Overview Cameo House Community Options for Youth (COY) Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) Expert Witness, Court Navigation, & Sentencing Mitigation Services Juvenile Collaborative Reentry Unit (JCRU) No Violence Alliance (NoVA) Overview Technical Assistance California Sentencing Institute Next Generation Fellowship Legislation Transparency & Accountability

A cautionary tale for kids in danger of following the same path, this book is also meant to inspire government officials and social service professionals who are truly in a position to fix our broken system.

On September 14, 2010, CJCJ staff visited the O.H. Close and N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facilities operated by CDCR’s Division of Juvenile Facilities. Our party of six was accompanied through the facilities by over fifteen DJF staff members comprising all levels of DJF personnel. This presented us with a unique opportunity to examine DJF’s progress in providing rehabilitative treatment and care at various levels of the institutional system. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity…

Ananish Chaudhuri: Throw three strikes’ out of the ballpark New Zealand Herald, September 302010.

In a previous blog I discussed the relationship between dropping out and crime among juveniles. In this blog I noted that that compared to high school graduates dropouts earn lower wages, pay fewer taxes, are more likely to commit crimes, are less likely to be employed, are more likely to be on welfare, and are less healthy.” “” On my web site I expanded on this by exploring what the Children’s Defense Fund has called the prison pipeline or the connection between the…

San Francisco nonprofits under the microscope The San Francisco Examiner, September 252010.