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Youth-on-staff assaults and altercations with injury rate in detention (per 100 total ADP)
Provide custody and care of youth in secure and safe detention and placement facilities while providing casework services. — Assure that detention and placement facilities are safe and secure.
Youth-on-staff assault rates in detention roughly halved between Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2024 and have held steady since, despite the detention population nearly doubling over the same span. ACS credits the same safety measures it points to for falling youth-on-youth violence: expanded behavior-management training, on-site violence interrupters, and a dedicated de-escalation response team.
Researched July 15, 2026 — ACS, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report, ACS, Fiscal 2026 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| FY23 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| FY24 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| FY25 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| FY26 (YTD) | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Why this is tracked
Before 2012, New York City youth adjudicated as juvenile delinquents who didn't require secure confinement were often placed in New York State youth prisons far from home, facilities that cost over $200,000 per youth per year to run and had documented histories of dangerous and abusive practices, with more than 80% of released youth re-offending. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Close to Home legislation in March 2012, transferring custody of these youth from the state to ACS, which began operating non-secure facilities that fall. The goal was to keep young people connected to family, school, and community supports while still providing supervision and casework services, rather than warehousing them upstate.
NYC Opportunity - The Close to Home Initiative and Related Reforms, NYS Office of Children and Family Services - Close to Home
Source: Group Oriented Analysis of Leadership Strategies, Division of Policy Planning and Measurement/Office of Research and Analytics — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The number of reported instances of assaults and altercations on staff resulting in a physical injury. Calculated as the average number of instances per days in the reporting period, per 100 Average Daily Population during the reporting period.