Mission

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform supports and educates leaders across systems of care to advance a balanced, multi-system approach to improving outcomes for, and promoting the positive development of, youth at risk of juvenile justice involvement...Read More

Our Work

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform currently works with jurisdictions nationwide to help them better translate knowledge on “what works” into everyday practice and policy. The Center provides on and off-site training, networking opportunities, webinars and more to help state and local agencies develop and implement system improvement efforts…Read More

Meet the Staff

Jill Adams
Deputy Director, Certificate Programs

Jill Adams is the Deputy Director of Certificate Programs at CJJR, overseeing and continuously expanding the Center's portfolio of multi-system trainings in response to the needs of the child-serving field....Read more

Shay Bilchik
Founder and Director Emeritus

Shay Bilchik is a Research Professor and the founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University......Read more

Amber Farn
Senior Research Associate

Amber Farn joined CJJR as a Research Associate in April 2015. In her current role as Senior Research Associate, she works as part of the Certificate Program team to assist local jurisdictions develop local reform efforts and manages the CJJR Fellows Network...Read more

1528 Leaders. 1275 Fellows. 433 Teams. 320 Local Reform Efforts. 43 Certificate Programs. 49 States & DC. 7 Countries.

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform supports the development of leaders in juvenile justice and related systems of care through our Certificate Programs. We help them achieve better outcomes for the young people in their care by assisting in the implementation or improvement of a diverse range of juvenile justice reform initiatives that address racial disparities and disproportionality, multi-system collaboration, social service improvement, statutory and court reform, and many other issues. The leaders we train come from across the United States and all over the world, including American Samoa, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Cameroon, Puerto Rico, Red Lake Nation, St. Lucia, and Thailand.

You're Invited! Registration is Now Open for the 2020 Janet Reno Forum

Posted February 18, 2020

Registration is now open for the 2020 Janet Reno Forum! Join us at Georgetown University as we at CJJR celebrate and reflect upon 10 years of our Crossover Youth Practice Model. Sponsored by Casey Family…Read more

Webinar: Communications Strategies Around Family First

Posted December 06, 2019

Join us on December 12th at 1:00 pm EST for a free webinar that will explore communications strategies around implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act. The webinar,…Read more

Supporting LGBTQ Youth
April 20-24, 2020

The Supporting the Well-Being of System-Involved LGBTQ Youth Certificate Program is designed to help juvenile justice, child welfare, and other system partners target and improve outcomes for at-risk LGBTQ youth....Read more

Length of Stay Policy Academy
March 23-26, 2020

A key reason that jurisdictions struggle to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice system is that the most common disposition—probation—remains largely unexamined and unchanged. Probation is often the default disposition for many youth whose needs could have otherwise been met through diversion or other non-probation responses. Once on probation, youth frequently face a litany of rules and orders disconnected from the offense and the goal of recidivism reduction...Read more

School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways
February 24-27, 2020

The School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways Certificate Program is designed to provide school and district staff, court professionals, law enforcement, and other child-serving community leaders with the knowledge and understanding necessary to address the immediate and long term needs of students known to, or at risk of entering, the juvenile justice system. ...Read more