Youth Intervention Program  Saving At-Risk Youth for 35 Years! Scott Beaty, Executive Director Paul Meunier, Director of Services MN Youth intervention Programs Association April 3, 2013  Saving At-Risk Youth for 35 Years! Scott Beaty, Executive Director Paul Meunier, Director of Services MN Youth intervention Programs Association April 3, 2013

Public Safety  Charging, adjudicating and incarcerating youth costs significantly more than community-based early intervention programs  Does not result in a increased public safety risk Research data consistently supports:

There is a gap in services Youth are falling through the cracks  Watching video games  Socially isolated  Lacking meaningful relationships  Mental health issues

Youth Intervention Program Funding ( Requires a $2 community match for every $1 of state funding) Eight years ago  $4.8 million  67 funded organizations  Approximately 20,000 youth served Currently  $3 million  51funded organizations  Approximately 10,000 youth served  135 funded organizations are needed

Youth Intervention Program Locations

Youth in intervention programs:  Do better in school  Have better life skills  Develop a pro-social attitude  90% don’t commit a new offense while in a program

Youth intervention saves money Wilder Research & the University of MN 2007 Study on Minnesota’s Youth Intervention Programs  $4.89 for every one dollar invested  $14.68 for every state dollar invested; assuming a $2 to $1 match of other funding

Projected Annual Outcomes  14,850 fewer youth will have further legal involvement  190 organizations gain access to FREE best-in-class trainings  A $73,400,000 return on a $5,000,000 investment

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