Juvenile Detention alternatives model approaches and promising practices

Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/547-6600
Website: http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/jdai/

Juvenile Corrections model approaches

Mark Steward, Director
Division of Youth Services
Department of Social Services
221 West High Street, P.O. Box 1527
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573/751-3324

"Small is Beautiful: Missouri Shows the Way on Juvenile Corrections," AdvoCasey, publication of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring, 2003)
Website: http://www.aecf.org/publications/advocasey/spring2003/

Juvenile Justice & Violence Prevention promising/model approaches

Blue Prints for Violence Prevention
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado at Boulder
900 28th Street, Suite 107, 449 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0439
Phone: 303/492-1032
Email: Blueprints@colorado.edu
Website: http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints

"Less Cost, More Safety: Guiding Lights for Reform in Juvenile Justice" and "Less Hype, More Help: Reducing Juvenile Crime, What Works - and What Doesn't" by Dr. Richard Mendel. Available at the American Youth Policy Forum at 202/775-9731.
Press release and report for "Less Cost..." and Less Hype..." http://www.aypf.org/mendel/index.html

Community Justice Network for Youth

The Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY) is a national network of community-based programs, grass-roots organizations, service providing agencies, and residential facilities that focus their work on youth of color. The CJNY functions as a support network for organizers and practitioners who are on the ground working with youth who are at risk or already involved in the juvenile or criminal justice systems.

Contact:

Tshaka Barrows
phone: 415-321-4100 Ext. 106
email: tbarrows@burnsinstitute.org

Ophelia Williams
phone: 415-321-4100 Ext. 102
email: owilliams@burnsinstitute.org

Community Justice Network for Youth
W. Haywood Burns Institute
180 Howard Street, Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94105
phone: 415-321-4100
fax: 415-321-4140
web: http://www.cjny.org

To locate a CJNY member in your state, visit:

http://www.cjny.org/locator.html