The Juvenile Services Center offers a wide variety of services, which are fast becoming unique in the State of New Mexico. 

San Juan County offers an Emergency Crisis Shelter, an Assessment Center for prevention and intervention, Intensive Outpatient Program, Residential Treatment Center, and Juvenile Detention. 

Housed in the Juvenile Services Center are District Court, Juvenile Probation and Parole, and Functional Family Therapy. The court offers drug court, grade court, and two children’s court judges. Juvenile Probation and Parole offers ten probation officers, two community support officers, a county supervisor, and a Chief JPPO. Probation provides community supervision of probationers and parolees, drug testing, assessments, diversion programs and act as gatekeepers of the system. 

The Juvenile Services Facility is a 40-bed, secure, long-term detention facility.  The facility is responsible for the care and the custody of juveniles who are placed on a detention hold by the Juvenile Probation and Parole Office. 

Juveniles may be detained for the following reasons:  an arrest for allegedly committing an offense, on a warrant, court ordered detention, or as part of an order sanctioning the juvenile for violating the terms of probation or conditional release.