Youth Empowerment Alliance,
Youth Intervention Services,
and Grant Programs Update PRESENTERS:
March 14, 2024
Neighborhood Services
and Education
Committee
ISRAEL CANJURA
RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT
MARIBEL GOULET
SENIOR ANALYST
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OVERVIEW
BEST SSIG YIS
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0 PARTICIPANTS BY PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS AGES 6-24
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2022 - 2023
FY21-22 FY22-23
PARTICIPANTS BY GENDER
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FEMALE PARTICIPANTS ARE
MOST ENGAGED IN BEST Male Female
Non-binary
BEST YIS
75 50
25 0
Male Female Non-binary
BEST YIS
80 60
40 20
0 2020-2021 2021-2022
2021-2022
MALE PARTICIPANTS ARE
MOST ENGAGED IN YIS
2022-2023
2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023
BEST SSIG YIS BEST SSIG YIS
AT RISK 40% 59% 30% 64%
HIGH RISK 40% 20% 50% 17%
GANG
IMPACTED 13% 11%
100%
11% 11%
100%
GANG
INTENTIONAL 7% 10% 9% 8%
O V E R 7 0 0 M O R E H I G H E R R I S K Y O U T H
S E R V E D I N 2 0 2 2 - 2 0 2 3
C O M PA R E D TO P R E V I O U S Y E A R
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60% 59%
51%
88% 87%
81%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Adult Who Cares About Me Handle Problems and Challenges There Is Someone I Can Go To Before Program After Participation
Up to 30% increase in
better social
emotional outcomes
and skill development
for youth
participating in BEST
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Safe School
Campus Initiative
OUTCOMES -
School
Administrators
93% of School
Administrators rated
SSCI overall efforts as
good or excellent at
keeping schools safe.
92% of School
Administrators rated
SSCI as good or
excellent at meeting
their needs.
7 FUNDING & HOMICIDES
IMPACT OVER TIME
FY 10-11 THROUGH FY 22-23
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LOOKING FORWARD • Strategic Plan 2023-2026
Second Phase 2024-2025 • YIS Evaluation
• B.E.S.T. Community of
Learning Implementation scheduled for
April 2024 • Data Management System
19 Agencies awarded for 2023-
2024 • B.E.S.T. Request for
Qualification (RFQ)
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Objectives Key Results –Year 2
March 6, 2024
Parks and Recreation
Commission
PRESENTERS:
ISRAEL CANJURA
RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT
MARIBEL GOULET
SENIOR ANALYST
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“They will show you a different world and show there is more to it than just the streets.” BEST Participant
Neighborhood Services
and Education
Committee
March 14, 2024
PRESENTERS:
ISRAEL CANJURA
RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT
MARIBEL GOULET
SENIOR ANALYST