Completed with Impact of Incarceration Work Group

• Unstable home life – lack of support to keep on the right track
• Lack of opportunity – employment, access to resources
• Lack of mentorship programs that would help address youth behaviors/provide role models
• Institutional racism
• Implicit racism/bias
• Distrust of minority youth in the police
• Racial profiling?
• SRO’s may be charging kids at higher rates rather than a disciplinary intervention (need to look at data) – looking through a “criminal lens” – collaborations between SRO’s and schools/supports have lessened
• Restorative justice practices are needed – lack of training, capacity
• Change in leadership impacting how those in the field address
• Lack of transportation to visit probation officers/attend court dates – not making those appointments can be cause for rearrest
• Lack of transportation across the board – social activities, treatment, access to resources
• Increase in drugs/weapons available – particularly in Annapolis – which creates more opportunities for youth crime with these more serious charges
• Lack of affordable/available drug treatment programs
• No drug dealers rehabilitation programs (different job fields, skill set, addressing economics, etc.)
• Socio-cultural factors/lack of adult role models
• Economics – poverty is a powerful motivator
• Underlying mental health conditions
• Lack of education among many parents, so lack of educational emphasis for youth
• Poor school attendance
• Undiagnosed learning disorders/cognitive disorders – school disengagement
• Survival in their neighborhoods is dependent on following orders from adults in the neighborhood often involved in criminal pursuits
• Bored – lack of engagement, personal fulfillment
• Need new methods of engagement to keep kids in school – talk to them, not at them
• Lack of community resources/activities – no one brings thing into the communities, kids can’t get out of the communities to get to things that would engage them, can’t afford to participate
• Lack of available meaningful jobs programs
• Lack of hope
• Transition planning for youth, aptitude tests to help youth identify their strengths and paths for future growth/success
• Lack of identification of trafficking among youth
• Intergenerational issues (youth targeted because their parents have been incarcerated)
• Lack of youth understanding of mental health and prescription drug treatment

• Jails/prisons
• Parents (particularly parents who have experienced incarceration themselves)
• AACC (Teach and other)
• AACPS – PPW’s, School Counselors, Homeless Liaison
• DJS
• Student/youth
• SRO program
• Police Dept.
• Diversion Programs
• Restorative Justice Programs
• Health Dept.
• Faith community
• DSS
• Multi-D teams (CRICT etc)
• Rec & Parks
• AACPL
• Boys & Girls Clubs
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Local nonprofits – community engagement partners
• Business Community (Chambers of Commerce)
• Philanthropy
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Judiciary partners
• State Attorney’s Office
• Community Associations
• PTA’s/PTO’s
• Y of Central Maryland
• Volunteer Center & Volunteers (corporations that require employee giving)
• Kids at Hope/Treasure Hunters
• Chesapeake Arts Center
• Maryland Hall
• Local Film Festival folks
• Social media/marketing experts (Crosby??)

• Training for SRO’s and police officers (Alcohol citations/compliance checks, disproportionate minority contact, party controls)
• Youth Mental Health First Aid/Mental Health First Aid
• Kids at Hope
• Diversion Programs
• Restorative Justice Practices
• Safe Streets Programs/Initiatives - coordinated efforts to reduce community-level risk factors (drugs, crime, violence, etc.)
• Safe Place Program – local businesses, churches, etc. are trained to be a “safe place” for local youth [based out of Louisville]
• Kid work programs – like a bistro, food stand – they can learn skills, be engaged, give back, etc.
• 2 or 3 generation approaches
• Involvement of Grandparents
• Kinship programs
• Senior Citizen/Foster Grandparent mentoring programs
• Gems & Jewels program – increase capacity
• JIFI program – increase capacity
• I-5 Elite – competitive sports leagues with school scholarships attached
• Sports programs
• Arts programs
• A Reason To Survive – ARTS therapeutic programs
• Teen Drop In Center - incorporate things like arts, sports, other activities
• Recognition programs to encourage best practices/appropriate behaviors (Chambers, County agencies, etc.)
• Juvenile Drug Court – didn’t work here initially, perhaps revive?
• Strengthening Families
• 13th Documentary– Libraries have public performance rights, help educate community?
• Beats Documentary – short film on implicit bias
• We Will Rise – Film/mini-series on 4 different youth (resiliency)

• Organize public showing of 13^th /Beats/We Will Rise etc. – perhaps multiple showings, multiple venues (CAC, I-5, AACC Arundel Mills)
• Develop local documentary – “mobile town hall conversations” - Bring in local film festival/documentarians, AACC, other stakeholders together
• Utilize social media in reaching community, particularly youth & other disconnected populations – PSAs, information sharing, personal invitations, etc. (low cost/no cost)
• Not My Child Events (model)
• Be thoughtful about messaging – engage vs. alienate (“Adolescents Under Pressure”)
• Possible app development for community issues? (Reporting issues, accessing supports, positive interactions, etc.)
• Focus on Trauma Informed Care – build on AAWGT event
• Mental Health Awareness – YMHFA/MHFA
• Education
• Literacy education – Open Book expansion, summer reading programs – multi-generational approach
• 1,000 books before Kindergarten and other Library Programs (SAIL Account)
• Be thoughtful about how we share and support the stories of Anne Arundel County through programs (not just external stories)
• Relational Resources for inmates exiting the systems – faith based – has resources, community events, follow-up, etc. [I-5 interested, Ordnance Road is also interested!]
• Host a series of youth focus groups to get their insight
• Increase of Diversion Programs – capacity, use
• Soft Skills programs for kids (Connect Coalition)
• Adulting 101 - AACPL
• Increase capacity of existing programs like JIFI, Gems & Jewels, etc.

Juvenile and adult re-adjudicated/convicted recidivism rates for youth released from the Department of Juvenile Services committed programs after 12 months.

• Annie E Casey Report – Disparity in Detention Rates
• RRI
• SRO rate of charge has increased significantly – look at that data