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      • DEPARTMENT OF
      • PROBATION Ana Bermúdez, Commissioner
      • DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION | Page 79
      • WHAT WE DO
      • The Department of Probation (DOP)
      • helps build stronger and safer
      • communities by working with and
      • supervising people on probation,
      • fostering positive change in their
      • decision-making and behavior
      • through research-based practices
      • and by expanding opportunities for
      • them to move out of the criminal
      • and juvenile justice systems through
      • meaningful education, employment,
      • health and behavioral health
      • services, family engagement and
      • civic participation. DOP also supplies
      • information and recommendations to
      • the courts to help inform sentencing
      • and disposition decisions. In Family
      • Court, DOP provides reports in family
      • offense, custody, child support,
      • visitation, adoption and guardianship
      • cases. In total, DOP provides intake
      • and interstate services, investigations
      • and supervision in some 50,000
      • cases per year.
      • DOP operates the Neighborhood
      • Opportunity Network (NeON)
      • in seven communities that a
      • high concentration of people on
      • probation call home, providing a
      • range of opportunities to people on
      • probation and other neighborhood
      • residents. Through the NeONs, DOP
      • reaches thousands of New Yorkers
      • through arts programming, High
      • School Equivalency classes, free
      • groceries, access to health insurance
      • enrollment services, and more.
      • FOCUS ON EQUITY
      • As the largest and most robust alternative to incarceration in New York City, and one of the
      • largest in the nation, DOP is committed to ensuring that the people under its supervision—who
      • are disproportionately people of color—have access to the opportunities and services they need
      • in order not just to avoid jail or prison, but to thrive.
      • DOP brings resources into the NYC neighborhoods which have been disproportionately impacted
      • by the justice system and that large numbers of people on probation call home. DOP’s nationallyrecognized Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) operates as an engine of equity in seven
      • such communities (Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York, Harlem, Jamaica, North
      • Staten Island and South Bronx) by partnering with neighborhood residents and communitybased organizations to develop ground-up solutions, while also providing people on probation
      • with reporting sites and resources within walking distance of their homes. Recognized with the
      • Excellence in Crime Prevention Award from the American Probation and Parole Association, the
      • NeON model is premised on the value of authentic community engagement.
      • DOP is committed to minimizing the adverse collateral consequences of being involved in the
      • criminal and juvenile justice systems which fall heavily on people and communities of color.
      • This commitment is demonstrated through the diverse array of resources and programming
      • (educational, employment, and more) made available in these communities. Most NeON
      • programs, including NeON Nutrition Kitchens, NeON Arts and NeON Sports, are open to all
      • community residents fostering connectivity between neighbors and destigmatizing people on
      • probation. An independent evaluation of the ground-breaking Arches Transformative Mentoring
      • program, serving 16–24 year olds on probation who live in NeON neighborhoods, found a more
      • than two-thirds reduction in felony reconvictions among participants and the program was
      • named a finalist in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Innovations in American Government Awards.
      • Through accountability measures and service practices grounded in research, as well as
      • partnerships with community-based organizations and other stakeholders, DOP fosters personal
      • change, increases opportunities to thrive, and strengthens communities, thereby building a more
      • equitable and safer city.
      • OUR SERVICES AND GOALS
      • SERVICE 1 Contribute to optimal court processing and decision-making
      • in delinquency and criminal justice matters.
      • Goal 1a Produce timely and accurate pre-sentence investigations.
      • Goal 1b Identify youth appropriate for diversion from formal juvenile court
      • proceedings via adjustment services.
      • SERVICE 2 Improve community safety through a combination of
      • accountability and support activities with those under
      • probation supervision.
      • Goal 2a Assess risk to match individuals with supervision and monitoring
      • levels; use re-arrest and violation trends to make adjustments to
      • supervision level components.
      • Goal 2b Increase the probability of successful completion of probation
      • terms through maximizing the use of evidence-based practices and
      • community-based interventions.
      • Goal 2c Maximize accountability with probation compliance through field
      • visits and enforcement actions
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      • HOW WE PERFORMED IN FISCAL 2020
      • SERVICE 1 Contribute to optimal court processing and decision-making in delinquency and criminal
      • justice matters.
      • Goal 1a Produce timely and accurate pre-sentence investigations.
