Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Family and Community Services - Community and Positive Youth Development
Mission Statement Improve the health and well-being of families and individuals through partnerships and services that build community competence.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Effect a positive change in the lives of youth that will prevent them from becoming involved in the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems, and assist them in achieving family preservation, reunification, or independence. 
    1. By June 30, 2026, maintain the percentage of Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services (CCBYS) recipients' cases closed due to family reunification at 90% or higher. 
    2. By June 30, 2026, maintain the percentage of CCBYS recipients that are referred by law enforcement organizations at 35% or higher. 
    3. By June 30, 2026, 75% of Transitional Living Homeless Youth (HY) recipients will exit the program to stable housing. 
  2. Effect a positive change in the lives of youth that will enable them to achieve self-sufficiency and education, and career goals leading to self-sufficiency.
    1. By June 30, 2026, 90% or more Teen Reach (TR) youth will be promoted to the next grade level or graduate from high school. 
    2. By June 30, 2026, 65% or more of Youth Employment Program youth will maintain their employment placement for a minimum of three months. 
    3. By June 30, 2026, 70% of HY recipients will be employed and/or enrolled in an educational program upon exiting the HY program. 
  3. Reduce the teen birth rate (women ages 15 to 17).
    1. By June 30, 2026, decrease the rate of teens 15 to 17 years old who give birth to 9.5% or less. 
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund, State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund, Serve Illinois Commission Fund, Juvenile Justice Trust Fund Statutory Authority 325 ILCS 27, 410 ILCS 212/15
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 253,019.5 $ 112,434.4 $ 187,201.3 $ 127,954.9 $ 110,114.5
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 253,019.5 $ 112,434.4 $ 187,201.3 $ 127,954.9 $ 110,114.5
Average monthly full-time equivalents 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Output Indicators
Number of Teen REACH participants 14,000 14,000 14,000 15,616 14,818
Number of CCBYS recipients 6,000 6,435 5,500 5,768 5,251
Number of Redeploy Illinois youth recipients 550.0 499.0 300.0 655.0 572.0
Number of Youth Employment recipients 10,802 6,834 6,152 6,854 6,767
Number of Homeless Youth receiving program services 2,000 2,302 2,000 2,278 2,239
Outcome Indicators
Percentage of CCBYS recipients that are referred by law enforcement organizations 35.00% 35.00% 38.00% 37.00% 34.00%
Percentage of CCBYS youth with a family/long-term living arrangement at case closure 90.00% 91.00% 96.00% 97.00% 94.00%
Percentage of CCBYS youth at the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) at case closure 3.00% 1.40% 2.00% 1.33% 1.38%
Percentage of CCBYS youth in secure confinement at case closure 2.00% 1.20% 2.00% 0.05% 0.08%
Percentage of CCBYS youth served diverted from DCFS 95.00% 98.00% 95.00% 96.00% 98.12%
Percentage of CCBYS youth served diverted from the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) 95.00% 98.00% 95.00% 96.00% 98.10%
Percentage of TR youth promoted to the next grade level 90.00% 97.00% 93.00% 99.00% 95.00%
Percentage of TR seniors who graduated 90.00% 99.00% 90.00% 99.00% 95.00%
Percentage of TR youth who were safe from violence during program hours 99.00% 100.00% 95.00% 99.90% 98.40%
Birth rate per 1,000 women ages 15 - 17 5.00% 6.00% 5.00% 6.00% 5.00%
Percentage of live births to 15- to 17-year-olds as a percentage of births to women of all ages 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00%
Percentage of Illinois Youth Investment Program recipients who maintain employment placement for a minimum of three months 70.00% 74.00% 80.00% 81.00% 83.00%
Percentage of HY who received an emergency/safety assessment 90.00% 61.00% 90.00% 59.00% 86.00%
Percentage of Transitional Housing HY recipients who exit the program, are employed, and/or are enrolled in an education program 70.00% 76.00% 75.00% 68.00% 77.00%
Percentage of Transitional Living HY recipients who have stable housing when exiting the program 75.00% 83.00% 75.00% 66.00% 72.00%
Percentage of Redeploy Illinois youth who successfully discharge from the program 75.00% 75.00% 70.00% 74.00% 88.00%
Percentage reduction of 12-month DJJ commitments of Redeploy Illinois-eligible youth 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 82.00% 60.00%
External Benchmarks
National birth rate of women ages 15 - 17 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.50% 5.60%
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Redeploy Illinois cost per youth served (average per capita) (in dollars) $ 6,500.00 $ 5,670.00 $ 6,500.00 $ 11,198.61 $ 9,072.86
CCBYS cost per youth served (average per capita) (in dollars) $ 4,100.00 $ 4,167.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 3,416.00 $ 4,310.00

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