Presentation LAUSD Budget Committee February 2017
Centinela Youth Services, Inc. (CYS) • CYS began in 1975 • Local leader in Restorative Justice for 30 years. • Victim-Offender Restitution Services (VORS) – achieves high restitution completion rates • Families Able to Resolve Situations (FARS) – parent/ teen mediation addressing family conflict • Everychild Restorative Justice Center with wrap around case management and mental health support, multi-layered interventions [in place of expulsion/arrest].
Services Justice System Diversion: • Pre-Booking; Referred by Law Enforcement • Post-Booking; Referred by Probation, Courts • Student-Police Dialogs Services for Schools • Training and technical assistance on trauma-informed and restorative approaches to behavior • Expulsion diversion
Referral Criteria • Youth age 9 - 18 years Operating under Blanket Order from Presiding Judge of • Minimal criminal history Juvenile Court for 25 years. • Misdemeanor and felony. • Generally not 707-b offenses • Some Robbery without weapon • Some Arson • No prior sustained felony petition.
WHY? Simply being arrested (even if not sustained): • Far more likely to drop out of school • Far less likely to enroll in college 7x more likely to experience: *Journal Sociology of Education, Harvard University, University of • adult unemployment Texas at Austin **Sampson, R. J. and John H. Laub. "Crime and Deviance over the life course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds." American • welfare dependence** Sociological Review 55.5 (Oct. 1990): 609-627. Web. May 2011.
What Works?: Restorative Justice • Goal is to change the mindset of the misbehaving youth. Help them gain greater respect for others and themselves and more accountability to their community at large. • Accountability : Repairing harm to the victim and the community as a whole. • Addressing needs : Support for the underlying needs of the offender so they are less likely to reoffend in the future. Sources: UCLA Civil Rights Project; Porter 2007; Zehr 1998.
Evidence Based Practices Victim-Offender Restitution Services (VORS) Accepted for listing on the National Registry of Evidenced Based Programs & Practices (SAMHSA) • Recidivism rate for VORS participants was half the rate of non- participants. • Restitution paid by VORS participants averaged 166 times more than that paid by non-participants. • Community service agreed to/ordered averaged 40% less for VORS participants than non-participants. However, VORS participants completed 6 times as many service hours.
Victim-Offender Restitution Services (VORS) Cuts recidivism in half Control Treatment 35% $140.00 31% 30% $120.00 25% $100.00 20% $80.00 Treatment Treatment 15% 15% $60.00 Control Control 10% $40.00 5% $20.00 0% $0.00 Recidivism Ordered Paid
Everychild Restorative Justice Center • Serving Inglewood, Compton, Sylmar Court jurisdictions • Provide intensive case management • Use YLS/CMI and other assessments to measure risk in: School Stress Substance Use Employment Mental Health Crime Risk Behaviors Physical Health • Individualized treatment plans involve activities such as -Credit Recovery -Family mediation -Substance Abuse treatment -Educational Rights -Family therapy legal services -Employment or job -Individual therapy training -Tutoring -Parenting classes -After school activities -Doctor’s check ups -Mediation with Victim and Restitution -Community Service
Accessible • Services held near families - library, school, community center • No Cost to family • No language barriers • Flexible hours, evening appointments.
Service Area • Victim- Offender • Parent-teen mediation
Service Area Intensive, wrap- around case management at the Restorative Justice centers
Valley Restorative Justice Center • Replicating successful South LA model. • Currently 43% of youth served are LAUSD students. Projected over 60% will be LAUSD students for Valley RJC. • Many of the crime victims are LAUSD Schools and students. • Restitution collection 86%; victim satisfaction at 98%.
Seeking Support for Expansion Valley Restorative Justice Center 3 Year Budget: $1,878,000 Committed Support: $701,618 • Probation/BOS Dist 3, JJCPA: $500,000 • W. M. Keck Foundation: $250,000 • LA County Dispute Resolution: $119,018 • Ralph M. Parsons Foundation & other : $57,600 Balance to be Raised: $951,382
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