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Findings and Recommendations 15 findings
F1
Forty-two out of 136 in the experimental group youth have successfully completed the YFRC program.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
Continue to follow-up these graduates for at least 10 more years to validate whether they are still law-abiding citizens. (Finding 1)
F2
The experimental group had a better GPA than the control group during the first year but the trend was reversed in the fourth six-month period.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
Investigate why the youth become less responsive to the treatment after 18 months and make modifications to the programs as indicated. (Finding 2 & 3)
F3
The recidivism in the experimental group was significantly reduced during the second and the third six-month period while the fourth six-month result was less impressive.
No recommendations for this finding
F4
Youth at South and Central centers are participating in a program offered by the Orange County Community Council called the Philanthropist which teaches the importance of sharing and giving. The Council matches money raised by the youth on an 8:1 basis. The maximum Council match is $4,500. The youth have a direct positive impact on their community by distributing this money to their selected local charities.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
Approach the Orange County Community Council about expanding the youth empowerment program, Philanthropist, to the other four centers. (Finding 4)
F5
YFRC students’ community services, restorative justice, and sharing and giving programs help to create clean, healthy, safe, and desirable neighborhood environments. YFRC treatment centers make good neighbors. However, some communities still perceive the treatment centers as a threat.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
Solicit community’s involvement in the treatment center’s activities. (Finding 5)
F6
Discipline is a key to the program. The balance between a treatment (counseling and intervention) and probation (sanction and consequence) is an art. Deputy Probation Officers need more immediate discipline options for timely consequences.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
Give Deputy Probation Officers more options to hand troublesome youth timely consequences. (Finding 6)
F7
Some students feel isolated because the probation rules prohibit them from contacting their YFRC friends outside of the program.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
Create a mentor program that addresses the issue of isolation. Students at the local colleges and universities are good source for role models. (Finding 7)
F8
Because county departments are experiencing a budget crunch, OCPD has had to freeze two open Deputy Probation Officer positions at YFRC treatment centers.
Related Recommendations (1)
R7
Recruit and train volunteers to fill some of the voids caused by the countywide budget cuts. (Finding 8)
F9
Female students at South Center watch a video-taped program during the time the male students are off campus involved in outdoor sports.
Related Recommendations (1)
R8
Create more program opportunities for female students. (Finding 9) 7
F10
Orange County Superintendent of Schools provides free or reduced rate lunch for qualified youth. Parents who are not qualified for the free lunch programs are assessed $30 a month, but the collection of this money is extremely difficult.
Related Recommendations (1)
R9
Include lunch money in the YFRC budget for the students whose parents fail to pay. (Finding 10)
F11
Parent participation is an important part of the program.
Related Recommendations (1)
R10
Use parent participation as one measure to rate the performance of the In-Home service counselors. (Finding 11)
F12
In-Home services for the six centers collectively cost the county about $840,000 a year. The service provider submits a quarterly report to detail its services.
Related Recommendations (1)
R11
Examine In-Home Services performance reports in a detailed manner to insure the program’s cost effectiveness. (Finding 12)
F13
A nurse is a strong collaborative partner at the North - Early Intervention Program and El Toro sites. The other four centers do not have this advantage. 6
Related Recommendations (1)
R12
Add a part-time nurse to the collaborative team at the four centers that are without or find a more affordable alternative. (Finding 13)
F14
The 2000-2001 Orange County Grand Jury reported on the State of Education in the Juvenile Justice System. Many of their recommendations were implemented or are in progress at the YFRC treatment centers. While the accumulative student information system, AERIES, is installed and operating at all centers, some teachers still experience delays in receiving and interpreting student information.
Related Recommendations (1)
R13
Provide all teachers direct access to AERIES and give them training to interpret the information. (Finding 14)
F15
School libraries and recreational reading materials are almost nonexistent. Both the 1993-1994 Grand Jury and 2000-2001 Grand Jury defined in detail the need for library and recreational reading materials in the juvenile justice facilities. Responses to Findings 1-13 are requested from the Orange County Probation Department. Response to Finding 8 is required from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. A response to Finding 13 is requested from the Orange County Health Care Agency. Responses to Findings 14-15 are required from the Orange County Superintendent of Schools.
Related Recommendations (2)
R14
Provide library and recreational reading material for the YFRC schools. (Finding 15) Responses to Recommendations 1-12 are requested from the Orange County Probation Department. A response to Recommendation 12 is requested from the Orange County Health Care Agency. Responses to Recommendations 13-14 are required from the Orange County Superintendent of Schools. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1996-2002 Final Report. Orange County Repeat Offender Prevention Project. (2002) Ethnicity and Age. The 8th Annual Report on the Conditions of the Children in Orange County. (2002) Orange County Juvenile Court Schools. Orange County Grand Jury Final Report 1993-
R15
Responses to Recommendations 1-12 are requested from the Orange County Probation Department. A response to Recommendation 12 is requested from the Orange County Health Care Agency. Responses to Recommendations 13-14 are required from the Orange County Superintendent of Schools. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1996-2002 Final Report. Orange County Repeat Offender Prevention Project. (2002) Ethnicity and Age. The 8th Annual Report on the Conditions of the Children in Orange County. (2002) Orange County Juvenile Court Schools. Orange County Grand Jury Final Report 1993- 1994. Joplin Youth Center – A Day in the Life. Orange County Grand Jury Final Report 2000- 2001. Kurz, G. A. and Moore, L. E. (1994). The 8% Problem: Chronic Juvenile Offender Recidivism, Santa Ana, CA. Orange County Probation Department. Schumacher, M. A. & Kurz, G. A. (2000). The 8% Solution Preventing Serious, Repeat Juvenile Crime Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. “Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Crime and Justice” Chapter in Volume 4 (p.302). Measurement and Analysis of Crime and Justice, Criminal Justice 2000. National Institute of Justice, July 2000, NCJ 182411. Department of Finance www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEGMOGRAP/E4call.htm 8 2 Juvenile Arrests (2002). The 8th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County Santa Ana, CA. Kurz, G. A. and Moore, L. E. (1994). The 8% problem: Chronic Juvenile Offender Recidivism, Santa Ana, CA. Orange County Probation Department. Schumacher, M. A. & Kurz, G. A. (2000). The 8% Solution Preventing Serious, Repeat Juvenile Crime Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 5 1996-2002 Final Report (2002) Orange County Repeat Offender Prevention Project, 8% Early Intervention Program, Santa Ana, CA. Orange County Probation Department. Schumacher, M. A. & Kurz, G. A. (2000). The 8% Solution Preventing Serious, Repeat Juvenile Crime (p. 42) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 7 “Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Crime and Justice.” Chapter in Volume 4 (p. 302): Measurement and Analysis of Crime and Justice, Criminal Justice 2000. National Institute of Justice, July 2000, NCJ 182411. 9
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