Project Kent Integrated Resettlement Support
Funding £125,000 a year from the Youth Justice Board (up to the end of March)
Purpose To reduce the chance of reoffending among young people who have been in custody
Background The national reoffending rate among young offenders released from custody remains at around 75 per cent within a year of release.
In September 2009, Kent Youth Offending Service initiated its Integrated Resettlement Support (IRS) scheme to reduce reconviction rates by supporting young people to make the move from prison back to normal life.
Action Two co-ordinators cover the county and start working with young offenders before their release, including sorting out issues such as providing ID for a bank account. The service works with around 60 young people a year aged 14 to 18. Most are young men aged 16 or 17 who have been released from Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution.
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