​“I give to AYC because it gave me my career.  Volunteering at AYC confirmed that I wanted to go to law school and I know I would not be a practicing attorney in the 4th largest city in America had AYC not existed." 

-Jeff Watters, AYC alum, supporter, and volunteer. 

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Anchorage Youth Court's Fall Giving Campaign kicks off October 15! 
Donate today and support your local youth.
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Friends,
Thank you for being valuable supporters of Anchorage Youth Court. Join us by helping us raise our $150,000 goal to continue the work of Anchorage Youth Court by December 1st 2020. 
We're not letting the pandemic stop us! We're still offering new member classes, trainings, and mentorships (online); and we're accepting cases, holding virtual sentencing hearing, and providing community service opportunities (both live and online). 
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,
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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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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.