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Differences Between Program Participants and Comparison-Group Youth Were Mostly Positive, Though Relatively Small

• Participants in the Enhanced Mental Health Services initiative completed probation and community service at significantly higher rates than comparison-group youth. Comparison-group youth were significantly less likely than program participants to be arrested.
• Participants in the Enhanced Services to High-Risk/High-Need Youth initiative had significantly higher rates of completion of probation, restitution, and community service than comparison-group youth.
• Participants in the Enhanced School- and Community-Based Services initiative had significantly better outcomes than the comparison group on four of the six measures. Comparison-group youth had significantly fewer arrests and incarcerations; program youth had significantly higher rates of completion of probation, restitution, and community service and lower rates of probation violations.

County-Developed Supplemental Outcomes Tend to Be More Favorable

• Supplemental outcomes for all three programs in the Enhanced Mental Health Services initiative that qualified for statistical testing were significantly improved in the six months after program entry.
• In the Enhanced Services to High-Risk/High-Need Youth initiative, the relevant supplemental outcomes for Gender-Specific Community and High Risk/High Need program participants were significantly improved in the six months after entering the program.
• In the Enhanced School- and Community-Based Services initiative, for the programs that used educational measures as supplemental outcomes, school attendance improved significantly in the term following program entry, and school suspensions and expulsions were significantly reduced. All other supplemental outcomes that had enough successful outcomes to allow statistical testing showed significant improvement, except for special incident reports in the Inside-Out Writers program, in which there was no significant difference in rates between the two periods measured.