Studies often focus on individual effects and outcomes to analyze whether rehabilitation programs are effective at reducing recidivism. This is an important area of study; however, research has not focused on analyzing how rehabilitation programs can impact entire communities through an overall reduction in juvenile crime. This study aims to address how the use of, access to, and funding of community-based rehabilitation programs can impact juvenile crime rates by analyzing data collected for each county in North Carolina over a five-year span through the use of a fixed effects model. These findings were not statistically significant; however, they still provide insight into how community-based rehabilitation programs are more effective than incarceration and residential programs. They also offer insight into how the disproportionate allocation of funding for community programs throughout the state can impact juvenile crime rates. This study provides a basis for future research to continue to develop these findings both in North Carolina and in other states throughout the United States.