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Youth Services Department 2010 Budget Presentation

Youth Services Department 2010 Budget Presentation. Promoting the healthy development of all youth to enable them to avoid risk behaviors and succeed at home, school, work, and in life. County Mission

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Youth Services Department 2010 Budget Presentation

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  1. Youth Services Department 2010 Budget Presentation Promoting the healthy development of all youth to enable them to avoid risk behaviors and succeed at home, school, work, and in life. County Mission …”serve vulnerable populations; strengthen families and communities; enhance our quality of life…[and] prevent the need for more costly services…”

  2. Department Overview Partnering with agencies, municipalities, and departments to plan, fund, & coordinate a continuum of services for 8,200 youth • Foundation…… Planning and Coordination for 0-20 • Universal Prevention Recreation Partnership • Early Intervention…… Municipal Youth Services • Targeted Prevention….. Agency Services • Expensive Treatment Services DSS

  3. Planning & Coordination 2400 p.257 19% of Department Budget 4.8 FTEs (.5 FTE cut in 2010) State & County Charter required services Countywide & local program development & funding with 13 community groups Action Planning, Service inventories (Camp Guide & OJ Guide), Coordination & Training Manage 20 Contracts providing100 programs for 8,200 Document outcomes & results Planning & Coordination + 7% of Department Budget 1.2 FTEs responsible for: Implementing 2 grant-funded programs: Substance Abuse Prevention & Worker Readiness

  4. Intermunicipal Recreation Partnership 2401p. 224 • Five year agreement • Eleven municipal partners • Keystone support for affordable access • 50+ sports, camp, theater, & specialty programs • 3,668 youth served in 2008 • County contributes 25% of net costs + staff support to Board Planning & Coordination Recreation Partnership 12% of Department budget 5 fewer programs in 2010

  5. Municipal Youth ServicesEarly Intervention - 2410 p. 261 Planning & Coordination • Every community targets youth falling between the cracks at early stages of need • Municipalities match County funds dollar for dollar • 40+ youth development programs locally planned & delivered, centrally administered for efficiency • 2,877 served in 2008 including… • 318 served in year-round jobs program in 2008 Recreation Partnership Municipal Youth Services 19% of Department Budget 2,500 est. for 2010 377 or 13% less

  6. Agency Programs for Youth at Risk2405 onp.259 & 2415 on p.261 Planning & Coordination • 10 contracted programs with measurable outcomes for 2010 • Youth development & safe after school activities for 255 isolated youth • Early intervention with 232 young children & families in need of support • Mentoring, career exploration & employment services for 578 youth • Crisis services for 435 sexually abused children & runaway and homeless youth Recreation Partnership Municipal Youth Services Agency Services 43% of Dept Budget 1,500 youth to be served in 2010 227 or 13% less than 2008

  7. Prevention is Cost Effective DSS Residential Services $10,000 - $80,000/youth Targeted Prevention Agency Services 1,500 Avg. $375/youth Early Intervention Municipal Youth Services 2,500 youth In 2008, 68 youth diverted from foster care, jail, detention by our programs Universal Prevention Recreation Partnership 3,668 youth Planning and Coordination

  8. Full-Time Equivalents over 5 years

  9. Youth ServicesAppropriations and Revenues (Local Dollars over 5 years)

  10. Recreation PartnershipAppropriations and Revenues (Local Dollars over 5 years)

  11. 2008-2009 Highlights • 1st Countywide Student Survey • Coordinated all summer youth employment efforts to enable ~719 teens to be hired in 2009 • 7 new grants for municipal youth programs funded • Anger management & homeless youth apartment programs fully implemented by agencies • Significant substance abuse reductions @ DeWitt Middle earned Community Coalition for Healthy Youth national recognition • 8,200 youth 0-20 served in 100+ programs in 2008.

  12. Pressure Points • State aid cuts from New York State • Uncertainty of Community Optional Preventive Services (COPS) funding • Increased demand for services from families under stress when programs are being cut back

  13. Youth Services Department2010 Budget Proposal $ 19,618 in Partial Target Restoration $ 20,431 in Roll-over 6.25% cut + Target Cut of $45,473

  14. Recreation Partnership 2010 Budget Proposal

  15. Department Reductions & Impacts • The Youth Board started by cutting $128,517 • 400 youth will lose service • Red Cross Shelter Case Mgt Program for 16-20 yr olds eliminated • CCE Urban Outreach at West Village cut 50%- summer program and second site development cut • 42 Newfield youth lose Big Brother/Sister program • 9 other programs cut 2% - 5% and will reduce services • Municipalities losing more than 10% funding, cutting transportation • Needy rural youth hurt disproportionately • More disconnected youth = more risk behaviors • Programs will lose ~ 5-6 FTEs

  16. Elimination of Municipal Jobs • Additional Target Cut of $45,473 will eliminate year round Municipal Jobs • 125-250 additional youth will lose jobs & training • Year round program is flexible • Municipalities match dollar for dollar • 318 hired in 2008 • ~ 125 fewer youth hired means: • 20 fewer camp counselors serving 200 youth • Less income for needy youth & families • More work for state/federal jobs programs to locate rural youth and job sites

  17. Impacts of Cuts con’t • Within CYS Department: • .5 FTE of CYS Department staff cut • P-T project assistant cut • Mandated planning functions reduced to roll-over funded projects • 2-3 Computer replacements eliminated • Other lines minimally funded with R-Over • Less time to: help others find grants, organize training & publications, & respond to emerging issues and new community priorities

  18. Over Target Requests • OTR 1- 076 $19,618 to Partially Restore Services to high need rural youth (p.263) • Denied • OTR 2- 077 $20,431 in Roll-over to support transitions in Dept operations • Recommended ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….... • OTR 1 -058 $5,071 from Rec. Partnership to sustain services $3,612 Recommended

  19. Impact if OTRs Not Funded • OTR 076- Restore services to rural youth • 85 high need rural youth lose mentors • 21 high need rural youth lose stipended apprenticeships & motivation to stay in school • 24 high need rural youth lose job search help • 1,200 rural youth have much less access to transportation that widen horizons & connections • OTR 077- Roll-over for Dept transitions • No training, no new initiatives, less Tech Asst • OTR 058- Rec Partnership- cuts 5-10 programs

  20. New Initiatives for 2010 • Help agencies & municipalities to restructure services to deal with County & State cuts leaving hundreds of youth without services • New 3 year plan & funding priorities • New 5 yr federal drug prevention grant • Countywide CCHY focus on Pharmaceuticals • 2010 Countywide Student Survey • Youth Program Quality Assessment

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