Youth Intervention Program

1. Youth Intervention Program Saving At-Risk Youth for 35 Years! Your Name, Executive Director Your Organization 2011

2. Youth Intervention Program • Community-based programs • Keeps youth out of the more costly juvenile justice system! • Ensures youth are an asset instead of a burden to society!

3. Administration of the Youth Intervention Program • Public Safety (Office of Justice Programs) • Serves an average of 17,000 kids per year • Requires a $2 community match for every $1 of state funding

4. Youth Intervention Program Funding Was $2.4 million two years ago with 67 funded organizations Currently funded at $1.6 million with 57 organizations receiving funding

5. Youth Intervention Program Locations

6. Social Return on Investment (SROI) The Youth Intervention Program has a SROI of $4.89 for every one dollar invested Moreover, the program returns $14.68 for every state dollar invested assuming a $2 to $1 match of other funding Wilder Research & the University of MN 2007 Study on Minnesota’s Youth Intervention Programs

7. Social Return on Investment

8. Public Safety • Charging, adjudicating and incarcerating youth costs significantly more than community-based early intervention programs • Does not result in a increased public safety risk Research data consistently supports:

9. Cost to Society Average cost to society for one youth who quits school and takes up a life of crime and drug use: $2 million per Youth! Vanderbilt University, Marc Cohen, Economist 1998

10. Youth Intervention Program Outcomes Over 50% reported improvements in grades, attendance, and/or school behavior Over 80% reported no police tickets, citations, and/or new charges since they began the YIP program

11. More Program Outcomes • 61% reported abstinence from alcohol and 21% reported a decrease in use • 67% reported abstinence from marijuana and 5% reported a decrease in use • 85% reported abstinence from “other drugs” and 5% reported a decrease compared to when they began the YIP program

12. Other Program Outcomes • Increased ability to break big goals into small steps • Increased satisfaction with grades and achievement • Decrease in impulsive behaviors • Improved relationship with parents • Decreased swearing and threatening at home • Decreased irritability and anger • Increased ability to control anger

13. Office of Justice Program Survey June 2010 • In 2010 OJP sought information from stakeholders on how best to promote public safety, programs based on best or evidence-based practices and how best to allocate these limited but important funds. • They surveyed OJP grantees, law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, court administrators, state partners and community members. To view the report visit - www.ojp.state.mn.us/Grants/JAG_Survey_Results.pdf

14. OJP Survey Respondents • 634 respondents • 88% are criminal justice, juvenile justice, crime victim services or other professionals • 12 % are community members, parents or youth.

15. OJP Survey – Funding Priorities • 31% feel that prevention and education programs are a top priority for funding.

16. OJP Survey – Public Safety Impact • 75% think youth intervention programs have the best potential for impact on public safety.

17. The Answer is POSITIVELY YES! Youth Intervention Programs Save Money Youth Intervention Programs Work • There is a $4.89 return on every $1 invested in early intervention • Keeps at-risk youth from reentering the costly juvenile justice system over 80% of the time

18. Questions?