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From YouTube: Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform 4-18-2016 Full Day
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First meeting of the Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform held Monday, April 18, 2016.
More information: http://phlcouncil.com/CriminalJusticeReform
B
A
B
B
E
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
chairman
Josh
Shapiro.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
inviting
PCC
D
to
be
part
of
this
hearing
and
for
the
opportunity
to
share
some
of
pcc's
these
efforts
around
delinquency
and
violence
prevention,
as
well
as
Pennsylvania's
juvenile
justice
system,
enhancement
strategy.
The
mission
of
the
Pennsylvania
Commission
on
crime
and
delinquency,
or
PCC
D
for
sure,
is
to
enhance
the
quality,
coordination
and
planning
within
the
criminal
and
juvenile
justice
systems
to
facilitate
the
delivery
of
services
to
victims
of
crime
and
to
increase
safety
in
our
communities.
E
The
demand
for
programs
and
interventions
that
are
effective
in
preventing
adolescent
problem
behaviors
has
never
been
greater.
P
CCD
has
a
track
record
and
leading
a
development
implementation
of
research-based
approaches
that
proven
successful
and
preventing
youth
violence,
delinquency,
substance,
abuse,
educational
failure
and
many
other
problem.
Behaviors
the
Center
for
the
study
of
prevention
of
violence
at
the
Institute
of
behavioral
science,
University
of
Colorado
Boulder
designed
and
launched
a
national
youth
prevention
initiative
in
1996,
with
funding
assistance
from
PCC
D
to
identify
and
replicate
violence,
delinquency
and
drug
prevention
programs
that
have
been
demonstrated
as
effective.
E
This
project
initially
called
blueprints
for
violence
prevention,
identified
prevention
and
intervention
programs
that
met
a
strict
scientific
standard
of
program
effectiveness.
Today,
blueprints
has
been
rebranded
as
blueprints
for
healthy
youth
development
and
funded
by
the
Annie
E
casey
Foundation,
with
funding
from
the
KC
foundation,
outcomes
have
been
expanded
to
include
not
only
problem
behavior
but
also
education,
emotional
well-being,
physical
health
and
positive
relationships.
It
is
well
established
that
the
presence
of
certain
key
factors
in
a
life
of
a
child
places
that
child
at
increased
risk
of
a
of
many
adolescent
problem.
Behaviors.
E
These
factors
include
certain
characteristics
of
individual
communities,
schools
and
families,
as
well
as
characteristics,
attitude
and
behavior,
and
peer
relationships
of
a
child,
the
identification
assessment
and
priority
prioritization
of
these
risk
factors
are
a
key
aspect
of
the
communities
that
care
or
CTC
for
sure
risk
focused
prevention,
initiative
framework,
that
is,
the
foundation
of
PCC
DS,
comprehensive
prevention
strategy.
Ctc
is
a
public
health
approach
that
seeks
community
involvement
to
identify
and
address
a
community's
local
risk
factors.
E
The
CTC
framework
uses
the
social
development
strategy,
which
is
research-based
model
that
organizes
known
protective
factors
into
a
guiding
framework
for
building
positive
futures
for
children,
assesses
risk
and
protective
factors,
matches
risk
and
protection
profiles
with
tested,
effective
programs
and
promotes
positive
youth
development
by
reducing
risk
and
enhancing
protection.
The
CTC
social
development
strategy
helps
communities,
assess
and
prioritize
certain
risk
factors
and
communities,
and
you
realize
effective
programs
to
address
those
needs.
E
Pc
cities
nationally
recognized
Resource
Center
for
evidence-based
prevention,
intervention
programs
and
practices
was
created
to
support
high-quality
and
effective
juvenile
justice
intervention
and
delinquency
prevention
programs.
The
ongoing
work
of
the
Resource
Center
is
a
collaborative
effort
with
the
department's
of
Human
Services
drug
and
alcohol
programs,
education,
the
juvenile
court
judges,
Commission,
the
Council
of
Chief
Jeff
and
I'll
probation
officers
and
many
other
stakeholders.
The
Resource
Center
has
three
main
focus
areas:
supporting
evidence-based
programs,
incorporating
research-based
principles
and
practices
into
local
programming
and
supporting
community
complaining
efforts
and
implementation
of
effective
programs.
E
Collecting
and
analyzing
data
is
an
important
part
of
identifying
problem
areas
to
dress
PCC
D,
conducts
a
biennial
survey
of
school
students
in
the
sixth,
eighth
and
tentacle
tenth
and
twelfth
grades
to
learn
about
their
behaviors
attitudes
and
knowledge
concerning
Alcohol
Tobacco,
other
drugs
and
violence.
The
Pennsylvania
Youth
Survey
is
sponsored
and
conducted
in
the
fall
of
odd
numbered
years
by
PCC
D,
the
data
gathered
gathered
and
the
page
serves
two
primary
needs.
E
First,
the
results
provide
school
administrators,
state
agency,
directors,
legislators
and
others
with
critical
information
concerning
the
changes
and
patterns
of
use
and
abuse
of
harmful
substances
and
behaviors.
Second,
the
survey
assesses
risk
factors
that
are
related
to
these
behaviors
and
the
protective
factors
to
help
guard
against
them.
This
information
allows
community
leaders
to
direct
prevention
resources
to
areas
with
where
they
are
likely
to
have
the
greatest
impact.
E
The
2015
survey
was
funded
by
PCC
D,
Department,
drug
and
alcohol
programs
Department
of
Education,
and
this
funding
enabled
us
to
offer
this
at
no
charge
to
any
school
or
district.
There
are
currently
351
school
districts
participating
in
Pennsylvania,
PCC,
D
and
partnership
with
the
Department
of
Human.
Services
supports
the
Penn
State
University's
epicenter,
to
provide
ongoing
training
and
technical
assistance
and
support
to
juror
diction's
around
the
state
to
implement
evidence-based
prevention
intervention
programs.
P
CCD,
has
had
a
long
and
successful
partnership
with
the
Prevention
Research
Center
at
Penn
State.
E
Dr.
Stephanie
Bradley
is
here
today
who's
the
managing
director
of
the
Epis
Center
to
provide
more
details
on
the
work
of
the
epicenter.
The
epicenter
has
developed
the
capacity
to
estimate
a
significant
return
on
investment
of
PCC
need
evidence-based
programming
based
upon
the
highly
regarded
approach
of
the
Washington
State
Institute
for
Public
Policy.
The
goal
is
to
focus
on
programs
that
give
us
the
most
confidence
in
achieving
better
statewide
outcomes,
coupled
with
a
more
efficient
use
of
taxpayer
dollars
annually.
P
CCD
provides
funding
opportunities
to
support
evidence-based
programming
for
children
and
families.
E
In
addition,
the
Commonwealth
continues
to
aggressively
pursue
implementation
of
Pennsylvania's
juvenile
justice
system,
enhancement
strategy
or
JJ
SES.
For
short,
JJ
SES
is
a
commitment
to
working
in
partnership
to
the
Hance,
the
capacity
of
our
system
to
achieve
its
balanced
and
restorative
justice
mission
by
employing
evidence-based
practice
with
fidelity
at
every
stage
of
the
juvenile
justice
process.
Collecting
and
analyzing
data
necessary
to
measure
the
results
of
these
efforts
and
with
this
knowledge
to
continuously
improve
the
quality
of
our
decisions,
services
and
programs.
E
The
juvenile
court
judges
Commission,
is
coordinating
the
implementation
of
this
strategy,
with
the
assistance
of
a
leadership
team
of
chief
juvenile
probation
officers,
P
CCD
and
other
staff
from
the
juvenile
court.
Judges
Commission
essential
to
the
underlying
philosophy
of
JJ
SES
is
the
concept
that
juvenile
justice
interventions
and
programs
are
considered
effective
when
they
reduce
a
juveniles
risk
to
reoffended
that
the
application
of
evidence-based
practices
will
enhance.
E
Public
Safety
equally
important
as
the
tenants
of
JJ
SES
are
the
concepts
of
fundamental
fairness
and
structured
decision-making
as
a
tool
to
help
system
professionals
make
consistent,
appropriate,
effective
and
fundamentally
fair
decisions.
The
pennsylvania,
juvenile
justice
system
now
utilizes
the
youth
level
of
service
case
management
inventory,
which
is
a
valid
risk
assessment
instrument
that
measures
42
risk
need
factors
within
the
following
eight
domains.
Just
a
couple
of
those
are
prior
and
current
offenses
attitudes
and
orientation,
personality
and
behavior
peer
relations,
family
and
a
number
of
others.
E
The
y
LS
is
critical
in
helping
develop
recommendations
to
the
court
based
on
the
y
LS
results,
including
the
identified
risk
and
needs
of
each
juvenile
and
the
development
and
implementation
of
the
case
plan
based
on
the
y
LS
results
which
target
services
to
meet
the
risk
and
needs
of
each
juvenile.
The
availability
of
y
LS
scores
as
a
result
of
our
system.
Enhancement
strategy
is
becoming
increasingly
important
to
judges
and
crafting
implementing
and
monitoring
dispositions
and
juvenile
delinquency
cases
and
in
complying
with
both
statutory
and
procedural
court
rules.
E
The
development
of
statewide
and
county
specific
baseline
recidivism
rates
is
a
particular
noteworthy
accomplishment.
Pennsylvania
is
one
of
the
few
states
with
the
capacity
to
develop
information
of
this
type.
For
the
purposes
of
this
research
recidivism
is
designed
as
a
subsequent
adjudication
of
delinquency
or
conviction.
In
criminal
court
for
a
misdemeanor
or
a
felony,
offense
went
within
two
years
of
case
closure.
The
18%
recidivism
rate
for
cases
closed
in
2011
represents
an
18
percent
reduction
from
the
four-year
average
recidivism
rate
of
22
percent
for
cases
closed
from
2007
through
2010.
E
This
dramatic
reduction
in
the
statewide
rate
for
cases
closed
in
2011
is
especially
significant
because
2011
was
really
the
first
year.
We
could
realistically
assess
the
impact
of
our
system
enhancement
strategy
in
order
to
improve
services
to
youth
in
a
juvenile
justice
system.
We
are
piloting
the
standardized
program
evaluation
protocol,
which
is
spep
for
short.
Spep,
has
validated
data-driven
rating
scheme
for
determining
how
well
an
existing
existing
program
matches
research
evidence
for
the
effectiveness
of
that
particular
type
of
intervention
for
reducing
the
recidivism
of
juvenile
offenders.
E
The
spep
process
includes
provider
interviews
and
a
review
data
from
the
juvenile
course
judge's,
Commission's
juvenile
case
management
system
database,
which
has
been
used
to
identify
statewide
utilization
rates
of
delinquency,
service
providers,
probation
officers
and
service
providers
jointly
contribute
to
the
spep
assessment
process
and
work
with
consultants
at
the
epicenter
to
create
and
implement
performance
improvement
plans.
Cooperation
throughout
this
process
is
deepening
system-wide,
understanding
of
provider,
programs
and
services.
As
a
result,
judges
and
probation
officers
can
more
easily
refer
the
right
kids
to
the
right
programs
for
the
right
amount
of
time.
E
Another
important
initiative
is
our
Pennsylvania
academic,
career
and
technical
training.
Initiative
pact
is
an
interagency
initiative
designed
to
further
develop
job
readiness,
academic
and
employability.
Skills
for
system
involved
youth.
The
pact
standards
are
built
on
a
balanced
and
restorative
justice
principle
of
offender
competency,
development
provider,
Philly
its
focus
on
providing
youth
with
training
that
will
qualify
them
for
jobs
in
the
areas
of
industry,
growth
that
will
lead
to
careers
with
sustainable
wages.
This
work
begins,
while
youth
are
emplacement
and
continues
when
they
return
to
their
communities.
E
Recent
trends
regarding
juvenile,
violent
crime,
arrest
rates,
juvenile
delinquency,
dispositions,
juvenile
delinquency
placements
and
detention
center
and
missions
all
served
to
confirm
the
efficacy
of
the
evidence-based
practices,
not
that
now
form
the
foundation
of
Pennsylvania's
juvenile
justice
system.
One
of
our
emerging
priorities
is
increasing
the
role
of
P
CCD
and
coordinating
and
implementing
a
comprehensive
delinquency
and
violence
prevention
strategy
for
the
Commonwealth.
One
of
our
major
goals
is
to
make
communities
safe
through
collaboration
and
targeted
investments.
E
Moving
forward,
P
CCD
will
be
working
collaboratively
with
our
state
and
local
partners
to
continue
to
improve
the
coordination
of
delinquency
and
violence
prevention
related
initiatives
across
the
Commonwealth,
as
well
as
continued
implementation
of
our
juvenile
justice
system
enhancement
strategy.
P
CCD
is
committed
to
investing
in
proven
effective
programs
to
address
violence,
delinquency
and
other
problem
behaviors,
as
I
mentioned
before,
a
CCD
has
also
invested
in
a
statewide
infrastructure
through
the
epicenter
to
provide
training
and
technical
assistance
to
communities
and
practitioners.
Dr.
Bradley
will
further
explain
the
work
of
the
epicenter
shortly.
E
Some
of
the
specific
funding
streams
that
are
available
annual
annually
to
support
local
initiatives
include
state
violence,
prevention,
program,
funds,
state
substance,
abuse
education
and
demand
reduction,
funds,
federal
title
to
juvenile
justice
and
delinquency,
prevention,
funds
and
federal
justice
assistance
grant
funds
which
we
call
our
jag
funds.
Currently,
the
federal
jag
funding
announcement
is
open
and
up
to
5.4
million
dollars
is
available
to
support
several
objectives.
E
Some
of
these
include
increase
the
efficacy
of
state
and
local
planning
efforts
through
interagency
collaboration,
promote
and
support,
evidence-based
programs
and
practices
promote
the
appropriate
use
and
measure
and
measure
the
effectiveness
of
promising
approaches
and
dispositional
alternatives,
promote
the
implementation
of
re-entry
programs
and
practices
and
engage
schools,
communities
and
families
in
violence
prevention
and
increase.
The
support
services
provided
to
those
who
have
been
victims
of
violence
applications
are
due.
June
24th
and
eligible
applicants
are
local
units
of
government
and
private
nonprofit
organizations
the
pieces,
the
expects
to
fund
approximately
25
to
30
grants.
E
B
A
B
A
B
B
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
you
said
that
we
are
measuring
things
for
outcome
based
accounting
and
accountability,
which
I
think
everybody
has
moved
in
the
evolved
wards.
So
are
we
measuring
what
our
impact
is
in
particular
areas,
whether
it
is
witness
compensation
or
juvenile
programs?
We
are
saying
here's
what
it
was
before
it:
here's
what
it
is
now.
Yes,.
E
And
just
a
you
know
for
those
folks
that
are
here,
you
know:
PCC
D
is
really
responsible
for
justice
policy
planning
and
coordinating
around
the
Commonwealth.
So
we
administer
a
number
of
state
and
federal
funding.
Streams,
provide
facilitate
delivery
services
to
victims
and
work
on
criminal
justice
and
juvenile
justice
system
improvement
efforts,
and
we
also
do
some
research
and
evaluation,
and
so
we
are
that's.
One
of
our
priorities
is
measuring
the
effectiveness
of
what
we
do.
We
have
a
limited
amount
of
funds.
E
You
know
right
now
and
we
want
to
make
sure
what
we
you
know,
what
we
support.
What
is
improved
by
our
Commission,
you
know,
has
an
impact
out
in
the
communities,
so
we're
measuring
we're
measuring
system-wide
recidivism
rates,
but
we're
also
and
I
think
dr.
Bradley
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
this,
that
it
with
our
prevention,
programming,
we've
developed,
standard,
I'd,
standardized
program
measures
and
we're
also
measuring
the
impact,
the
return
on
investment.
You
know
that
we
are
making
we've
done
that
for
a
number
of
years
now,
so
we
want
that
feedback.
E
We
want
to
see
how
we're
doing
with
coming
Unity's
and
we
want
to
provide
technical
assistance
to
communities
to
help
them
understand
what
programs
may
be
effective
for
addressing
particular
problems
in
communities.
I
mentioned
our
kind
of
CTC
framework.
What
I
really
like
about
that?
Is
it's
unique
to
every
community.
It's
based
on
what
those
communities
needs
and
issues.
It's
not
just.
You
know,
you
know
a
model
that
is
good
for
certain
things.
B
Again,
you
deal
with
66
counties.
You
deal
with
the
whole
spectrum
of
crime
and
justice
that
you
help
law
enforcement.
Do
update
equipment
you
help
victims
receive
relief.
You
help
returning
citizens
try
to
find
that
way
back
into
society.
You
deal
with
prevention.
You
deal
with
all
of
the
things
in
the
continuum
of
justice.
B
E
E
B
Wanted
to
give
including
the
youth
component
but
I
wanted
everyone
on
the
panel
to
understand
this
is
a
valuable
resource
that
is,
in
my
opinion,
underutilized
everybody
in
the
audience
to
that.
You
can
go
after
particular
grants
that
deal
with
that
continuum
and
I,
don't
know
to
the
degree
that
Philadelphia
has
kind
of
participated
in
the
way
that
it
should
considering.
When
you
look
at
this
state's
crime
picture,
there's
us
is
Pittsburgh
and
I.
Think
Harrisburg
is
probably
in
the
middle
of
the
state,
probably
contributing
a
lot
of
the
criminal
justice
work.
B
So
now,
with
that
being
said,
youth
we
have
a
situation
where
we
have
young
people
literally
being
what
I
call
crash
dummies
and
these
older
guys
are
convincing
them
that
if
they
commit
a
violent
crime
that
because
they're
juveniles,
nothing
will
learn,
nothing
will
happen
to
him
and
that
if
they
commit
that
crime
they'll
be
let
out
in
two
years.
This
is
not
true.
This
is
a
problem
as
we
struck
to
codify
programs
for
this
summer
and
and
beyond,
to
identify
ways
to
intervene.
E
Well,
it's
determined
by
us.
You
know
state
advisory
group
that
we
have
and
depending
on
the
amount
of
money
we
have,
we
we
set
priorities
just
each
year
to
depending
on
how
much
funding
we
do
receive.
Then
we
decide
how
much
we
can
put
out
for
competitive
opportunities
for
funding,
and
we
also
and
I
do
want
to
mention
that
you
know
we
do
provide
technical
assistance.
You
know
in
training,
you
know
a
lot
of
that's
through
the
epicenter,
so
we
would
be
happy
to.
E
You
know,
come
to
Philadelphia
to
sit
down
to
talk
about
some
of
our
strategies
and
what
may
be
helpful
for
you
moving
forward.
So
that's
that
that's
a
critical
resource
and
that's
something
that
the
Commission
really
does
is
to
try
to
facilitate
training
and
technical
assistance
to
really
because
we
need
to
hear
from
you
because
we
need
to
make
sure
what
we
are
funding
is
targeted
to
needs
of
communities.
E
B
Yeah
there
was
a
day
reporting
center.
