The Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) is the central hub for rigorous program evaluation and juvenile justice research at DYRS. The work of this team touches every unit within the Agency, using data science to analyze needs, understand failures, and evaluate effectiveness. This unit prioritizes data accessibility, taking a tech-forward approach to create data visualizations that are digestible and readily available. The data from this unit will drive citywide priorities for the rehabilitation of District youth.
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Youth Placement
|
Placement Type |
FY21 ADP |
FY21 ADP Rate |
FY22 ADP |
FY22 ADP Rate |
FY23 ADP |
FY23 ADP Rate |
|
|
Community-Based |
Local Community-Based Residential Placement |
9.96 |
6.83% |
8.4 |
7.48% |
3.9 |
3.18% |
|
Out-of-State Community Based Residential Placement |
8.26 |
5.66% |
2.52 |
2.24% |
1.11 |
0.90% |
|
|
Foster Home |
7.75 |
5.31% |
5.53 |
4.93% |
3.26 |
2.66% |
|
|
Home |
36.22 |
24.83% |
28.87 |
25.71% |
21.83 |
17.80% |
|
|
Independent Living |
0.74 |
0.51% |
0.65 |
0.58% |
0.13 |
0.11% |
|
|
Total Community-Based |
62.92 |
43.14% |
45.98 |
40.95% |
30.22 |
24.64% |
|
|
Secure |
Hospital |
0.23 |
0.16% |
0.3 |
0.27% |
0.7 |
0.57% |
|
Jail |
14.64 |
10.04% |
10.82 |
9.64% |
12.97 |
10.57% |
|
|
New Beginnings Youth Development Center |
38.09 |
26.12% |
26.51 |
23.61% |
36.78 |
29.98% |
|
|
Out-of-State Residential Treatment Center |
5.46 |
3.74% |
6.85 |
6.10% |
10.28 |
8.38% |
|
|
Youth Services Center |
19.64 |
13.47% |
20.4 |
18.17% |
29.86 |
24.34% |
|
|
Total Secure |
79.04 |
54.19% |
64.88 |
57.79% |
90.6 |
73.86% |
|
|
Abscondence |
Abscondence |
5.48 |
3.76% |
4.75 |
4.23% |
4.04 |
3.29% |
|
ADP-Committed Youth
|
145.85
|
|
112.27 |
|
122.67 |
|
|
To see all available current data, click here.
Use the links below to view public safety and youth development statistics for recent years.
DYRS works closely with juvenile justice experts and community partners to develop innovative policies, programs, and services that are grounded in research, aligned with industry best practices, and based on models that are proven effective or promising in other jurisdictions.
Youth Population Snapshot
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Youth Development Indicators
Research shows that the best way to enhance long-term public safety is to provide court-involved youth with the tools they need to successfully transition into adulthood and away from re-offending. The developmental strengths and needs of each youth are different, and often are determined by the youth’s age and developmental stage. As a result, DYRS does not have a “one size fits all” approach to measuring youth development.
For some youth, attaining a high school credential may be the next important milestone, for other, older youth, the top priority may be workforce training. DYRS is also committed to tracking progress on less tangible developmental assets, such as establishing positive peer and adult relationships. As the agency is able to reliably and consistently track data on new areas of youth development, those data points will be added to this website.
Youth Attaining Workforce Experience
The number of unique youth attaining a professional certificate (such as a “Safe Serve Certification” or “Copper Cabling Certification”), an internship, or unsubsidized work, through a DYRS established program, is provided below. The chart below does not include youth who attained certificates, internships, or employment independent from DYRS workforce development programming. See the chart here.
The following tables present data on youth educational outcomes. The average youth enters his or her commitment to DYRS with few if any, high school credits and tests at the fourth- to fifth-grade level in English and math. Most have experienced multiple failures in school. In any particular fiscal year, the great majority of DYRS youth are either beyond high school age, too young to have finished high school, or not sufficiently advanced academically to attain their high school credential.
DYRS Youth Achieving High School Diploma or a GED
The table below represents the number of unique youth attaining a GED or high school diploma in the District of Columbia, by fiscal year. Data made available by the Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE). These figures do not include youth who earned a high school diploma or GED outside of the District of Columbia. See the chart here.
DYRS Youth Achieving Higher Education
The table below represents the number of unique youth who enrolled in post-secondary education while under DYRS supervision, by fiscal year. See the chart here.
Youth Demographics
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REPORTS
ANNUAL REPORTS
FY19 ANNUAL REPORT
FY18 ANNUAL REPORT
FY17 ANNUAL REPORT
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