Good News for the Youth Intervention Program by Scott Beaty, YIPA's Executive Director

Earlier this month the Governor signed the 2010-2011 biennium budget balancing bill that contained language for the Youth Intervention Program (YIP). The language in the bill protected the YIP from funding reduction in 2010 and limited the amount the MN Department of Public Safety could cut the funding in 2011 to no more than 1.5%.

On Friday I received some very good news from Tricia Hummel from the Office of Justice Programs within Public Safety. Below is what she wrote:

Good morning, Scott;

Finally I am able to provide an update on the legislative budget cuts…. I think you’ll be pleased with the outcome.

As you are aware, OJP was given a $445,000 one-time cut in fiscal year 2010 and additional $902,000 in fiscal year 2011, which will be a cut to our base. Legislation again limited the cuts to crime victims and youth intervention programs.

The cuts we must make will come out of the community crime prevention program, not the YIP program.

Thanks for all your work at the legislature, Scott. I’d say it’s definitely made a difference!

Tricia

This means that YIP grant funding will not be cut for the remainder of this year or in 2011! If you have any questions about the Youth Intervention Program and its funding, please feel free to email me at jsbeaty@comcast.net.

Scott