We
visited
in
Pittsburgh
that
was
a
one-stop-shop
for
young
people
and
they
picked
the
kids
up
from
warring
neighborhoods
brought
them
to
the
center
worked
on
their
homework
worked
on
their
life
issues,
took
them
back,
home,
went
and
did
school
visits
went
and
did
all
those
kinds
of
little
things
and
I
just
thought.
If
we
could
replicate
that
in
Philadelphia.
B
C
A
G
Wilfredo
Rojas
I
worked
in
Corrections
for
twenty
four
and
a
half
years
and
I
worked
with
the
juvenile
population
at
the
house
of
correction.
Now,
one
more
one
question
I
have
you
talked
about
priorities
and
we
tend
to
focus
a
lot
on
inmates
on
on
juveniles
that
are
already
going
through
the
system.
What,
when
you
talk
about
priorities?
What
about
children
who
are
children
of
murder
victims?
We,
who
are
app
a
lot
of
the
data,
shows
that
a
lot
of
them
will
go
out
and
commit
crimes
because
of
the
what
they're
going
through.
D
This
is
Stephanie
Bradley
from
the
Prevention
Research
Center
at
Penn.
State
Mike
asked
me
to
sort
of
contribute
to
this
to
the
answer
here.
There
are
two
programs
that
are
currently
funded
by
PCC
D
that
have
strong
evidence
of
effectiveness
of
working
with
children
who
have
experienced
trauma.
One
is
trauma,
focused
cognitive,
behavioral
therapy,
TF
CBT,
the
other
is
family
bereavement
program.
D
E
I
mean
it's
certainly
something
that
that
we
support
through
our
funding
streams.
I
mean
that's.
We
have
a
number
of
different
programs
to
deal
with
a
number
of
different
areas,
and
so
you
know
the
Jag
funding
announcement.
That's
out
currently
right
now
provides
funding
for
a
wide
range
of
initiatives
across
the
spectrum
to
support
a
number
of
different
populations
across
criminal
justice,
juvenile
justice
prevention,
re-entry
folks
that
solutions
with
for
mental
and
mental
illness,
substance
abuse
issues.
So
there's
a
number
of
areas
it's
pretty
wide
to
what
that
funding
will
support.
I'd.
D
Also
like
to
add
something
else
to
that,
if
I
could
a
PC
CD
over
the
last
couple
of
years
well,
mr.
Pennington
is
at
Bureau
of
juvenile
justice.
Services
had
been
working
on
a
number
of
specific
targeted
outreach
efforts
through
the
epicenter
to
recruit
high-risk
communities
to
adopt
the
communities
that
care
coalition
model,
on
which
I
think
also
gets
to
your
question
about
priorities
and
high-risk
areas.
With
respect.
G
D
G
E
Well,
I
can
speak
to
that.
The
recidivism
rates
I
mean
I.
Don't
have
the
numbers
right
here
on
specific,
like
residential
providers
or
anything
like
that,
but
the
statewide
recidivism
rate
is
18%
from
cases
closed
in
2000
2011,
for
that's,
that's
all
cases,
but
I
think
what
you
probably
will
find
as
kids,
that
are
in
residential
place.
You
know
that
they're
citizen
rights
are
a
little
bit
higher
because
the
kids
that
are
more
higher
risk
are
the
ones
that
are
in
out-of-home
placement
or
based
on
you
know.
E
E
I'm
not
saying
that
I
think
I
mean
it
can
be
very
effective,
I'm
just
saying
that
the
the
strategy.
Well,
let
me
let
me
back
up
a
little
bit
through
to
that
from
2007
to
2014
delinquency
placements,
based
on
a
new
allegation
of
decreased
over
forty
percent.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
is
keep
kids
out
of
the
system
that
are
lower
risk.
Divert
them
into
community-based
services
and
reserve
for
kids
that
are
out
of
home
placement
would
be
for
higher
risk
levels
of
kids.
E
Now
we
still
I'd
have
to
get
those
recidivism
rates,
but
what
I'm
saying
is
they
may
not
be
as
low
as
kids?
You
know
that
aren't
in
like
secure
residential
placement
facilities,
but
you
know
we
have
some
very
good
programs
out
there,
but
the
recidivism
levels
may
not
be
as
low
as
other
programs
for
low
to
moderate
risk.
Kids.
D
D
A
B
Is
something
that
they're
trying
to
re-establish
contact
begin
to
be
a
part
of
their
lives?
It's
in
the
beta
testing
form
and
very
formative,
but
I
do
think
it
may
have
useful
benefit
on
when
you
start
talking
about
individuals
starting
to
care
and
reconnect
with
their
community
and
beginning
to
be
at
least
a
positive
influence
on
their
lives.
So
two
that
I
know
about
out.
A
Of
question
Retin
river
neva,
marina
from
the
West
Kensington
ministry,
related
to
my
colleagues
question
here:
do
you
or
is
there
any
evidence-based
studying?
Is
there
anything
related
to
working
with
schools
where
children
are
attending
whose
parents
are
incarcerated?
Is
there
any
data?
Is
there
any
connection
at
all
whatsoever
interpreter?
Are
there
any
programs?
Is
there
anything
where?
Where
organisations
like
does
yourself
or
any
organizations
identifies
children
in
schools
whose
parents
are
incarcerated
and
is
there
any
type
of
relationship
I.
A
I
have
children
that
whose
parents
are
in
jail
right,
they
go,
they
attend
our
public
schools,
but
it
seems
like
the
schools,
the
schools
don't
know
the
councillors,
don't
if
they
have
a
counselor,
they
don't
know,
and
is
there
anything
out
there
that
exists,
that
that
could
address
that
type
of
situation.
I
think.
D
There
probably
a
few
things
that
could
one
would
be
potentially
for
one:
the
Pennsylvania
student
assistant
programs,
the
SA,
P
teams.
I
know
they
operate
sort
of
differently
in
different
schools.
So
there's
it's
not
standardized
and
I,
wouldn't
necessarily
say
it's
evidence-based,
but
those
teams
are
designed
to
help
support
and
intervene
with
youth
who
are
having
all
manner
of
problems.
So
that's
one
possible
resource.
Another
could
be
communities
in
schools
which
is
a
bit
like
case
management
within
the
school
system
itself.
D
So
there's
typically
a
case
manager
that
works
within
the
school
and
connects
youth
with
needed
resources
without
in
the
community.
That
is
something
that
it's
it's
not
that's,
something
that
a
school
has
to
decide.
They
want
to
bring
into
their
system.
It's
not
just
a
standard
standard
part
of
PDE
or
something
like
that,
but
but
those
those
community
workers
basically
connect
those
youth
with
with
needed
resources.
I
would
think
they
would
be
a
way
to
identify
if
there
were
a
parent
incarcerated
in
a
youth
needing
additional
support.
D
Sure
thank
you
good
afternoon,
I'm,
dr.
Stephanie
Bradley
I'm,
a
prevention
scientist
at
the
Prevention
Research
Center
at
Penn,
State,
University
and
I'm.
The
managing
director
of
the
epicenter,
which
is
which
stands
for
the
evidence-based
prevention
and
intervention
support
center
epicenter,
is
funded
by
PCC
D
and
the
Department
of
Human
Services
office
of
Children,
Youth
and
Families.
D
It's
absolutely
my
pleasure
to
be
here
today
in
an
honor
to
to
have
the
opportunity
to
provide
testimony
to
the
council
this
afternoon,
for
the
record
I
had
previously
submitted
written
testimony
after
looking
at
all
of
the
testimony
that
was
delivered
on
March
28th
I
didn't
look
at
all
of
it.
I
looked
at
some
of
it.
D
Prevention
is
not
about
intervening
after
a
problem
has
occurred.
Prevention
is
about
keeping
problems
from
even
arising
and
at
its
best
it's
a
data-driven
planful
upstream
approach
to
protecting
youth
and
communities
and
promoting
their
positive
development
prevention
programs
can
actually
prevent
issues
of
violence,
substance
use,
depression,
truancy
and
school
dropout,
as
mr.
Pennington
already
highlighted,
and
PC
CD
and
the
epicenter
work
very
closely
in
partnership
to
promote
a
public
health
approach
to
prevention,
which
relies
on
gathering
data
on
risk
and
protective
factors,
identifying
effective
programs
and
practices
to
address
those
issues.
D
So
I
would
like
to
share
one
example
that
highlights
how
prevention
works
and
a
key
strategy
for
prevention
is
through
children.
Developing
social,
emotional,
competency,
social-emotional
competency
means
that
youth
are
able
to
interact
well
their
peers
and
others
and
they're
able
to
understand
and
manage
their
emotions
appropriately.
D
Research
has
shown
that
kindergarteners
who
were
rated
high
in
social-emotional
confidence
were
more
likely
to
earn
a
high
school
diploma,
get
a
college
degree
and
have
a
full
time
job
by
the
time
they
were
reached,
adulthood.
In
contrast,
kindergartners
rated
low
in
social-emotional
competency
were
more
likely
to
be
arrested
in
early
adulthood,
to
use
marijuana
and
to
need
public
housing
support.
Pc
City
provides
funding
for
the
highest-rated
and
most
well
researched
social
emotional
learning
curriculum
available,
which
is
paths
as
the
stands
for
promoting
alternative
thinking.
D
Strategies
paths
is
a
school-based
program
delivered
in
kindergarten
and
elementary
schools,
and
it
targets
multiple
risk
and
protective
factors.
Youth
your
participate
in
paths
show
less
aggression,
less
conduct,
disorder,
lower
internalizing,
reduced
ADHD
symptoms
and
higher
test
score
proficiency.
In
reading
writing
and
math,
we
estimate
that
there's
a
$24
return
on
investment
for
every
$1
spent
on
paths,
programming
using
CTC
as
another
example
of
how
prevention
works
and
what
prevention
looks
like
I
just
wanted
to
add
a
couple
of
points
about
CTC,
which
mr.
Pennington
already
briefly
discussed.
D
D
Research
on
CTC
has
shown
that
youth
and
CTC
communities
fare
better
than
youth
and
non
CTC
communities,
they're
less
likely
to
be
negatively
influenced
by
their
peers,
they're
less
likely
to
be
involved
in
delinquency.
They
show
higher
academic
achievement
and
better
engagement
in
school.
Recent
estimates
of
CTC
suggests
a
ten
dollar
return
on
investment
for
every
$1
invested
in
CTC,
so
prevention
works
by
addressing
the
underlying
causes
of
problem
behaviors,
as
opposed
to
targeting
the
specific
problems
themselves.
D
In
these
examples,
both
paths
and
CTC
are
preventative
and
that
they're
not
intervening
on
problems
rather
they're,
focusing
on
targeting
broad
risk
and
protective
factors.
Both
CTC
and
paths,
among
others,
have
demonstrated
their
effectiveness
at
preventing
multiple
problems
and
rigorous
research
trials,
and
this
topic
leads
me
to
the
to
the
topic
of
evidence-based
programs.
D
Mr.
Pennington
described
the
blueprints
programs.
These
are
the
original,
evidence-based
programs
that
have
substantial
research
evidence
behind
them
that
demonstrate
their
effectiveness
and
reducing
youth
problems.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
concerned
by
in
more
recent
years,
with
calls
for
accountability
and
push
for
evidence-based
programming,
is
that
many
program
developers
are
now
adopting
the
term
evidence-based,
but
not
actually
meeting
the
criteria
of
being
of
having
been
researched
and
well
evaluated.
D
D
A
key
focus
of
our
work
is
assisting
policymakers
and
community
service
providers
and
others
to
understand
what
works,
what
doesn't
work,
how
to
choose
programs
how
to
run
them
well
in
their
communities
so
that
you
get
the
results
that
you're
looking
for.
We
provide
free
training
and
technical
assistance
for
18
different
prevention
and
intervention
programs
that
have
strong
research
evidence
of
effectiveness,
several
of
which
have
been
brought
up
to
this
morning.
This
afternoon,
each
year
through
the
state,
violence
prevention
program,
budget,
P
CCD
provides
funding
for
funding.
D
For
communities
to
adopt
and
implement
these
programs
and
epicenter
support
is
included
in
that
funding.
We
also
provide
free
training
and
technical
assistance
for
CTC.
We
provide
support
to
communities
in
building
their
readiness
to
adopt
the
model,
engage
key
stakeholders
and
move
those
stakeholders
through
the
CTC
process.
D
We
regularly
work
with
communities
who
are
interested
in
learning
more
about
developing
a
coalition
in
their
area
and
P
CCD
regularly
provides
fundings
for
CTC
epicenter,
also
conducts
the
statewide
gap,
analysis
for
PCC
D,
using
data
from
the
Pennsylvania
Youth
Survey
juvenile
court
data
like
disposition
and
recidivism
data,
and
hopefully
soon
the
yl
s,
youth
level
of
service
data,
we're
using
those
those
data.
We
submit
new
program
recommendations
to
PCC
D,
so
I
will
wrap
up
my
testimony
with
two
hopeful
calls
to
action.
One.
D
The
city
could
further
inform
its
prevention
planning
efforts
by
enrolling
in
the
next
administration
of
the
Pennsylvania
Youth
Survey.
The
pay's
provides
a
rich
source
of
information
on
youth
risk
and
protective
factors
which
are
valuable
data
for
driving
prevention
decisions.
The
pay's
provides
insights
into
a
wide
array
of
risk
and
protective
factors
related
to
psychosocial
well-being
and
important
youth
relationships.
D
These
data
would
also
enable
our
gaps
analysis
to
further
account
for
youth
and
family
needs
in
Philadelphia
to
please
consider
the
epicenter
as
a
readily
available
resource
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia
for
achieving
your
prevention
goals.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
in
the
opportunity
to
provide
testimony
today.
I.
B
Always
make
reference
to
the
fact
that
on
the
Delaware,
if
200
Wales
ran
ashore
and
died,
every
marine
biologists
would
from
around
the
world
would
come
and
try
to
figure
out.
Why,
when
young
people
who
are
killing
themselves
at
the
rate
that
they
are
argue,
the
marine
biologist
that
actually
kind
of
evaluate
what's
working,
what's
not
working
what
ways
we
should
kind
of
tailor
art?
Yes.
B
Finally,
yes
I
get
to
meet
you
nice
more
as
well,
so
so
when
you
there
are
some
programs
that
are
cookie
cutter
I
would
imagine
that
can
be
applied
all
over
the
Commonwealth.
Some
are
unique
to
urban
areas
and
others
are
unique,
probably
even
to
neighborhoods.
Are
you
able
to
codify
like
which
ones
work,
and
why?
Yes,.
D
Field
of
prevention,
science
itself
and
the
work
that
we
are
involved
in
it
both
at
the
Prevention
Research
Center
and
at
the
epicenter.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
expertise
in
terms
of
understanding
programs
that
do
have
research
and
programs
that
don't.
We
also
very
much
understand
the
core
principles
of
change
that
improve
youth
relationships,
improve
youth
attitudes,
those
kinds
of
things.
So
if
a
program
doesn't
have
that
research
evidence
behind
it,
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
can't
go
in
and
look
at
it
and
develop.
D
B
In
a
reason,
I
asked
that
and
I'm
gonna
believe
at
a
point
but
I'm
a
product
of
the
house
of
mojo,
which
was
a
youth
based
program
for
at-risk
youth
at
the
time
of
gang
war
and
conflict.
If
we
could
have
put
it
in
a
bottle
and
shipped
it
around,
we
would
have.
But
what
we
came
to
the
conclusion,
unfortunately,
that
it
was
based
on
sister,
falaka
fatah
and
David
fatales
personal
relationship
and
connecting
with
kids,
and
you
could
not
kind
of
make
that
a
McDonald's
hamburger
and
do
it
that
way.
B
So
it
I
really
am
going
to
want
to
draw
upon
your
resources
to
find
out
things
that
are
unique
as
a
gem
and
those
differently
can
be
applied
in
different
areas,
because
if
we
can
replicate
success,
I
want
to
do
that
and
I
don't
want
to
replicate
failures
yeah,
so
that
kind
of
measurement,
I,
think
is
essential.
So
absolutely.
D
And
I
think
the
core
of
what
you're
describing
is
good
mentoring
and
there's
a
lot
of
research
evidence
around
mentoring
being
a
very
effective
way
to
prevent
problems
and
to
intervene
on
problems.
So
it
may
not
be
able
to
replicate
the
person
providing
the
mentorship,
but
certainly
you
can
set
up
enough
structure
in
place
to
to
to
disseminate
mentoring
in
other
places,
and
this
connects
to
something
that
mr.
Pennington
touched
on
earlier.
The
standardized
program
evaluation
protocol
is
based
on
exactly
this
type
of
premise:
that
there
are
certain
generic
approaches.
D
B
F
William
Cobb,
thank
you
for
your
testimony
today.
So
I
apologize
for
publicly
snickering
with
the
moment
that
you
indicated
that
evidence-based
is
now
a
term
that
is
very
popular
among
anyone
who
is
competing
for
funding
to
implement
any
such
program.
So
I
wanted
to
get
that
out
of
the
Ray,
but
then
also
say
that
I
guess
in
what
you
just
indicated,
is
that
even
if
a
Ram
hasn't
been
researched
and
hasn't
been
deemed
evidence
base,
it
still
has
the
potential
to
produce
the
outcomes
that
we
want.
Correct.
D
F
And
then
my
next
question
would
be
since
evidence
base
is
popular.
We
all
know
that
I'm
investing
in
a
person
going
to
school
and
after-school
program
mentoring.
We
know
that
these
things
are
far
better
suited
to
produce
outcomes
that
we
won
in
a
society
rather
than
locking
someone
up
and
thrown
away
the
key
and
thrown
them
in
solitary
confinement
and
then
putting
restrictions
upon
them
because
they
live
in
with
their
Scarlet
Letter.
F
So
we
know
this,
but
just
in
your
terminology,
could
you
name
at
least
three
methods,
evidence-based
methods
that
we
could
readily
look
to
implementing
in
order
to
deal
with
the
current?
What
can
we
actually
do?
That
will
have
an
impact,
whether
it's
evidence-based
or
not,
or
Oh,
based
off
of
evidence-based
findings
that
we
can
do
whether
we
be
mentoring,
whether
it
be
after-school
programs?
If
you
have
anything
like
that
sure.
D
There
are
a
a
number
of
fundamentals
of
what
works
in
prevention,
and
I
can
share
a
few
of
those
with
you
and
I
actually
have
some
handouts.
If
the
council
members
are
interested
around
more
of
the
sort
of
core
tenets
of
effective
programming
at
at
their
core,
most
effective
is
using
a
strengths-based
approach,
which
is
to
say,
which
is
to
not
necessarily
focus
kids
on.
Don't
do
this.
Don't
do
that?
D
Don't
do
this
other
thing
don't
get
involved
in
this,
but
instead
have
them
focus
on
the
things
that
you
do
want
them
to
be
doing
and
and
that
helps
developmentally
to
focus
on
where
I
should
be
going,
not
on
all
of
the
closed
doors.
Point
youth
to
the
open
door
that
you
want
them
to
be
going
through
so
in
an
any
evidence-based
program
that
has
all
this
great
research
behind
it
and
effective
approaches.