      • The Department completed 6,550 pre-sentence investigations (PSIs) for adults and 971 juvenile Investigation and Reports
      • (I&Rs), respectively a 40 and 32 percent decrease from Fiscal 2019. These trends were driven by modified court operations
      • related to COVID-19, and a year-to-year decline in NYPD arrests. The adult PSI on-time completion rate decreased two
      • percentage points to 96 percent during the reporting period, and the juvenile on-time rate increased one percentage point
      • to 88 percent. Timeliness for PSIs and I&Rs is a priority, and the Department works with the courts directly on individual
      • cases that could prove difficult to process according to standard timelines.
      • Performance Indicators
      • Actual Target Trend
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
      • Desired
      • Direction
      • Adult investigation reports completed - total 15,421 14,987 13,263 10,949 6,550 * * Down *
      • Adult investigation reports - on time completion (%) NA 88.0% 94.0% 98.0% 96.0% * * NA Up
      • Juvenile investigation reports completed 2,019 1,927 1,779 1,429 971 * * Down *
      • Juvenile investigation reports - on time completion (%) 81.0% 87.0% 87.0% 87.0% 88.0% * * Neutral Up
      • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
      • Goal 1b Identify youth appropriate for diversion from formal juvenile court proceedings via adjustment services.
      • All youth arrested between the ages of seven and fifteen who fall under family court jurisdiction are processed post-arrest
      • by DOP. Based on Raise the Age legislation enacted in September 2017, sixteen and seventeen year-olds in New York State
      • charged with lower-level crimes and those whose cases are removed from adult prosecution are also processed through
      • family court intake, adding more youths to DOP’s juvenile intake and increasing workload in investigations and supervision.
      • The Department processed 6,097 juvenile intakes during Fiscal 2020, a 38 percent increase.
      • During the juvenile intake process, probation officers make individual assessments for statutory eligibility and suitability for
      • adjustment, including outreach and communication with complainants, NYPD, and youths’ families. The juvenile intake
      • adjustment eligibility rate increased two percentage points to 39 percent; the Department continues to improve and monitor
      • screening practices by conducting a standardized assessment instrument on all youths eligible and suitable for adjustment.
      • Assessment takes into consideration charge severity, assessed risk score, priors, and statements from witnesses, complainant,
      • family, NYPD, and other stakeholders.
      • Performance Indicators
      • Actual Target Trend
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
      • Desired
      • Direction
      • Juvenile supervision - Intake cases received 4,640 3,856 3,699 4,406 6,097 * * Up *
      • « Juvenile delinquency cases eligible for adjustment (%) 28% 25% 30% 37% 39% 30% 30% Up Up
      • – low-risk (%) 40% 36% 41% 45% 55% * * Up Up
      • – medium-risk (%) 14% 14% 12% 12% 17% * * Up *
      • – high-risk (%) 7% 11% 11% 7% 6% * * Down *
      • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
      • SERVICE 2 Improve community safety through a combination of accountability and support activities
      • with those under probation supervision.
      • Goal 2a Assess risk to match individuals with supervision and monitoring levels; use rearrest and violation trends
      • to make adjustments to supervision level components.
      • During the reporting period probation officers completed 9,432 initial risk / need assessments for adults entering probation
      • supervision, a decrease of 12 percent, consistent with COVID-19 based declines in new supervision cases added in the
      • last three months of the fiscal year, as well as an overall year-to-year decrease in NYPD arrests. There were 2,264 initial
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      • assessments for juveniles, a 19 percent increase, due primarily to
      • growth in intakes of 16 and 17 year-old youths resulting from Raise the
      • Age implementation. These screenings, based on validated actuarial
      • instruments developed for community supervision, identify criminogenic
      • risk factors and programming needs, and are used to develop Individual
      • Action Plans (IAPs) for those on probation.
      • The average monthly rearrest rate for adults on probation supervision
      • decreased from 2.4 percent to 2.1 percent, while the juvenile rate
      • remained unchanged at 3.2 percent. When viewed as a percentage of
      • all NYPD arrests, the adult rate was unchanged, while the juvenile rate
      • increased one-tenth of a point. The Department continues to analyze
      • and respond to citywide arrest trends.
