Imagine Investment in Youth

Instead of Spending $125 Million Arresting and Incarcerating DC Youth... IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN HEALTHY BABIES Decreased Abuse & High Quality Home Visiting Programs for Every Poor DC Family with a New Baby Neglect Cost: $48M Decreased Crime Est. Return: $66M Increased Time Between Pregnancies IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN PARENTING SUPPORT Decreased Abuse & Neglect Research-Proven Parent Training and Support for All DC Parents of Youth Birth to 12 Years Old Decreased Childhood Hospitalizations Cost: $11M Decreased Need for Foster Care Placements Est. Return: $53M IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN TEACHING YOUTH GOOD BEHAVIOR Evidence-Based Classroom Decreased Conduct Management Tool for All DC First Graders Disorders Decreased Suspensions & Expulsions Cost: $1M Est. Return: $30M Decreased Childhood Aggression IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN MENTORING YOUTH High Quality Mentoring for Every DC Child Between 10 and 17 Years Old Decreased Substance Abuse Decreased Childhood Cost: $63M Aggression Est. Return: $242M Decreased Truancy Total Cost of Interventions: $123M Est. Return: $391M Youth Justice Awareness Month 2012 DCLY www.facebook.com/DCLawyers4Youth #youthjustice DC LAWYERS FOR YOUTH Instead of Spending $125 Million Arresting and Incarcerating DC Youth... IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN HEALTHY BABIES Decreased Abuse & High Quality Home Visiting Programs for Every Poor DC Family with a New Baby Neglect Cost: $48M Decreased Crime Est. Return: $66M Increased Time Between Pregnancies IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN PARENTING SUPPORT Decreased Abuse & Neglect Research-Proven Parent Training and Support for All DC Parents of Youth Birth to 12 Years Old Decreased Childhood Hospitalizations Cost: $11M Decreased Need for Foster Care Placements Est. Return: $53M IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN TEACHING YOUTH GOOD BEHAVIOR Evidence-Based Classroom Decreased Conduct Management Tool for All DC First Graders Disorders Decreased Suspensions & Expulsions Cost: $1M Est. Return: $30M Decreased Childhood Aggression IMAGINE INVESTMENT IN MENTORING YOUTH High Quality Mentoring for Every DC Child Between 10 and 17 Years Old Decreased Substance Abuse Decreased Childhood Cost: $63M Aggression Est. Return: $242M Decreased Truancy Total Cost of Interventions: $123M Est. Return: $391M Youth Justice Awareness Month 2012 DCLY www.facebook.com/DCLawyers4Youth #youthjustice DC LAWYERS FOR YOUTH