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program, placement or service. Forty-seven percent of juveniles served were Hispanic while 22% were White and30% were African-American. Seventy-five percent of juveniles served by the grant were in school at the time theywere referred for their most current offense; an additional 11% were in a DAEP or JJAEP disciplinary school setting.Thirty-seven percent of juveniles had a mental health need. Seventy-four percent of juveniles served by theCommunity Corrections Diversion Program had a prior referral to juvenile probation at the time they were referredfor their current offense. On average, juveniles had a total of 3 referrals to juvenile probation.Offense Type Resulting in Grant C FundedDiversion Service, FY 201160%50%50%40%30%20%10%0%29%16%2% 3%Violent felony Non-violent felony Misdemeanor Violation CINSForty-five percent of the juveniles received a grant funded program, placement or service as a result of a felonyoffense. Another 50% received a grant funded service as a result of a misdemeanor and 2% were the result of aviolation of court order. The remaining 3% of juveniles had committed a CINS offense that led to their participationin the Community Corrections Diversion Program.In fiscal year 2011, 3,650 of the juveniles receiving a Grant C funded program, placement, service, or specializedsupervision ended their supervision. Nearly 77% of the juveniles leaving supervision completed their supervisionsuccessfully. Another 15% of the juveniles ending supervision failed to comply with the conditions of theirsupervision. Of those who failed to comply with the conditions of their supervision, 139 juveniles were committed toTYC during the year and another 13 juveniles were certified as adults.JUVENILE PROBATION APPROPRIATIONS, RIDERS AND SPECIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS 23