Otherwise,
they're
often
based
on
this
strength,
based
approach,
so
that
is
one
and
I
would
say.
D
That's
a
that's
a
fundamental
all
youth
fare
better
when
they
have
good
skills
for
coping
with
anxiety,
with
anger,
good
skills
for
two
for
negotiating
peer
pressure
for
refusing
peer
pressure
but
keeping
their
friends.
So
it's
a
core
component
of
family
based
program
that
is
supported
by
PCC
D,
that
we
provide
technical
assistance
for
is
that
kids
need
to
need
the
ability
to
resist
the
pressure,
but
without
disenfranchising
or
or
breaking
down
their
friendships,
because
friendships
are
extremely
important
to
young
people
and
they
become
increasingly
important
over
time.
D
So
helping
kids
develop
these
very
practical
skills
that
are
again
strengths.
Base
they're
focused
towards
what
you
want
them
to
be
doing
and
pro-social
development
I
would
say
that
I
think
the
last
one
which
you've
hit
on
a
couple
of
times
is
around
mentoring,
and
we've
talked
about
that
quite
a
bit
that,
as
long
as
you've
have
one
very
positive,
truly
nurturing
relationship
with
a
caring
adult
they're
going
to
fare
better
in
the
world
and
have
better
long-term
outcomes.
The
kids
who
don't
have
at
least
that
one
relationship
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
parent.
A
Assuming
that
there
have
been
like
aha
moments
when
it
comes
to
research
that
that
helps
you
foretell
or
spot
trends,
I'm
interested
in
knowing
providing
probably
I'm
asking
you
to
provide
an
example
and
where
you've
seen
something
where
you've
seen
a
trend
going
the
wrong
way
like.
We
don't
want
to
go
down
this
road
based
on
your
name.
D
I
get
you
there's
I
tell
you
what
there's
there
is.
There
seems
to
be
a
constant
trend
of
a
gravitational
pull
towards
certain
types
of
approaches
that
summarily
do
not
work
and
I.
Think
the
the
pull
is
because
there's
a
felt
need
to
do
something:
there's
an
interest
in
having
sort
of
a
grassroots,
collective
community
effort
to
help
kids
to
intervene
on
a
crisis.
D
The
problem
is,
is
that,
while
these
approaches
are
well-meaning,
they
can
they
don't
have
evidence
of
being
effective
and
in
many
cases
have
we've
have
demonstrated
research
over
and
over
again
that
certain
types
of
approaches
can
actually
increase
risk
and
cause
you
to
become
more
delinquent
than
they
were
before
they
participated
in
the
program.
Typically,
this
involves
scare
tactics.
So
this
is
this
is
the
opposite
of
what
I
was
describing
before,
okay,
so
the
scare
tactics
is
these
are
all
the
things
we
don't
want
you
to.
You
don't
want
to
wind
up
in
jail.
D
You
don't
want
to
use
drugs,
you
don't
know
Dada
and
what
happens
is
you're,
exposing
kids
to
things
that
maybe
our
novel
to
them
that
are
exciting
to
them.
This
doesn't
work
with
their
brain
development.
Youth
are
that
the
sort
of
reasoned,
logical,
tempering
part
of
the
brain
has
not
fully
developed
yet
until
the
early
20s.
So
what
you
wind
up
doing
is
exposing
youth
to
very
novel
sort
of
sensation,
risk
seeking
type
scenarios
and
potentially
peaking
their
interest
in
it
as
opposed
to
sort
of
diverting
them
away
from
it.
D
A
G
Yep,
you
know
it
scales
straight,
has
the
data
and
the
research
has
shown
that
doesn't
work?
It's
not
effective.
Okay,
but
my
question
is
that
I?
Don't
we
can
arbitrarily
either
implement
programs
or,
conversely,
eliminate
programs
because
they
are
on
the
list
of
what
works
or
what
doesn't
work?
My
question
is,
for
example,
at
the
prison
system.
G
We
had
a
program
where
we
want
to
kill
the
kids
in
to
see
what
Corrections
officials
and
other
people
that
work
in
the
prison
system
do
there's
more
of
shadowing
situation
from
when
career
careers
and
corrections,
as
opposed
to
scaring
them
into
not
engaging
in
any
kind
of
negative
behavior.
But
my
question
would
be,
and
and
I
would
I
appreciate
your
testimony
since
you
well
personally,
the
subject
is
the
implementation
of
a
program
that
has
been
shown
to
work.
Research
is
all
you
do
is
present
the
facts.
G
G
D
Is
exactly
what
the
epicenter
is
funded
to
do
is
to
work
with
community
providers
from
the
very
beginning
of
adopting
an
evidence-based
program,
so
we
coordinate
with
program
developers
to
make
sure
that
we
have
timely
and
qualified
training
within
the
state
of
Pennsylvania,
so
that
if
a
community
is
interested
in
implementing
life
skills
training,
they
have
access
to
life
skills
training,
certified
trainer.
We
ensure
that
that,
on
the
ground
that
the
community,
the
the
agency,
that's
implementing,
that
program
is
implementing
with
what
is
known
as
fidelity.
This
was
probably
a
tournament.
D
D
Essentially,
we
build
data
collection
and
evaluation
tools
that
communities
use
they're
required
to
use
it
when
they're
funded
by
PC
CD,
very
simple,
Excel
based
tools
that
calculate
a
lot
of
formulas
behind
the
scenes
and
enable
those
implementers
to
look
at
what
level
of
fidelity
are
we
delivering
with
what
level
of
dosage
are
we
getting?
Are
we
getting
enough
of
this
program
to
these
kids
and
families
and
it,
and
they
also
report
short
short
term
outcomes,
so
did
attitudes
towards
outa
to
a
Tod
alcohol
tobacco?
Other
drugs
reduced
it?
D
D
G
D
We
that
this
is
what
mr.
Pennington
was
describing
earlier
around
the
cost
benefit
estimates
that
we've
been
developing.
So
we
take
the
pencil
PC
CD
grants
that
are
awarded
to
these
programs.
We
look
at
the
cost
per
youth
or
per
family
depending
on
the
program,
so
we
take
the
Pennsylvania
costs
combined
with
the
washing
Washington
State
Institute
of
Public
Policy
benefits
and
we
calculate
net
benefits
basically
per
person
per
year,
so
in
the
last
fiscal
in
our
fast.
Our
last
analysis
of
this
we
looked
at
three
fiscal
years
and
the
return
was
over.
F
G
F
A
D
It's
it's
a
required
for
the
CTC
process.
The
violence
prevention
program
funding
requires
a
risk
and
needs
assessment
to
be
done
in
the
last
three
years.
It's
not
required
to
use
the
pace.
I,
don't
think
for
that.
One
and
I
think
the
substance,
abuse
and
education
demand
reduction,
I'm,
I,
don't
know
if
that
requires
either
of
those
I'm,
not
certain
about
that,
but
the
pence.
The
paces
is
a
tremendous
resource
for
gathering
risk
and
protective
factor
data,
and
it's
huge
for
prevention
planning
did.
D
C
Good
afternoon
mr.
chairman
members
of
City
Council
on
this
esteemed
panel,
my
name
is
Shakima
for
more
townsend
and
I'm
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
philadelphia
youth
network.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
appear
before
you
today
to
discuss
the
importance
of
creating
opportunity
for
our
city's
youth
that
not
only
provide
productive
experiences
during
the
summer
months
and
outside
of
school,
but
also
help
prepare
them
to
become
skilled,
educated
and
engaged
citizens
in
our
future
workforce.
The
Philadelphia
youth
network
pyn,
is
an
intermediary
organization
dedicated
to
connecting
systems
and
leveraging
resources.
C
Pyn
works
to
equip
young
people
for
academic
achievement,
economic
opportunity
and
personal
success.
To
achieve
this
mission,
we
coordinate
and
support
large-scale
cross-sector
initiatives,
while
developing
targeted
programs
to
expand
access
to
service
for
underserved
youth
at
pyn.
We
know
that
when
potential
meets
opportunity,
youth
will
succeed.
C
Since
our
founding
in
1999,
pyn
has
coordinated
nearly
500
million
dollars
in
public
and
private
funds
to
serve
more
than
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
young
people,
including
a
hundred
and
forty
five
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
leverage
to
secure
an
additional
three
hundred
and
forty
million
in
local
and
private
funds
and
has
contracted
with
over
200
organizations
to
deliver
evidence-based
youth
programs.
Specifically
pym,
creates
in
scales
effective
service
pathways
that
lead
to
greater
education
and
employment
outcomes
for
vulnerable
youth.
Pyn
serves
as
the
managing
partner
for
two
of
the
city's.
C
Most
comprehensive
campaigns
focused
on
improving
the
educational
and
outcomes,
educational
and
economic
outcomes
of
the
Philadelphia
Philadelphia's
young
people
project
u-turn,
designed
to
improve
the
high
school
graduation
rates
of
art
of
the
city's
youth
and
work
ready,
Philadelphia
dedicated
to
creating
systemic
approaches
to
address
the
skills
gap
for
vulnerable
youth.
Pym
works
to
advance
these
campaigns
and
improve
outcomes
for
Philadelphia's
youth
by
guiding
vision
and
strategy.
C
Supporting
aligned
activities,
establishing
shared
metrics
building
public
will
mobilizing
funding
and
advancing
policy
work
ready
Philadelphia
as
a
citywide
initiative,
is
dedicated
to
improving
the
economic
outcomes
of
the
region's
youth.
By
attracting
aligning
and
investing
resources
and
a
coordinated
youth
workforce
development
strategies,
the
work
ready,
Philadelphia
campaign
is
a
collaboration
of
partners,
including
employers,
schools,
community-based
organizations,
advocacy
groups,
labor
unions
and
private
investors.
C
These
programs
also
provide
academic
enrichment
and
promote
awareness
of
post-secondary
options
were
credit,
Philadelphia
operates,
year-round
and
summer
programming
for
youth
and
young
adults
between
the
ages
of
12
and
24.
Each
program
is
designed
to
challenge
youth
to
understand
the
correlation
between
work,
experience,
skill
attainment
and
high
school
completion
and
how
these
variables
impact
their
potential
for
college
and
career
success
were
critical.
Work
reduce
some
of
our
program.
Models
are
a
set
of
programs
that
provide
a
continuum
of
research-based
and
developmentally
appropriate
programs.
C
There
are
currently
four
summer
program
models
that
serve
youth
ages,
12
to
21
without
post-secondary
experience.
The
first
of
those
models
is
the
korea
exposure
model,
provides
opportunities
for
rising
eighth-grader
youth
to
explore
skills
and
experiences
that
careers
require
and
to
be
introduced
to
key
21st
century
skills,
specifically
focus
on
introducing
long-term
and
short-term
goal
setting
and
providing
opportunities
to
build
their
social
networks.
Career
exposure
is
the
only
non
wage
bearing
model.
However,
youth
participants
really
receive
financial
incentives
which
are
not
connected
to
hours
of
participation.
C
Service-Learning
programs
employ
teaching
and
learning
strategies
designed
for
youth
with
an
interest
in
civic
service
and
little
or
no
prior
exposure
to
the
world
of
work.
These
programs
allow
youth
to
collectively
address
real-world
issues,
problems
and
needs
within
the
local,
regional,
national
or
global
community.
Our
work
experience
model
program
provides
a
structured
work
experience
for
youth
with
limited
exposure
to
the
world
of
work.
These
programs
provide
youth
with
explicit
opportunities
to
further
explore
a
desired
career
path,
as
well
as
practice,
21st
century
skills
and
the
last
of
the
four
models.
C
Internships
offers
an
advanced
opportunity
for
youth
with
prior
employment,
and/or
leadership
experience.
These
experiences
provide
youth
with
exposure
to
professional
careers,
otherwise
not
accessible
to
the
teenage
population
opportunities
to
develop
and
refine
targeted,
21st
century
skills
and
engagement
in
ongoing
professional
development
workshops.
C
In
addition,
internships
provide
opportunities
for
youth
to
work
closely
with
a
trained
adult
supervisor
who
serves
in
an
instructional
role
throughout
the
duration
of
the
experiences
last
year,
pyn
contracted
with
nearly
70
community-based
organizations
throughout
the
city
to
operate
one
or
more
of
the
work-ready
summer
program
models
over
1,000
work
sites
hosted
youth
throughout
Philadelphia,
with
support
from
work
ready.
Our
city
achieved
our
goal
of
providing
10,000
summer
work
experiences
nearly
90
percent
8812
of
those
experience
work
were
provided
through
work.
Readiness
of
the
thousands
of
you
served
in
summer
2015
through
work
ready.
C
Just
over
half
were
female.
Nearly
70
percent
were
high
school
aged
between
15
and
17
years
old,
and
nearly
90
percent
were
youth
of
color
76
percent
african-american
12
percent
Hispanic.
Why?
The
summer
jobs
matter
our
city
and
our
partners,
collaborate
and
invest
at
impressive
scale
every
year
to
create
summer
work
experiences
for
young
people,
because
we
understand
just
how
important
these
experiences
can
be.
They
provide
economic
opportunity.
Last
year,
work
ready
participants
earned
more
than
six
million
dollars,
which
was
infused
back
into
the
local
economy.
C
They
provide
career
awareness
summer,
work
opportunities,
help
youth
gain
exposure
and
experience
in
our
local
workforce
and
growing
industries.
They
provide
academic
achievement,
work
ready.
Some
our
models
implement
project-based
learning
and
successful
participants
are
eligible
to
receive
an
elective
credit
through
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia.
They
provide
professional
and
adult
connections.
Summer
experiences
provide
youth
with
a
network
of
caring
adults
and
helps
build
the
first
stages
of
professional
and
career
connections.
However,
at
pyn
we
understand
that
programming
interventions
and
supports
for
youth,
provide
critical
avenues
of
support
beyond
skill
building
and
workforce
preparation.
C
They
help
to
combat
poverty
and
trauma
nearly
all
work
ready
participants
will
self-identify
as
having
a
household
incomes
or
below
two
hundred
and
thirty.
Five
percent
of
the
poverty
line.
Research
has
shown
that
trauma
from
extreme
poverty
and
violence
has
serious
impact
on
child
development.
Sethe
Paulette
from
the
University
of
Medicine
was
constant
and
his
colleagues
have
shown
that
the
human
child
can
learn
to
accommodate
quite
a
wide
variety
of
circumstances,
but
that
extreme
poverty
and
violence
are
out
of
the
range
of
the
child's
developed
capabilities
for
coping.
C
The
effect
is
a
dangerous
cycle
living
in
poverty
makes.
You
makes
our
youth
significantly
more
likely
to
experience
trauma
and
the
psychological
effects
of
trauma
make
it
harder
to
overcome
the
challenges
associated
with
poverty.
The
critical
components
of
reversing
trauma
and
stress
from
the
type
of
exposure
is
connection
to
caring
adults.
Harvard
University's
Center
on
the
developing
child
has
shown
that
without
caring
adults,
the
unrelenting
stress
of
extreme
poverty
and
other
high-stress
barriers
can
actually
weaken
the
architecture
of
the
developing
brain
with
long
term
consequences
for
learning
behavior
and
both
physical
and
mental
health.
C
It's
also
worth
noting
research
from
America's
Promise
Alliance
found
that
supportive
relationships
with
adults
in
and
out
of
school
can
reduce
the
likeliness
of
leaving
school
early
by
as
much
as
25%.
With
these
realities.
We
understand
how
imperative
it
is
that
young
people
not
only
learn
the
importance
of
21st
century
skills
and
work
experiences,
but
also
the
importance
of
building
a
network
of
support.
C
Preventing
incarceration
and
mortality
in
2015,
and
this
year
in
2016
pyn
has
partnered
with
dr.
Sarah
Heller,
a
researcher
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
to
better
understand
the
larger
impact
of
work
ready
summer
programs.
Dr.
Heller's,
similar
research
in
Chicago,
has
shown
that
summer
jobs
may
be
a
critical
component
to
preventing
crime
and
violence
among
disadvantaged
youth.
A
C
Great
there
is
no
lack
of
me
to
understand
that
severity
and
importance
of
these
issues.
The
level
of
incarceration
in
the
United
States
has
reached
unprecedented
levels
disproportionately
affecting
minorities
in
youth
data
tells
us
that
one
in
three
black
men
will
spend
time
in
prison
in
their
lives
compared
to
only
one
in
17
white
men.
The
problem
is
not
only
of
offending,
but
also
victimization.
Homicide
kills
more
young
african-american
males
than
the
other,
the
nine
other
leading
causes
of
death
combined.
C
It
is
critical
to
note
that
early
incarceration
reduces
education,
attainment
and
employment
as
well
as
increases
the
likeliness.
The
likelihood
of
future
incarceration
research
revealed
that
six
to
eight
weeks
summer,
job
programs
in
New,
York
and
Chicago
had
considerable
impact
on
violent,
offending
mortality,
look
largely
from
homicide
and
future
incarceration
in
Chicago,
violent
crime,
arrests
dropped
by
forty
three
percent
over
16
months
and
New.
York
mortality
declined
by
twenty
percent
over
five
to
seven
years.
C
Importantly,
the
declines
occur
largely
after
the
program
ends,
meaning
that
the
effects
are
not
nearly
a
mechanical
effect
of
keeping
youth
busy
during
the
summer.
The
research
is
also
showing
a
change
in
youths.
Behavior
posts
on
and
2015
pym
partnered
with
dr.
Heller
in
a
randomized
control
treatment
study
with
201
youth
and
in
2016
we
plan
to
expand
the
study
to
include
minimally
three
hundred
young
people.
This
work
will
not
only
contribute
to
the
existing
research,
but
will
also
help
our
city
better
understand
the
impact
our
work
is
having
locally,
especially
for
vulnerable
populations.
C
Our
priorities
for
moving
forward.
It
is
clear
that
providing
some
experiences
for
young
people
helps
prepare
them
for
academic
and
career.
Success,
builds
their
network
of
support
and
helps
them
stay
safe,
however,
of
the
16,000
young
people
applied
to
have
a
work
ready
summer
experience
last
year
nearly
9,000
were
placed,
but
over
7,000
were
not
due
to
a
lack
of
funding
opportunities
available.
C
Mayor
Kenney
spoke
last
month
at
a
press
conference
about
the
importance
of
summer
and
early
work
experiences.
Our
city
and
our
partners
play
a
critical
role
in
making
these
experiences
a
reality
for
young
people,
and
there
are
several
key
priorities
worth
highlighting
to
ensure
continued
scale
and
fidelity
of
summer
programming
investment.
C
Every
year
we
start
from
here
zero
and
every
year
we
work
to
secure
funding
that
will
create
as
many
opportunities
as
possible
for
young
people.
A
key
strategy
to
increasing
the
annual
number
of
opportunities
will
be
establishing
early
and
multi-year
commitments
that
create
a
highest
starting
point
for
secured
opportunities
we
achieve
scale
through
investments
from
public
and
private
support.
C
Mayor
Kenny
has
championed
the
importance
of
this
work,
and,
just
last
month,
joined
pyn
and
the
DNC
hosting
committee
to
announce
an
investment
of
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
JPMorgan
Chase
and
partnership
through
the
hosting
committee
to
support
summer
experiences
this
year
via
work
ready.
Last
year,
the
city
of
Philadelphia
invested
7
million
to
support
summer
experiences
through
work,
ready,
including
investment
from
the
Department
of
Human
Services,
Philadelphia,
Parks
and
Recreation
this
year,
already
committed
investments
from
DHS
and
parks
parks
and
recs
totaled
more
than
six
million
dollars.
C
At
this
time,
we
currently
project
enough
secured
funding
to
support
6,000
experiences
through
work
ready.
This
summer
there
is
approximately
7.2
million,
an
investment
needed
to
close
the
gap
to
achieve
ten
thousand
a
work
ready
summer
experience
cost
just
eighteen
hundred
dollars
to
support
a
young
person.
We
need
employers
of
all
sectors
and
size
across
the
city
to
hire
and
host
young
people,
but
we
also
know
it
takes
large
investments
from
the
private
and
particularly
the
public
sector,
to
truly
attain
the
scale
we
aspire
to
achieve
in
research,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
C
C
This
work
requires
partnership,
dedication
and
investment
to
make
opportunities
possible,
but,
as
you
can
see,
members
of
the
committee,
the
impact
is
significant
for
the
youth
we
serve
and
for
our
city
and
region's
future
workforce.
Thank
You
committee,
chairman
and
councilmembers
and
esteemed
members
of
the
panel
for
your
interest
and
leadership
in
this
area.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
council
to
ensure
that
all
our
young
people
have
access
to
enriching
developmental
opportunities
that
they
need
and
that
they
deserve.
I
would
be
pleased
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
B
B
C
Unfortunately,
the
other
50%
are
not
eligible
or
not
able
to
participate
in
actual
work
experiences.
One
thing
to
note
for
the
committee:
our
experience
in
its
entirety
is
designed
to
be
developmentally
appropriate
and
instructive,
so
every
young
person
one
has
to
apply
online
like
this
mimics
real-world
job
application
process.
Every
young
person
has
to
be
able
to
develop
those
communication
skills
and
show
the
responsiveness
that
builds
self-direction
initiative,
but
those
young
people
are
not
able
to
connect
to
any
of
the
actual
employment
experiences.
B
C
Think
there
go
interchangeably,
use
those
because
the
opportunity
risk
opportunity
youth
could
be
also
at
risk
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that's
important
for
this
committee
to
know
in
terms
of
National
Dialogue,
the
term
opportunity.
Youth
really
came
out
of
the
white
house,
community
solutions
task
force
in
which
they
actually
surveyed
young
people
and
they
did
not
want
to
be
called
dropouts
or
at-risk
young
people.
So
this
was
a
way
of
adult
sort
of
showing
that
they
heard
what
young
people
wanted
and
to
recognize
the
asset
based
approach
that
dr.
Stephan
Stephanie.
C
B
Going
to
understand,
you
know
we're
in
a
age
of
sensitivity.
We
have
to
be
politically
correct
about
what
we
call
one
another,
however,
and
nevertheless,
statistics
do
not
what
I
can
lie,
but
they
often
tell
a
tale,
and
at
risk
is
seventeen
to
twenty
four,
where
if
in
so
many
different
categories,
you
will
make
it
or
break
it
right
there
and
those
experiences
that
we
either
give
them
or
don't
tell
the
tale.
And
so
my
question
becomes:
do
you
have
a
year-round
program?
Yes,.
C
We
have
several
so
we
operate
first,
four
III
centers.
They
offer
year-round
programming
to
to
opportunity,
you
specifically
at-risk
youth,
and
they
also
offer
our
reconnection
services
to
young
people
who
are
exposed
to
the
juvenile
justice
system.
That's
partnership
has
been
a
10-year
partnership.
They
serve
about
a
thousand
young
people
a
year,
so.
B
One
of
the
things
for
this
committee
to
note
is
that
there
is
such
a
thing,
but
not
to
capacity
of
what
we
would
need
come
compare
what
you
actually
do
to
what
the
meet
is.
Just
like
you
did
with
the
Summer
Youth,
you
said
there
were
12,000
people
who
wanted
a
job.
Seven
or
eight
thousand
of
them
got
one.
What
is
this
pool
of
focus
or
opportunity?
Just.
C
46,000
young
people
who
are
between
the
ages
of
16
and
24
and
out
of
school
and
out
of
work
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
I,
just
told
you
about
one
intervention
that
serves
about
a
thousand
of
them
under
project
u-turn.
There's
also
a
set
of
accelerated
academic
options
that
have
about
3,200
seat
capacity.
I.
Think
it's
also
important
for
the
committee
to
understand
that
a
lot
of
these
programs
have
what
we
would
call
revolving
entry
or
they
function
as
dropout
centers.
C
We
look
at
cost
per
slot,
cost
per
use
or
cost
over
time
and
I
think
it's
important
for
the
committee
to
understand
that
the
12-month
participation
might
actually
take
this
kind
of
young
person
18
to
24
months
because
of
the
way
they
are
facing
life
circumstances,
so
their
their
participation
is
not
synchronous
and
I.
Think
often
times
when
we
look
at
data
evaluation
and
metrics.
We
forget
that
the
participation
just
looks
different,
so.
B
My
final
put
in
one
of
my
schools,
which
will
go
nameless
every
every
Monday.
We
do
a
7:00
a.m.
roll
call
with
all
of
the
principals
in
the
neighbourhood
we
talk
about
the
week
before
and
what
potential
problems
we
can
foresee
that
this
school
had
issue
with
that
school
and
they're
coming
up
after
school
to
take
out
whatever
and
we
arrange
buses.
C
Absolutely
so
different
in
today,
I
mean
we
talked
a
lot
about
what
works
for
one
of
the
things
that
I
wanted
to
add
to
that
conversation
was
its,
what
works
for
whom
and
what
you
are.
What
you
are
describing
is
that
some
programs,
or
some
level
of
intensity
is
needed
for
a
specific
population
that
doesn't
mean
that
others
don't
need
service.
C
So
we
are
very
intentional
about
establishing
partners
that
prioritize
what
we
describe
as
high
priority
populations,
young
people
who
are
parenting,
young
people
who
are
connected
to
the
juvenile
justice
system,
young
people
who
are
connected
to
foster
care
and
I,
have
to
say
those
are
some
of
the
top
top
groups
that
we're
talking
about
and
I
have
to
acknowledge.
The
long-standing
partnership,
as
I
mentioned,
we've
been
in
relationship
with
the
Department
of
Human
Services
for
over
10
years,
and
the
other
thing
that
I
didn't
talk
about
is.
C
We
also
have
nine
other
programs
that
operate
year-round
and
they
are
connected
to
schools
who
have
underperforming
around
their
graduation
rates.
It's
for
eleventh
and
twelfth
graders
and
those
programs
help
young
people
to
create
that
big
bridge
towards
the
high
school
diploma
serves
approximately
325
young
people.
It's
not
at
scale.
If
you
will
so
I
think
we
have.
We
have
a
lot
of
challenges
when
we
have
a
small
pot
of
money
and
such
a
great
need
and
we're
targeting
to
those
schools
that
are
most
needy
so.
B
President
Clark
has
instructed
this
panel
to
identify
those
underserved
programs
that
if
we
could
match
peanut
butter
to
jelly
over
here,
you
got
P
CCD
sitting
right
next
to
you,
and
the
bigger
committee
does
about
83
million
Rantz
every
year
to
a
underserved
population
that
needs
to
come
to
scale.
The
purpose
of
this
is
to
try
to
make
those
kinds
of
connections.
So
thank
you.
We'll
start
this
way.
This
time.
F
William
Cobb
again,
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
So
my
question
is:
why
the
effort
and
researching
what
anyone
knows?
Academia
a
kid
that
if
you
invest
in
this
particular
thing,
you
get
this
outcome.
So
is
the
reason
for
investing
in
the
research
so
that
you
could
compel
a
better
argument
to
solicit
more
funding
that
we
literally
have
to
spend
money
on
finding
out
that
employing
young
people
prevents
them
from
getting
in
trouble
in
order
to
get
more
money.
F
C
Is
such
a
remarkable
question?
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
pointing
out
that
tension,
so
I
should
have
mentioned
this,
but
dr.
Heller
actually
has
not
received
any
money
from
us
in
order
to
do
the
research
I
think
there
is
a
need
to
be
able
to
present
yourself
as
having
evidence-based
strategies
in
order
to
compete
in
national
arenas
for
funding.
So,
yes,
there
is
part
of
what
we're
doing
is
defining
the
Philadelphia
specific
advantages
and
competition
with
other
cities
who
are
doing
the
same
type
of
work.
C
B
A
Because
if
you
your
program,
says
you're
stopping
poverty
and
trauma
and
incarceration
mortality,
so
the
question
is
for
researchers.
Is
that
happening,
I
mean?
Are
you
targeting
like
I'm?
If
I
go
up
here
in
North
Philly
and
my
most
impoverished
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia?
How
many
kids
can
your
grab
tell
me
how
many
kids
are
being
employed
in
that
area?
Yes,.
C
A
Because
I
think
that's
where
the
key
is
is,
are
we
and
the
same
thing
with
PCCP
and
dr.,
as
you
described
when
you
look
at
the
data?
I
mean
there's
a
great
article
today
about
zip
codes
right
and
if
you
live
in
a
certain
zip
code
you
have.
Life
expectancy
is
about
20
years
less
than
someone
who
lives
in
a
higher
and
kind
of
know
what
their
it's
saying
in
a
different
way.
Do
we
ever
strategically
look
at
those
pockets
and
say
instead
of
waiting
for
someone
to
come,
that.
C
The
first
one
of
the
things
that
we
intentionally
do
is
operate
a
citywide
approach
and
I
think
that
with
that
comes
as
blessing
and
it
comes
to
challenges
and
one
of
the
things
we
were
able
to
do
was
track
our
data,
oh
and
overlay,
not
just
zip
codes
but
cooler,
regions,
rep
recreation,
centers,
career
links
and
really
look
at
the
distribution
of
services
over
over
poverty
levels
and
communities.
So
we
and
that's
for
the
our
employment
programs,
and
then
we
brought
all
of
our
partners
together.
A
Living
in
in
North
Square,
the
one
ninety
one
to
two
district,
the
zip
code,
soon
I've
benefited
from
having
a
few
youth
work
and
still
have
relationships
with
them.
It
does
take
a
toll
on
a
small
organization,
though,
because
you
do
have
to
if
you
care
and
you
do
it
right,
you
have
to
invest
yourself,
so
that
was
a
challenge.
A
I
can
no
longer
do
it,
because
it's
that
I
don't
want
to
do
it
half
pathway,
but
there
is
an
organization,
the
North
Square
neighborhood
project
that
that
hires,
multiple,
youth
and
and
I've
seen
them
change,
because
we
work
with
the
same
youth.
So
I
applaud
the
work
you're
doing
and
we
got
to
close
that
gap.
Somehow
thank.
D
You
I
just
wanted
to
add
a
couple
of
pieces
related
to
mapping
and
reaching
out
for
higher
risk
areas.
We
at
the
epicenter
we
do
have
a
map
of
all
of
the
previously
funded
PCC
D
grants
and
the
different
programs
that
have
run
in
each
county.
I.
Don't
think
we
really
have.
We
don't
have
it
at
the
zip
code
level.
I
think
that
is
tracked
in
PCC
DS
system.
E
Yeah
one
of
one
of
our
critical
priorities,
moving
forward,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
testimony
of
trying
to
develop
a
comprehensive
strategy
around
Commonwealth,
because
there's
different
agencies
that
offer
different
funding.
So
we
kind
of
want
to
get
everybody
together
to
look
at
okay.
What
are
you
fund
and
what
are
we
funding?
Is
it
you
know
so
that
we
can
have
a
coordinated
strategy
and
then
will
better
serve
communities
and
better
use
resources
out
to
communities
I'm.
B
I
love,
you
all
you're,
all
cute,
so
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
get
you
guys
together,
maybe
kind
of
dig
down
on
how
we
can
do
a
couple
of
good
things.
One
bring
good
programs
that
we
measure
to
scale
to
reap,
to
invest
in
and
and
for
those
that
have
the
jury
is
still
out
for
get
them
analyzed.
You
never
mean
to
see
what
so,
just
because
your
program
does
not
have
a
label
does
not
fit
directly
in
a
box
that
we
know
of.
B
We
will
try
to
evaluate
it
to
take
what
is
replicable
to
other
places.
We
will
take
good
programs
that
exist
and
bring
them
to
scale
and
then
to
geographically,
if
I
heard
everybody
say
what
exists
I'd,
really
like
that
approach
of
being
able
to
see
what
our
social
footprint
is,
so
that
where
we
have
data-driven
neighborhoods
that
require
almost
an
acute
treatment,
we
can
apply
that
and
and
say
what
that
treatment
should
be
so
I,
don't
know
how
we
create
a
subcommittee
to
look
at
this
and
what
we
should
call
it.
B
So
we
aren't
see
we
have
it
in
prevention
with
see
we
had
to
find
your
box
so
you're
in
prevention,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
really
want
to
do
is
try
to
stop
the
bleeding.
So
we
have
two
goals:
immediately:
stop
the
bleeding
come
in
this
summer
and
to
long
term
kind
of
create
models
of
success
that
we
can
replicate.
So
we
we
know
all
where
you
are,
and
we
want
to
reach
out
to
you
to
tap
that
wealth
of
information.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
testimony.
Well,
I.
G
G
We
had
Lincoln
High
School
98%
of
those
kids
are
either
in
college
or
working
in
Corrections,
and
the
problem
that
we
found
is
that
we
got
to
get
more
people
that
have
that
our
stakeholders
in
Philadelphia,
small
business
community,
large
business
communities
to
cooperate
I
gave
up
my
time
and
we
need
a
point
person
at
every
city,
department
and
agency.
That's
willing
to
supervise
those
children,
it's
not
to
supervision.
G
It's
also
counseling
and
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
I
got
these
kids
still
call
me
and
they
went
through
your
program
and
I
really
appreciate
what
you
do
and
then
I
agree
with
you
with
what
councilman
Jones.
We
have
to
get
you
guys
together,
because
that's
a
miniature
program.
What
seed
I
used
to
do
that
I
went
through
and
you.
C
H
C
A
B
It
pleases
the
group.
Well,
we
have
representative
Harris
here
as
well.
I
don't
want
to
get
his
comments
here.
Some
of
the
justice
committee
I
believe
it
is
with
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania,
so
we
may
be
reaching
out
to
him
want
some
statutory
changes.
So,
let's
let
him
have
his
say.
Please
thank
you
all
for
your
testimony
and
we
really
appreciate
it.
Thank.
B
J
J
In
our
criminal
justice
system,
the
Department
of
Correction
is
merging,
with
the
department
of
probation
parole
and
together
that
budget
then
balloons
to
2.6
billion
dollars,
which
is
roughly
8
percent
of
our
total
general
fund
budget
and
for
me,
seeing
so
many
folks
locked
up
for
extended
period
of
time,
but
then
coming
home
and
having
so
many
collateral
consequences.
As
so
many
barriers
to
reintegrating
into
society.
J
I
knew
that
if
we
were
going
to
make
streets
safer,
if
we
were
going
to
be
smart
on
crime,
it
had
to
start
with
what
did
we
do
with
our
sons
and
our
daughters
when
they
came
home
either
from
being
incarcerated
and
or
some
who
never
went
away
to
any
time
of
incarceration,
but
who
now
had
some
type
of
criminal
record?
So
we
were
happy
that
this
past
February,
governor
wolf
signed
into
law
Senate
bill
166,
which
is
now
act,
number
5
of
2016
working
with
Democrats
and
Republicans,
both
in
the
house
and
the
Senate.
J
We
were
able
to
move
legislation
that
deals
with
misdemeanor,
twos
and
misdemeanor
threes
that
are
of
a
non-violent
nature.
After
ten
years
time,
a
person
will
be
able
to
go
to
court
and
have
that
record
sealed
that
actually,
that
was
signed
into
law
on
February
16th.
It
actually
takes
effect
on
November
14th
of
this
year.
J
In
addition
to
that,
just
last
week,
myself
and
representative
Cheryl
DeLozier
in
the
house,
as
well
as
Senator
Scott
Wagner
and
Senator
Anthony
Williams
in
the
Senate,
how
the
press
conference
to
introduce
what
we're
calling
cleanly
sleep
legislation
in
the
house
that
will
be
House
bill
1984.
This
bill
says
that
a
person
convicted
of
any
misdemeanor
one,
two
or
three
as
long
as
it
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
children
as
long
as
it
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
being
registered
in
a
sex
offender
registry.
J
That
person
after
10
years
would
automatically
receive
a
clean
slate
and
their
record
would
be
sealed
with
regards
to
becoming
gainfully
employed.
What
we
understand
is
that
all
of
the
programs
in
the
world
will
not
erase
a
criminal
record,
and
the
fact
remains
that
if
a
person
cannot
be
gainfully
employed,
statistics
shows
us
that
many
of
them
will
and
have
recidivating
and
go
back
into
our
criminal
justice
system.
So
we
have
to
fix
the
scarlet
letter
that
is
affixed
on
many
of
our
sons
and
our
daughters
when
they
come
home
from
being
incarcerated.
J
You
can
afford
to
pay
for
a
third
of
the
young
people
in
our
state
system,
schools
right
now
and
send
them
to
school
for
free.
So
when
we
look
at
a
when
we
look
at
a
time
in
Harrisburg
where
our
budget
is
slim
and
we
don't
have
money
to
go
around
instead
of
cutting
education,
my
thought
is:
how
do
we
reform
our
justice
system
so
that
we
can
spend
less
to
send
our
folks
to
be
incarcerated?
J
But
the
reality
is
this:
I
believe
that,
out
of
all
of
the
things
that
we
have
been
working
on
Harrisburg,
there
is
bipartisan
support
for
moving
bills
that
deal
with
criminal
justice
reform.
I
think
we're
at
a
place
where
people
understand
that
we
are
spending
too
much
money
incarcerated
folks
and
that
we
could
have
a
better
use
of
those
dollars.
So
I
would
I
am
interested.
I
would
suggest.
J
J
If
we're
really
going
to
address
this,
it
has
to
be
on
all
levels
of
government,
for
example,
look
at
collateral
consequences
of
what
happens
currently
right
now
there
are
municipalities
in
Pennsylvania
have
laws
on
the
books
that
says
you
by
law
cannot
rent
to
a
person
who
has
a
drug
conviction
in
the
last
seven
years.
That
is
a
law
on
the
books
and
certain
places
in
Pennsylvania
additionally
by
law
by
statute.
Actually,
right
now,
with
certain
drug
convictions,
you
can't
get
certain
government
grants
to
go
to
college
by
statute
by
regulation.
J
Right
now,
certain
folks,
with
certain
records,
can't
live
in
public
housing.
