Welcome to McMinn County

Department of Juvenile Services

The Department of Juvenile Services' mission is to provide preventive and rehabilitative services to juveniles and families in need. Our goal is to assist in preserving the family unit while providing guidance to the juvenile.  Juvenile Services is located at the Annex Building on 5 South Hill Street, Athens, TN 37303.   Phone: (423)745-8782.      Fax (423)745-7877

Services Available through McMinn County Department of Juvenile Services:

• Help for Youth and Families
  Crisis Interventions.
  Access to individual and family counseling.
  Referral services to other agencies 
  Preventative programs / services
  Probation supervision
  Juvenile Court Assistance

• Help for the Community
  Community services work projects preventative programs.
  Community awareness presentations 
  Restitution program for victims

• Help for Schools
  School Board Delinquency Prevention Project.
  Referral / access to state agency services.
  Community service work after school hours.
  Supervision of juveniles on probation..
  Law Related Education classes.
  Preventative programs /  presentations.

• Help for Law Enforcement / Juvenile Court
  Administering court orders.
  Probation supervision .
  Operation of McMinn County Juvenile Center.
  24 Hour-on-call services.
  Pre-sentence investigations.
  Organizing and setting of court dockets.

"If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."
                             -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe