Children, teens and young adults often enter the justice system because their health, education and safety needs aren’t met. As a result, justice systems are dealing with challenges they were never designed to address.
The CSG Justice Center’s new research-based guide can help states prevent violence, expand opportunities and keep youth out of the justice system.
The Youth Safety Playbook for States includes: a community-based service continuum; strategies for financing, infrastructure, policy, service, and workforce; and a checklist for implementing each strategy.
The playbook also includes real-world examples of these strategies in action. In Illinois, for instance, interventions and investments helped spur an80% decline in gun violence in the communities with the most firearm victims.
This playbook is a product of the CSG Justice Center’s Collaborating for Youth and Public Safety Initiative (CYPSI) which partners with states to strengthen and scale research-based services and supports for youth and their families.
To view the playbook, visit https://tinyurl.com/evxc56d8