So
how
is
it
that
you
send
a
person
home
in
many
places
in
Pennsylvania?
They
can't
rent
a
facility
because
of
their
record.
They
can't
go
to
school
to
better
themselves
cuz,
they
can't
afford
it
and
we
won't
give
them
the
government
money
to
do
so.
Like
we
do
everyone
else,
they
can't
come
home
to
live
with
their
mother.
They
can't
come
home
to
even
live
with
the
mother
of
their
children
because
they
live
in
public
housing.
J
So
we
talk
about
all
of
the
collateral
consequences
that
affect
those
who
are
formerly
incarcerated
or
formerly
convicted
persons.
We
have
to
address
it,
not
just
from
a
city
level,
not
just
from
a
state
level,
but
even
on
a
federal
level.
There
are
issues
that
we
all
have
to
come
to
the
table
together
to
address.
J
If
we
do
not,
if
we
do
not
something
or
someone
is
going
to
continue
to
fall
through
the
cracks-
and
we
will
continue
to
see
ourselves
spinning
in
a
cycle
that
does
nothing
but
send
folks
back
to
prison
and
stop
them
from
becoming
gainfully
employed
and
reintegrating
in
society
to
our
society.
So
I
implore
you
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
what
I
want
you
to
know
that
you
have
partners
in
Harrisburg
who
are
willing
to
work
on
these
issues
together,
so
that
we
can
finally
reverse
reverse
some
of
the
I.
J
Don't
know
if
they're
unintended,
something
some
of
them
were
intended,
but
I
will
I
will
give
folks
to
benefit
of
the
doubt
and
say
some
of
the
unintended
consequences
of
certain
pieces
of
legislation
that
has
passed
on
a
federal
and
on
a
state
level.
That
does
nothing
but
balloons.
The
number
of
people
in
our
and
in
our
system
and
then
really
does
nothing
to
rehabilitate
them
and
help
them
when
they
come
home.
So
you
have
a
partner
in
the
state,
our
Secretary
of
Corrections,
John,
Wetzel,
I,
think
and
I
will
say.
J
This
probably
is
probably
by
far
one
of
the
best
secretaries
of
Corrections
we
have
ever
had
in
a
Commonwealth.
He
gets
it
he
understands
and
if
we
all
work
together,
I
really
believe
that
we
could
make
a
positive
impact
in
the
lives
of
the
folks
who
have
found
themselves
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
law,
but
I've
changed
and
reformed
them
like
reformed
their
lives,
and
they
don't
want
a
handout.
It's
when
I
hand
into
the
system.
Thank
you
so.
B
It
would
be
inappropriate
for
that
chair
to
stand
up
and
start
clapping
at
dessert,
but
I
just
want
you
to
know
inside
I
am
clapping
mom.
Thank
you
for
what
you've
done
in
Harrisburg
and
finding
a
way
to
be
not
a
red
state
or
blue
state
and
philosophy
to
come
to
a
state
of
mind
to
these
things
and
people
say
nothing
gets
done
in
Harrisburg,
but
you're
proof
positive
that
it
did.
The
second
thing
is
I'd
like
to
take
you
up
on
a
state
and
federal
subcommittee.
B
If
you
would
because
you're
right,
there
are
certain
statutes
that
we
might
want,
we
can't
touch
a
crime
pool
heater
mm-hm,
so
we
it
would
be
in
our
interest
of
Judge
Lerner
to
kind
of
figure
out
who
we
can
work
with
at
the
state
and
federal
levels.
Also
I'd
like
if
you
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
opinion
about
this
or
if
you
want
to
do
some
research
on
this
and
I'll
take
either
one.
It's
been
my
observation.
B
J
What
I
was
saying
to
that
councilman
is
I,
think
that's
why
the
collaboration
is
important,
I
think
sometimes
in
our
legislative
bodies
we
work
kind
of
in
silos
and
you
know
I,
don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
contend
to
think
I
know
what
goes
on
in
City
Council.
You
know,
I
have
a
great
relationship
with
the
two
counts
of
people
that
my
district
overlaps,
council,
councilman,
Johnson
and
council
and
Blackwell,
and
we
talk
about
the
issues
but
I.
Don't
I,
don't
pretend
to
know
everything
that
goes
on
the
City,
Council
and
I.
J
Don't
pretend
to
know
everything
that
goes
on
in
Congress
and
what
I
do
know
is
that
there
are
experts
on
each
level
and
we
should
be
talking
more
and
we
should
be
talking
more
with
a
designed
agenda
on
how,
at
each
level
we
can
address
these
issues.
For
example,
I
know
that
at
greatest
fort
a
place
that
I
visit
greatest
for
probably
once
every
two
or
three
months,
there's
a
great
program
called
the
fax
program.
J
Don't
ask
me
what,
with
the
with
the
with
the
letter
stand
for,
but
it's
basically
a
program
where
you
have
fathers
who
are
incarcerated
and
they
go
through
several
weeks
of
training
and
at
the
completion
of
their
training.
They
are
reunited
with
their
children.
The
mom
and
the
child
comes
up
to
the
prison.
The
child
and
the
father
are
able
to
interact.
J
The
child
is
able
to
tell
the
father
how
they
feel
about
them,
not
being
there
about
whatever
issues
are,
and
the
purpose
of
the
program
is
so
that
when
their
father
is
released,
it's
not
like
this
is
your
father,
who
has
been
absent
for
the
last
five
to
ten
years,
but
it's
your
father
is
home
and
your
father
has
been
involved
and
engaged
and
and
and
one
of
the
things
that
they've
asked
for
is
a
partnership
with
with
the
school
district,
because
the
fathers
want
to
Skype
for
parent-teacher
conferences.
We
just
mentioned
they.
J
K
B
Decided
we're
depe,
tossing
you
to
PR
at
the
state,
but
one
thing
imp
is
in
specific.
That
I
think
is
a
good
homework
assignment.
There
is
a
lot
of
pending
decision
at
the
Supreme
Court
level
about
juvenile
offenders.
Yes,
that
were
committed,
I
think
it
might
be
300
of
them
that
are
coming
right
back
here
that
have
been
incarcerated,
some
of
them
at
a
tender
age
of
17
18
been
in
jail
for
40
years,
63
years,
they're
not
coming
home.
This
is
well
before
the
internet.
B
This
is
what
I
mean,
so
their
adjustment
to
coming
back
after
believing
that
they
never
would
come
back
home
is
becoming
a
potential
reality.
What
I'd
like
to
know
is
what
are
we
doing
and
put
in
place
for
that
reentry
and
if
you
could
champion
finding
that
out,
providing
that
to
this
committee,
we.
B
L
We
actually
just
began
conversations
with
secretary
Wetzel,
who
the
representative
is
absolutely
right,
he's
been
a
wonderful
advocate
on
these
issues,
and
so,
while
the
plans
are
not
set
in
stone,
yet
there
has
been
movement
and
a
great
amount
of
leadership
from
the
state
on
trying
to
address
this
issue.
They're
keenly
aware
of
the
opportunity
and
challenge
Philadelphia
will
face
when
these
individuals
return
to
their
communities,
and
we
welcome
the
opportunity
to
continue
this
conversation
and
figure
out
how
we
can
all
work
together
to
address
this.
So.
K
B
No
pain,
just
blood
work,
more
work,
I'm,
not
watching
so
I.
Just
really
think
that
you
wrote
raised
a
important
point
that
if
we're
talking
about
legislation
here,
we
get
superseded
by
view
you
get
superseded
by
the
federal
laws.
We
should
really
be
thinking
about
how
we
can
codify
what
we
do
in
a
way.
So
I'd
like
really
to
draw
upon
your
expertise
at
that.
No.
J
I
think
it's
important
I
mean
even
the
judge,
so
you
know
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
lack
is
sometimes
input
from
the
judiciary
on
some
of
the
folks
that
they
continue
to
see
coming
back
in
front
of
them
and
whatnot.
So
you
know
I
think
this
is
this
is
the
end
and
that
the
the
people
that
we're
talking
about
the
ex-offender
population
I
really
believe
that
this
is
a
all-hands-on-deck
type
of
thing
where
we
need
to
be
able
to
sit
at
the
table.
J
All
of
us
and
say
you
know
this
is
these:
are
the
barriers
that
happen
when
you
come
home?
You
know
these
are
the
barriers
that
we
see
in
the
law.
These
are
the
barriers
that
you
see
from
the
bench
and
then
come
up
with
some
tangible
things,
whether
it's
the
city
ordinance,
whether
it's
a
state
law,
whether
it's
a
federal
that
we
can
actually
put
into
play
and
again
I
can't
commit
from
Harrisburg
that
every
bill
that
we
put
out
on
criminal
justice-
that's
going
to
get
passed.
I
can't
commit
to
that.
J
But
what
I
can
commit
to
is
that
if
we
have
sensible
legislation,
we
can
get
the
people
around
it
to
actually
begin
to
advocate
for
things
that
get
done
and
I
really
believe.
I
really
believe
that
now
is
the
time
and
that
the
pieces
are
in
the
right
place
where
we
can
move
those
things.
The
thing
is:
what
are
those
things
that
we
really
think
we
should
be
moving
that
would
positively
affect
folks.
M
You
Judge
Benjamin
Lerner
on
the
deputy
managing
director
for
criminal
justice.
First
of
all,
let
me
say
from
my
perspective
in
a
couple
of
prior
lives.
First,
this
chief
defender
and
then
for
a
long
time
as
a
common
police
court
judge
I
really
applaud
the
legislature
and
the
governor
for
its
legislation
on
criminal
records.
Both
the
law
you
passed
last
February
and
the
clean
slate
law
and
I
was
particularly
interested
in
hearing
your
reference
to
the
pending
bill.
M
That
would
fold
the
department
of
probation
and
parole
into
the
Department
of
Correction,
which
I
think
would
have
the
effect
of
ultimately
saving
huge
amounts
of
money
and
many
years
of
people's
lives
by
having
a
much
more
effective,
efficient
way
of
determining
a
determining
when
people
are
ready
to
come
home
from
state
prison
and
be
making
sure
that
when
that
determination
was
made,
it
could
be
efficiently
and
promptly
carried
out
under
conditions
that
were
not
only
good
for
the
returning
citizen,
but
good
for
the
community.
I.
M
While
we're
waiting
for
that
to
change.
I
think
the
most
important
thing
that
can
that
you're
involved
in
and
your
colleagues
are
involved
in
is-
is
this
new
philosophy
of
being
smart
on
crime
rather
than
tough
on
crime.
And
if
a
lot
of
this
older
legislation,
some
of
which
already
has
been
invalidated,
can
be
remove
from
the
books.
We
will
have
a
much
smoother
passage
towards
the
kind
of
criminal
justice
system.
We're
all
looking
for.
I
agree.
B
J
I
again,
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
kind
of
interrupt
the
flow
just
to
speak,
but
I
really
I,
think
I
wholeheartedly.
Believe
I'm
not
just
saying
this,
but
I
wholeheartedly
believe
that
we're
doing
the
right
thing
and
we're
protecting
in
making
communities
safer.
By
addressing
these
issues
and
the
more
we
address
them
together
on
all
levels
of
government,
the
more
we
continue
to
communicate
the
more
we
continue
to
come
up
with
a
strategic
plan
on
on
how
to
address
it
from
a
city
state
and
a
federal
level.
J
B
A
B
N
N
Your
employee,
all
right
good,
so
each
them
different
trades
and
the
way
I
get
them
is
through
social
media.
I.
Usually
get
mothers
contacting
me
and
asking
me
if
I
can
get
their
child
to.
You
know,
learn
a
different
trade
that
the
traits
that
I'm
and
I
went
to
school
for
plumbing
electrical
heating
and
air
conditioned
carpentry,
so
many
different
trades.
N
What
I
do
also
is
I,
have
friends
or
amend
that
asks
for
employment,
so
what
I
do
is
train
a
lot
of
different
men
and
I
have
a
few
men
here
that
I
trained
and
once
I
trained
them
on
a
tree.
They
also
take
in
children
and
the
children
shadow
down.
So
my
program
worked
during
the
whole
year
winter
time,
I
get
men,
training
them
and
during
the
summertime
them
men
also
have
children
shadowing
them
and
they
mentored
on
pretty
much
now.
N
N
That's
that's
helping
me
different
different
people
comedians
whatever
so
this
year,
I'm
doing
200
men
and
200
air
sons,
so
it's
400,
all-you-can-eat,
free
buffet,
so
with
the
father's
get
the
sons,
stepsons
nephews
and
they
come
to
have
dinner
totally
free
and
they
get
to
meet
other
men
from
different
areas
and
we
sit
down
we
network,
we
talk,
we
just
get
to
know
each
other
and
I
figured.
That
was
another
way
to
make
the
city
a
better
and
safer
place
where
you
have
men
from
different
areas
instead
of
when
AC
see
them
in
their
area.
N
Being
you
know
of
you
know,
whatever
wanting
to
be
aggressive,
is
a
friendly
meeting
and
I
know
this
to
be
true,
because
this
actually
happened.
I
was
somewhere
in
North
Philly
I'm
from
Southwest
I
was
somewhere
in
North
Philly
and
the
guy
just
came
up
to
me
and
just
start
shaking
my
hand
up
like
where
I
know
you
from
and
that's
when
he
said
he
said
we
was
at
the
father
and
sons
dinner,
and
that
was
the
aha
moment
for
me
and
I
was
just
made
me
feel
good,
because
I
did
that.
B
N
You
funded
I'm,
funded
by
GoFundMe
friends,
money
out
of
my
pocket
right
now.
That's
that's
the
I'm
here
for
help
actually
I'm
here
to
testify
help
because
I
know
I
usually
do
this,
but
a
lot
of
times
I
have
to
turn
moms
away
because
I
don't
have
enough
people
to
take
in
or
I
don't
having
enough
time
to
take
in
so
many
children.
I
have
so
many
letters
and
women
just
as
a
single
moms
asking
for
help
and
I
just
feel
so
bad
that
I
had
to
turn
them
away
and
have
you.
N
N
B
Right
so
my
suggestion
and
would
be
that
we
need
to
connect
you
with
first
of
all,
maybe
sit
around
and
try
to
that
that
group
that
evaluates
to
just
testify.
Well,
that
would
be
a
perfect
match
for
you
to
say
all
right.
We
don't
have
a
box
for
you
yet,
but
here's
the
things
that
you
do.
You
provide
I
heard
what
you
said
mentorship
you
do
CTE
training,
you
do
fellowship.
B
You
do
intervention
on
some
counseling,
so
all
of
those
components,
if
we
could
kind
of
find
a
box
for
it,
we
probably
can
find
funding
for
it
as
well,
so
I'd
like
to
challenge
them
duh
and
maybe
we'll
get
you
after
this
connect
it
with
them
and
I'd
love
to
sit
in
a
room
and
see
how
that
process
would
work,
because
I
really
want
to
go
and
meet
them
if
they're
beginning
to
identify
diamonds
in
the
rough
and
providing
them
the
resources
to
come
to
scale.
This
is
the
kind
of
program
we're
talking
about.
B
C
Were
you
relate
no
I'm
his
support
I'm
pretty
much?
Why
he's
here
today?
I
kind
of
encouraged
him
to
I'm
a
DHS
social
worker
and
I
see
a
lot
so
and
being
a
single
parent
with
three
sons.
You
know
I
felt
that
when
I
read
about
his
program
and
things
of
that
nature,
I
contacted
him
myself
and
reached
out
to
him
and
I
offered
to
help
him.
In
addition
to
hearing
his
original
story
of
him
funding
it.
C
He
was
supposed
to
been
going
in
with
some
friends
and
they
backed
out
and
he
didn't
want
to
fail
the
children.
So
he
continued
to
do
it
out
of
pocket
initially,
and
then
it
became
more
children
than
he
could
afford
of
why
he
had
reached
out
to
the
other
organizations
to
possibly
make
donations
and
things
of
that
nature.
C
So
I
said
to
him,
because
it's
a
great
program
and
it
does
not
necessarily
have
to
be
a
father
but
a
father
figure,
and
to
be
able
to
network
all
of
the
other
fathers
sharing
their
stories
and
being
a
support
to
one
another.
I
thought
it
was
a
great
idea
for
him
to
come
and
speak
with.
You
have
you
catified.
N
N
N
You
know
that
area,
so
I'm,
I'm,
I,
live
in
that
area,
so
I'm
coming
out
every
day,
working
back
and
forth,
and
a
young
man
on
the
corner
literally
came
to
me
and
asked
me.
He
said
to
me:
listen
I
got
kids.
I
got
a
son,
I
got
a
kid's
mom.
We
live
in
this
apartment.
I
need
your
help.
If
you
could
just
help
me
I
said
he
said:
I
see
you
coming
to
work
every
day
you
mind
your
business.
B
B
I
You
doing
my
name
is
Joshua
Glen
and
I
work
with
an
organization
called
the
youth
arts,
empowerment
project
and
we're
a
youth-led
organization
that
work
with
young
people
and
we
go
into
the
Philadelphia.
Doe
doesn't
do
mentor
for
young
people
who
are
in
poetry,
and
then
we
also
employ
young
people
as
organizers
when
they
leave
gel
so
that
we,
you
know,
we
can
encourage
them
to
be
organized
in
their
communities
and
stand
up
against
the
laws,
some
stuff
that
discriminate
them
in
their
communities
and
police
and
all
the
other
define.
I
I
We
go
into
the
Philadelphia
dope
Jeff
every
weekend
and
we
do
concurrent
workshops,
ongoing
workshops
with
young
people,
art
and
poetry
every
weekend,
and
then
we
also
go
into
schools
and
we
do
workshops
with
young
people
about
just
being
locked
up
and
charged
as
adults
and
like
what
it
is.
Because
you
know
you.
M
These
are
young
men,
most
almost
all
men.
Sometimes
there
have
been
women
in
the
program
who,
under
state
law,
have
been
charged
as
adults
because
of
the
nature
of
the
offense
that
they're
charged
with,
and
they
are
in
a
separate
section
at
pic
and
the
youth
arts
empowerment
project
is
one
of
the
two
I
would
say,
based
on
my
experience,
one
of
the
two
major
programs
that
operates
in
the
prison
for
those
people,
while
they
were
waiting
there.
These
certification
hearings,
which
I
also
know
something.
I
B
I
Yeah,
that's
what
I
was
going
to
do.
I
just
want
this
plane
or
this
music
I
know
you
kind
of
stopped,
so
we
were
so
we
work
with
young
people
are
locked
up
in
charge,
adults
and
we
do
basically
peer
to
peer
mentor
for
young
people,
so
that
you
know
young
people
can
mentor
young
people
that
showed
them
how
to
be
mentors
and
that's
what
we
do
so
when
I
was
younger,
I
was
locked
up
and
I
didn't
have
any
room
well.
Well,
not
when
I
was
younger.
I
I
didn't
have
any
good
role
models
so,
just
like
youth
and
low
and
poor
income
communities,
I
started
hanging
around
the
wrong
crowd
and
I
started
getting
in
trouble.
