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 joined CJJR in March 2014. In her current role as Deputy Director of Certificate Programs, she oversees the operation and expansion of CJJR's Certificate Programs, including the development of...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

Kristen Furdyna
Project Coordinator

Kristen Furdyna joined CJJR as a Project Coordinator in November 2015. As a member of CJJR's Certificate Program Team, Kristen is responsible for the planning and coordination for Certificate Programs as well as marketing and outreach efforts....Read more

1204 Leaders. 860 Fellows. 384 Teams. 260 Local Reform Efforts. 37 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.

Spotlight: Youth Engagement Webinar

Posted August 22, 2019

Register now for our webinar on September 18th at 2:30pm ET, featuring youth & Harris County Youth Collective staff who helped create true partnerships and meaningful collaboration that helped…Read more

A Roadmap to the Ideal Juvenile Justice System

Posted August 05, 2019

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform is proud to present its newest publication, “A Roadmap to the Ideal Juvenile Justice System.” Authored by Tim Decker, in collaboration with the…Read more

Reducing Racial & Ethnic Disparities
March 25-29, 2019

This program is designed to support local jurisdictions in their efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in their juvenile justice systems. It seeks to reduce over-representation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system, disparate treatment of youth of ...Read more