PayBack

12/07/2025

We're looking for volunteers to help with grant research & policy, data collection & impact reporting, and outreach & community engagement. Apply using the link below to help PayBack Inc. today!

https://www.paybackinc.org/volunteeropportunities

10/18/2025

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10/11/2025

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PayBack works in partnership with Metropolitan St. Louis Area Family Courts to help children, their families, and our community break the cycle of juvenile delinquency. Our goal is to fund and administer restorative justice programs for youth offenders and victims by raising restitution funds, locating job sites, and restoring the youth's sense of self through personal accountability, community service, and job skills.

https://www.paybackinc.org/donate

05/15/2025

Short-sighted federal cuts to juvenile justice programs will only succeed in driving up the crime rate: more victims, more career criminals, more jails, more cost to taxpayers
An extremist ideology that demands we lock 'em all up and throw away the key ignores facts. Early intervention with juvenile offenders cuts crime. It keeps young offenders from becoming adult criminals. It keeps the public safer. Period.

This report from CCJ Senior Fellow Amy Solomon examines April 2025 funding cuts from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and their implications on public safety, trust in government, and inefficiency and waste.

05/08/2025

There are a few hours left for GIVE STL DAY. Please consider giving to help PayBack continue the juvenile justice program we've run in the St. Louis area since 1983. We're 100% supported by the generosity of the St. Louis community.
We keep juvenile offenders from re-offending. And it's folks like you who keep us running.
For more, go to PayBackInc.org
And thank you.

05/08/2025

GIVE STL DAY is a day to support PayBack's innovative juvenile justice programs, serving St. Louis for 42 years. 80% of the young first-time offenders who go through our program never re-offend. Please give. And thanks!

05/08/2025

Today is GIVE STL DAY.
Please give to help PayBack continue its 42 year-old mission of helping cut crime and pay back crime victims.
Since 1983, working with the Family Courts of metro St Louis, we've funded non-profit jobs for young first-time offenders.
The money they earn pays restitution to their victims. The young offenders learn lessons in personal responsibility. And 80% of them never end up back in court.
Donate here
http://www.givestlday.org/organization/Payback
Or use the QR code below.
Thanks!

05/07/2025

Give STL Day is tomorrow, May 8. You can give early, and help PayBack keep first-time juvenile offenders from becoming career criminals.
We've been 100% supported by donations from the St Louis community since 1983. We fund non-profit jobs for young first-time offenders, and use that money to pay back their victims. 80% of the juveniles who go through the PayBack program never re-offend.
You can give here
http://www.givestlday.org/organization/Payback
or use the QR code below. To know more about us,
www.paybackinc.org
Thank you!

05/06/2025

The Dept. of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice has suddenly terminated $70 million in federal grants to juvenile justice programs. This is devastating programs aimed at cutting crime by early intervention.
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https://imprintnews.org/justice/juvenile-justice-2/trump-delivers-massive-blow-to-youth-justice-programs/26077

PayBack does exactly this sort of work, but without one penny from any government agency. 100% of our funding since 1983 has come through the generosity of the St. Louis community.

We find non-profit jobs for young first-time offenders. Our donations fund those jobs, working with the Family Courts in metro StL. The money is then used to pay back the victims. Juvenile offenders learn lessons in personal responsibility, victims are paid restitution, and 80% of the juveniles who go through the PayBack program never re-offend.

Give STL Day is Thursday May 8. Early giving, though, is open. To donate and learn more, go to PayBackInc.org. You can also use the QR code below to donate through the St Louis Community Foundation's Give STL Day.

Thank you

05/02/2025

Since 1983, PayBack has worked with Family Courts in the St. Louis metro to cut juvenile crime.
PayBack uses donations to fund non-profit jobs for young first-time offenders. The money they earn is used to pay back their victims.
The juveniles learn lessons in personal responsibility. The victims get restitution. And 80% of the under-18's who go through the PayBack program never re-offend.
We are 100% supported by donations from the generous people of the St. Louis region
Early giving is open for Give STL Day. You can use the QR code below to donate.
To learn more, go to PayBackInc.org.
Thank you.