This measure shows the percent of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS) Custody youth who had a reduction in Dynamic Risk, as measured by the Utah Protective and Risk Assessment (PRA), at the time they exited JJYS Custody during specified State Fiscal Years. Reduction in risk is calculated as the difference between youths' first PRA result and youths' last PRA result. Note, youth in JJYS Custody are expected to receive the PRA at the start of Custody and every 90 days after until a final PRA at the end of Custody. JJYS enrollment and assessment data are collected through the JJYS case management information system.

Results for this measure are updated reported annually, within 45 days after the end of the State Fiscal Year.

A key objective for Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS) is to help youth in care reduce their criminogenic risk. JJYS utilizes the Utah Protective and Risk Assessment (PRA) to assess youths' risk and protective factors that may contribute to their likelihood of reoffending. When assessing risk, the PRA focuses on both dynamic risk and static risk items. Dynamic risk items can constantly change and therefore, may be impacted by JJYS programming (e.g., Youth developing skills to improve consequential thinking). Conversely, static risk items often lack the ability to change or are expected to not change much over time (e.g., lifetime substance use). While both dynamic and static risk are critical to a youths' overall likelihood of reoffending, JJYS plays a critical role in providing treatment to aid in the reduction of dynamic risk.

Reducing dynamic risk for youth is one of JJYS primary roles, and is an effort taking place in the face of increasingly complex youth entering JJYS Custody. For example, the average number of felony charges for youth at the time of commitment to JJYS Community Placement Custody has increased by 110.5% between State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2016 and SFY 2023. Additionally, there are steady increases in the prevalence of mental health indicators in populations of young people enrolled in youth services programs and locked detention over the last five State Fiscal Years. Between SFY 2019 and SFY 2023, the percent of young people identified as having moderate mental health indicators grew by 21.5%, and included over 70% of young people entering these programs in SFY 2023. Over the same period, there was an even more significant increase (48%) in the percent of young people identified with more serious mental health indicators, and in SFY 2023, included over 50% of young people entering these programs.

JJYS's primary target is to reach 80% of custody youth experiencing a reduction in their criminogenic risk.