The
only
reason
I
was
able
to
change
my
life.
That's
because
when
I
was
released,
I
started
working
with
yes
and
I,
received
the
proper
support.
I
I
needed
to
make
positive
change,
so
the
Duff
year
should
invest
in
more
programs
like
guests
that
focus
on
the
root
causes
of
why
young
people
commit
crime
and
develop
strategies
to
help
young
people
stay
out
of
trouble
by
educating
them
about
the
criminal
justice
system
and
employing
them
as
organizers
to
help
them
stand
up
against
the
injustice
that
the
criminal
justice
system
creates
for
them.
At
the
age
of
16,
I
was
locked
up
and
charged
as
adults
in
Hell
in
an
adult
jail
for
a
crime,
I
did
not
commit.
I
I
was
helping
a
child
for
18
months,
because
I
couldn't
afford
bail.
While
I
was
locked
up
in
the
adult
Joe,
it
was
like
being
a
solitary
confinement
because
we
were
housed
on
two
blocks
in
the
Philadelphia
house
of
correction,
a
very
old
and
overcrowded
jail.
We
spent
so
much
time
confined
to
one
block
or
in
ourselves
that
it
started
to
feel
like
I
was
an
animal
in
a
cage
at
the
end
of
those
18
months.
My
case
was
dismissed
and
thrown
out
due
to
lack
of
evidence.
I
My
experience
there
caused
me
to
develop
issues
with
trust
and
showing
emotions
when
I
first
got
out
of
the
job.
My
family
ties
are
almost
non-existent
because
I
was
so
used
to
being
alone.
That
didn't
feel
comfortable
being
around
people.
It
took
a
long
time
for
me
to
learn
to
let
myself
be
close
to
people
again.
I
I
I
I
didn't
do
I
know
hundreds
of
people
that
go
through
the
same
things,
I
did
when
I
was
locked
up
and
many
young
people
do
give
in
to
the
pressures
and
a
set
guilty
pleas,
whether
they
are
guilty
or
not,
because
they
have
been
held
for
so
long.
They
just
want
to
get
out
in
order
to
make
real
change
and
reduce
crime.
We
have
to
stop
holding
thousands
of
people
pretrial
tearing
apart
families
of
people
who
are
supposed
to
be
innocent
to
proven
guilty.
I
We
have
to
create
more
opportunities
for
young
people
in
poor
and
low-income
communities
through
education
and
employment,
and
not
put
poor
people
and
their
families
and
more
debt
than
they
were
before
they
were
arrested.
We
have
to
end
cash
bail
and
stop
punishing
young
people
just
for
being
poor.
We
have
to
stop
sending
young
people
to
adult
prisons
and
jobs
and
invest
in
resources
to
better
their
future.
Instead
of
decades
of
incarceration,
these
laws
have
been
destroying
our
communities
for
far
too
long.
We
need
change.
Now
tell
my
testimony.
B
I
But,
but
also
so
basically,
what
I
learned
through
just
being
locked
up
and
like
being
somebody
that
returned
to
the
community
and
changed
my
life,
the
things
that
really
helped
me
were
just
actually
being
able
to
go
somewhere
and
get
received
proper
education
and
and
school
system
for
young
people
who
do
not
receive
in
a
proper
education,
especially
talking
about
the
system.
People
don't
know
what's
going
on.
They
know
that
you
know
if
they
get
lock
that
they
could
do
this
at
nighttime.
I
They
don't
know
how
serious
it
is,
and
they
don't
know
how
they're
really
you
know
targeted
one
at
the
group
with
locking
a
month,
but
basically
what
we
do
we
go
into
the
schools.
We
do
our
approach,
the
workshops
with
young
people
just
to
show
them
how
to
do
positive
work
and
just
we
basically
mentor
them
and
tell
them
about
our
lives
and
what
we
went
through
and
tell
them.
You
know
what
could
happen
to
them
and
it
helps
them
a
change,
not
a
scared,
straight
type
of
tactic.
I
It's
just
actually
informing
them
of
how
the
system
is.
You
know
I
go
a
lot
of
times
when
we
go
into
school
stuff,
I
go
and
tell
my
story
about
what
happened
to
me.
You
know:
I
was
locked
up
for
18
months
from
identity,
I
was
under
18
held
Adult
jail,
pretrial,
you
know
after
18
months
they
dismiss
the
case.
Dude
it
up
get
like
evidence,
but
I'm
still
getting.
I
They
said
when
I,
when
I
go
for
a
job
interview,
they
still
bring
up
to
arrest
that
I've
been
charged
with,
and
it
doesn't
make
sense,
and
it's
just
one
way
that
the
system
is
holding
people
back.
But
as
far
as
you
know,
us
change
our
communities
and
helping
young
people,
you
know
become
positive
people.
We
have
to
show
them
to
proof.
Also.
You
know
people
that
don't
positive
things
have
to
show
them
how
to
be
positive,
and
that's
the
thing
that
a
lot
of
these
organizations
lack.
B
I
I
Actually,
I,
don't
it's
not
really
a
difference
that
the
only
thing
is
it's
just
that
it's
actually
the
same?
They
don't
have
no
mentors,
don't
have
any
mentors
and
they
don't
know
what's
going
on
in
their
communities.
It's
have
demented
being
a
positive
person
in
the
community.
You
know
people
are
seeing
negativity
every
day
and
they're
around
negative
people
and
they
have
no
good
role
models.
Nobody
that
comes
and
say,
look
come
to
this
organization.
I
G
I
Dajjal
was
so
overcrowded
at
the
House
of
Corrections.
We
barely
everybody,
probably
see
the
social
worker
once
a
month.
Maybe
so
you
have
no
time
to
build
a
relationship
with
the
social
workers
there,
because
it's
so
overcrowded
that
they
don't
get.
They
don't
have
the
proper
time
to
even
evaluate
you
and
talk
to
you.
Oh
did.
I
Do
nothing
they
just
release
me
and
then
you
know,
I
was
I
was
trying
to
see
whether
some
type
of
way
I
could
sue
or
anything,
because
it's
just
it's.
It
took
a
bad
big
person
out
of
my
life
and
nobody
helped
me
regain
that.
There's
nobody
help
me
get
back
into
the
society.
The
right
way
and
I
had
to
do
everything
through
outside
organization.
That
should
be
getting
the
same
type
of
funding
as
other
division,
because
it
actually
helps.
L
Good
evening,
I'm
I'm
Terrance
Williams
I'm
on
a
leadership
team
for
the
youth,
art,
self,
empowerment
project
and
I'm,
just
here
to
do
a
little
bit
of
information
about
myself
and
tell
you
how
the
arm
being
locked
up
in
charges
adult
and
a
criminal
justice
system
to
impact
a
head
on
me.
I'm
2004,
North,
Philly
I
have
nothing
me
for
me.
Growing
up
I
had
a
mom
who
struggled
to
pay
bills
and
she
had
just
got
over
a
drug
addiction,
I
completed
22
months
and
a
adult
and
a
juvenile
facilities.
L
B
L
Strong
commitment
to
serving
my
peers
and
giving
you
for
helping
hand
when
I
drink
and
start
going
to
the
youth
art
self
apartment
project,
while
being
locked
up,
I
was
arrested
at
17
I
got
sent
to
state,
ruled
and
charged
as
a
delt
and
being
locked
up
as
a
juvenile
and
tried
as
adults.
You
get
a
set
amount
of
people
to
visit.
You
I,
didn't
my
mom
may
have
it
so
I
wasn't
really
I
didn't
really
have
a
good
relationship.
L
My
mind
had
money
on
my
books
right
literally
no
mental
stuff,
a
little
girlfriend
I
had
it
was
stressful
and
it
was
a
hard
time.
The
hardest
time
of
my
life
while
incarcerated
I
was
17.
I
started
on
going
to
the
the
gas
program
I
used
to
come
in
a
cherry
Saturday.
They
do
arm
art
and
poetry,
workshops
and
writing
workshops,
and
that
was
the
time
and
a
place.
Then,
when
I
was
locked
up,
I
expressed
myself
and
although
the
built-up
frustration
I
had
to
even
be
incarcerated,
I
got
all
that
out.
L
Juvenile
placement
and
I
had
to
go
plea
bargain
for
five
years:
Adult
Probation
when
I
got
the
placement,
I
contacted
Sarah
front
of
you
for
our
self
empowerment
project
and
told
her
that
I
would
like
to
come
home
and
tell
my
story
and
just
get
the
targeted
teens
before
they
forced
too
late
in
the
arm,
probably
go
then
and
path.
I
went
through
lock-in
up
youth
and
charge
them
as
adults
has
a
major
impact
on
our
community
statistics.
L
A
day.you
for
treasurer
adults
are
more
likely
to
come
home
and
commit
another
crime
and
be
arrested
more
than
you
who
stay
in
the
juvenile
system.
You
should
not
be
charged
as
adults
and
sent
to
Joe
adult
jails
and
prisons.
If
City,
Council
and
the
mayor
are
serious
about
providing
opportunities
and
support
to
support
young
people
and
in
a
school
to
Prison
Pipeline,
it
should
stop
sending
young
people
to
adult
jails
and
stop
spending
so
much
money
or
holding
people
pretrial.
A
B
L
B
L
B
B
L
You
know
why
I
being
arrested
I
was
like
this
ain't.
For
me,
I
could've
did
a
lot
of
time,
but
I
missed
it,
and
I
wouldn't
even
probably
been
where
I'm
at
today
like
to
have
this
job.
Dow
I
don't
never
want
to
lose
cuz.
It's
not
anywhere.
Job
is
like
more
and
me
helping
my
community
become
letter
and
I
had
my
daughter.
I
was
still
probably
be
incarcerated
if
I
didn't
I
mean
so.
B
Some
of
the
guys
that
are
just
now,
30
years
later,
if
you
prorate
what
they
made
on
them
streets
to
annual
salary,
they
don't
it
worked
out
better
at
McDonald's,
I
mean
when
you,
when
you
go
upstate,
you
make
what
16
cents
an
hour
whatever.
That
is
what
is
the
ring,
how
much
19
cents
I'm
sorry
so
yeah?
We,
we
have
to
make
better
decisions
for
the
long
term
for
delayed
gratification,
so
I'm
very
proud
of
you,
in
other
words,
that
you,
you
thinking
and
not
just
reacting
so
I
appreciate
it.
I.
A
Wanted
to
commend
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
in
the
organization.
We
all
talk
about
mentoring,
a
lot
but
to
actually
go
in
and
talk
to
people
your
own
age
are
close
to
it
and
share
your
experiences.
I
mean
it
takes
a
lot
of
courage,
but
it's
also
really
important
and
not
from
doing
the
work
for
a
long
time.
I
mean
I.
Think
that's
the
only
way
we're
really
gonna
change
things.
So
thank.
L
A
Way
to
go,
I
mean
it's
you're
inspiring.
All
of
you,
you're
very
inspiring
a
question
I
have,
though,
most
of
you
are
still
very
closely
and
you're
close
in
age
to
the
youngsters
you're
influencing.
What
is
it
that
you
have
that
others
that
may
go
back
to
jail
and
get
back
in
that
lifestyle?
You
know
what
is
that
you
have
that
that
they
don't
I.
I
I
Think
we
just
possess
the
experience
and
when
you
go
through
something
that
somebody
else
is
going
through
now
and
then
you
can
tell
them
how
you
overcame
it
and
how
you
change,
I
think
that's
really
a
clicker
and
it
likes
really
hit
homes
with
a
lot
of
the
young
people,
especially
because
we
grow
up
in
the
same
neighborhoods.
You
know
we
we've
we've
been
through
the
criminal
justice
system
and
we
actually
changed
our
life
like
really
changed
our
life
and
are
really
doing
good
things
in
our
communities
and
I.
I
M
Williams
I
just
want
to
tell
you
how
happy
I
am
to
see
you
here
and
in
this
role
and
I'm
not
gonna.
Go
into
that
in
any
greater
detail,
except
to
point
out
that
the
law
under
which
these
two
young
men
were
arrested
and
charged
as
an
adult
is
a
state
law
and
it's
a
state
law
that
came
from
that
period
of
time.
That
I
mentioned
when
the
representative
was
here
when
the
state
legislature
in
Pennsylvania
and
in
many
other
states,
were
falling
all
over
themselves
to
show
how
tough
they
were
on
crime.
M
Tribute
to
people
in
the
criminal
justice
system
here,
including
district
attorneys
and
defense
lawyers,
that
for
mr.
Williams
the
option,
the
only
option
under
that
state
law
did
not
turn
out
to
be
a
long
state
court,
prison
system
and
I.
Think
you're
a
success
story
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see
you
here
and
I
wish
you
well
thank.
I
One
thing
we
could
do
for
the
young
people
is
that
we
can
stop
holding
them
adult
jails
pretrial,
because
it's
really
affecting
our
youth
in
a
terrible
way.
I
mean
everybody
that
well,
we
actually
know
the
facts.
I
don't
know
the
exact
number
off
the
top
of
the
head,
but
it
actually
increases
the
receipt
of
reason.
I
I
mean
I'm,
sorry,
the
recidivism
rate
when
you
put
young
people
in
a
adult
prisons
pretrial,
and
it's
just
because
they're
Anette,
because
I
think
it's
the
exposure
to
basically
it's
kind
of
like
being
a
solitary
confinement
and
like
because
they
only
have
two
blocks
out
the
whole
gel.
It's
a
gel,
we'll,
probably
fourteen
fifteen
blocks,
and
they
only
have
two
blocks:
that's
for
young
people
and
there's
a
dull
facility,
and
they
don't
have
the
programs
in
it
in
this
stuff.
I
B
M
Well,
the
situation's
changed
a
lot
since,
since
Josh
was
there,
the
facility
is
different,
it
is
still
a
wing.
It's
a
wing
of
PIP,
it's
a
wing
devoted
entirely
to
juveniles.
Who've
been
charged
as
adults,
it's
difficult
to
keep
the
adults
and
the
juveniles
separated.
The
acting
commissioner
and
the
new
Commissioner
have
a
plan
to
actually
move
all
of
the
juveniles
of
waiting.
These
certification
hearings
into
a
completely
separate
facility
on
the
grounds
of
the
county,
prison
I
will
say,
however,
that
and
I
think
it's
in
the
interests
of
balance.
M
There's
a
school
operated
there
Pennypack
school
small
groups
dedicated
certified
teachers,
miss
Julie
and
I
were
up
there
as
a
matter
of
fact,
as
recently
as
last
week
and
watched
some
of
the
classes,
I
can
tell
you
that
the
young
men
in
those
classes
were
demonstrating
better
attendance
and
I
think
getting
better
teaching.
Then
they
had
been
before
they
were
locked
up.
I
I
Young
people
stop
going
to
jail
and
what
we
came
up
with
was
are
when
they
need
employment,
where
they
need
something
to
do
positive
so
that
they
can
change
and
into
they
need
peer
to
peer
mentor,
because
the
thing
is
we
thought
about
it
when
adults,
so
young
people
to
do
certain
stuff,
it's
totally
different.
When,
like
your
parent
tell
you
don't
go
out
there,
I
don't
do
that
within
when
somebody,
that's
your
age
and
that's
you're,
the
same
type
of
mental
level.
I
As
you
tell
you,
you
know,
this
is
what
we
think
is
cool
to
do
and
I
think
it's
language
like
when
you're
dealing
with
people
and
those
like
when
you
doing
young
people
from
urban
areas,
you
got
to
have
people
from
urban
areas,
teaching
them
how
to
be
positive
leaders
in
their
communities
and
that's
what
we
do
lack.
That's.
What
we
like
it?
I
That's
why
we,
our
organization,
does
that
and
it's
great,
but
we
need
more
organizations
like
us,
and
we
need
also
need
support
from
the
city
for
our
organization,
because
we
do
get
our
funding
from
grants
and
we
do
proposals
and
stuff,
but
at
the
same
time
the
city
should
be
doing
that.
You
know
I'm
saying
they
should
be
helping
programs
like
this
that
develop
people
until
positive
leaders
that
are
coming
out
of
the
prison
system.
That's
all
we
have
to
do.
I
I
N
B
Some
people
are
arts,
some
people
work
with
their
hands
and
hammers.
Some
people
do
other
things,
so
we
want
to
find
positive
bills
to
engage
young
people,
so
they
never
ever
ever
have
to
stay
stuck
in
that
process.
So
again
we
appreciate
your
testimony.
It
is
duly
noted
and
they
never
got
be
afraid
of
people
who
work
for
you
all
right.
L
I
B
B
B
K
Name
is
Reginald
Carter
known
also
as
Abdullah
for
Barry
crossroad.
I
did
about
11
years
in
state
prison
system.
Former
gang
member
form
a
gang
leader,
former
Imam
in
the
state
correctional
system
and
Islam
certainly
played
a
role
and
helped
me
to
develop
out
of
a
mentality
of
self-destruction
and
I'm
here
to
add
whatever
I
can
possibly
add
to
the
process
of
transformation
and
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
am
certainly
interested
in.
That
is,
oversight
and
accountability
and
transformation.
No
talk
about.
A
O
To
address
this
committee,
my
name
is
Bert
Elmore
I'm,
an
attorney
and
fraction
here,
and
a
Philadelphia
for
approximately
25
years
I'm
here
representing
people
that
cannot
be
here
and
I
told
them
that
I
would
come
and
speak
for
them.
There
is
an
organization
called
real
street
talk,
which
is
a
organization
and
greater
for
prison.
O
O
Stopping
mass
incarceration
stopping
young
people
from
come
to
jail,
they
created
this.
Obviously
they
had
to
get
themselves
to
government
after
years
and
years
of
reflection,
and
they
decided
that
they
just
didn't
want
to
sit
and
make
time
go
by
the
time
go
by.
They
wanted
to
do
something
to
impact
their
community
and
development
and
collective
leadership
among
themselves.
They
created
this
real
street
talk
now
it's
impossible
for
me
to
go
over
all
of
what
they
do
and
so
forth
in
this
amount
of
time.
O
O
Criminal
law-
and
you
know
in
in
jail,
there
is
a
hierarchy,
and
what
you
have
is
that
you
got
two
guys
come
in
2
to
4
3,
to
4,
but
in
jail,
the
ones
that
command
the
respect
and
get
it
or
the
license,
and
they
have
something
to
give.
They
have
something
to
share
and
they're
willing
to
do
that
and
I
think
that
it
would
really
impact
see
in
prison
and
I,
don't
know
how
they
do
it,
but
in
prison.
O
They
know
what
goes
on
in
the
streets,
they
really
do
and
they
have
the
ability
to
pass
that
to
people
that
are
not
here
that
you
know
and
criminal
justice
reform
is
a
big
issue:
stigma
in
the
people
of
color
Unity's,
but
the
these
halls
are
not
packed
a
lot
of
it
is
because
people
don't
believe
that.
Well
is
this
for
real,
but
I.
Think
the
real
street
talk
can
show
you
how
to
impact
and
help
legitimize,
and
let
everybody
know
that
see
the
people
that
you
really
want
to
deal
with.
