Campaign for Youth Justice

The Campaign for Youth Justice (the Campaign) works to end the practice of trying juveniles in the adult criminal justice system. The Campaign has participated in the Models for Change juvenile justice reform initiative primarily as a provider of technical assistance on communications and media strategies, helping initiative partners to be more effective in disseminating the products of the initiative to key audiences. By enabling the Campaign to continue in this role, as well as to produce and disseminate its own research and policy materials, this grant will promote diffusion of Models for Change resources and broaden the base of support for developmentally appropriate justice for youth.

The Campaign for Youth Justice works to end the practice of trying juveniles in the adult criminal justice system. It participates in the Models for Change juvenile justice reform initiative as a provider of technical assistance and support on communications and dissemination strategies. It will use this grant to continue to help Models for Change partners with communications, to maintain and update a database of contact information for key juvenile justice decision-makers, and to produce research and policy materials on the prosecution of youth as adults.

To update and maintain a juvenile justice contact database, provide technical assistance on juvenile justice communications and media strategies to Models for Change, and produce a series of policy briefs on juvenile justice issues (over two years).

To refine and expand a juvenile justice contact master database, provide technical assistance on juvenile justice communications and media strategies to Models for Change, and produce a series of policy briefs on juvenile justice issues (over two years).

In support of activities to update a report on juveniles transferred to adult criminal court and to create a master database for the distribution of products and materials related to juvenile justice reform (over two years).