      • The average monthly violation rate for adults on probation was
      • unchanged, at 1.0 percent. Probation violation proceedings ending in
      • revocation for adults declined by ten percentage points to 34 percent.
      • The violation rate for juveniles decreased four tenths of a percentage
      • point to 2.6 percent, while the revocation rate increased five percentage points to 30 percent. DOP continued to utilize a
      • broad continuum of alternatives to a probation violation such as intensive supervision, programming, and behavioral health
      • services to reduce violation filings. Increased revocation rates for cases requiring a violation proceeding are an expected
      • short-term outcome of this practice.
      • Performance Indicators
      • Actual Target Trend
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
      • Desired
      • Direction
      • Adult supervision cases - end of period 21,153 20,404 19,229 17,299 14,504 * * Down *
      • Juvenile supervision cases - end of period 1,347 1,023 973 770 624 * * Down *
      • Adult initial risk assessments completed 7,648 21,313 17,246 10,705 9,432 * * Down *
      • Juvenile initial risk assessments completed 1,117 1,413 1,375 1,905 2,264 * * Up *
      • « Adult probationer rearrest rate (monthly average) (%) 3.4% 3.1% 2.7% 2.4% 2.1% 3.0% 3.0% Down Down
      • « Adult probationers arrested citywide as a percentage of the
      • NYPD arrest report (monthly average) 3.3% 3.3% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 2.6% 2.6% Neutral Down
      • « Juvenile probationer rearrest rate (monthly average) (%) 4.8% 4.4% 4.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.5% 3.5% Down Down
      • « Juvenile probationers arrested citywide as a percentage of the
      • NYPD arrest report (monthly average) 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% * * Down *
      • « Average monthly violation rate for adult probationers (%) 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% * * Neutral *
      • « Average monthly violation rate for juvenile probationers (%) 3.0% 3.5% 3.3% 3.0% 2.6% 3.0% 3.0% Down Down
      • Probation violation proceedings ending in revocation for adult
      • probationers (%) 54% 51% 49% 44% 34% * * Down Down
      • Probation violation proceedings ending in revocation for juvenile
      • probationers (%) NA 41% 30% 25% 30% * * NA Down
      • Revocation of juveniles not resulting in placement (%) 36.0% 29.0% 47.0% 51.0% 42.0% * * Up *
      • Revocation of juveniles resulting in placement (%) 64.0% 71.0% 53.0% 49.0% 58.0% * * Down *
      • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
      • Goal 2b Increase the probability of successful completion of probation terms through maximizing the use of
      • evidence-based practices and community-based interventions.
      • The percentage of IAPs completed was unchanged at 100 percent for both adults and juveniles. IAPs serve as a roadmap
      • for the period of probation supervision and provide a basis for benchmarking and measuring progress towards achieving
      • short and longer-term goals, leading to better outcomes for individuals serving a community-based criminal or juvenile
      • justice sentence.
      • There were 72 new enrollments of juveniles in alternative-to-placement (ATP) programs, a six percent increase. There were
      • 857 new enrollments in DOP-managed programs, a 33 percent decrease. These reductions were driven by COVID-19
      • Rearrest Rate Monthly Average (%) for Adult
      • and Juvenile Probationers
      • 2.4%
      • 3.2%
      • 2.1%
      • 3.2%
      • 3.4%
      • 4.8%
      • 3.1%
      • 4.4%
      • 2.7%
      • 4.2%
      • Juvenile probationer rearrest rate (monthly average)(%)
      • Adult probationer rearrest rate (monthly average)(%)
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
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      • restrictions on programming and individual needs as determined by risk assessments and IAPs. Service areas in DOP-guided
      • programs include mentoring, education, employment, and life skills.
      • There were 4,876 targeted behavioral health intervention contacts to individuals on probation citywide, a 42 percent
      • increase. Behavioral Health Services Unit staff worked with adult and juvenile supervision managers in all boroughs to
      • increase outreach and familiarity with available services.
      • Early completions represented 16 percent of all adult supervision case closings, a four percentage point increase. The
      • approval rate for early completion applications was 89 percent, a three point improvement. The Department continues
      • to prioritize identifying qualified candidates for early discharge based on compliance with the terms of probation
      • and working towards goals set in individual action plans, and monitors these indicators at its quarterly performance
      • management meetings.