O
They
deal
with
everyday
everybody
that
goes.
The
state
prison
goes
through
great
effort
and
their
program
is
designed
to
talk
to
and
reach
every
inmate
that
goes
to
the
prison
system
and,
while
I
love
from
Philadelphia,
we
all
know
that
and
a
lot
of
them
are
going
to
return
home
to
Philadelphia.
Most
of
the
founders
are
from
Philadelphia,
so
I
think
that
they
have
this
this
uniqueness
about
them.
O
Not
only
are
they
going
they're
not
going
anywhere,
they
need
to
be
talked
to
and
these
individuals
that
I've
talked
to
and
that,
when
participated
with,
have
already
collected
the
data
on
these
individuals
and
they
have
their
heart.
They
have
many
many
people
involved
in
their
database,
so
they
can
help
with
this
actual
reform.
Tell
people
about
these
type
of
meetings
tell
people
to
participate,
and
they
are
again.
O
They
have
credibility,
but
I
cannot
emphasize
enough
myself
and
another
group
of
attorney
there's
about
eight
or
nine
attorneys
that
they
have
been
able
to
pull
together
to
support
their
efforts
and
I.
Just
think
that
it
would
really
be
our
time
requesting
they
have
programs
on
requesting,
even
though
they
cannot
be
here.
You
know
they
just
can't,
but
you
guys
can
review
what
they
have
they've
written
two
books.
O
They
have
an
extensive
program,
one
of
the
things
that
I
wrote
down
the
they
said
to
me.
But
you
can't
talk
about
reentry,
you
can't
without
money,
but
it
was.
You
have
to
have
the
ability
to
you
can't
talk
about
criminal
justice
reform
without
money
and
play.
This
is
been
talking.
You
know,
I'm
just
asking
this
committee.
Is
it
possible
to
develop
some
type
of
video
conference
or
either
go
there
and
review
real
street
talk?
O
It
is
a
positive
program
and
with
that
I'm
not
gonna,
say
I
have
that
they
send
me
or
almost
100
pages
to
read
and
I.
Just
didn't
have
enough
time
to
read
and
explain
it
all.
I
wouldn't
dare
try
to
do
that,
but
they
do.
They
have
already
got
it
in
place,
it's
something
that
will
work
and
they're
the
experts.
I
asked
one
online
in
party
and
I
asked
one
of
the
guys.
I
said:
how
long
would
it
take
you
to
talk
to
someone?
O
That's
come
in
the
prison
system
to
know
if
they're
going
to
return
he's
I've
been
there.
That
is
them.
You
takes
me
2
to
3
minutes.
I
can
tell
you
exactly
I,
see
a
tape.
He'll
be
back.
You
know
that's
what
type
of
expertise
you
have
it
so
I
would
appreciate
it.
If
you
would
look
at
the
information
we're
going
to
submit
to
the
committee
and
I'm
going
through
apologize,
Shaka
Johnson
was
on
other
attorneys
that
that's
involved
with
real
street
talk,
don't
list,
but
he
got
tied
up
in
court
and
couldn't
make
it
so.
B
Councilman
Johnson
and
I,
just
came
back
from
greatest
for
three
weeks
ago,
met
with
the
coalition
of
lifers
and
other
organizations,
because
it's
about
half
dozen
of
them
and
they've
done
something
unprecedented.
They
stopped
being
in
silos.
They
started
working
together
to
talk
about
the
reentry
process
from
inside
to
outside
and
cutting
with
an
eye
towards
cutting
down.
B
Recidivism
julie
has
also
talked
about
us
doing
an
actual
hearing
up
on
statement,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
would
like
to
consider
is
doing
a
teleconferencing
with
the
some
of
us
all
go
up,
but
all
of
us,
based
on
time
constraints,
might
not
be
able
to
go
up.
We
could
set
up
teleconferencing
so
that
it's
a
live
feed
so
that
the
discussion
can
happen
in
two
places.
One
up
there
one
down
here,
so
they
simple
answer
to
your
question
and
request
is
yes
thank.
O
F
William
comm
I
just
want
you
to
offer
back
to
the
brothers
and
grata
fear
that
a
person
who
has
done
time
in
greater
fear
who
was
mentored
by
the
lifers
who
are
there
so
many
that
I'm
I,
don't
want
to
neglect
mentioning
some
of
them
that
help
me
navigate
through
corrections
and
the
beginning
of
my
incarceration
all
the
way
through
to
the
end.
So
let
them
know
that
someone
is
here
who
has
experienced
what
they
are
currently
experiencing
and
they
are
very
correct
in
regards
to
mentioning
money.
F
It
ultimately
is
going
to
come
down
to
money
on
the
city
of
Philadelphia
alone
spends
approximately
300
million
on
State
Road
every
year.
Our
only
reentry
program
that
the
city
had
was
folded
into
the
prison
system
with
a
budget
of
only
$700,000.
We
know
that
there
are
estimated
30,000
people
returning
from
federal
state
and
local
prisons
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
F
Each
year
you
underestimated
the
number
of
people
who
have
been
in
conflict
with
the
criminal
justice
system
by
about
150,000,
so
they're
about
four
hundred
thousand
of
us
who
have
been
in
touch
with
the
criminal
justice
system.
Please
let
the
brothers
know
that
I
am
here
and,
as
a
result
of
me
being
here,
they
are
also
here.
I
would.
O
O
B
Really
really
just
to
echo
what
they
said.
This
is
in
part
about
them,
and
many
of
them
made
opportunity
to
talk
to
realized
up
there.
What
it
was
all
about
and
want
to
dedicate
themselves
to
preventing
anybody
else
from
coming
and
I
can
name
10
or
so
things
that
they
have
done
have
been
engaged
in
in
a
positive
way
that
have
helped
us
out
here
already
so
yeah.
O
I
would
give
that
information
to
them.
I'm
sure
they'd
be
pleased,
Ison
and
pleased
that
this
committee
will
integrate
that
their
discussion
and
programs
into
this
great
effort
that
you
know,
which
is
really
overdue
when
I'm
there
as
a
criminal
defense
attorney
I
like
to
say
I
appreciate
it.
I
hope
that,
while
some
of
us
that
practice
law
and
under
the
latest,
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
have
an
interest
in
continuing
mass
incarceration.
O
O
H
So
good
afternoon,
Council
and
commission
members,
my
name
is
Reuben
Jones
and
I
just
want
to
share
two
points
with
the
other
lot
to
talk
about.
I,
don't
know
about
that
time.
Situation
saw
be
as
brief
as
possible.
I
have
to
ask
that
I'm
going
to
present
to
the
commissioning
day
and
I've
never
seen
the
ass
on
behalf
of
frontline
dads,
which
is
the
program
deny
that
represent,
and
one
of
the
things
we
do
as
mentor
young
people,
which
you've
heard
a
lot
of
talk
about
mentor.
H
But
the
project
that
is
most
relevant
to
this
discussion
is
the
peacemakers
project
that
we
engage
in,
in
which
we
have
a
traveling
workshop.
If
you
will
to
teach
young
people,
conflict
resolution
skills
and
we've
done
this
and
I
actually
have
one
coming
up
at
Ben,
Franklin
High
School,
we've
done
at
Temple,
University
Arcadia,
the
friend
Center
Sankofa
harambe
Institute
I
mean
there's
a
long
list
of
interventions
that
we
conducted.
H
With
the
proposition
of
teaching
young
people
how
to
peacefully
negotiate
and
resolve
conflict
as
a
measure
of
files
prevention,
some
of
the
folks
who
have
participated
in
some.
Our
workshops
include
tardy
Johnson,
Spike,
Jonze,
mosai,
just
Lloyd
Dumas,
Kevin
Anderson,
and
then
this
goes
on
and
on
who
for
their
expertise
to
the
table,
to
conduct
facility
or
workshop
or
serve
on
a
panel
to
share
with
young
people,
their
insights
and
experiences,
to
help
move
them
to
a
place
of
being
change
agents
in
their
communities
and
in
schools
and
their
families.
H
One
thing
I
really
want
to
kind
of
present.
Since
we
talk
about
this
summer,
we
talk
about
files,
prevention
measures
to
help
curtail
some.
What
we
see
we
look
at
the
the
media.
We
look
at
the
news.
There's
another
horror
story
every
day,
there's
another
tragedy
every
and
you
know
sometimes
I'm
settling.
What
I
have
to
explain
to
my
six-year-old.
You
know.
H
What's
on
the
news
and
what's
happening
in
the
world
to
the
point,
did
you
know
I
try
to
catch
news,
I,
monitor
before
leader
house,
and
you
know,
we've
cut
to
the
point
that
he
doesn't
even
one
minute
to
watch
the
news
in
the
morning.
You
know
because
it's
so
it's
just
so
just
hard
and
so
painful,
but
so
the
problems
it's
not
going
to
come
to
now.
H
I'll
come
back
to
talk
about
our
program
because
I
love
the
come
here
and
sell
our
program,
but
I
want
to
do
this
propose
two
things:
a
we
know
that
in
this
city
about
80
percent
of
the
homicides
that
occur
happen
to
African,
American,
males
and
unfortunately,
in
most
cases
the
perpetrator
is
an
African
American.
Male.
So
I
want
to
solicit
this
commission
to.
H
You
know,
when
you
see
some
of
the
the
things
that
are
happening,
the
atrocities
and
the
numbers
and
and
I
don't
know
if
we've
reached
that's
him
tipping
point:
did
you
know
it's
the
point
of
no
return
for
us?
I.
Don't
know
that!
Well,
I
do
know
that
if
we
declare
gun
violence,
a
public
health
crisis
and
with
all
the
resources
that
and
attention
that
comes
with
addressing
it,
I
think
that
we
have
a
much
better
focus
in
terms
of
prevention.
H
H
None
of
it
has
identified
violence,
specifically
violence
prevention
as
a
focal
point.
So
my
suggestion
is
if
we
could
somehow
solicit
some
of
that
resource
to
be
generated
from
the
sugary
Tamas
supporter
of
Community
Schools
serve
on
the
universal
pre-k
Commission,
although
things
are
great,
but
when
we
talk
about
what
should
be
the
number
one
priority
in
terms
of
Public
Safety
for
the
citizens
of
this
city
and
I,
think
we
have
to
you,
know:
pay
some
attention
to,
and
attention
means
not
just
dialogue,
but
also
financial
resources.
H
You
know
boots
on
the
ground
community-based
interventions
to
identify
and
address
particularly
gun
violence.
So
we
talked
a
lot
about
some
of
the
other
interventions
that
are
representing
you
today,
and
we
know
that
Philadelphia
is
is
is
off
the
coin
as
being
a
city
of
neighborhoods
right.
The
problem
is
lolis,
neighborhood
conflicts
or
intergenerational.
They
go
back
for
two
and
three
generations.
My
grandfather
was
at
war
week
with
your
grandfather.
Therefore,
you
better
not
cross
that
line,
so
I
do
think
that
the
maturing
helps
like
I
said:
I
brought
them
into
a
program.
H
I
do
think
jobs
help
I
do
think
that
basketball
helps.
But
if
we
limit
ourselves
to
the
low-hanging
fruit
of
jobs,
basketball
of
Mentor
and
did
I
think
we're
gonna
miss
the
mark
and
we
ought
to
get
down
to
the
ground
level
and
start
creating
the
opportunity
for
these
people
who
are
confident
with
each
other
to
resolve
it
because,
most
of
the
time
we
don't
even
know
what
they
don't
even
know
what
the
root
of
it
is
it's
just.
H
This
is
the
cold
or
the
street
that
we
follow
and
if
you
violate
this
is
the
consequence.
So
at
some
point
we
have
to
be
the
courageous
leaders
to
step
forward
and
put
those
two
opposing
sides
in
the
same
room
together
at
the
same
time
with
the
same
agenda,
they've
done
conflict
resolution
in
South,
Africa
they've
done
it
in
even
Afghanistan.
It
doesn't
is
really
done
in
Iowa
and
all
over
the
world.
H
It
works
when
you
bring
folks
together
to
resolve
a
conflict
peacefully
when
you
identify
it
in-game
and
I,
don't
know
why
we
believe
in
the
FEL
lafi
there's
the
only
place
on
the
planet
that
it
can't
work,
but
my
proposition
to
this
commission
is
to
engage
in
some
effort
through
the
sugary
change
tax
that
get
it
funded
so
that
we
can
address
some
of
these
conflicts
at
the
ground
level,
which
includes
mental
health
treatment.
Of
course,
all
you
know
submitted
the
outrageous
incidents
that
we've
seen
cuz.
H
Obviously,
acts
of
you
know
vollis
this
caused
by
some
challenges.
Did
that
haven't
been
addressed
so
I
think
I'm
gonna
wrap
up
my
portion
of
testimony
at
that
point
and
again
I'm
open
to
talk
about
the
peacemakers
that
we
are
engaging
in
over
the
summer
too.
We
identified
12
locations
over
the
summer,
so
there,
every
week
from
the
time
a
school
is
out
to
the
to
the
time
of
school
return
and
we'll
be
able
to
do
an
intervention
in
a
different
neighborhood
of
the
city
to
really
take
the
tools
to
the
community.
H
We
noted
at
the
heart
of
lolly
situation
is
social
media
and
as
soon
as
there's
a
not
even
a
fight,
and
soon
as
to
my
exchanging
words
or
glance,
they
buy
their
phone
now,
taking
a
video
or
selfie
a
picture
and
post
on
social
media,
and
we
we
see
it
just
kind
of
take
off
from
there.
So
we
want
to
help
cheeeese
these
young
people
how
to
step
away
from
that
and
be
actually
intervening
because
nobody
has
greater
influence.
Are
the
young
men
already
said
it
as
greater
influence
on
the
young
person?
H
There's
another
young
person,
young
man
chilling
any
word
for
pool
I
will
go
a
lot
further
than
even
the
judge,
saying
something
because
in
the
day,
they're
not
afraid
of
going
to
jail,
they're,
not
afraid
of
even
dying,
but
we
had
to
make
them
or
teach
them
to
respect
life,
the
value
life
and
value
each
other
and
learn
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution
and
not
the
problem.
So
that's
what
I'll
offer
to
this
commission
available
for
questions.
If
you
have
any.
B
B
Have
to
know
first,
aid
in
trauma
relief,
just
to
be
a
friends
with
someone,
and
so
that
speaks
to
the
nature
of
the
heightened
sense
of
violence.
In
some
zip
codes
today
they
put
out
a
zip
code
list
of
mortality
rates
by
zip
code.
So
if
you
live
in
this
zip
code
that
zip
code,
you
might
live
three
years
longer.
On
average,
there
is
a
disparity
of
what
it
was
at
twenty
twenty
years
in
some
parts
of
Philly
to
the
other
part
of
it
and
it
ain't
the
Schuylkill
Punch,
that's
making
it
different
right.
B
So
so,
yes,
it
has
to
be
treated
in
effect
like
a
health
crisis,
but
we
have
conflict
resolution
bringing
people
together.
Well,
I
know
it
works
because
back
in
my
day,
sister
falaka
brought
different
warring
groups
together,
and
some
of
them
are
my
best
friends
now
some
of
their
kids
play
with
my
kids
and
imagine
how
that
would
be.
If
it
didn't
go
that
way,
so
it
can
be
done.
The
question
is
for
Philadelphia:
what
do
you
prioritize?
H
B
So
are
these
things
that
you
do
are
there
you
exist,
but
how
do
you
bring
it
to
scale
so
that
it
has
an
impact
on
neighborhoods
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
there's
a
lot
of
good
out
there?
But
what
we're
trying
to
determine
is
how
much
does
it
good
cost
and
how
long
does
good
take
to
kick
in
Thank.
L
You
councilman,
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
Mr.
Jones,
the
one
thing
to
your
point
on
it
being
a
public
health
crisis,
I
think
in
addition
to
the
program
of
the
councilman
mentioned
about
that's
going
on
with
the
trauma
centers
at
Temple,
we
are
seeing
other
programs
that
have
taken
that
bent
as
it's
appropriate
to
do,
such
as
ceasefire,
which
is
the
cure
violence
model
out
of
Chicago,
which
is
also
run
out
of
temple
out
of
there
med
school.
In
addition,
we
have
doctors
from
Drexel
who
run
a
program
called
healing,
hurt
people
and.
A
F
F
If
this
commission
is
successful
at
some
point
in
time
we
will
garnish
resources
and
then
we
will
be
looking
for
organizations
that
have
definitive
measurable
impacts
and,
as
councilman
indicated,
the
time
frame,
so
I
actually
want
to
push
back
a
little
bit
and
have
you
tell
us
some
things
about
your
program,
but
specifically,
the
number
of
young
people
that
you
are
are
able
to
touch
with
the
occurring
funding
and
what
your
potential
is.
If
you
were
fully
funded,
yeah.
H
Thank
you
for
asking.
Let
me
just
adjust
a
couple
things
before
I
even
get
to
that
weed
when
I
talk
about
the
public
health
crisis.
I'm
talking
about
some
very
specific,
because
we
like
to
talk
about
PTSD
and
the
reality
is
that
you
did
not
know
the
youth
that
I
grew
up
in
three
two,
so
the
people
did
I'd
work,
the
people
that
I've
seen
da
I
spent
15
years
in
prison
myself.
So
the
PTSD
is
kind
of
thing.
It's
kind
of
academic
approach.
H
Our
children
live
in
sustained
traumatic
experiences,
they
relive
it
over
and
over
again
they
don't
exit
from
it.
They
re-traumatize
over
and
over
again
and
I,
have
tremendous
respect
for
drugs
to
annealer
people.
I
participate
with
the
citywide
effort
temple.
We
take
our
you
to
scout
Charles's,
cradle
to
the
grave
program,
I'm
very
clearly
weighing
jakers
in
their
whole,
bringing
the
wards
own
triage
kind
of
practice
to
the
streets
very
familiar
when
I'm
talking
about
something
completely
different.
Our
children
do
not
have
an
opportunity
to
return
home
from
war
to
a
safety
zone.
H
Our
children
are
not
only
born
into
these
war
zones,
but
they're
socialized
into
a
war
zone
that
sells
them.
Their
violence
is
the
way
to
resolve
conflict
and
it
takes
a
lot
to
break
through
that
and
I.
Don't
minimize
any
effort
by
any
program
or
any
person.
This
ever
happened,
but
I
will
say
you
ask
someone
else
Shakira
about
what
about
the
kids,
who
don't
get
the
jobs
right.
I
thought
that
was
probably
the
most
profound
question
another
day,
because.
A
H
H
Kids
who
end
up
at
the
Youth
Study
Center
will
be
the
same
kids
who
transition
over
the
peg
will
be
the
same
case,
the
matriculate
to
scra
before
so
we
already
know
what
happens
in
those
kids,
because
those
kids
know
nobody
cares
about
the
milk.
It
doesn't
matter
how
many
speeches
are
made.
They
know
they
see
when
the
investment
isn't
made
in
their
communities.
Let
me
go
a
step
further,
because
I
will
to
the
fill
an
overall
celebration
last
week
doesn't
week,
but
I'll
get
back
to
the
community.
