{"id":109310,"date":"2022-07-06T14:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T21:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=109310"},"modified":"2022-07-06T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T21:25:56","slug":"la-county-launches-youth-development-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/07\/06\/la-county-launches-youth-development-department\/","title":{"rendered":"LA County launches Youth Development Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LA-County-Department-of-Youth-Development.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109311\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LA-County-Department-of-Youth-Development.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LA-County-Department-of-Youth-Development.jpg 597w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LA-County-Department-of-Youth-Development-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County this week launched its Department of Youth Development (DYD) with the goal of transforming the way county systems treat youth and invest in their development, well-being and safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouth justice is not simply about making sure we provide equitable alternatives to arrest and system involvement,\u201d said <strong>Vincent Holmes<\/strong>, the DYD\u2019s newly named Interim Director. \u201cIt also means ensuring that every young person in LA County has access to youth development and care-first opportunities they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Black and Brown youth continue to be disproportionately represented in our justice system that isn\u2019t truly serving them,&#8221; said Los Angeles County Supervisor <strong>Holly J. Mitchell<\/strong>. &#8220;The Department of Youth Development is one of the tools we have to change this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>County officials said roughly 80% of arrests or citations of minors are for alleged &#8220;status offenses,&#8221; like violating curfew, or involve alleged non-serious, non-violent misdemeanors or felonies that are legally eligible for referral to community-based diversion and development services.<\/p>\n<p>Key elements of the DYD\u2019s initial vision include expanding youth diversion and development programs to continue to reduce youth justice system involvement, building additional capacity for youth centers and youth development, and supporting credible messengers in schools and other youth-serving systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporting our youth means reaching them with resources to help them thrive before they are ever at risk of coming in contact with the justice system, from mental health services to good-paying jobs when the time is right,&#8221; said Supervisor<strong> Janice Hahn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must help the youth in our system realize their full potential so they can be successfully integrated into our workplaces and communities,\u201d said Supervisor <strong>Kathryn Barger.<\/strong> \u201cIn order to holistically meet the needs of justice-involved youth, all our county departments must work together to equip them with every tool to succeed physically, academically, mentally and emotionally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the county&#8217;s new Department of Youth Development, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/dyd.lacounty.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dyd.lacounty.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from Los Angeles County.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County this week launched its Department of Youth Development (DYD) with the goal of transforming the way county systems treat youth and invest in their development, well-being and safety. \u201cYouth justice is not simply about making sure we provide equitable alternatives to arrest and system involvement,\u201d said Vincent Holmes, the DYD\u2019s newly named [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109312,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109310\/revisions\/109312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}