Centinela Youth Services

Cys diverts Youth out of the justice system and into community-based supportive Services and restorative justice to make things right with the harmed party. Services include restorative justice mediation, family mediation, community/school mediation and restorative circles, service navigation, clinical case management and training for educators and justice professionals.cys outcomes: low recidivism rate - only 11% of cys's participating Youth are re-arrested within 12-months, compared with 65% of Youth served by the court system; 72% of Youth who completed clinical case management Services lowered their risk of recidivism within just 3-6 months of service; 99% of mediations resulted in an agreement for restitution; 98% of victims served report high satisfaction with the program; and 96% of referred Youth report program satisfaction; student arrests in partner school districts are cut by over 90% within five (5) years; crime victims are better served by cys with 86% of restitution agreements completed in full and monetary restitutions received at much higher levels than through the courts.