      • The rate for adults successfully completing their probation terms during the reporting period was 83 percent, a five
      • percentage point increase. The juvenile rate remained unchanged at 90 percent.
      • Performance Indicators
      • Actual Target Trend
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
      • Desired
      • Direction
      • Adult supervision- new individual action plans (IAPs) created for
      • eligible clients (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% * * Neutral *
      • Juvenile supervision - new Individual action plans (IAPs) created
      • for eligible clients (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% * * Neutral *
      • New enrollments in alternative-to-placement (ATP) programs 134 100 82 68 72 * * Down *
      • New enrollments in DOP-managed programs 1,432 1,476 1,452 1,279 857 * * Down *
      • Adult probationer early completion rate (%) 10% 12% 10% 12% 16% * * Up *
      • Adult probationer early completion approval rate (%) 75% 75% 75% 86% 89% * * Up Up
      • « Successful completion rate for adult probationers (%) NA NA 76% 78% 83% ñ ñ NA Up
      • « Successful completion rate for juvenile probationers (%) NA NA 84% 90% 90% ñ ñ NA Up
      • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
      • Goal 2c Maximize accountability with probation compliance through field visits and enforcement actions.
      • The Department’s Intelligence Unit (Intel) completed 1,843 enforcement actions, a 30 percent decrease compared to Fiscal
        1. The decline resulted primarily from COVID-19 field operations modifications from April through June 2020, as well
      • as a reduction in the overall probation supervision population.
      • Performance Indicators
      • Actual Target Trend
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
      • Desired
      • Direction
      • Intel enforcement events 1,525 2,548 2,269 2,650 1,843 * * Up *
      • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
      • AGENCY CUSTOMER SERVICE
      • Performance Indicators Actual Target Trend
      • Customer Experience FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
      • Desired
      • Direction
      • Completed requests for interpretation 9,425 11,870 11,117 9,661 9,485 * * Neutral *
      • Letters responded to in 14 days (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% * * Neutral Up
      • E-mails responded to in 14 days (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% * * Neutral Up
      • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
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      • AGENCY RESOURCES
      • Resource Indicators Actual¹ Plan²
      • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5yr Trend
      • Expenditures ($000,000)³ $89.0 $94.5 $103.1 $114.2 $115.6 $127.3 $123.7 Up
      • Revenues ($000) $420 $460 $442 $453 $329 $452 $452 Down
      • Personnel 936 973 1,052 1,162 1,123 1,244 1,148 Up
      • Overtime paid ($000) $563 $1,239 $1,548 $3,466 $3,276 $1,861 $1,861 Up
      • ¹Actual financial amounts for the current fiscal year are not yet final. Final fiscal year actuals, from the Comptroller’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, will be reported
      • in the next PMMR. Refer to the “Indicator Definitions” at nyc.gov/mmr for details. ²Authorized Budget Level
      • ³Expenditures include all funds “NA” - Not Available * None`
      • SPENDING AND BUDGET INFORMATION
      • Where possible, the relationship between an agency’s goals and its expenditures and planned resources, by budgetary unit
      • of appropriation (UA), is shown in the ‘Applicable MMR Goals’ column. Each relationship is not necessarily exhaustive or
      • exclusive. Any one goal may be connected to multiple UAs, and any UA may be connected to multiple goals.
      • Unit of Appropriation
      • Expenditures
      • FY191
      • ($000,000)
      • Modified Budget
      • FY202
      • ($000,000) Applicable MMR Goals3
      • Personal Services - Total $80.3 $80.5
        • 001 - Executive Management $9.4 $10.3 All
        • 002 - Probation Services $70.9 $70.2 All
      • Other Than Personal Services - Total $33.9 $35.0
        • 003 - Probation Services $33.8 $34.9 All
        • 004 - Executive Management $0.1 $0.1 All
      • Agency Total $114.2 $115.6
      • 1
      • Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2019. Includes all funds. 2
      • City of New York Adopted Budget for Fiscal 2020, as of June
        1. Includes all funds. 3Refer to agency goals listed at front of chapter. “NA” Not Available * None
      • NOTEWORTHY CHANGES, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS !
      • None.
      • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
      • For more information on the agency, please visit: www.nyc.gov/probation.
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MMR - FY20 - Department of Probation