What is FLY?

1. THANK YOU FOR LEARNING ABOUT FLY! • What is FLY? “The name Fresh Lifelines for Youth says it all. FLY showed me light at the end of the tunnel, and I didn’t have to die to see it.” –FLY Client, age 16

2. We Believe • All our children deserve the chance to become more than their past mistakes.

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4. Why Do We Need FLY?

5. San Francisco County

6. Why Do We Need FLY? A study of incarcerated youth shows: • 91% do not have positive adult role models • 83% do not have the basic life skills to make healthy choices • 78% have experienced significant trauma • Search Institute Study 2002: www.search-institute.org

7. FLY’s Solution • Help youth transform from “juvenile delinquents” into positive community leaders • Increase the number of people committed to and capable of supporting juvenile justice youth • Improve local juvenile justice systems to be effective and humane

8. FLY’s Theory of Change Need Theoretical Foundation Programmatic Approach* Intermediate Outcomes ** Long Term Outcomes *** Assets: Youth need at least 31 of the 41 developmental assets to thrive: Juvenile Justice youth only have 14.7 assets Build Assets Youth transform from “juvenile delinquents” into positive community leaders Law Classes 80% report they have an increased desire to change Mentoring YOUTH(ages 15-18 in juvenile justice system or at-risk) 80% report an increase in developmental assets Leadership= Law + Mentoring/ Case Management + Service Learning 80% report change in problematic behavior All programs drive to and measure all 3 outcomes Crime: 237,000 youth arrested in CA each year; 6,240 youth on probation each Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Head (Intellect for the work) 80% of clients report staff/ vol. positive role models An increase in number of people committed to and capable of supporting JJ youth STAFF AND Heart (Love for the clients) 80% of clients like FLY services Youthinput into program design Change Behavior Customer service COST: CA spends $1 billion on Juvenile Justice annually;50-80% of incarcerated youth are re-arrested; local juvenile hall costs $283 a night per youth, $32 million spent annually. Probation fills our programs Leadership roles in collaboratives Local juvenile justice systems provide more effective and humane services Invited to tables of Juvenile Justice reform Solutions oriented COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Asked by system to help with system change Focus on quality and accountability ***FLY does not hold itself directly accountable for long-term outcomes System change from inside out **FLY holds itself directly accountable * All three programs share the following 8 activities: 1) Access to positive role models; 2) education on laws and life; 3) experiential learning; 4) opportunities to lead;5) field trips; 6) positive peer group; 7) recognition of progress; and 8) food.

9. Theoretical Foundation • It is not too late for our youth. • Frontal Lobes: Reasoning that tempers emotions is not fully formed until age 25. • Asset Development: A youth can increase their resiliency to risk • Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches: The brain can learn new coping strategies • Motivational Enhancement Approaches: We can help create conditions to increase the likelihood of change • Strengths based philosophy: Our youth have positive potential

10. Core Program: Law + Leadership • Target Population: Moderate-High Risk 15-18 year-old Youth • Law Program • Leadership Training Program • Free and Educated Youth • Yearlong individualized service addressing criminogenic needs and group mentoring • 12-week CBT Legal Education to inspire change • No new offenses and high school diploma/GED attainment

11. Law Component • Programs teach youth about the legal, social, and personal consequences of crime • Legal education is used as an engaging vehicle to build life skills such as anger management, problem solving, and peaceful conflict resolution. • FY 2014-15: Serving 400 Youth

12. Leadership Training Component • For graduates of FLY’s community based law program who: • Want to transform their lives (URICA) • Need to transform their lives (OYAS—Risk Scores) • Do not have the support to help make transformation a reality • FY 2014-15: Serving 70 Youth

13. Outcomes • Law Component: • 84% report that they are less likely to break the law after being in FLY • 89% report that they now have hope for their future • 91% report that the program has given them more confidence to deal with negative peer pressure Leadership Training Component: • 87% of youth did not sustain a new offense during the program year • 64% of eligible high school seniors graduated from high school or earned their GED

14. Additional FLY Programs • Mentor Program: • Matches youth with a volunteer role model that is recruited, trained, and supported by FLY for an average of 12-15 months • Mentor-mentee monthly events to increase pro-social skills and client efficacy • FY 2014-15: Supporting 150 matches

15. Additional FLY Programs • Middle School GOLD Program: • Weeklong law course • Yearlong intensive case management/mentoring to help them focus on their academics and change their behavior, such that they can successfully graduate from middle school • FY 2014-15: Serving 1,000 youth in Law and 30 in Case Management • Aftercare Program: • In-Custody—Law Course: 10-week interactive CBT-based legal education curriculum, including weekly 1.5 hour sessions and key experiential components • Out-of-Custody—Community Integration: 6 months of individual intervention, addressing criminogenic factors • FY 2014-15: Serving 28 youth

16. Additional FLY Programs • Parent/community workshops on juvenile law and asset building • Project Citizen: Youth focus groups to analyze and make public policy recommendations on juvenile justice policy issues

17. Cost Effectiveness • The Cost of FLY Programs vs. If we do not intervene, • the long term costs of incarceration • FLY’s Services: 3 months= ~$2,000 1 year: ~$13,000 • Incarceration: 3 months= ~$44,000 1 year: ~$190,000

18. FY2013-14 vs. FY2014-15 Overview: Expenses • Budgeted Expenses • FY2013-14 vs. FY2014-15 • $ 000’s • Fully loaded budget = $4.532M 7%

19. FLY’s Impact on Local Policy • FLY youth conducted research, provided policy recommendations, and helped Santa Clara County’s Probation Department improve local juvenile facilities. • FLY youth researched the teen perception of public defenders and designed and helped implement new training protocols. • FLY staff are active members of numerous local committees such as: Juvenile detention reform, juvenile justice commissions, violence prevention, and gang-intervention.

20. More About FLY • “There is some kind of magic that happens at FLY. They find the people who can see these troubled and difficult kids as the jewels that they truly are, people who are so committed that their case management doesn’t end at 5pm. Working with these amazing people, FLY kids ignite! Our kids come out of FLY programs with their souls and their beauty restored.” • -Chief Probation Officer, Santa Clara County, Sheila Mitchell

21. More About FLY • “FLY is a program that everyone in the justice field, judges, lawyers, probation officers, and clients has confidence in, depends on, and trusts.” • -John Dahl, Retired Probation Manager • “FLY helps kids not slip off the end of the page. You catch that gleam in a kid’s eye, FLY gets a hold of that for the first time, it treats the youth as someone different, that they are special, and they run with it, they feel significant.” • -Sean Rooney, Probation Manager

22. More About FLY • “Whenever we wanted to learn • No one seemed to teach • Whenever we wanted to learnSome laughed at our speech • Whenever we needed to learn • Few even try • When we needed to learn • We turned to FLY.” • (FLY Youth)

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