changing the status quo for status offenders: new york state’s efforts to help troubled teens...
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Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders: New York State’s Efforts to Help Troubled Teens
Michael Lens, Vera Institute of Justice
Annie Salsich, Vera Institute of Justice
Mary Winter, Onondaga County Probation
June 10, 2007
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NYS Status Offenders Defined
Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS):• Truancy• Running away• Ungovernability
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History of PINS Assistance Project: Vera State-wide PINS Report
Changing the PINS System in New York: A Study of the Implications of Raising the Age
Limit for Persons in Need of Supervision
By Jesse Souweine and Ajay KhashuVera Institute of Justice
September, 2001
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Findings of Vera’s PINS Report
• New York State expected to experience up to a 100% increase in new PINS intakes under current system;
• Projected costs of $29 million for increased use of detention and placement.
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New York State PINS Assistance
• Prompted by:-New PINS Legislation-Vera State-wide PINS Report
• OCFS contracted with Vera to help the state and its counties prepare for the influx of youth entering the system under the new law.
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New York State PINS Assistance
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New York State PINS Reforms
Two Central Trends:
• Front end – Strategies to improve intake and diversion;
• Back end – Development of community-based alternatives to detention and placement.
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Front End Reforms: Intake and Diversion
Issues:
• Lack of immediate crisis response (delay in services)
• High number of court referrals- Immediately- Upon termination of diversion services
• High use of non-secure detention and placement
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Front End Reforms: Orange County
POINT OF
ENTRYFAMILY KEYS
FOLLOW-UPSERVICES
NETWORK INTERVENTION
INTENSIVE SERVICES
FAMILY COURT
HOSPITALEVALUATION
ACCESS TO CLINICAL APPOINTMENT WITHIN
5
DAYS
REFERRALTO PROBATION
DEPARTMENT
MENTAL HEALTH
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Back End Reforms:Alternatives to Detention & Placement
Issues:
• Cost
• Overcrowding
• Poor outcomes
• Focus on keeping youth and families together – at home and in the community
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Back End Reforms:Albany County
Juvenile Release Under Supervision:
• DSS funded
• Daily contact with youth
• Service referrals
• PINS and JDs
• Reduction in non-secure detention costs
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New York City Reforms and Vera Research
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New York City’s Family Assessment Program (FAP)
• December 2002 in Manhattan, rolled out in other boroughs over 2 years
• Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) point of entry- Used to be Department of Probation
• Immediate response- Diversion from court
- Families must exhaust all services to PINS petition court access
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Vera’s Research on FAP
• 2002: Study on the PINS system in New York City- Helps lead to development of FAP
• 2005: Implementation study of the FAP program
• 2005: PINS remand study
• 2007: FAP tracking study
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2005: PINS Remand Study
• Goals:- Identify the PINS cases that resulted in
remands- Identify the demographic and systemic
factors associated with being remanded as a PINS case
• Pathways of a PINS case:- Intake to FAP office
Subset go on to Probation department Subset go on to Court
• Subset are remanded by Court
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Total Remands per Year
518
713
709
607
468*
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
*2005 is a projection based on first 8 months.
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Remands per Day Pre- and Post-FAP
0.08
0.25
0.13
0.45
0.45
0.15
0.29
0.1
0.66
0.61
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Staten Island*
Queens
Manhattan
Bronx***
Brooklyn***
Pre-FAPPost-FAP
***Difference is statistically significant at the p<.01 level.*Difference is statistically significant at the p<.10 level.
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Monthly Indicators Pre- and Post-FAP
• First six months of 2002 (last pre-FAP period):- Probation Intakes = 587/month- Court Referrals = 187/month- Remands = 56/month
• First six months of 2005 (first post-FAP period):- Probation Intakes = 112/month (81% decline)- Court referrals = 93/month (50% decline)- Remands = 41/month (27% decline)
• Probation intake, court referral and remand decreases statistically significant
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Post-FAP Remands by Race
According to the 2000 Census, New York City’s population under 18 was 31% White, 29% Black, and 28% Hispanic.
White1%
Black63%
Other4%
Hispanic32%
N=497Missing=16
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Pre- and Post-FAP Remands by Gender
Post-FAP
Female69%
Male31%
Pre-FAP
Female59%
Male41%
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Pre- and Post-FAP Remands by Runaway Allegation
Post-FAP
No20%
Yes80%
Pre-FAP
No58%
Yes42%
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Additional Research
• 2007: FAP Tracking Study: Tracked 100 families and followed up at 3 months after FAP intake- Findings: Improvement on mental health indicators and
family functioning
• 2007: PINS/JD study- Quantitative inquiry to the pathways and characteristics of
court-involved PINS and JDs; and overlap of the PINS and JD populations
- Qualitative inquiry on services provided and organizational structure of ACS interventions for court-involved PINS and JDs
• Randomized control trial of Adolescent Portable Therapy’s (APT) work with PINS- APT - Vera demonstration project providing mental health
and substance use treatment to JDs and now PINS
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Onondaga County Reforms
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Onondaga County Reforms:Overview and History
Why
• Fiscal problems
• Research
Who
• Interagency collaborative
What
• Aim to reduce costs and provide better outcomes for PINS youth
How
• Keep kids in their communities
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Onondaga County Reforms Placement Outcomes
New PINS Placements, 1995 - 2006
4395
13151714
2931
43
67
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Year
Num
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lace
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Onondaga County Reforms:Components
• Social Service placement staff moved to Probation
• Creation of Placement Review Board
• Cost Re-Allocation
• New major Alternative to Placement Program (PRISM)
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Onondaga County Reforms:PRISM
• Partnership among Probation, Social Services, and the Salvation Army
• Comprehensive treatment planning
• Approximately 50% of PRISM cases staffed by FFT therapist
Probation Rehabilitation Intensive Services Management (PRISM)
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NYS Legislative Reforms:Family Court Act 2005
• Mandated diversion services
• Emphasized immediate crisis response
• Changed detention eligibility criteria
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Working Beyond New York State
• Massachusetts
• Louisiana