Open City Advocates

Providing mentoring, legal defense, and systemic advocacy for youth after sentencing in DC's juvenile court.

• Delinquency Prevention

• 29.

Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators Inc

The Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators (CJJA) is a national organization to improve juvenile correctional services through leadership.

Legal Counsel for Youth and Children

Legal Counsel for Youth and Children (LCYC) protects the interests and safety of youth in Washington.

Choices4teens Mentoring Group

Choices4teens Mentoring Group is a community based after school group that empowers youth to expand and manage life choices toward achieving individual potential.

• Professional Societies & Associations

• 32.

Juvenile Justice Association of Texas

The Juvenile Justice Association of Texas is a professional association created to promote advocacy for Texas children by providing quality juvenile services through professional development, education and training, identifying legislative initiatives that can help to accomplish these goals, and by providing leadership to carry out these goals.

914United Inc

914United aims to uplift the youth and the justice-involved by exposing them to community resources, educating them through skills-development programming, and empowering them with 1:1 case management and mentorship services.

• Youth Development Programs

• 34.

FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC

An award-winning Bay Area nonprofit working to interrupt the pipeline to prison for youth.

• Law, International Law, and Jurisprudence

• 35.

SCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT INC

School Justice ProjectSJP is a legal services and advocacy organization serving older students with special education needs who are involved in DCs juvenile and criminal legal systems.

• Student Services and Organizations

• 36.

Youth Transforming Justice

YOUTH TRANSFORMING JUSTICE Ending the schooltoprison pipeline through peerdriven restorative and traumainformed solutions 8 to 22 Billion of taxpayer money is spent on incarcerating youth 40 Increase of adults who were confined in detention centers as youth arrested for all felony charges 74 DROP in suspensions from school after implementation of restorative justice practices in student discipline 24 Decrease in chronic absenteeism after implementing restorative justice practices in schools.