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Juvenile crime prevention programs show sustained reductions in referrals and detention, Youth Development Oregon says
Summary
Youth Development Oregon officials told the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education that county and tribal juvenile crime prevention programs served thousands of young people, produced reductions in risk factors and showed lower rates of new criminal referrals and detention over 12‑ and 36‑month follow‑ups in third‑party evaluations.
Youth Development Oregon officials told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education on Jan. 30 that the state’s juvenile crime prevention (JCP) programs delivered measurable reductions in new criminal referrals and detention, and that county and tribal programs rely on community‑based interventions and third‑party evaluation.
Brian Detman, director of Youth Development Oregon, and Anya Sikina, associate director and prevention lead, briefed the subcommittee on how the agency administers formula grants to all 36 counties and nine tribal nations to serve youth ages 8 to 17 at imminent risk of juvenile justice involvement.
Detman said the agency contracts third‑party evaluator NPC Research to assess outcomes. He told the committee that JCP funding supported roughly 1,600 youth in the 2021–23 biennium and that program…
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