THE SOCIAL DETERMINA NTS & THE JUVENILE JUSTICE …...THE SOCIAL DETERMINA NTS OF HEALTH & THE...
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THE SOCIAL DETERMINA
NTS OF HEALTH
& THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
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█ Judge Denise Navarre Cubbon, Chief Administra2ve Judge Lucas County Juvenile Court
█ Yinethia Brown, Program Director Louisville Youth Advocate Programs
█ Shaena Fazal, Esq., Na2onal Director for Public Policy and Communica2ons, Youth Advocate Programs
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OVERVIEW
█ Introduc2o
n and Road
map
█ Jeremiah &
Yinethia (an
d supports!
)
█ Lucas Cou
nty Juvenile
Court
█ Youth Ad
vocate Prog
rams (YAP)
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ABOUT LUCAS COUNTY JUVENILE COURT
█ Toledo — County seat of Lucas County, OH
█ 27% Minority popula2on*
█ Approximately 23% < 18 years old
█ Approximately 21% Lucas County residents lived below poverty level (2010-‐2014)
█ 12,231 cases in 2016
2016 Annual Report link 3
OUR APPROACH TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COURT █ Ensure Public Safety.
█ Protect the Children of the Community.
█ Preserve Families by Suppor2ng Parents and Intervening only when it is in the Best Interest of the Child and/or the Community.
█ Work with the Community to Develop and Enforce Standards of Responsible Behavior for Adults and Children.
█ Ensure Balance Between Consequences and Rehabilita2on while Holding Offenders Accountable for Their Ac2ons.
█ Efficiently and Effec2vely Operate the Services of the Court. 4
HOW DO WE SEE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AFFECTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COURT AND HOW DO WE HELP THEM? █ Evidenced based Screening & Assessments
█ Best Prac2ce Services
█ Reentry Services
█ Family Engagement
█ Con2nuum of Community based Service Delivery
█ Community Partnerships
█ Through Equity, Fairness & Public Safety Lens
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YOUTH ARE A RESOURCE POSITIVE INTERVENTIONS WHICH EFFECT BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Bues, Jeffrey A., Gordon Bazemore, & Aundra Saa Meroe (2010). 6
THE FRAMEWORK OF POSITIVE YOUTH JUSTICE █ Work:
█ Educa2on:
█ Health:
█ Rela2onships:
█ Community:
█ Crea2vity:
Na2onal Council on Crime and Delinquency (2015). Posi%ve Youth Development in Juvenile Jus%ce. Power Point presenta2on; Muntu Mbonisi 7
ABOUT YAP
█ 42-‐year ol
d non-‐profi
t
community-‐based
organiza2o
n
█ Dedicated
to the dein
s2tu2onaliz
a2on of
young peop
le through
intensive, in
dividualized
support of y
oung peopl
e and their
families in
the contexts
of their hom
e communi2e
s.
█ Located in
22 states +
DC; 100 pro
grams;
13k kids and
families
█ Commitment to
policy and s
ocial change
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YAP’S SERVICE DELIVERY PRINCIPLES AND COMPONENTS █ Accept all kids and adopt “no
reject” policies
█ Be available, accessible and flexible
█ Voice, choice & ownership
█ Individualize services for each youth
█ Ensure family-‐focused services
█ Take a strength-‐based approach
█ Cultural competency
█ Engage youth in work and future economic opportuni2es
█ Priori2ze safety and crisis planning
█ Uncondi2onal caring (no-‐eject policies)
█ Create opportuni2es for civic engagement and giving back
█ Cul2vate long-‐term connec2on to community
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YAP’S APPROACH
█ Wraparound
█ Advocacy
█ Focus on highest risk / need
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KEY SOCIAL DETERMINANT: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES
█ Black youth are four @mes as likely as white youth to be placed out of the home;
█ La2no youth are one and a half to two @mes more likely to be placed out of the home
█ Na2ve American young people are 3.7 2mes more likely to spend 2me in an out of home placement as white youth.
█ Taken together, race and gender also illustrate disparate treatment. for example, girls of color are twice as likely as white girls to be incarcerated.
█ Black boys are perceived as more dangerous than white counterparts from the age of 10
Photo cred: The Atlan%c
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BLACK GIRLS IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM █ Seen as less likely to need protec2on, nurturing
and support
█ Seen as more independent
█ Know more about sex and other adult topics
█ 20x more likely than white girls to be formally pe22oned
█ “the percep(on of Black girls as less innocent and more adult-‐like may contribute to more puni(ve exercise of discre(on by those in posi(ons of authority, greater use of force, and harsher penal(es”
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YAP’S APPROACH TO REDUCING DMC
YAP’s approach to cultural competence and zip code recruitment of staff can help with DMC by targe2ng the most high-‐risk youth and zip codes with high incarcera@on and confinement rates.
█ Ft. Worth, Chicago examples
█ Million dollar blocks
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YOUTH VOICE
A YAP ini2a2ve:
█ Vocalize █ Organize
█ Inform
█ Collaborate █ Educate 15
DOES IT
WORK?
Yes. Both p
rac2ce and
data tell us
that it does
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DATA: COMMUNITIES CAN SAFELY SERVE « HIGH RISK » YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY From John Jay April 2014 Issue brief “Most High Risk Youth Referred to Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Remain Arrest Free and in their Communi2es During YAP Par2cipa2on”
3,523 YAP youth
█ 90% had some prior legal disposi2on
• Of these, 30% had prior felonies • 21% had at least one prior out-‐of-‐home placement
█ 86% were arrest-‐free while in the program
█ 93% were living in the community at the 2me of discharge from YAP (so even if they had been arrested, they were not commieed or recommieed)
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DATA: HIGH RISK YOUTH CAN SUCCEED AFTER DISCHARGE FROM COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM From John Jay June 2014 Issue brief “YAP Helps To Keep Youth Out Of Secure Facili2es And Living In Their Communi2es”
1,851 YAP youth post-‐discharge
Between six and 12 months auer their discharge from YAP:
█ More than 87% living in the community
█ Less than 5% in secure placement
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NEW STUDY from the OFFICE OF
JUVENILE JUSTICE
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
█ UTSA
• improved connectedness of YAP youth to their teachers;
• improved connectedness of YAP youth to their schools, including increased aeendance;
• greater efforts to secure employment; and • a sta2s2cally significant and large decrease in the
youth's most serious disposi2on.
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THANK YOU!
Q&A
CONTACTS
█ Yinethia B
rown, Prog
ram Director, Lo
uisville
Youth Advo
cate Progra
ms,
ywbrown@yapin
c.org, (502)
548-‐7099
█ Judge Den
ise Navarre
Cubbon, Ch
ief
Administra2ve Ju
dge, Lucas C
ounty Juven
ile
Court, (419
) 213-‐6744
█ Shaena F
azal, Esq., Y
AP Na2onal
Director fo
r
Public Policy
and Communica
2ons,
sfazal@yapin
c.org, (202)
594-‐6893
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