The DCYF Oversight Board Subcommittees met throughout calendar year 2021, but have not reconvened at this time due to considerations about structure and resources. Further consideration of subcommittees is underway.
Youth and Young Adult Outcomes and Transitions
As identified in the legislation that established DCYF, the Adolescent Outcomes & Young Adult Transitions Subcommittee will review the agency’s performance on identified outcomes and metrics in this specific areas of focus. Those outcomes and measures are as follows:
(v) In collaboration with county juvenile justice programs, improving adolescent outcomes including reducing multisystem involvement and homelessness; and increasing school graduation rates and successful transitions to adulthood for youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems;
(vi) Reducing future demand for mental health and substance use disorder treatment for youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems;
(vii) In collaboration with county juvenile justice programs, reducing criminal justice involvement and recidivism as measured by:
(A) An increase in the number of youth who successfully complete the terms of diversion or alternative sentencing options;
(B) a decrease in the number of youth who commit subsequent crimes; and
(C) eliminating the discharge of youth from institutional settings into homelessness;
Meetings:
June 17, 2021
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Agenda
May 20, 2021
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Agenda
March 18, 2021
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Agenda
February 18, 2021
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Agenda