Court Programs & Partnerships

Ottawa County Juvenile Court and its partners believe that families should be supported in raising their own children whenever feasible.

Programs are designed to prevent formal court involvement for youth who have no previous court history, address present negative behaviors with the youth and their parents by providing short-term interventions, and provide comprehensive services and supports for more intensive behavioral issues.

Court Programs:

• FACT (Families And Court Together) Program
• HOPE - Family Dependency Treatment Court
• Truancy Mediation
• Community Service
• 5th Grade Mock Trials
• School Resource Officer
• Diversion Program
• Probation Officers in the Schools
• Probation
• Intensive Supervision
• Electronic Monitoring
• Out-of-Home Placements
• Juvenile Detention Center (Sandusky County)

  
  

Partnerships:

• Student Achievement Program (SAP)
• Ottawa County CASA Program
• Case Coordination Team
• C.A.R.E. Alliance
• Family & Children First
• Diagnostic Assessments (Mental Health & Recovery Board)
• Alternative Learning Education Center (ALEC)
• Ottawa County Parent’s Week
• Champions for Children
• Acorn Alley
• OSS Recycling & Litter Prevention (Community Service)
• CARTEENS
• Custody Mediation
  

Kathleen L. Giesler
Judge
kgiesler@co.ottawa.oh.us

Lori Clune
Court Administrator
lclune@co.ottawa.oh.us

Jay Faris
Director of Probation Services
jfaris@co.ottawa.oh.us