• Conviction rate for FOIA youth is 18%, dramatically lower than comparable programs and the Department of Correction.
• Number of youth (men and women) enrolled in program --   300
• Number of office visits --   1,250
• GIIFT Pack presentations --    32  (reaching over 2,000 youth)
• GED enrollment --   60

IX: Some Media Coverage

Youths wait turn to speak at 1996 funder.

A.  Print

1. The New York Daily News -- September 16, 1993
    “They’ve Got a Friend”
2. The New York Daily News -- January 20, 1994
    “Outside Now They Teach Rikers Reality”
3. Visual Merchandising Magazine -- June 1994
4. Newsday -- July 19, 1995
    “Teens Out of Prison”
5. Gannett Suburban Newspapers -- February 22, 1996
    “Vacco Proposes Methods to Control Juvenile Crime”
6. Community & Economic Development -- June 1998
    “You’ve Got a Friend in ‘Friends’”
7. The New York Daily News -- December 8, 1999
    “Laying a Solid Foundation”
8. The New York Times -- December 8, 1999
    “Charity Group Recalls John Kennedy, Jr.”
9. New York Magazine -- June 12, 2000
    Cited twice in article entitled, “The Green Team”

B.  Television

• Channel 11 News -- December 8, 1999
• Channel 7 (ABC) 20/20 -- December 29, 2000
  This extraordinary, in-depth piece covered the FOIA program services and highlighted the accomplishments of two youth members, Marc Washington and Richard McClain.  This generated many requests for duplication information.