Overview presentation on SNAP (Stop Now and Plan) impact investing initiative by Leena Augemieri, Director, Scientific and Program Development, Child Development Institute, Stop Now and Plan (SNAP).

1. MaRS Social Finance Forum
Dr. Leena K. Augimeri
November 2012
“SNAP is the best available ‘state-of-the-art’ evidence-based program in the world for
under 12 offenders.”
(Dr. David Farrington, OBE, Cambridge University, UK – world renowned research criminologist)

2. The Issue
• 1 in 5 children/youth under 19
suffer with mental health issues
• Aggression, Bullying, Violence...
• More than 153,000 young
people were accused of a crime
in 2010 (Stats Canada, 2011)
• Over 16,000 will have started
their criminal career before the
age of 12 costing society $24 to
$104 billion

3. The Pathway
Strong evidence shows that there are ‘seven years of warning’
before a juvenile becomes a serious, violent offender.
Age 7: Minor problems
Age 9.5: Moderate
serious problems
Age 11.9: Serious
delinquency offences
Age 14.5: Serious violent
offences

4. The Solution
STOP NOW AND PLAN (SNAP®)
“The most fully developed intervention to date for child delinquents”
(Howell, 2001 & 2003)
Teaching children
how to...
STOP AND THINK
BEFORE THEY ACT &
COME UP WITH
EFFECTIVE
SOLUTIONS TO THEIR
PROBLEMS

5. SNAP® (Stop Now And Plan)
The SNAP® Model is a framework for effectively teaching children and their parents:
emotion regulation self-control problem-solving skills
Achieved Through:
Weekly SNAP Groups for Children and Parents
SNAP® Individual Counseling —work on individual goals
Community Connections —community supports & recreation
SNAP® Family Counseling
SNAP® School Support / Advocacy
Girls Growing Up Healthy Group —relationship development
SNAP® Parent Problem-Solving Group —continued care
SNAP® Leaders in Training —continued skill development
and job skills (children/youth)
TAPP-C (Arson Prevention Program)
Home Work Club / Academic Tutoring
Overarching Goal:
To keep children in school and out of trouble.

6. The Evidence
27 years of rigorous research achieving the highest standard of scientific and clinical excellence
Changing the Developing Brain in Without Intervention 75%
just 12 weeks: WILL REOFFEND
With SNAP only 32%
Teaching it to Stop and Think MAY REOFFEND
Awarded Highest Designations for a Crime
Pre SNAP Prevention Program in Effectiveness / Quality /
Achievement
• Public Safety Canada’s National Crime
Prevention Centre
• Child Welfare League of Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada
Post SNAP • U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention
• U.S. White House’s Helping America’s Youth
Initiative
• U.S. Department of Justices’ Crime Solutions

7. Our Reach: Canada & the World
• 92 sites
worldwide
• 4,000
children/yr

8. Why SNAP®
Your INVESTMENT will create happier, healthier Cost Savings
Increases
children & families and safer communities exponentially
Direct Cost Savings In:
Policing Probation Health Cost Mental Health
Cost
Custody
Security School
Incarceration Resources Victim Costs
$ 6.5 million
Response to Anticipation of Result of
Crime Crime Crime
Recent estimates for male offenders $ 1.1–2.5 million
between the ages of 12 and 21

9. The Savings: Financial & Social
Public Safety Canada demonstrated that SNAP as an early intervention model
had the greatest potential criminal career cost savings (2011)
Conservative estimate: future costs of a criminal career
if no intervention takes place = $1,143,604
#1: SNAP (under 11 yrs):
$1.137 million (savings/youth)
#2: Youth Inclusion Programs
(11 – 14 yrs): $946k
#3: Multi-Systemic Therapy
(15 – 17 yrs): $618k

10. SNAP’s First
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
New SNAP Implementation in Alberta
Investment in SNAP is only $5,000 - $8,000 per child
Return on Investment
• Year 1: $1 = $7.55
• Year 3: $1 = $16.66

11. The Plan
• By 2017 with the appropriate resources
and support we will reach over 23,000
children per year
• SNAP to be a WORLD RENOWNED PROGRAM OF CHOICE
for agencies, schools and communities.
• SNAP to become a self sustaining social innovation with
high impact, reach, growth and durability (with targeted
and universal applicability).
– SNAP Centre for Research and Social Innovation

12. The Challenge
• Convincing investors that targeted early intervention programs
yield the greatest financial returns over time
– Reducing school, health, mental health, crime costs and increasing
employment opportunities and productivity
• Determining where to invest our energy and time
⁻ Targeted versus Universal applications: SNAP Boys/ Girls, SNAP for Schools, SNAP for
Youth in Custody, SNAP for Aboriginal Communities
⁻ New markets
• Operating a sustainable revenue generating department within a
not-for-profit agency

13. Success Stories