TEMPLATE
[Note: It is suggested to follow with the requested information pertinent to your community in this template. This helps the reader in understanding the context of the information and to assure all requirements have been met. Complete the Comprehensive Youth Services Plan Checklist when drafting the community plan to confirm all required statutory community plan components are incorporated into the plan. Refer to the companion Comprehensive Youth Services Plan Manual for guidance on completing this template and the community plan.] 
[Name]
Comprehensive Youth Services Plan
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2030
[If multi-county, must name all counties]
[Include month, day, year the plan covers]

   Prepared By: 		Name
   				Position
Address
Email

   Chair of Team: 		Name
   				Position
Address
Email

   Council/ Board Chair: 	Name
   				Position
Address
Email

Section I: Executive Summary
Instructions: This section should include the main issues facing the community and what activities will be prioritized to address these issues. Provide a brief (no more than two pages) summary of the crime/need analysis, priorities identified, and strategies to be put in place. 

Section II: Introduction
Community Team: Background, Formation, and Purpose
Description of Team: Provide a brief history of the establishment of the community team, including its role and responsibilities for supervising the preparation and administration of the 5-year community plan. 
Description of the Planning Process: Describe this plan’s 5-year plan process including information such as when planning began, how data were provided and who selected the data to collect and provide, number of planning meetings held and whether the entire committee was in attendance, how priorities were determined and how the strategies, objectives, and activities were developed.
List of Team Members/Contributors (title, address, phone numbers, email): Include which part of the system each member represents (i.e., courts, schools, health officials). See checklist for required membership. 
Community Description
Instructions: Provide a description of the county/counties/tribe (community), such as main transportation routes that run through the county/counties/tribe, main economies within the community (i.e. industry, farming, etc.), historic and natural attractions that affect the community (lakes, state parks, landmarks, etc.) and any other dynamics significant to the social and economic make-up of the community. Provide local data that demonstrates issues youth and families are facing in the community. Include racial and ethnic disparities. 

Statistical Summaries: Such as population, race/ethnic makeup of the community, age breakdown within community, socioeconomic data (household income, median income, primary industry, household earner’s education level and occupation, educational opportunities (i.e. number of schools, colleges, trade schools).

Identify Risk Factors: Discuss some known drivers behind increased risks for juvenile justice system involvement. Include the services needed to address these risk factors. Refer to the Comprehensive Youth Services Plan Plan Manual for a list of exaple Risk Factors and Indicators of Influence. 

Section III: Youth Crime Analysis and Needs
Instructions: Using the most recent data available, provide an analysis of the juvenile delinquency problems (youth crime) of the community. Describe the findings of your community’s youth crime analysis and identified delinquency prevention and intervention needs, including educational needs. Include a summary of local data at key decision points by race and ethnicity. The larger set of data used in this planning process can also be provided in an appendix which allows you to highlight only data relevant to your selected priorities in this section. Refer to the comprehensive youth services plan manual for additional information on completing this section.

Section IV: Services and Programs
*This section can be done in narrative or table format*

Available Services: Identify services available within the community. Include services such as diversion, detention, prevention programs, family support, and assessment. Refer to the checklist for the statutory required services that must be included. 

Close Proximity Services: Identify any services that are available within close proximity to the county/counties/tribe if they are not available within your community. Include the distance that would need to be traveled to attend these services.

Detention and Alternatives to Detention: Identify the detention and alternatives to detention that your community utilizes, including facilities and providers. If they are in other close proximity counties, please indicate this. Include the cost associated with the use of these providers, including transportation if that is a component.

Needed Programs: Identify those programs that are needed within the community that are not available in your county/counties/tribe or are in close proximity to your county/counties/tribe.

Coordination Plan: The coordination plan must include an enhancement, development, and expansion plan of community services within the county, counties, or region to help prevent delinquency by providing intervention services when behavior that leads to delinquency is first exhibited. Refer to the checklist for the statutory required services that must be included. 

Section V: Priorities and Strategies
*This section can be done in narrative format (example below) 
or table format (example on following page)*
Identify 3-5 priorities based on the analyses in Sections III and IV above.
Priority 1: 
Describe how the provision of this activity/service/project(s) meets an identified juvenile crime problem and/or juvenile justice and delinquency prevention need of the community or Indian Tribe based on the information provided in the crime analysis. 
Specifically, and concretely, describe how the project design and implementation steps will assist in achieving the stated priority and strategy(s).
Strategy 1A: 
Action steps, responsible party, timeline, resources needed, expected results, and measurements of impact: 
Strategy 1B: 
Action steps, responsible party, timeline, resources needed, expected results, and measurements of impact: 
Strategy 1C: 
Action steps, responsible party, timeline, resources needed, expected results, and measurements of impact: 
Anticipated outputs and outcomes of this priority and the associated strategies and activities/services/projects:
Priority 2: 
Describe how the provision of this activity/service/project(s) meets an identified juvenile crime problem and/or juvenile justice and delinquency prevention need of the community or Indian Tribe based on the information provided in the crime analysis. 
Specifically, and concretely, describe how the project design and implementation steps will assist in achieving the stated priority and strategy(s) and how this impact will be measured.
Strategy 2A: 
Action steps, responsible party, timeline, resources needed, expected results, and measurements of impact: 
Strategy 2B: 
Action steps, responsible party, timeline, resources needed, expected results, and measurements of impact: 
Strategy 2C: 
Action steps, responsible party, timeline, resources needed, expected results, and measurements of impact: 
Anticipated outputs and outcomes of this priority and the associated strategies and activities/services/projects:
(Continue as needed for each priority)

Priority Area #1:	
Strategies	Action Steps	Responsible Party	Timeline	Resources Needed	Expected Results	Measurements of Impact	

							

Priority Area #2:	
Strategies	Action Steps	Responsible Party	Timeline	Resources Needed	Expected Results	Measurements of Impact	

							

(Continue as needed for each priority)

Appendix
Examples
A.	Comprehensive Youth Services Plan Checklist
B.	Memorandum of Understanding 
C.	Approval Letter/minutes from County Board
D.	Youth Crime Systems Analysis 
E.	Other Appendix as identified by the community team