7/15/2014 Introduction to the NYC Crossover Youth Practice Model NYPWA Conference July 2014 Who are Crossover Youth? 1
7/15/2014 Crossover Youth: The Overlap CROSS- Child Welfare Juvenile Justice OVER System System YOUTH Characteristics of Crossover Youth Persistent or adolescent-onset maltreatment Child Welfare Type and # of placements System Absence of positive attachments 2
7/15/2014 Crossover Youth: The Overlap Less than ½ charged with violent offenses ¼ to ½ detained at the Juvenile Justice time of arrest System Prior contact with the system for previous criminal or status offense charges Who are the Child Welfare Involved Youth who Cross Over into Delinquency? • Younger at the age of their first arrest than youth not involved in child welfare • Disproportionately young women and African- American • History of not attending school and special education issues • Parents and youth with history of mental illness, substance abuse, domestic violence, and/or criminal behavior 6 3
7/15/2014 Proportion of Crossover Youth increases the further we look in the juvenile justice system 42% Placement 7% Cases Probation Cases 1% Diversion Cases 7 What do we see if we fail to act? • Higher rates of substance abuse and mental illness • Higher recidivism rates • Higher rates of criminal involvement as adults • Higher rates of child welfare involvement when they become parents 8 4
7/15/2014 Overview of the Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM) Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Casey Family Programs 9 What is CYPM? • Casey Family Programs and the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute (CJJR) have partnered since 2007 to address the unique issues presented by crossover youth. New York City stakeholders agreed to do pilot in July 2012 • The Crossover Youth Practice Model is a particular approach intended to improve the handling and outcomes of youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems by building and enhancing communication and collaboration across multiple systems 5
7/15/2014 Purpose of CYPM Reduce the prevalence of child welfare youth crossing over into • delinquency • Improve outcomes for crossover youth and reduce their further involvement in the juvenile justice and/or criminal justice systems CYPM Process • Aim to prevent youth from going further into the Juvenile Justice System • Identify crossover youth from the beginning • Ensure that workers are exchanging information in a timely manner • Include families in all decision ‐ making aspects • Guard against foster care bias • Maximize the services utilized by each system to prevent crossover from occurring and to coordinate service planning 11 TARGET OUTCOMES • Reduction in the number of youth placed in out ‐ of ‐ home care • Reduction in the use of congregate care • Reduction in the use of APPLA as a permanency goal for youth involved in both child welfare and juvenile justice systems • Improve outcomes at each stage of the juvenile justice case – Increase the number of cases being diverted by Probation – Reduce the number of juvenile delinquency and/or criminal cases being filed – Increase the use of community ‐ based alternative programs 6
7/15/2014 Preliminary Data from CYPM Sites June 2012 • Six months after CYPM youth were identified, the tracked subgroup were more likely to live at home and less likely to have APPLA as their permanency goal and to be living in congregate care compared to Pre ‐ CYPM youth. • CYPM youth were less likely to be detained at the time of arrest than Pre ‐ CYPM youth. • CYPM youth are more likely to receive diversion compared to Pre ‐ CYPM youth. • CYPM youth were less likely to have a new arrest six months after identification than Pre ‐ CYPM youth. NYC CYPM Implementation • Since June 2012, collaboration and planning with all NYC stakeholders ‐ ACS, Department of Probation, Family Court, Legal Aid, Bronx Defenders, Department of Education, Corporation Counsel, etc. • CYPM began pilot in the Bronx on April 14, 2014. • Implementation team formed and started meeting in in Brooklyn in the fall of 2013; roll ‐ out of the model expected in Fall of 2014. 7
7/15/2014 Implementation Activities • Implementation Team Meetings • Subcommittees – Information Sharing Subcommittee – Review of all information sharing statutes, regulations and MOUs – Family Engagement and Conferencing Subcommittee – drafted Citywide CYPM Protocols and CYPM Consents – Data Subcommittee – Collection of CYPM data for Georgetown and on ‐ going tracking and data collection – Training Subcommittee – Develop training curriculum and training plan Bronx CYPM: Target Population Kids 7 ‐ 15 with open child welfare cases who get arrested Kids with open child welfare cases and Family Court delinquency involvement Kids with ANY child welfare and ANY justice involvement 8
7/15/2014 Bronx crossover youth are identified as one of three types ‐ Youth who are under 16 and get arrested and are involved in one of the following child welfare systems: • Foster Care / Preventive Trial Discharge Court ‐ Ordered Supervision Family Family Support Permanency Services & the Division of Child Services & the Preventive Protection Foster Care Agencies Agencies Core Components of the CYPM Model • Identification &Notification • Pre ‐ Filing: CYPM Adjustment Conference Arrest • Post ‐ Filing: Court Identification & Notification • Post ‐ Filing CYPM Child Welfare Conference Court • Disposition Planning • Post ‐ Dispo: Ongoing Collaboration & Discharge Planning Dispo 18 9
7/15/2014 Identification & Notification: Confirm • Launched in the late 1990s because kids in foster care were spending 70% more time in detention • Every weekday, ACS’s Confirm Unit reviews reports of all arrested youth to determine which are crossover youth • Since 2008, Confirm has helped to reduce the length of stay for crossover youth in juvenile detention by 50% • They will be identifying and notifying CYPM youth Case Responsibility • ACS and the Juvenile Justice agency will remain in their respective roles on shared cases. • Different definitions of safety ‐ child safety & community safety • Different focus for intervention ‐ child & parent • ACS obligations to plan for the youth remain the same 10
7/15/2014 CYPM Conferencing • Will be run using the existing protocols for DOP Adjustment conferences or ACS conferences such as Elevated Risk Conference, Family Team Conference or Division of Child Protection family meetings • CYPM conferences cannot happen without consent • Goal is always to coordinate planning so services and resources can complement those of the other system Conferences – Pre ‐ Filing Arrest Probation Intake CYPM Adjustment Case Resolved Adjustment Conference – led by DOP, Child Welfare staff may participate Possible ERC 22 11
7/15/2014 Conferences – Post Filing Arrest Probation Intake Adjustment CYPM Post ‐ Filing Conference – ACS led Petition Filing Conference, Juvenile Justice provider participates 23 Ongoing Collaboration ‐ Post Filing • Collaboration should continue throughout the juvenile justice case Petition Filing Fact Dismissed/ Finding Not Guilty Disposition 12
7/15/2014 CYPM Court Procedures – Family Court Judges • Bronx Family Court Decision Tree – Determines which judge gets assigned the Art. 10 case and/or the Art. 3 case • Bench Card CYPM Court Procedures – Family Court Legal Services • Preparing the office for CYPM • ‐ Pre ‐ Close To Home • ‐ Close to Home • ‐ CYPM • Culture Change • Building Your Office • Collaborating With Stakeholder • New Practice Issues • Ensuring that CPS and Foster Care Workers are supported through the Process ‐ Training ‐ Culture Change ‐ Confidentiality 13
7/15/2014 CYPM Court Procedures – Corporation Counsel’s Office • Responsibilities in the CYPM Process • Culture Change Next Steps • Launching in Brooklyn Fall/Winter 2014 • Training for all foster care and preventive agencies on the CYPM • Begin implementation in other boroughs in 2015 14
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