- Conviction rate for FOIA youth is 18%, dramatically lower than comparable
programs and the Department of Correction.
- Number of youth (men and women) enrolled in program -- 300
- Number of office visits -- 1,250
- GIIFT Pack presentations -- 32 (reaching over
2,000 youth)
- GED enrollment -- 60
IX: Some Media Coverage | Youths wait turn to speak at 1996 funder. |
A. Print
- The New York Daily News -- September 16, 1993
“They’ve Got a Friend”
- The New York Daily News -- January 20, 1994
“Outside Now They Teach Rikers Reality”
- Visual Merchandising Magazine -- June 1994
- Newsday -- July 19, 1995
“Teens Out of Prison”
- Gannett Suburban Newspapers -- February 22, 1996
“Vacco Proposes Methods to Control Juvenile Crime”
- Community & Economic Development -- June 1998
“You’ve Got a Friend in ‘Friends’”
- The New York Daily News -- December 8, 1999
“Laying a Solid Foundation”
- The New York Times -- December 8, 1999
“Charity Group Recalls John Kennedy, Jr.”
- New York Magazine -- June 12, 2000
Cited twice in article entitled, “The Green Team”
B. Television
- Channel 11 News -- December 8, 1999
- Channel 7 (ABC) 20/20 -- December 29, 2000
This extraordinary, in-depth piece covered the FOIA program services
and highlighted the accomplishments of two youth members, Marc Washington
and Richard McClain. This generated many requests for duplication
information.
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