The Chief Deputy Director assists the Director with implementation of initiatives, reforms and policies that are designed to improve the lives of court-involved youth and move the agency forward. The Chief Deputy directly supervises the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, the Interstate Compact Unit and the Certification Unit. The Chief Deputy may also oversee cross-functional agencywide issues and take on day-to-day tasks to enable the Director to focus on the agency’s vision and carry out strategic organizational initiatives.
The Interstate Commission for Juveniles is established to fulfill the objectives of the Compact, through means of joint cooperative action among the Compacting states to promote, develop and facilitate a uniform standard that provides for the welfare and protection of juveniles, victims and the public by governing the Compacting states’ transfer of supervision of juveniles, temporary travel of defined offenders and return of juveniles who have absconded, escaped, fled to avoid prosecution or run away.
