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 1998 – FY 2007

The number of youth adjudicated for felony offenses has exhibited a downward trend.  In the ten year period described in the graph below, a 33% decrease is noted.  While the number of youth adjudicated for felonies has decreased, the percentage of these youth committed to DYS has remained stable over the past ten years.  When combined, the result of these two trends has been a sustained drop in the number of youth committed to DYS.

Based on data reported from the juvenile courts, there were over 108,000 admissions to Subsidy Grant (RECLAIM Ohio and Youth Services Grant) programming during FY 2007.  This compares to only 1,527 youth admitted to DYS institutions and 547 youth admitted 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 paid for with county funds or other sources.

Minority Youth

As shown in the graph below, approximately one-third of Subsidy Grant program and CCF admissions were minority youth during FY 2007.  By contrast, DYS admissions approached two-thirds minority youth.

DMC Initiative

Beginning in 2007, DYS began a Disproportionate Minority Contact initiative targeting the 14 counties with the highest minority youth populations, which include:  Allen, Butler, Clark, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Richland, Stark, Summit, and Trumbull Counties.  These counties represent 86.91% 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 7%.

Subsidy Grant Youth Offense Levels

The majority of youth admitted to Subsidy Grant programs are delinquent offenders.  In FY 2007, nearly two-thirds were delinquent.  One-fifth were felony offenders and therefore eligible for commitment to DYS or a CCF.  On the other end of the spectrum, one-quarter of the youth were non-offenders.

Subsidy Grant Program Admissions by Program Type, FY 2007

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 on the local level to assist in diverting youth from DYS institutions.

*Cases have been omitted where program category was not reported.

FY 2007 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 2007.  Of these funds, almost one-fifth was spent on residential treatment.

Successful Completion

Youth referred to Subsidy Grant programs have a high rate of successful program completion.  Among all FY 2007 program terminations self-reported by the courts, 93% were the result of successful program completion.  This percentage can not be compared to prior year data due to a change in the way this measure was reported.

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.)