PayBack

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PayBack works in partnership with Metropolitan St. Louis Area Family Courts to help children, their families, and our community break the cycle of juvenile delinquency. Our goal is to fund and administer restorative justice programs for youth offenders and victims by raising restitution funds, locating job sites, and restoring the youth's sense of self through personal accountability, community service, and job skills.

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Short-sighted federal cuts to juvenile justice programs will only succeed in driving up the crime rate: more victims, more career criminals, more jails, more cost to taxpayers
An extremist ideology that demands we lock 'em all up and throw away the key ignores facts. Early intervention with juvenile offenders cuts crime. It keeps young offenders from becoming adult criminals. It keeps the public safer. Period.

DOJ Funding Update: A Deeper Look at the Cuts - Council on Criminal Justice This report from CCJ Senior Fellow Amy Solomon examines April 2025 funding cuts from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and their implications on public safety, trust in government, and inefficiency and waste.