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County staff outline youth‑justice data limits and measures after Wisconsin Policy Forum report
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Milwaukee County DHHS presented local data and described efforts to improve measurement of youth justice outcomes after the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s "Youth Must Be Served" report; staff emphasized recidivism limits and said they are developing metrics for desistance, pro‑social connections and program‑level outcomes.
Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services staff briefed the Health Equity, Human Needs and Strategic Planning Committee on Thursday about the Wisconsin Policy Forum report “Youth Must Be Served” and county efforts to track youth‑justice outcomes beyond traditional recidivism measures.
Kelly Pefte, administrator for Children, Youth and Family Services at DHHS, told supervisors the county provided data to the Policy Forum and is working to expand local measurement to capture program‑level outcomes, connections to services and long‑term desistance from delinquent…
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