Below, you’ll find organizations with expertise related to community-based alternatives to the juvenile justice system. The list is not exhaustive but should be useful for those who wish to learn more.
Why We Need Alternatives
Adolescent Development
Models for Change
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Special expertise: adolescent development, aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, community-based alternatives, evidence-based practices, juvenile indigent defense, racial/ethnic fairness
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: adolescent development, diversion, family involvement, juvenile mental health, prevention, specialty treatment courts, systems of care
National Research Council
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Committee on Law and Justice
Committee on Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform
Harm to Youth from Incarceration and Formal Juvenile Justice System Processing
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Special expertise: diversion, detention alternatives, community-based alternatives, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
Justice Policy Institute
Special expertise: child welfare, detention and confinement reform, diversion, fiscal strategies, mental health, school-to-prison pipeline, trauma
How Do We Keep the Community Safe?
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Special expertise: diversion, detention alternatives, community-based alternatives, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
Models for Change
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Special expertise: adolescent development, aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, community-based alternatives, evidence-based practices, juvenile indigent defense, racial/ethnic fairness
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Special expertise: aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, systems of care, juvenile mental health court, prevention
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Special expertise: diversion, evidence-based practices
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Special expertise: diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention, specialty courts, truancy
What is Most Cost-Effective?
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP)
Special expertise: cost-effectiveness, diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention
Child Welfare
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (Georgetown)
Special expertise: systems of care, collaboration
Child Welfare League of America
Special Expertise: child welfare, Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative, mental health
National Center for Youth Law
Special expertise: child welfare, diversion, legal rights, community-based programs
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Special expertise: substance abuse, substance use disorders, child welfare
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Special expertise: family involvement, child welfare, Native American youth
Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps
Special Expertise: child welfare, cross-system collaboration, diversion
Diversion
Center for Children’s Law and Policy
Special expertise: detention reform, diversion, racial/ethnic fairness
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Special expertise: diversion
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: detention reform, diversion, prevention, status offenses
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
JDAI Help Desk
Special expertise: diversion, detention reform, racial/ethnic fairness
Juvenile Law Center
Special expertise: diversion, competency, confidentiality, due process, self-incrimination
Models for Change
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Special expertise: aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, evidence-based practices, juvenile indigent defense, prevention, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Special expertise: diversion, drug courts
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: adolescent development, diversion, family involvement, juvenile mental health, prevention, specialty treatment courts, systems of care
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Special expertise: aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, systems of care, juvenile mental health court, prevention
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Special expertise: diversion, legal rights, prevention, trauma, specialty courts
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Special expertise: diversion, evidence-based practices
National Juvenile Defender Center
Special expertise: access to counsel, diversion, legal rights, juvenile defense bar standards, training resources for juvenile defenders
National Juvenile Justice Network
Special expertise: comprehensive reform, diversion, prevention
Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers
Special expertise: aftercare, diversion, evidence-based practices, juvenile mental health, restorative justice
Reclaiming Futures
Special expertise: diversion, evidence-based practices
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Special expertise: diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention, specialty courts, truancy
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP)
Special expertise: cost-effectiveness, diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention
W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: diversion, racial fairness (DMC)
Evidence-based Practices
Advancing Evidence Based Practice
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (Georgetown)
Special expertise: systems of care, collaboration
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
JDAI Help Desk
Special expertise: diversion, detention alternatives, community-based alternatives, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
Models for Change
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Special expertise: aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, community-based alternatives, evidence-based practices, juvenile indigent defense, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: prevalence, juvenile justice system data and research
National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
Special expertise: trauma
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Special expertise: trauma, evidence-based practices
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Special expertise: risk assessment, community planning, conditions of confinement
National Youth Screening & Assessment Project
Special expertise: screening, assessment, risk assessment, MAYSI-2, detention reform, competency to stand trial
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Special expertise: health care, Medicaid, evidence-based practice, substance abuse
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Special expertise: evidence-based practices, evidence-based programs, community-based alternatives, diversion, screening, assessment, juvenile drug courts
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
For the SAMHSA page on trauma and justice, click here
Special expertise: substance abuse, trauma, evidence-based practices, prevalence, co-occurring disorders
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP)
Special expertise: evidence-based treatment programs, evidence-based practices, cost-effectiveness, community-based alternatives
Funding Community-based Alternatives
The Council of State Governments
Justice Center
Special expertise: fiscal strategies
Justice Policy Institute
Special expertise: child welfare, detention and confinement reform, diversion, fiscal strategies, mental health, school-to-prison pipeline, trauma
National Juvenile Justice Network
Fiscal Policy Center
Special expertise: fiscal strategies
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Special expertise: financing and reimbursement strategies, policy and system design, strategic planning, program development and implementation
Vera Institute of Justice
Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit
Special expertise: fiscal strategies
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP)
Special expertise: cost-effectiveness, diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention
Youth Law Center
Special expertise: detention and confinement reform, fiscal strategies
Prevention
Advancement Project
Special expertise: prevention, school-to-prison pipeline
Models for Change
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Special expertise: aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, evidence-based practices, juvenile indigent defense, prevention, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Special expertise: aftercare, comprehensive reform, diversion, systems of care, juvenile mental health court, prevention
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Special expertise: diversion, legal rights, prevention, trauma, specialty courts
National Juvenile Justice Network
Special expertise: comprehensive reform, diversion, prevention
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Special expertise: diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention, specialty courts, truancy
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP)
Special expertise: cost-effectiveness, diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention
Diverting Youth Who Commit Status Offenses
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: detention reform, diversion, prevention, status offenses
Vera Institute of Justice
Center on Youth Justice
Special expertise: status offender system reform, detention reform, placement reform, developing and sharing juvenile justice system data
Trauma-informed Care
National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
Special expertise: trauma
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Special expertise: trauma, evidence-based practices
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
For the SAMHSA page on trauma and justice, click here
Special expertise: substance abuse, trauma, evidence-based practices, prevalence, co-occurring disorders
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