County youth department briefs commission on diversion and reentry programs
DYD outlined plans for a transitional support program for youth exiting foster care, where 40% experience homelessness.
Los Angeles County's Department of Youth Development told the Youth Commission how it is expanding court diversion, reentry help and programming inside probation facilities. It also described a proposed program offering coaching, stipends and housing support to youth leaving extended foster care, starting 1 year before exit and lasting 2 years after.
What happens next
DYD says it will continue working groups with Probation to implement Phase 1 of in-facility programming and refine Phase 2.
Named in this record
- Department of Youth Development 7
- Los Angeles County Youth Commission 8
- David Carrol
- Taylor Schooley
- Reentry Action for Youth (RAY)
- Los Angeles County Probation Department 9
- Department of Children and Family Services 17
- Inglewood Courthouse
Hall of AdministrationPhoto: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
