Drafter
Clerk 04/24/2003
Title
A MOTION relating to implementation of the Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan, authorizing the preparation of a study to assess and make recommendations regarding the Reinvesting in Youth savings reinvestment strategy and expressing King County support for the principle of savings reinvestment pending the outcome of the study.
Body
WHEREAS, in 2000 the King County council, the county executive concurring, unanimously approved the Juvenile Justice Operating Master Plan (JJOMP), and
WHEREAS, the JJOMP expressed the intent of the council to rethink the way the county did the business of juvenile justice to reduce juvenile and adult crime and find better ways to serve the needs of at-risk youth and families in King County, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the JJOMP, major progress has been made in reducing the costs of juvenile justice and implementing research-based programs that reduce juvenile crime, and
WHEREAS, the Reinvesting in Youth program represents the logical next step in JJOMP plan implementation through careful investment in cost-effective intervention programs that are intended to further reduce juvenile and adult crime and reduce public safety costs by more than the cost of the programs, and
WHEREAS, Reinvesting in Youth has obtained foundation funding to start up and enhance programs that have been proven to reduce juvenile crime and the costs of that crime to King County in return for a commitment to reinvest a portion of King County's savings from those programs that can contribute to sustaining such services, and
WHEREAS, funding of programs for offenders or youth at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system is a shared responsibility between the private and public sectors, including not-for-profit organizations, businesses, foundations and all levels of government: federal, state, county, cities and schools. Sustaining successful programs sponsored by reinvesting in youth and funding thei...

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