Below, you’ll find organizations with expertise related to aftercare/reentry in the area of juvenile justice. The list is not exhaustive, but should be useful for those who wish to learn more.
Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings
Special expertise: educational reform in community settings and locked facilities
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (Georgetown)
Special expertise: systems of care, collaboration
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: detention reform, diversion, positive youth justice, prevention, status offenses
Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
Special expertise: juvenile facilities, aftercare/reentry
Council of State Governments Justice Center
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, courts, justice reinvestment, mental health, substance abuse
Federal Interagency Reentry Council
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Research and Evaluation Center
Special expertise: community-based alternatives, evidence-based practices, positive youth justice
JustChildren Program
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, educational reintegration, transfer, zero tolerance
Justice for Families
Special expertise: deincarceration, family engagement, justice reinvestment
Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, balanced and restorative justice, diversion
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Special expertise: community-based alternatives, de-incarceration, diversion, detention alternatives, evidence-based practices, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
Juvenile Law Center
Special expertise: access to counsel, aftercare/reentry, diversion, expungement, juvenile confidentiality, transfer
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Collaborative for Change
A member of the Models for Change Resource Center Partnership. Coordinated by the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice at Policy Research Associates.
Special expertise: community-based alternatives, competence to stand trial, comprehensive reform, diversion, family involvement, evidence-based practices, mental health, preventing suicide among justice-involved youth, screening, and assessment
Models for Change
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, comprehensive reform, diversion, community-based alternatives, evidence-based practices, juvenile indigent defense, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
National Association of Counties
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, community-based alternatives, diversion, mental health
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Special expertise: juvenile justice data and statistical analysis
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Special expertise: deincarceration, diversion, evidence-based practices
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Special expertise: detention alternatives, juvenile sanctions, status offenses
National Juvenile Justice Network
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, deincarceration, justice reinvestment, racial and ethnic fairness
National League of Cities
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, community-based alternatives
National Youth Screening and Assessment Partners
Special expertise: mental health screening and assessment, risk assessment
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, balanced and restorative justice, delinquency prevention, racial/ethnic fairness (DMC)
Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, diversion, evidence-based practices, juvenile mental health, restorative justice
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services
Pennsylvania Academic and Career Technical Training
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, juvenile correctional education, and job readiness
Reclaiming Futures
Special expertise: substance abuse
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Special expertise: evidence-based practice, health care, Medicaid, substance abuse
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, diversion, evidence-based practices, prevention, specialty courts, truancy
Vera Institute of Justice
Special expertise: aftercare/reentry, family engagement, mental health and substance use, status offenses
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP)
Special expertise: community-based alternatives, cost-effectiveness, evidence-based practices, evidence-based treatment programs