New Report by Coalition Member YAP: Safely Home
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Ashley Nellis
Jun 25, 2014, 10:28:20 AM6/25/14
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New Report (6/25/14):
Safely Home shows how Juvenile Justice systems can hold youth
accountable without resorting to incarceration and redirect dollars to
build community capacity
The new report, Safely Home, published by the Youth Advocate Programs Policy and Advocacy Center highlights “bright spots,” places around the country that have effectively used community-based programs to reduce youth incarceration. Safely Home draws upon a series of recent briefs by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center on the public safety and permanency outcomes of thousands of youth served by YAP, and a survey of 300 young people served by community-based programs instead of incarceration. The findings: more than 8 out of 10 youth remained arrest free and 9 out of 10 were at home after completing their community-based program, at a cost that is a fraction of what it would have cost to incarcerate these youth. The report notes that intensive community-based programs can serve three to four high-need youth safely in the community for the same cost as incarcerating one child and describes a dozen key elements of effective community-based alternatives, including individualized services, cultural competence, positive youth development, safety and crisis planning and no reject / no eject policies that promote unconditional caring. The impact of this kind of programming was clear to one of the youth highlighted in the report: "Being in this program was the first time people helped me to get a job doing something I was interested in, and where people did what they said they would. If it wasn't for them, I would probably be locked up again. I've been locked up most of my childhood and now I'm pursuing my college degree in business management.”
The report is available online at: www.safelyhomecampaign.org/safelyhomereport<http://www.safelyhomecampaign.org/safelyhomereport>
The new report, Safely Home, published by the Youth Advocate Programs Policy and Advocacy Center highlights “bright spots,” places around the country that have effectively used community-based programs to reduce youth incarceration. Safely Home draws upon a series of recent briefs by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center on the public safety and permanency outcomes of thousands of youth served by YAP, and a survey of 300 young people served by community-based programs instead of incarceration. The findings: more than 8 out of 10 youth remained arrest free and 9 out of 10 were at home after completing their community-based program, at a cost that is a fraction of what it would have cost to incarcerate these youth. The report notes that intensive community-based programs can serve three to four high-need youth safely in the community for the same cost as incarcerating one child and describes a dozen key elements of effective community-based alternatives, including individualized services, cultural competence, positive youth development, safety and crisis planning and no reject / no eject policies that promote unconditional caring. The impact of this kind of programming was clear to one of the youth highlighted in the report: "Being in this program was the first time people helped me to get a job doing something I was interested in, and where people did what they said they would. If it wasn't for them, I would probably be locked up again. I've been locked up most of my childhood and now I'm pursuing my college degree in business management.”
The report is available online at: www.safelyhomecampaign.org/safelyhomereport<http://www.safelyhomecampaign.org/safelyhomereport>
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