The Youth Justice Board (YJB) published the report Evaluation of the Youth Inclusion Programme - Phase 2 on Monday (10 November).
YIPs were established in 2000 across deprived areas of England and Wales to engage with the "core" 50 young people thought to be at risk of offending in each area.
The independent evaluation covers the projects from April 2003 to April 2006 and found that it reached 82 per cent of the programme's core young people.
Additionally, there was a 66 per cent drop in the average offending rate for the targeted group of young people.
However, the programmes fell short of engaging all core young people for the target of five hours a week.
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