary hospital stays. Since its implementation in 2018, the system has achieved remarkable success, with a 100% treatment initiation rate for referred youths, contrasting sharply with the previous 13% state average. This has garnered national attention and interagency collaboration improves treatment access.
Probation officers are not clinicians and this tool removes this type of decision making from the probation officer.
As a result of their commitment to e-Connect, Livingston County Probation for the past year has had a perfect referral and treatment initiation rate.
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