​ "My time volunteering at AYC gave me invaluable experiences and life skills that certainly contribute to my success today. I am proud to give to AYC because I know first-hand the impact it makes on the Anchorage community and all of the youth who participate --- members and defendants alike. I encourage you to support AYC during this giving season.”

 - Ted Madsen, AYC alum and supporter.

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The 2021 Gift of Giving Campaign has begun!

Unfortunately, the pandemic has definitely impacted our fundraising. We therefore ask you, our loyal friends and supporters, to help Anchorage Youth Court continue to thrive and serve our community for many years to come. Please consider making an annual, or better yet, a monthly gift.

Your gift to Anchorage Youth Court will help educate and connect youth, while holding juvenile offenders accountable by their peers.

​Anchorage Youth Court saves our court system money by providing restorative justice to local youth, while engaging youth in community service. With thousands of alumni across the country, we are proud to have pioneered youth courts in Alaska.

If you have contributed recently - we thank you!

Sincerely, Anchorage Youth Court Annual Giving Committee
Volunteers Matt Peterson, Lars Johnson, Alysyn Thibault, and Mike Sims

Donate to Anchorage Youth Court

Thank you for supporting AYC!  Your support makes a positive difference in many lives of young Alaskans on both sides of the law. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. 

Mail checks to:
Anchorage Youth Court
838 W 34th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Please contact us at 907-274-5986 for additional information.  AYC Tax ID # 92-0129615

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Want to leave a leadership gift?
Here are examples of installment options!

• $1000 gift could be 12 month installments of $83.33 or quarterly installments of $250
•  $500 gift could be 12 month installments of $41.66 or quarterly installments of $125

THINKING OF LEAVING A LEGACY GIFT?

MORE ABOUT PLANNED GIVING HERE

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We are now a community partner at FashionPact, a secondhand shop right here in Anchorage. Everything in the store costs $5 and $2 goes back to a local nonprofit or charity of your choice!
We encourage you to choose AYC when donating or shopping. 
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FashionPact is open 11-7, Tues-Sat at 
575 Ingra St. 

AYC's Contributions To Our Community

Impact on Young Offenders: 
AYC’s one-year re-referral rate was 16 percent, while that of a comparison group of juvenile defendants who committed offenses similar to those of youth court participants and received informal probation was 39 percent. (Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Anchorage Youth Court, McDowell Group, 2014, pg 1)

If just two individuals each year avoid ever having a criminal record as a result of their AYC participation, then the annual benefit in additional wages is $232,000. If AYC diverts four youth each year from ever having a criminal record, this results in an annual benefit of $464,000. (McDowell, 2014, p. 22)

Impact on Youth Volunteers: 
Participation in AYC fosters important academic and life-skills advancement for both youth volunteers and defendants. (McDowell, 2014, p. 2)
Even without considering AYC’s effects on crime, the cost of AYC compares favorably with that of Anchorage School District activities such as cheerleading, debate, drama, and many team sports. Student participation levels for youth court and many school activities are similar. (McDowell, 2014, p. 3)

Economic Impacts: 
The reduction in crime attributable to AYC, together with the quantifiable benefits not related to crime reduction, add up to an estimated net economic benefit (over and above the cost of the program) of between $185,450 and $417,450 per year. (McDowell, 2014, p. 2)

Excluding the benefit to the State of Alaska and to individuals who move away from Anchorage, the quantifiable average annual benefit to the Anchorage community alone from AYC operations is $198,800 in savings in the cost of crime plus $80,450 in the value of adult and youth volunteer time and defendant community-service time, for a total annual benefit of $279,250. (McDowell, 2014, p. 3)

Information taken from the McDowell Group Cost Benefit Analysis of the Anchorage Youth Court.