With support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Center for Coordinated Assistance to States (CCAS) has awarded grants to four jurisdictions, providing them with the opportunity to participate in the seventh cohort of the Multi-System Collaboration Training and Technical Assistance (MSC-TTA) program. Each selected jurisdiction has exhibited a distinct level of […]

In October, CJJR’s Michael Umpierre delivered the keynote presentation at the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College’s conference entitled, “Unfinished Business: Juveniles & Justice.” Michael’s speech focused on juvenile justice reforms in the last two decades, including the forces that made the reforms possible. Held during Youth Juvenile Action Month, the […]

In September, CJJR held the School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways Certificate Program in partnership with American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ). The nine state and local teams came from the following jurisdictions:

The Honorable Cindy Lederman, Circuit Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Children’s Division, recently wrote an opinion piece in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange about the need for integrating research and evaluation into juvenile court policies and practice. In the piece titled, “Judges Need to Ask: How Do We Know These Programs […]

CJJR in partnership with leadership from Allegheny Co., PA; Lucas Co., OH; Prince George’s Co., MD and University of Maryland School of Social Work conducted a training session at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Training Institute held in Washington DC on July 25-28, 2018. The session was entitled Addressing the Behavioral Health and Other Needs […]

Earlier this year, CJJR established our Knowledge Lab, housed within the Center to serve as the nexus of CJJR’s research interests and projects. The Knowledge Lab will produce new resources designed to strengthen the connection between research, policy, and practice in the youth-serving field. We have created a brief survey to assess the field’s needs […]

CJJR in partnership with personnel from San Luis Valley, CO; Larimer County, CO; and the Colorado Office of Children, Youth, and Families conducted a workshop entitled Addressing the Needs of Crossover Youth in Colorado: Improving Collaboration to Enhance Youth Outcomes. The workshop explored the national research related to crossover youth (including data collected from Georgetown […]