Florida Children

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Juvenile DetentionAlternatives InitiativeA
DJJ partnership with theAnnie E. Casey Foundation

• Florida Children Youth Cabinet REGULAR MEETING
• December 1, 2009
• Gainesville, Florida

PRESENTED BY Florida Department of Juvenile
Justice Kelly Layman, Chief of STaff
Frank Peterman, Jr., Secretary
Charlie Crist, Governor
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Slide 1. Alternatives to Secure Detention
Pilots(January 2007 to April 2009)

• Successful Pilot Sites
• Broward, Palm Beach, Duval, Escambia, Alachua,
  and Hillsborough County Detention Centers (7
  total / 2 in Hillsborough)
• Diverted low-risk youth from secure detention
• Participation based on youths attitude/parental
  participation, not charging offense
• Allowed for release of average 15 juveniles per
  monitor
• Intense level of supervision by monitor helped
  ensure favorable outcome during pre-dispositional
  period
• Overall Statistics
• Funded by State Advisory Group (607,797 -
  federal funds)
• 1,725 youth served
• Saved the State 31,565 secure detention days /
  Allowed for bed space
• Zero failures to appear
• Only 93 youth violated while out on alternative
  detention (alternative program violation, not new
  offenses)

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Slide 2. The New Initiative

• Four counties (Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Palm
  Beach)
• Each site has established Collaborative
  Stakeholder Teams
• Initial kick-off meeting occurred in late May
  and early June
• JDAI promotes changes to policies, practices, and
  programs in order to
• Reduce reliance on secure confinement
• Improve public safety
• Reduce over-representation of minority contact
• Stimulate overall juvenile justice reforms
• while engaging the local community and all
  constituencies
• Based on past performance measurements, we may
  divert approx. 2,500 youth during the 3-year
  timeframe

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Slide 3. The New/Current Fundingfor Casey
Foundation project

• 450,000 total from Casey Foundation (3 years)
• 150,000 each year (37,500 x 4)
• Includes funding for 4 part-time local
• program coordinators
• 617,000 from State Advisory Group (1 year)
• 100,000 per site (x 4)
• 50,000 per site for expeditor salary (x4)
• 17,000 HQ project coordinator travel (1)
• 300,000 federal stimulus funds
• 7 OPS community youth workers

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Slide 4. Additional/Current Activities

• Attended JDAI Intersite Conference in Washington,
  D.C.
• Hired dedicated data position for
  tracking/measurement purposes
• Chief Probation Officers continue work with local
  stakeholders to determine their respective
  countys individual needs
• Stakeholder groups will determine
• kinds of services
• direction for funding
• additional funding needed and
• if further coordination and collaborative
  partners are needed.
• FY2009-10 first quarter reports are being
  finalized
• Hiring of 4 expeditor positions and 7 OPS
  community youth workers (funds received, hiring
  process initiated)
• Hiring of 4 local program coordinators contingent
  upon receipt of Casey funding

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REACH THEM TEACH THEM WATCH THEM SUCCEED  
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Slide 5. The Facts

• Admissions for first quarter FY2009-10
• Broward Secure Detention Center admitted 905
  youth
• Palm Beach Secure Detention Center admitted 538
  youth
• Duval Secure Detention Center admitted 862 youth
• Hillsborough East Secure Detention Center
  admitted 382 youth
• Hillsborough West Secure Detention Center
  admitted 499 youth
• Primary population demographics
• Broward - 77 black 12 Hispanic 11 white
• Palm Beach 60 black 25 white 12 Hispanic
• Duval 66 black 32 white 1 Hispanic
• Hillsborough East 46 black 34 white 20
  Hispanic
• Hillsborough West 76 black 13 white 11
  Hispanic
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Slide 6. The Facts (continued)

• Number of youth detained from March 2007 - March
  2009 steadily decreased
• Broward decreased from 124 to 88
• Palm Beach decreased from 89 to 48
• Duval remained 99
• Hillsborough East decreased from 46 to 33
• Hillsborough West decreased from 91 to 51
• 1st Qtr FY 2009-10 Number of youth detained in
  secure detention decreases
• Broward decreased from 97 to 88
• Palm Beach decreased from 61 to 48
• Duval decreased from 106 to 99
• Hillsborough East decreased from 46 to 33
• Hillsborough West decreased from 57 to 51

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Slide 7. The Facts (continued)

• Youth detained with felony offenses (as a of
  total facility admissions)
• Broward 64 Palm Beach 48
• Duval 60 Hillsborough East 52
• Hillsborough West 55
• Youth detained in secure detention for failure to
  appear in court (as a of total facility
  admissions, and a statewide average of 17)
• Broward 22 Palm Beach 16
• Duval 15 Hillsborough East 22
• Hillsborough West 25

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Slide 8. The Facts (continued)

• Youth detained in secure detention for
• Violation of Probation (as a of total
  facility admissions with a statewide average of
  4)
• Broward 2 Palm Beach 3
• Duval 5 Hillsborough East 2
• Hillsborough West 0
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DJJ - JDAI Project Coordination

• Rod Love, Deputy Secretary
• rod.love_at_djj.state.fl.us
• 850-921-2035
• Greg Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Prevention
  and Victim Services greg.johnson_at_djj.state.fl.
  us
• 850-488-3302