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Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc
We are the only program in Westchester County NY serving youth offfenders 16-21 in the criminal justice system by providing a community based, staff-secure alternative to incarceration. We provide residential, educational, clinical, vocational and life skills management training.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Youth Justice
- Inititative/program name:
- E.A.S.Y. Re-entry
- Year Established:
- 1975
- Lead agency/organization name:
- YSPW
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local jails
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc
Contact:
Christian PhilemonExecutive Director
Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc
Phone: 914-668-4702
220 East 8th Street
Mount Vernon, New York 10550
CMPhilemon@ysow.org
www.ysow.org
Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Youth Justice
- Inititative/program name:
- E.A.S.Y. Re-entry
- Lead agency/organization name:
- YSPW
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- County and private
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
| Informal Agreement | Formal Agreement (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner. |
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| Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors): |
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| Health, mental health, and substance abuse treatment providers: |
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| Institutional corrections (e.g., DOC, jail, prison): |
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| Law enforcement agencies (e.g., police, sheriff's office): |
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| Other criminal justice agencies (e.g., prosecutors, judges): |
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| Work force development and employment agencies (e.g. business associations, unions): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local jails
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 2500
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 60-90
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 30
- If your initiative/program serves people under community corrections supervision, how does your organization work in partnership or work in collaboration with participants’ probation or parole officers?
- Referrals are made by a county judge and probation begins their supervision while youth are in our facility. We facilitate the appointments.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Age, race, locality of offense and origination.
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- No
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Up to one year post release.
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- n/a
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- wrap-around services, support and compassionate care to ex-offenders.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral Court remand