RECLAIM Ohio and Subsidy Grant Statistics
RECLAIM Ohio and the Youth Services Grant together compose the DYS Subsidy Grant to Ohio’s juvenile courts. Data on youth admitted to DYS Subsidy Grant-funded programs is self-reported by the juvenile courts.

 

 

 

Youth Adjudicated for Felony Offenses, FY 2001 – FY 2010

The number of youth adjudicated for felony offenses has exhibited a downward trend. In the ten year period described in the graph below, a 34% decrease is noted. While the number of youth adjudicated for felonies has decreased, the percentage of these youth committed to DYS has remained relatively stable over the past ten years; however the FY 2010 commitment rate of 12.8% represents a ten year low commitment rate, down from a ten year high of 19.5% in 2001.

When combined, these trends result in a sustained drop in the number of youth committed to DYS.

 

 

Youth Admissions

Based on data reported from the juvenile courts, there were over 124,000 admissions to Subsidy Grant (RECLAIM Ohio and Youth Services Grant) programming during FY 2010. This compares to only 1,037 commitments to DYS institutions and 532 admissions to community corrections facilities.  Please note that Subsidy Grant admissions do not reflect all youth served in programs by the counties.  Youth are also served through programs funded by counties and other sources.

Minority Youth

As shown in the graph below, approximately 31% of Subsidy Grant program admissions were minority youth during FY 2010.�By contrast, CCF admissions were nearly 40% and DYS admissions were approximately two-thirds minority youth. The disparity is attributable in part to the larger proportion of minority populations in urban counties. This is supported by the Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Initiative chart that follows, which shows that nearly half of Subsidy Grant admissions from the largest fourteen counties are minority youth. Also, please note that several of the DMC counties do not have CCFs.

 

DMC Initiative

The Department of Youth Services’ Disproportionate Minority Contact Initiative targets the 14 counties with the highest minority youth populations, which includes Allen, Butler, Clark, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Richland, Stark, Summit, and Trumbull Counties.  As of 2009, these counties represent an estimated 84.48% of the minority youth population, ages 10 - 17, in the state of Ohio.  Following is a breakdown of admissions from these counties.

 

Female Youth

Female youth make up a significant portion of the youth served in community Subsidy Grant funded programs.  Females represent one-third of Subsidy Grant program admissions, as compared to DYS and CCF female admissions, which were each under 6%.

 

Subsidy Grant Youth Offense Levels

The majority of youth admitted to Subsidy Grant programs are delinquent offenders. In FY 2010, half of these youth were delinquent.  Thirteen percent were felony offenders and therefore eligible for commitment to DYS or a CCF. On the other end of the spectrum, forty-two percent of the youth were non- offenders.

 

Subsidy Grant Program Admissions by Program Type, FY 2010

Juvenile courts utilize Subsidy Grant funds to develop or purchase programming to best meet the needs of the youth in their communities. The table below illustrates the variety of programs that are being used at the local level to assist in diverting youth from DYS institutions.

 

Subsidy Grant Program Expenditures by Program Type

The chart below shows the breakdown of RECLAIM Ohio and Youth Services Grant funds spent by courts on direct services during FY 2010.

 

Successful Completion

Youth referred to Subsidy Grant programs have a high rate of successful program completion. Among all FY 2010 program terminations self-reported by the courts, 80% were the result of successful program completion. When youth who were released for neutral reasons (moved out of county, turned 18, etc.) are removed, the successful completion rate of Subsidy Grant programs is 92%.

 

Recidivism Rates

In an evaluation comparing FY 2002 releases from RECLAIM Ohio programs, community corrections facilities and DYS facilities, results showed that youth completing RECLAIM programs had a much lower rate of recidivism when tracked up to three and a half years following program completion.*  Subsequent

recidivism rates for youth released from DYS have remained fairly consistent with the results of the study.  (*see “Evaluation of Ohio’s RECLAIM Funded Programs,

Community Corrections Facilities, and DYS Facilities”; University of Cincinnati, 2005.)