U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, announced Friday a youth support program in Contra Costa County will be receiving $1 million in funding which they helped secure in January.
The Contra Costa County Transitional Aged Youth Diversion Program helps shift authorities’ focus away from punitive measures and seeks to focus on healing, restoration, and accountability as well as a means to address repeat-offender rates among the youth.
“Reducing crime in our communities requires an all-of-the-above approach, and investing in programs like the Transition Aged Youth Diversion Program will help move away from punitive measures and focus on prevention and accountability,” Thompson said in a statement.
“It is imperative that our communities receive the necessary resources to uphold their safety and security through programs like the Contra Costa County’s Transition Aged Youth Diversion Program,” Garamendi said.
Both representatives sought the financing as a “Community Project Funding” request, according to Thompson’s office. The money comes from the final 2023 appropriations government funding bill, it added.
Remember when you were a kid and you did something bad so your Mother gave you a piece of candy and told you to behave yourself? I don’t either.
Let us know how well this works.
you’re probably lucky enough to not have a tweaker mom.
It is imperative to hold youth and people accountable and responsible for their actions and stop making excuses for the repeat offenders. Everyone deserves a second chance, but mess up again, there must be consequences!
All of above approach? Just more coddling. That’s the answer.
$13B for ukrane, $1m for us
This will be an absolute waste of taxpayer money. You just watch.
how about punish them harder so they don’t think twice about doing crime in the first place.
What a bunch of liberal jackasses. If we just pour more money into useless programs, crime will be reduced.
What has to happen is a heavy consequence that makes these gang bangers think twice before doing something stupid again…like a kick in the a$$.
Rewarding bad behavior or enriching your family and friends with useless program that sound like they will make a difference?
This idea is not new, it’s just more expensive.
When I was in fifth grade my elementary school transferred in a troubled sixth grader, who likely was old enough to be an eighth grader, and he immediately started beating the heck out of at least one kid daily. The teachers tried everything: Sports, Counseling, Art Therapy, and even promising him an award if he could go a week without beating up another kid.
As for healing, restoration, and accountability:
The only healing that took place was for the black eyes received by other students, myself included. The only accountability happened when enough parents complained and they grudgingly sent the kid elsewhere. At that point peace was restored to our elementary school. There’s a lesson there somewhere……..
Restorative Justice is Biull$hit…
it makes the victim accept responsibiliy for being a victim and ask forgiveness from the puke suspect: who is no longer called a suspect, but a victim(izer) themselves.
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they have been trying this in public schools and failing horribly…. many times without the parents of the real victim: not the victim(izer), being informed.
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and one wonders why so many parents are taking their kids (no not goats 😁) out of public schools.
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wow, i don’t usually rant. but this one just burns my biscuits…
If you want to know who is going to get the money, maybe these folks can provide a clue. A million $ is a lot of nice dinners and lunches. Maybe an overseas trip or two. Private carbon spewing jets anyone?
Leo Daisong Li, AAPI TAY
leo.li@namicontracosta.org
Jesse Robbins, TAY
jesse.robbins@namicontracosta.org
More like “Crime Support Program”. What about justice for the victims?
Another vote promoting tactic! The more money to the Blacks will possibly garnish a higher guarantee to get re-elected and/or extract Leftist control for all government!!
The news event that reports that many Calif are bailing out to Seattle because they do not have the crime and taxes we have to suffer!! The more Calif that infiltrate Washington State will roll over their economy into the toilet like it is in Calif.
“Smash — grab — smash — grab — don’t you dare touch me “….. etc!!!
If you believe in this, you probably voted for Prop. 47. Look how well that worked out. Fool me once……..