Montgomery County Juvenile Court

What Montgomery County Juvenile Court does

Montgomery County Juvenile Court is a division of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court system, operating as a state government entity within Montgomery County, Ohio. Headquartered at the Juvenile Justice Center in Dayton (380 West Second St.), the court provides juvenile justice and child welfare services through seven core departments: Administration (overseen by Administrative Judge Helen Wallace and Judge Nicholas Sylvain), Center for Adolescent Services (a community correctional facility serving males and females), the Intervention Center (24/7 centralized intake, screening, and case management), Detention Services, Nicholas Residential Treatment Center (a staff-secure residential facility), Probation Services, and MCJCS Education (a non-graded non-public school district chartered by the Ohio Department of Education). The organization employs 371 staff.

Service delivery is direct-to-citizen via the Clerk's Office (filings, record requests, including military and adult probation record requests), Citizen Services (self-help review and notary, supporting Pro Se filings for child custody, support, parentage, contempt, and records sealing/expungement), and a Wednesday Traffic Court session (3:00pm–8:00pm). Service portfolio spans juvenile delinquency, truancy, abuse/neglect, custody disputes, support matters, and traffic citations involving minors. The court's residential and detention facilities comply with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), with triennial audits conducted in 2018, 2021, and 2024.

The court is not a commercial enterprise. It is publicly funded through Montgomery County government appropriations; filing fees for custody, support, parentage, and related matters, as well as fines from traffic violations, flow into public coffers rather than functioning as commercial revenue to the court. Its scale is set by statutory mandate rather than market demand, and its service population — youth under 18 and their families involved with the juvenile justice system — is a captive base defined by Ohio law. The court has executed MOUs with the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office, Sheriff's Office, Children's Services, Dayton Children's Hospital, and Miami Valley Interpreters to coordinate prosecution, security, child welfare, healthcare, and language access respectively. No proprietary technology, API, or mobile app is offered.

Name

Montgomery County Juvenile Court

Legal name

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Juvenile Division

Website

https://mcjcohio.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Montgomery County Juvenile Court is a government judicial entity in Dayton, Ohio, providing juvenile justice, probation, detention, residential treatment, and education services to youth and families across Montgomery County through 371 staff and seven operating departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Judicial / Juvenile Court Services

NAICS

Courts (922110), Correctional Institutions (922140), Parole Offices and Probation Offices (922150), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Juvenile Justice System (Courts & Detention) (BPAIAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Corrections (Probation, Parole & Reentry) (BPAIAFAE), Juvenile Justice Education Programs (Detention & Correctional Education) (EDAJAEAB), Correctional Health, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (In-Custody) (BPAKANAG), Forensic & Correctional Behavioral Health Services (HLAFACAM)

Keywords

• Juvenile justice services
• Court adjudication
• Probation supervision
• Residential treatment programs
• Youth detention services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Filing Fees: Court collects filing fees for various court filings including child custody, child support, parentage, and other matters
2. Fines and Fees: Collection of fines and fees as part of court orders and traffic violations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Montgomery County Juvenile Court is a government juvenile court that adjudicates cases involving minors — including delinquency, abuse, neglect, child custody, child support, parentage, traffic, and truancy matters — and operates an integrated suite of operational departments: the Center for Adolescent Services (community correctional facility), the Intervention Center (24/7 centralized intake, screening, and case management), Detention Services, Nicholas Residential Treatment Center (staff-secure residential facility), Probation Services, and an in-house MCJCS school district. Public-facing services include the Clerk's Office, Traffic Court, Citizen Services, and self-help Pro Se forms for filings without an attorney.

Product overview

Montgomery County Juvenile Court is a government judicial institution providing a unified suite of court services for youth justice. The court operates multiple interconnected departments including Administration (with two Judges), the Center for Adolescent Services (community correctional facility), the Intervention Center (24/7 intake/screening), Detention Services, Nicholas Residential Treatment Center (residential facility), Probation Services, and Education. Supporting services include Traffic Court, the Clerk's Office, and online Pro Se Court Forms for citizens filing without attorneys. All facilities comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Administration Administrative services of the Juvenile Court division, providing judicial oversight by Administrative Judge Helen Wallace and Judge Nicholas Sylvain.
• Center for Adolescent Services (CAS) Community Correctional Facility providing services for both males and females with attention to detection, elimination, and prevention of sexual assault under PREA standards.
• The Intervention Center (IC) A 24-hour, 7-day-a-week centralized intake, screening, assessment, and case management facility for youth entering the juvenile justice system.
• Detention Services Comprehensive detention program for pre- and post-dispositional youth, operated under PREA compliance standards.
• Nicholas Residential Treatment Center (NRTC) A highly structured, staff-secure residential treatment facility operated by MCJC and subject to PREA compliance.
• Probation Services Provides effective, quality probation supervision and services for court-involved youth.
• MCJCS Education A non-graded non-public school district chartered by the Ohio Department of Education serving court-involved youth.
• Traffic Court Adjudicates traffic citations and conducts hearings on Wednesdays 3:00pm–8:00pm.
• Clerk's Office Services Provides case records and document requests (including military and adult probation record requests) at the Clerk's Office located on the Lower Level of the Juvenile Justice Center.
• Court Forms (Pro Se Filing) Self-help legal forms for filing without an attorney, including child custody, child support, parentage, contempt, and records sealing/expungement packets.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dayton Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDayton Children's Hospital has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Montgomery County Juvenile Court related to PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) compliance for the Center for Adolescent Services, Nicholas Residential Treatment Center, and Detention Services.
• Miami Valley Interpreters LLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOU for interpretation services to ensure language access compliance under PREA requirements for juvenile facilities.
• Montgomery County Children's ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOU for coordinated services related to child welfare, abuse, and neglect cases. Critical partner for the court's mission to protect abandoned, neglected, and abused children.
• Montgomery County Prosecutor's OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOU for prosecution services and coordination of juvenile justice cases, including PREA-related matters.
• Montgomery County Sheriff's OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOU for security and law enforcement coordination at juvenile facilities under PREA requirements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Judicial membership and training organization setting standards for juvenile courts nationwide; influences MCJC's policy, training, and reform direction.
• Tyler Technologies (Odyssey): Major vendor of court case-management and e-filing software used by many U.S. juvenile courts; relevant adjacent technology peer given MCJC's apparent lack of modern case-management infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Summit County Juvenile Court: Akron-area juvenile court with overlapping judicial, probation, and detention functions; similar Ohio statutory framework and comparable scale.
• Franklin County Juvenile Court: Columbus-area juvenile court running comparable intake, detention, probation, and court services for Ohio's most populous county; a direct functional peer at greater scale.
• Youth Services International: Private provider of residential, treatment, and community-based services for court-involved youth; overlaps directly with MCJC's residential and probation offerings.
• Sequel Youth and Family Services: Private provider of juvenile residential, detention, and treatment programs across multiple states — the private-sector counterpart to MCJC's detention and NRTC operations.
• Hamilton County Juvenile Court: Another large Ohio juvenile court (Cincinnati) operating judicial, detention, and probation services for a single urban county — the closest geographic and functional analog to MCJC.
• Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court: Cleveland-area juvenile court with detention, probation, and court-involved youth services in a major Ohio urban county; directly comparable institutional structure.
• Rite of Passage: Private operator of juvenile residential treatment and correctional programs nationwide; functionally comparable to MCJC's NRTC and Detention Services.
• Lucas County Juvenile Court: Toledo-area juvenile court providing parallel intake, detention, and probation services under the same Ohio Revised Code framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/montgomery-county-juvenile-court

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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