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Program Participants Are Generally Meeting Program Goals

• Overall, for legislatively mandated big six and supplementary outcomes, program participants showed more-positive outcomes than comparison-group youths.
• High school probationers under school-based probation supervision showed more-positive outcomes for four of the big six outcomes, while comparison-group youths had significantly fewer probation violations. Middle school probationers under school-based probation supervision had significantly higher rates of completion of probation and completion of community service, but comparison-group youths had significantly fewer violations of probation.
• Incarceration rates were significantly lower for program participants in the Enhanced Mental Health Services initiative than for comparison-group youths. Participants in the Enhanced School- and Community-Based Services initiative had significantly better outcomes than the baseline period or comparison group for completion of probation, completion of restitution, and completion of community service. Comparison-group youths in this initiative showed significantly fewer violations of probation.
• Several programs did produce average savings in several important outcomes, including the cost of arrests, court appearances, juvenile hall stays, and, to a lesser degree, time spent in camp.