... Prevention to help reduce recidivism rates in Franklin and Fairfield County Ohio (www.fccourts.org). With its target population of more than 300 adjudicated youth per year the Sankofa Youth Academy primarily served as a referral source for the integrated juvenile justice system based in Columbus Ohio. As one of nine contracted agencies serving as a referral source for the juvenile court SYA saved money for the state, provided monitoring for adjudicated youth, provided therapeutic services for its clients, helped reduce recidivism rates amongst juvenile offenders and eliminated the need for multiple referrals for psychosocial services. Costs of Services Although not very active, the Sankofa Youth Academy is currently an Ohio based not-for-profit community service agency (www.irs.gov). Its SAP program was specifically designed to provide weekly mentoring, advocacy, counseling and monitoring services for adjudicated youth instead of the alternative, being incarcerated. The price for this service was fixed and inelastic due to ...

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