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Municipalities continue to see the benefits and cost savings that STSJP can bring to their local strategy to serve youth who are at risk of and/or come into contact with the juvenile justice system. OCFS encourages all municipalities to submit an STSJP plan for the upcoming program year.
Form
Use the following form to complete your municipality’s STSJP Annual Plan for PY 2023-2024. For additional guidance, please keep reading below.
- OCFS-2121, Supervision and Treatment Services for Juveniles Program (STSJP) Annual Plan for Program Year 2024-2025
- OCFS-2121.2, Supervision and Treatment Services for Juveniles Program (STSJP) Annual Plan Addendum
Use the following resources and information to assist you in completing the STSJP Annual Plan for PY 2024-2025.
- Tip Sheet: Completing the Supervision and Treatment Services for Juveniles Program (STSJP) Annual Plan
- Slidedeck: Completing the Annual Plan Webinar
- STSJP 2024-25 Funding Calculator
E-mail the completed form to OCFS via the STSJP mailbox: stsjp@ocfs.ny.gov.
Collaboration
Executive Law § 529-b requires participating municipalities to engage in a collaborative effort to support the successful planning and administration of STSJP-funded programs. To achieve this, OCFS recommends that there be a standing committee of STSJP stakeholders.
The STSJP plan must be developed in collaboration with the local social services districts, departments of probation, youth bureaus, local law enforcement, as well as with courts, service providers, schools, and youth development programs. Family, youth and community feedback should also be included during plan development.
Designating a Lead Agency
The chief executive/administrative official must designate a lead agency to plan and administer the Supervision and Treatment Services for Juveniles Program if the municipality elects to participate in STSJP. Which entity should administer services - probation or the local department of social services (LDSS)?
- Local probation departments and social services districts fulfill distinct functions but overlap in the populations they serve and may provide similar services.
- Local governments are best equipped to examine their own individual needs and resources in determining how to develop new plans to meet populations that may interface with either the probation department or the LDSS. To this end, New York law already provides local governments with the ability to designate either the local probation department or social services district as the lead agency for specified services, including: PINS diversion, detention and STSJP.
- Local governments are strongly encouraged to work collaboratively with their own local agencies in the development of their STSJP and RTA plans to determine how to best meet the service needs in their communities.
Application Guidelines
Executive Law § 529-b requires municipalities to address the following components in their STSJP plans:
- An analysis identifying the communities that have the greatest numbers of juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision in detention or residential placements. OCFS also requires municipalities to examine community needs related to juvenile offenders, adolescent offenders and youthful offenders as part of the STSJP plan development.
- The name of each service and program proposed for funding through STSJP; its provider; the communities and types of youth to be served by the program; and the projected number of youth that will be served.
- A description of any racial or ethnic disproportionality in detention or residential placements, and a description of how proposed services/programs will address it.
- A description of how each proposed service and program will reduce detention or residential placements, how it is family-focused, and whether it is capable of being replicated in multiple sites.
- A description of the demonstrated effectiveness of the proposed service/program, or other justification of why it is proposed for funding.
- Projected performance outcomes, including estimates of anticipated reductions in detention or residential placements, and other positive outcomes for the youth participating in each service/ program.
- Information from the preceding year for which the county received STSJP funding on the number of youth who received services, and whether projected performance outcomes were achieved.
Please see the Municipality Planning Resources page for data and information that will assist you in addressing these requirements.