Troubled Kids

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Pennsylvania calls on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and local units of government to provide resources to identify troubled children and teens as early as possible, intervene, and provide them and their parents with the training necessary to help them avoid crime. Many youths who are already involved in crime can become productive citizens with the right help, yet proven programs are scarcely available that provide the parents or foster parents of violent juvenile offenders with effective tools to better control the children's behavior. Research shows that repeat arrests of youths in Functional Family Therapy, Multisystemic Therapy and Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care have been cut by as much as half compared to the re-arrest rate of youths not receiving this help. 

Because research shows that 40 percent of school bullies had three or more criminal convictions as adults, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids supports legislation that would require school districts to implement proven anti-bullying programs.