• "You are well organized and professional and provide a high level of accountability in the use of public funds. The return on the public investment for your services is outstanding."
  -Director, Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Services
• "It's one of my favorite programs, and I'd like to make it available to all first-time non violent felony offenders."
  -Judge Raymond Davilla, Jr.
• "...the benefit to our youth is they can become better judges of their own behavioral choices to make better life decisions."
  -FLY Parent
• "These are mostly kids without fathers, whose mothers work... the probation officer can change, the judges can change, but the one person who doesn't change is the FLY mentor."
  -Judge Eugene M. Hyman
• "[Students] have told me that they have learned more in their fourteen weeks in the FLY Program than in an entire year at regular school."
  -High School Principal

At FLY, it isn't enough to just 'do good'. Our focus is on delivering measurable benefits. Every dollar invested in FLY delivers a 10 to 1 savings to taxpayers. In other words, we are a highly cost-effective nonprofit organization that saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year. Some statistics to consider:

• It costs $71,000 to incarcerate one youth for one year. FLY's most expensive program costs $7,000 per year.
• 3 months of incarceration costs $21,150. The equivalent time spent in a FLY program costs only a $1,000.

Our cost effectiveness is the result of an approach that focuses on delivering guidance, education and emotional support, often using fully-trained, non-paid volunteers, including youth graduates of our programs. The focus is on building skills that a troubled youth needs in order to be able to handle life challenges. We are not burdened with housing, security, meals and other costly expenses.