H
You
know
they
say
they
don't
care
about
us.
They
they
spent
money
for
Villanova
and
I,
can't
get
this
vacant
lot
of
my
block
cleaned
up.
So
that's
what
they
see
so
any
other
words,
but
what
they
see
is
they're,
not
part
are
so
beautiful.
Word
that
you
use,
so
we
don't
take
this
whole
approach
in
the
context,
are
prioritizing
all
of
the
citizens
of
this
city
and
making
them
feel
like
an
equitable
partner
there,
which
you'll
have
as
people
who
feel
disenfranchised
and
they'll
disconnect
and
they'll
Creek
this.
This
wholly
will
kind
of
underworld.
H
This
whole
other
existence
there.
Unfortunately,
we
most
people
don't
even
see
until
the
police
comes
in
to
put
the
cuffs
on
because
they
violated
someone
and
that's
the
sad
part
of
it
that
there
are
a
lot
of
opportunities
along
the
way
that
we
can
intervene
and
prevent
that.
So
to
your
question,
mr.
Cobb,
so
there's
two
problem
as
I'll
give
you
about
the
the
children
we
impact.
We
took
50
for
young
people
to
President
Obama's
inauguration.
No
funding,
no
grants,
no
anything
just
hush
it
from
the
muscles.
H
So
we
got
you
know:
kids
selling,
candy
bars,
we
you
know
accepted,
donate
all
these
other
things
to
to
come
up
with
alternative
ways
to
pay
for
what
our
vision
is
so
and
my
belief
system
means
that,
whatever
you
believe
in
what
he
is
passionate
about,
you
figured
out
because
the
thing
is
not
somebody
that's
obligation
to
do
that.
So
I
hear
what
you
saying,
but
the
struggles
in
the
that
we
made
to
young
people.
He
is
didn't,
come
from
the
desire
or
the
need
for
a
grave.
It
came
from
people
all
volunteer
staff.
H
Nobody,
it's
paid
right
people
who
are
committed
to
transforming
the
lives
of
young
people
because
they
transform
their
lives
themselves.
So
what
could
the
capacity
be
if
it
was
funny?
I,
don't
know
you
know,
I
just
thought.
I
can't
even
ask
that
all
I
know
is
the
work
that
we
do
is
from
the
heart.
Based
on
the
commitment
we
have
to
the
young
people
just.
B
B
H
H
H
B
A
B
Million,
so
if
you
love
what
you
love,
you're
funded
right
and
that's,
why
we're
here
so
you're
right
and
we
want
to
try
to
get
better
at
that
so
so
to
let
them
know
that
we
do.
Can
you
so
right?
People
there's
a
disconnect
between
the
day-to-day
life
of
a
kid
at
16th
in
Cumberland,
and
what
we
think
50,000
feet
up
in
the
air
is
good,
and
so
we
got
to
get
a
little
closer
on
making
it
relevant
to
them.
And
that's
that's
that's
why
we're
here
yeah.
H
And
I
appreciate
that
I
think
most
of
the
when
we
talk
about
grassroots
community
organizations
like
apply
name
20,
just
off
top
ia,
they
are
funded
out
of
I
mean
the
brothers
say
he
said
he
teaches
them
the
skills,
the
trades.
You
know
they
fund
these
programs
out
of
pocket
because
they
they
care
about
their
communities
and
if
there
was
one
umbrella
opportunity
to
support
the
grassroots
and
connect
the
grassroots
to
two
resources.
I
think
we'll
see
a
tremendous
difference
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
B
K
Jenna
Jenna
thanks
again
for
this
opportunity,
when
our
brother
was
talking
about
the
crisis
of
our
young
people,
killing
each
other.
The
thing
that
I
immediately
thought
of
is
that
why
are
our
young
people
actually
killing
each
other?
Why
are
black
people
more
prone
to
death
and
then
other
people
are?
And
the
answer
is
racism?
It's
racism.
The
just
destruction
in
our
communities
is
a
deliberate
act.
K
When
we
talk
about
collateral
consequences,
there
are
some
people
that
work
within
the
system
that
mean
to
hurt
us
and
they
do
it
and
they
make
money
doing
these
things.
With
the
Philadelphia
block
political
summit
coalition,
the
the
criminal
justice
workshop
came
up
with
a
concept
of
creating
an
oversight
and
accountability
initiative
to
look
at
all
facets
of
criminal
justice
and
to
have
oversight,
accountability
and
transformation.
K
One
of
the
points
that
you
made
brother,
Curtis
Jones,
was
that
sister
for
Locke
avatar
and
her
people
in
the
community
got
out
and
did
things
and
people
knew
that
they
were
from
the
community
there's
a
difference
when
you
could
feel
and
sense
of
something
when
I'm
with
the
prison
at
18
years
of
age.
As
a
former
gang
leader,
I
was
I
received
education
behind
the
wall
from
a
lot
of
brothers
that
had
life
sentences.
K
At
that
time,
some
of
them
were
former
Black
Panthers
and
the
guys
that
were
the
Nation
of
Islam
is
some
Muslims
and
I
was
still
into
a
mode
of
ignorance,
and
they
would
say
man
come
in.
Let
me
tell
you
something
because
I'm
going
to
share
this
with
this
kind
of
embarrassing
I
was
in
a
cell.
At
Dallas,
in
the
hole
and
I
was
talking
to
a
brother
named
Jeff
members
and
to
be
talking
I
said:
yeah
I've
had
the
good
hair,
the
good
hair
he
said.
Wait
a
minute
see.
K
Where
did
you
get
that
good
hair
stuff
from
see?
He
got
that
from
the
white
man.
Didn't
you
and
I
began
to
become
educated
about
the
effects
of
racism,
and
we
know
that
mass
incarceration
today.
It
stems
all
the
way
back
to
slavery,
so
we're
going
to
be
educating
our
shores
and
we
have
to
set
up
an
educational
model
that
tells
them
exactly
why
they.
Why?
Why
they're
doing
what
they're
doing
as
a
means
to
try
to
help
prevent
some
of
those
things
from
happening?
We
know
that
we
need
economic
infusion.
K
You
mentioned
all
of
this
money
going
to
things
and
mixed
thing
is
pretty
it's
good
for
people
visiting
Philadelphia,
but
it
doesn't
really
help
the
community
that
needs
to
be
helped.
We
had
risk
community
and
I
like
that
term,
because
it's
real
it's
a
reality,
so
everybody
people
that
are
doing
that
are
engaged
in
criminal
criminal
justice
of
provisions.
K
They
need
to
be
watched
on
all
levels,
county,
state
and
federal,
and
they
need
to
be
watched
by
us
as
a
group
of
people,
not
just
by
elected
officials.
One
of
the
problems
I
have
with
elected
officials
no
offense
and
doing
a
whole
lot
of
things
is
that
they
tend
to
be
political
and
some
things
can
some
things
have
become
a
political
football.
K
They
can
actually
work,
but
people
say:
hey,
I,
don't
want
you,
because
you
were
the
last
administration
put
this
together
and
I'm
gonna
stop
this
because
that's
not
what
we
want
to
do
and
I
have
a
conflict
with
you.
So
now
I'm
a
political
football
where
I
could
have
been
getting
some
help.
Now
the
help
isn't
out
there.
So
we're
talking
about
transformative
efforts,
we're
talking
about
wrapping
during
what
other
people
don't
been
doing
to
the
black
community
using
us
having
a
parasitic
relationship
with
us.
We
need
to
start
wrapping
people
around
our
needs.
K
K
We
have
to
have
a
committee
of
people
of
oversight,
accountability
that
can
go
into
those
prisons
and
be
watching
people.
People
tend
to
act
different
when
you're
watching
them.
So
I
can't
do
that
so
and
so's
over
there
you're
not
kidding
it's
I
think
I'm
an
imam
stop.
What
you're
doing
you
know
I
had
that
experience
in
prison
I
was
in
the
amount
of
a
particular
point
in
time
to
God.
So
he
said
man
will
you
show
them
that
we,
you
should
have
to
straighten
up.
K
B
K
B
P
I
could
be
good.
Yeah
we'd
see
your
name.
Oh
okay,
who's.
My
name
is
Shamar
Beasley,
pull
that
closer
I'm.
Sorry,
microphone
closer,
please
gotcha!
It's
my
name:
Shamar
Beasley
I'm,
a
sophomore
over
at
Drexel
University,
studying
political
science
while
I
Drexel
I've
been
a
service
president
in
the
drug
supply
action
committee,
the
president
of
the
Drexel
Rotary
Club,
vice
president
and
trucks,
two
Democrats,
and
vice
president
of
real
Street
talk
organization
that
has
at
least
30,000
members
inside
of
the
organization.
P
P
Considering
that
we
have
nine
thousand
four
hundred
men
and
women
in
prison
in
this
city
today
to
put
those
numbers
together,
it
says
that
we
spend
roughly
329
million
dollars
a
year
that
is
only
going
towards
the
housing
of
n
means,
literally
just
the
housing
not
even
mentioning
the
amount
it
calls
for
paying
the
salaries
to
have
more
cops
on
the
streets,
not
even
taking
into
consideration
the
amount
of
money
it
costs
for
more
prison
guards
and
definitely
not
taking
a
consideration
amount
of
money.
It
calls
for
more
prosecutors
to
arrest
these
people.
P
This
is
a
problem
that
I'm
very
happy
to
hear
being
addressed
by
this
council
today
and
just
as
representative
Harris
said
earlier,
this
mass
incarceration
system
that
we
have
creates
a
huge
cacophony
of
problems
for
post
release,
some
of
which
includes
denial,
public
housing,
denial,
public
loans
and
extreme
difficulty.
Finding
a
job
after
one
is
released.
These
are
problems
that
are
easily
found
through
a
small
amount
of
research.
P
What's
difficult
to
find
solutions
to
these
problems,
one
of
the
main
problems
of
the
current
criminal
justice
reform
talks
that
we
have
in
the
United
States
is
that
it
still
treats
those
arrested
as
if
they
are
a
menace
to
their
environment
and
they
need
to
be
dealt
with.
There's
not
a
trust
individuals
that
were
wrongfully
accused
like
Josh
of
the
third
panel
earlier
or
even
those
individuals
that
are
coerced
into
guilty
pleas.
P
P
P
We
could
be
the
first
to
lead
this
movement
of
ending
modern-day
slavery
or
mass
incarceration,
as
we
are
all
more
comfortable
saying.
Secondly,
an
organization
I
got
involved
with
earlier
this
year.
Mr.
Burton,
we're
back
there
called
real
Street
talked
strongly
suggests
that
this
city
stopped
to
hold
on
divisions
regarding
employment.
Many
black
and
Latino
philadelphians,
being
released
from
prison
have
little
to
no
way
to
go
back
to
a
normal
lifestyle
because
of
the
lack
of
money.
P
So,
just
as
mr.
Burke
said,
I
would
encourage
you
guys
once
again
to
go
out
and
speak
to
these
individuals,
just
as
they
sent
him
out
to
ATP
propose.
They
sent
me
out
a
26-page
proposal
that,
due
to
my
schooling
and
all
the
clubs,
I've
run,
I
didn't
necessarily
have
enough
time
to
truly
present
it
before
us.
A
lot
of
information
in
there
trust
me
all
right.
So,
ultimately,
what
I
suggest
is
that
we
end
this
war.
P
On
drugs-
and
we
suggest
that
people
get
second
chance
programs
rather
than
incarceration
or
prison
time
for
nonviolent
drug
offenses,
it's
with
that
being
said,
I
want
to
once
again.
Thank
you
all
for
your
time.
Thank
you,
miss
grant
for
putting
me
on
the
agenda
first
today,
although
it
was
a
little
bit
late
and
thank
you
guys
for
starting
its
criminal
justice
reform
program
and
dedicating
all
your
time
to
it.
B
P
So
I
mean
given
the
fact
that
we
all
grew
up
in
the
same
area.
We
did
have
to
go
through
very
similar
problems
such
as
you
know,
losing
close
friends
of
ours
to
in
our
car
serration
a
long
time
periods
or
even
unfortunately,
death
before
the
age
of
18
do
like,
unfortunately,
shootings
and
whatnot,
so
to
say
the
very
least.
We
pretty
much
had
the
same
type
of
mindset.
The
one
thing
that
kind
of
led
me
to
a
different
path.
P
I
guess
was
an
organization
I
got
involved
with
cause
summer
search
Philadelphia,
so
they
sent
me
first
to
Colorado
for
it's
like
an
expedition
program
and
which
I
got
to
hike
through
the
mountains.
I
got
to
live
in
the
southern
Rockies
for
entire
week
and
I
even
climbed
a
mountain
called
rolling
mountain
in
the
southern
Rockies.
P
Through
that
experience,
it
made
me
see
that
you
know
the
world
is
bigger
than
just
Philadelphia,
that
there's
different
mindsets
that
are
out
there,
that
you
know
the
things
that
we
value
as
like
Philadelphian
people
from
lower
Sussex
lower
socioeconomic
backgrounds
is
a
little
bit
different
than
I
guess
the
rest
of
the
world,
and
it
made
me
start
getting.
You
know,
exploring
more
options
and
look
into
other
things
from
there.
It
also
led
me
well.
P
B
P
So,
just
as
I
was
saying,
like
many
of
my
friends
are
still
affected
by
this
today,
because
they
weren't
given
the
same
opportunities
they
weren't.
You
know,
given
this
type
of
funding,
that
I
did
that
receive
I
received
like
up
to
was
about
thirty
forty
thousand
dollars,
literally
the
amount
that
we
take
to
incarcerate
a
person
for
a
year
as
what
took
me
to
actually
go
ahead
and
get
this
life
change
experience.
P
It
lets
a
full
scholarship
to
Drexel,
so
that
was
one
of
the
main
things
like
whenever
I
would
speak
to
them
and
they
would
say,
like
you
know,
another
one
of
our
friends
got
killed
or
like
they
would
speak
to
the
Meseta.
Mind
said
that
they
had
where
it
was
just.
You
know,
retaliation
rather
than
anything
else,
and
more
so
than
being
criminalistics
in
their
mindset.
That
led
me
to
say,
like
you
know,
something
has
to
be
done.
P
F
Thank
you
for
your
thank
you
for
your
open
and
honest
testimony.
I
want
to
hug
you
too
brother.
We
really
appreciate
that
you
are
young,
articulate,
well-spoken,
thoughtful
and
so
generous
of
your
time,
and
you
still
don't
have
to
be
compassionate.
You
still
don't
have
to
have
empathy,
but
you
do
but
I
do
want
to
take
a
little
something
back
from
you.
I
know.
Lots
of
people
will
consider
you
exceptional,
but
what
you
stated,
the
experiences
that
were
lended
to
you
we're
good.
E
F
A
B
A
So,
just
so
you're
aware
you
may
not
be
aware,
but
other
than
McArthur
a
grant
implicit,
explicit
bias
is
going
to
be
trained.
It's
going
to
go
across
all
of
the
disciplines
into
an
entire
criminal
justice
system,
everyone's
going
to
go
through
and
plis
it
and
explicit
bias,
training
as
part
of
the
model,
and
that
was
actually
factored
into
Julie
wants
to
expound
on
that
into
the
into
the
granite.
Excellent.
Yes,.
L
It
was
actually
addressing
racial,
ethnic
and
economic
base.
Disparities
was
its
own
standalone
strategy
within
the
grant,
not
only
the
implicit,
explicit
bias,
training
which
is
for
all
of
the
criminal
justice
agencies
from
the
ground
up,
but
also
doing
basically,
what
amounts
to
an
audit
of
our
system
to
figure
out
where
the
disparities
start
and
where
they
persist
and
then
figure
out
how
best
to
address
them.
Anecdotally,
I
think
we
might
know
the
answers
to
some
of
those
questions,
but
it's
important
to
back
them
up.
Yeah.
P
I
was
gonna,
say
a
good
starting
point
for
that
research
would
be
the
Daniel
Moynihan
report
of
1965,
in
which
they
found
that
one
of
the
main
issues
of
the
black
community
has
nothing
to
do
economic
issues.
You
know
nothing
to
do
with
the
fact
that
we're
not
getting
enough
money,
I
didn't
do
it
the
fact
that
segregation
was
happening,
but
rather
the
black
culture
was
to
blame
for
all
the
problems
that
was
going
on.
This
is
a
mindset
that
many
people
hold
dates
back
to
the
gen-x
movement
in
which
they
were
trying
to
say.
B
F
Name
is
the
full
locket
and
since
I'm
on
TV,
my
life
is
in
danger
now
but
anyway,
because
I'm,
a
block
captain
black
happens,
I've
been
in
black
happen
for
forty
five
years.
You
know
we
targets
all
over
the
place,
but
I
want
to
thank
the
board
for
having
this,
because
I
I
didn't
think
it
was
going
to
be
this
good.
This
is
outstanding.
I
really
commend
you,
but
you
people
for
doing
what
you're
doing
the
day.
F
You
blew
my
mind
but
Pennsylvania
senator
Williams
almost
talked
about
when
he
was
talking
about
the
schools
here
in
Pennsylvania,
there's
a
back
door
of
no
return
in
every
school
where
the
children
can
emancipate
themselves
at
age
16
and
they
hit
the
street
with
no
diploma.
No
work,
experience,
no
sponsors
for
for
anything
and
the
drug
dealers
pick
them
right
up,
and
you
wonder
where
the
manpower
is
coming
from.
I
went
when
now
I
have
a
drug
cartel.
F
On
my
block
for
forty
five
years,
we've
been
dancing
and
they
got
a
hold
of
one
of
my
young
boys
and
because
he
he
cleaned
up
their
area
and
they
gave
him
the
money.
And
next
thing
I
know
the
boys
working
against
us
now,
nice
thrashing
up
the
brock,
is
belligerent
messing
with
my
car
stuff,
like
that
so
I
told
his
mom
and
he's
in
big-time
danger,
because
his
hair
don't
got
spent
around
what
they
do
in
my
communities.
F
They
give
him
money,
drugs,
guns
and,
and
sex
and
numbers
don't
go
home
no
more
by
the
time
he's
12
years
old,
he'll
be
in
the
police
department
and
when
he
turns
16
he's
gonna
already
be
dropping
out
of
school
and
and
you're
gonna
wonder
why
the
pipeline
is
still
active
from
school.
We
need
to
shut
that
back
door
of
Emax,
the
patient
of
the
of
the
students
that
can
drop
out
of
school
at
will.
F
You
got
more
going
out
the
back
door
than
ten
children
graduating
and
if,
if
we
can
modify
it,
let's
say
you
want
to
drop
out,
they
must
have
a
job.
They
must
have
a
sponsorship
for
something
else
of
the
dentist
hitting
the
street
to
become
part
of
the
the
bad
side
of
society.
And
that's
what
and
that's
all
I
got
to
say
and
I
appreciate
you
giving
me
your
time,
especially
that
young
lady
up
there,
who
kind
of
gave
me
a
hard
way
to
go,
but
I'm
used,
but
I'm
old-school
I've
been
a
warrior.