Annual Report

The ultimate goal of all of our programs is to prepare youth to be successful as adults. Following are some of the achievements and outcomes in 2010. Click here for the full 2010 Annual Report.

Fewer Youth Offenders Are Re-Arrested

75% of youth released from juvenile facilities in New York State are re-arrested within 3 years. CV is the largest provider in the State of MST, a nationally recognized program designed to prevent re-arrests. Data for 2010 shows impressive results for MST nationwide and for the last 896 cases served by CV’s MST Programs.

Offenders not re-arrested:

88.7% Children’s Village MST

81.7% Average of U.S. MST Programs

25.0% NY State w/o MST (within 3 years)

Public cost savings: $119 million/year (570 youth avoided re-arrest. Cost of incarceration = $210,000).

More Familes Reunite Successfully

Before the STEP Program, 23.5% of  foster children in Westchester Count were returned to care in the first year after they went home. CV’s STEP Program beats those odds for the most at-risk youth in foster care programs by providing intensive support to families.

95% Children’s Village STEP Program

85% national average

Public cost savings: $2.4 million/year (24 fewer youth in foster care. Cost of care = $100,000/year).

More At-Risk Youth Make Progress Toward Independence

Youth leaving our residential school are at risk for school failure, homelessness, incarceration and chronic unemployment. CV is the only agency that provides at least a year of support for every youth leaving residential care. Of the 145 youth served in this program in 2010, 86% are in stable housing, 56% are working, 92% avoided arrest, and 87.5% of those not still in school are HS graduates.

Youth graduate high school:

87.5 % Children’s Village Aftercare grad rate

31.0 % NYS grad rate for at-risk students

Public cost savings: $7.2 million/lifetime (82 additional youth graduated. HS dropouts pay $88,000 less taxes during lifetime). This is in addition to savings in incarceration ($210,000 annually), homelessness ($13,333 per shelter stay) and unemployment.

Children Spend Less Time in Family Foster Care

When a child is taken from the home, the goal is to reunite the family safely as soon as possible. NYC data shows that CV returns 18% more children to families in one year than the average systemwide.

Families reunified in one year:

51.4% Children’s Village foster care

43.4% All NYC foster care agencies

Public cost savings: $200,000/year (8 youth avoided  extended foster care. Cost of care = $25,000).