Georgetown University report lauds community-based alternatives to youth incarceration

were “extremely successful in serving youth and families, including those who may have had challenges engaging in other programs or services in the past.”

The six jurisdictions in the CJJR report launched their programs using YAP/CJJR Safely Home Fund start-up grants, created to support the nonprofit’s work to build a national community-based continuum of care to improve outcomes for high-end justice-involved youth. Per the report: “One court stakeholder explained that the Advocates are able to authentically connect and form relationships with youth because they are able to say ‘Look, this is the real world and I live in your community. I know where you’re at. I don’t live in an ivory tower and try to tell you what it’s like to live in your neighborhood.’”

At discharge, about 83% of YAP youth were living in a community setting, with an average increase of about 25% across the six sites.

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