CHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER

Our Mission: To create better lives for generations of children and youth by reforming the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

• Human Service Organizations

• 2.

Juvenile Justice Coalition

JJC is a non-profit organization that focuses on ending youth incarceration in Ohio.

• Delinquency Prevention

• 3.

Michigan Center for Youth Justice

Our vision is a fair & effective justice system for MI's children, youth, & young adults.

• Human Service Organizations

• 4.

Justice for Families Ltd

J4F works for justice reinvestment: directing gov't spending away from the hyper-incarceration of youth of color and toward investment in youth and families.

• Professional Societies & Associations

• 5.

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.

Epicenter Ministries

Rebuilding Texas families with children given extreme sentences in adult prisons because they are more than their worst mistake.

Sunset Youth Services

Sunset Youth Services’ mission is to foster long-term stability and growth for high-risk youth, young adults, and their families through caring relationships and supportive services.

• Youth Development Programs

• 8.

FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC

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

• Student Services and Organizations

• 9.

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.