The Community Leaders Roundtable of Seattle

Choose freedom: Choose freedom is our program for youth at risk of incarceration and gun violence engagement. Service accomplishments for Choose freedom in 2022 included adding a full-time case manager to serve graduates of Choose freedom programming, ensuring all program participants have access to long-term mentorship and resource connection to avoid future gun violence engagement and reduce recidivism. We also launched programming at 2 local youth detention facilities, echo glen and king county juvenile detention center. Approximately 190 individuals were served through Choose freedom in 2022.

Aftercare success coaching (case management): service accomplishments for aftercare in 2022 included expanding to 3 full-time case managers, completing a resource list of Community resources for outside referrals, and distributing $90,478 in rental assistance and other basic needs to participants and their families. Objectives and long-term goals for aftercare in 2022 were to offer long-term mentorship and resource connection to all participants in need of support. Approximately 170 individuals engaged in aftercare services in 2022.

School-based diversion (sbd): service accomplishments for sbd in 2022 included tripling engagement by partnering with a new school district, increasing The number of school partners and launching activities to increase engagement and youth self-referrals, as well as promoting our program offering of comprehensive support for youth at risk of suspension and expulsion to school staff and administrators. A significant long-term goal for this program that was met in 2022 was launching programming with a 2nd school district partner, Seattle public schools, which brought The number of partnering schools from 6 to 10. Approximately 200 individuals engaged in sbd programming in 2022, and 80% of participants who participated in our post-program survey reported that they have learned skills to be successful in school including change in mindset, focusing on goals, time management, and focusing with clear priorities.

Other program accomplishments include The below:advocacy: The advocacy service accomplishments for 2022 include The completion of our 2nd year of The youth and young adult advocacy program, a paid training program for young people impacted by The criminal legal system. 2022 objectives included overseeing The development of a youth steering committee to center youth voices in advocacy priorities, participation in coalition building with other local organizations, participant exposure to legislative processes including youth advocacy day at The state capitol. Approximately 45 individuals were served through The advocacy program in 2022.counseling: service accomplishments for counseling in 2022 included launching expressive arts therapy, which added a 2nd full-time counselor to our team, enabling us to serve double The number of counseling participants as previous years, as well as launching group counseling. Together The counselors offer 3 types of services: 1-on-1 talk therapy, expressive art therapy, and group therapy cohorts, all free to participants. Objective and long-term goals for The counseling program in 2022 included: adding a 2nd therapist, who is bipoc and specializes in expressive arts therapy, launching weekly group counseling sessions, strengthen partnership with local public schools to offer additional mental health support for students, continue offering free counseling to participants in other Choose 180 programs. 54 young people engaged in Choose 180 counseling services in 2022.restorative Community pathways (rcp) is a diversion alternative that was launched in 2021 by a collective of youth service organizations to offer youth Community care in lieu of criminalization. Service accomplishments for rcp in 2022 included completion of The rcp program design, a community-centered process endorsed by The king county prosecuting attorney's office, king county executives' office and king county council. Objective and long-term goals for rcp in 2022 included The successful completion of The pilot year of programming, diverting over 300 young people from The court system across The consortium. 91% of participants report being satisfied with services, 90% had their basic needs met with rcp support and 90% reported increased connection and positive identity development. Approximately 80 individuals were served by Choose 180 rcp staff in 2022.summer entrepreneurship internship program: service accomplishments for The 2022 paid summer program include successful completion of our 3rd year of summer programming, a 7-week paid summer program training youth in business development that ended with a shark-tank style presentation with bipoc local business owners serving as judges. This year also saw The completion of a service project arm of The program in which youth learned from scientists measuring tree death in seward park, resulting in a report identifying The source of tree death and making recommendations. Objective and long-term goals of The summer internship program in 2022 included participant engagement with various bipoc owned businesses in The Seattle area, strengthening relationships for students to pitch business ideas and receive entrepreneurial and financial support. 12 participants engaged in The summer internship program in 2022. Teaching and advancement: teaching and advancement (ta) is a team that launched in 2021 to train and support other interested communities nationwide to offer similar services as Choose 180 offers in king county. The most significant service accomplishment in 2022 was partnering with walmart to offer trainings to 5 cities nationally in school-based restorative practices. Ta also began a federal research and development contract to partner with a snohomish county juvenile legal system reform organization and conduct asset mapping and Community listening sessions with The goal of launching juvenile court diversion in snohomish county. The objective and long-term goals of ta are to offer Choose 180 insights to different cities to collaborative formation of diversion programs throughout different geographic areas; with The purpose of increasing diversion efforts to support young people as alternative to incarceration.young adult court diversion: 2022 was our 6th year offering young adult court diversion to youth ages 18-24 in partnership with The city of Seattle prosecuting attorney's office. Service accomplishments this year included 96 diversion workshops completed to individuals who would otherwise face a court case, and connecting participants after workshop completion with additional support through individual case management and counseling. Objective and long-term goals this year included expanding our definition of "comprehensive care" for program participants, who can engage in a variety of free, and even paid program opportunities focused on crisis deescalation, goal setting, violence prevention, mental health support, and basic needs. 92% of young adult court diversion participants do not reengage with The court system within a year of engagement of The program.