Models for Change
The MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change (MfC) Initiative awarded the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) with funding to create the National Resource Center for Juvenile Prosecutors (NRCJP). Models For Change is a multi-state initiative working to guide and accelerate advances to make juvenile justice systems more fair, effective, rational and developmentally appropriate.
As a member of the National Resource Bank, a network of MfC’s partners and allies in their initiatives, CJJR is focused on supporting the active participation of prosecutors associated with the MfC.
This support includes providing training and technical assistance to prosecutors, providing outreach on MfC reform efforts, lending a prosecutorial voice when necessary, and serving as a convener.
CJJR holds two annual events that are focused on providing both on-site and web-based trainings along with technical assistance on key policy and program areas to the prosecutors involved in the MfC. The prosecutors considered to attend the events are selected by CJJR and the MfC.
Annual Events
Annual Events
The Juvenile Prosecutors Leadership Network (JPLN) is a peer-learning and support group for juvenile justice prosecutors dedicated to system reform. The group meets annually for two days to discuss issues such as alternatives to formal processing, deinstitutionalization and community based alternatives, transition and aftercare practices, and strategies to undertake significant reform nationwide. At the event, each member is expected to strengthen peer support through networking opportunities and share lessons learned from ongoing reform efforts within their respective jurisdictions. Membership in the network is invite-only.
The Juvenile Prosecutors Learning Collaborative
The Juvenile Prosecutors Learning Collaborative
The Juvenile Prosecutors Learning Collaborative (JPLC) is an intensive two-day training and education program for juvenile court prosecutors. CJJR nominates up to 14 prosecutors from across the nation to participate in the learning collaborative. The JPLC utilizes guidance provided by the JPLN, as well as the MfC’s expansive network of experts within the National Resource Bank to develop a curriculum with cutting-edge information that is useful to the daily work of prosecutors.