YTEC | Youth Treatment & Education Center

YTEC | Youth Treatment & Education Center

Program Overview

The Path Through YTEC

Why is YTEC Needed?

How Is YTEC Unique?

How Do We Know YTEC is Working?

Because we have tracked results for YTEC youth and the outcomes are dramatic.

Because we are being asked to share our model with others: YTEC has been the subject of best-practice reports and documentary films, and YTEC youth are featured educational presenters at conferences across the country.

Because youth choose to stay involved with the YTEC Academy or Leadership Program or stay in touch with YTEC even after they have “graduated” from the requirements set by the court.

Youth start at YTEC because they are required to - increasingly they are staying with YTEC because they want to. Youth have asked YTEC to grow our programs so they can continue on the path towards higher education, career development or employment, and a positive, healthy transition to adulthood.

References:

*California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics 2001. Building a Healthier San Francisco 2001, Community Needs Assessment.
*RW Johnson Foundation. (n.d.) Reclaiming Futures: The problem: Teens in trouble. Lack of treatment. The cost. www.reclaimingfutures.org
*According to an assessment by the Office of Justice Programs: (1) incarceration in and of itself does little to break the cycle of illegal drug use and crime, and offenders sentenced to incarceration for substance related offenses exhibit a high rate of recidivism d; and (2) drug abuse treatment is demonstrably effective in reducing both drug addiction and drug-related crime.
*“For every dollar spent on treatment, the community is saved nearly seven.” “Vision & Overview of Reclaiming Futures,” Dr. Laura Burney Nissen.
*Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy Adolescent Substance Abuse. A Public Health Priority, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University. Taken from Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation report.