Founded in 2000, Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) is an award-winning nonprofit working to break the cycle of juvenile violence, crime, and incarceration. FLY believes that all our children deserve a chance to become more than their past mistakes. FLY's legal education, leadership training, and mentoring programs motivate and equip youth to change the course of their lives. We are also committed to helping our juvenile justice systems become more just, humane, and equitable. As a result, FLY increases safety in our communities and decreases the costs and consequences of crime. Visit us on the web at flyprogram.org.
Founded in 2000, Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) is an award-winning nonprofit working to break the cycle of juvenile violence, crime, and incarceration. FLY believes that all our children deserve a chance to become more than their past mistakes. FLY's legal education, leadership training, and mentoring programs motivate and equip youth to change the course of their lives. We are also committed to helping our juvenile justice systems become more just, humane, and equitable. As a result, FLY increases safety in our communities and decreases the costs and consequences of crime. Visit us on the web at flyprogram.org.
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Program Name: Law + Leadership
Problem
America incarcerates more youth than any country in the world. Research shows that 50% to 80% of incarcerated youth return to the system after their release. FLY’s youth are 93% youth of color and 80% male, living in high-crime, low-income areas—a populace more likely to be stopped, arrested, and/or detained by police.
Strategy
Designed by incarcerated youth, FLY's core programs engage at-risk and system-involved youth, first equipping them with knowledge about the law and encouraging a shift in perspective, and then offering continued intensive support one-on-one support to maximize growth and success. To reach our target population, FLY provides the Law Program in schools and neighborhoods with high concentrations of at-risk youth. Youth may then join Leadership Program to exit the system and get engaged in school.
IF:THEN
IF
juvenile justice and at-risk youth participate in our legal education and life skills course (the Law Program) and then receive mentoring, case management, and leadership services (the Leadership Training Program)...
THEN
they will engage with their education, exit the juvenile justice system, become positive community leaders, and change the trajectory of their lives.
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Ratings History Fresh Lifelines for Youth has received 3 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.
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