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Alternatives to Incarceration - Final Report

NCJ Number
78953
Date Published
1980
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This report describes the activities of the State of Washington's six project sites involved in the project focusing on alternatives to incarceration for adjudicated youth; budgetary information is highlighted.
Abstract
As of August 5, 1980, a total of $347,817 in Federal money had been expended out of a total grant of $467,024. This figure did not reflect final expenditures of the six sites. At the King County project site, the first clients were processed in May 1979, and in the ensuing months 300 adjudicated youth were referred to group projects. These youth completed a total of 10,294 hours, the majority of which were spent in unpaid community service. Characteristics of the youth remained the same throught the report period. Average age was 15.5 years, 94 percent of the referrals were male, 93 percent were white, and the median household income was $13,000 annually. Youth work crews completed projects in 23 locations in King County, with the appraised value of their work estimated at over $65,000. The major problem encountered was that of youth not showing up for work on scheduled days. Other project activity sites included the City of Seattle, Grays Harbor County, Benton-Franklin, Mason County, and the Clark County Juvenile Department.