Diversion programs

On December 3-5, 2019, Global Youth Justice will host its 2019 Global Youth Justice Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Participants will learn strategies to enhance and expand local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court or Peer Jury. Conference sessions, panels, and presentations will address administrative, operational, programmatic, funding, grant writing, and peer-to-peer learning related to expanding and enhancing these early...

On June 18-20, 2019, Global Youth Justice, in collaboration with the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, will host its 22nd Global Youth Justice Training in Las Vegas, NV. Participants will learn strategies to establish or enhance local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court or Peer Jury. Training will address administrative, operational, programmatic, and fiscal topics related...

On January 29-31, 2019, Global Youth Justice, in collaboration with the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, will host its 21st Global Youth Justice Training in Las Vegas, NV. Participants will learn strategies to establish or enhance local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court or Peer Jury. Training will address administrative, operational, programmatic, and fiscal topics related to...

OJJDP has released the Diversion Programs I-Guide on the Model Programs Guide. The I-Guides(Implementation Guides) enhance the information and resources available on the Model Programs Guide to better support users before they implement evidence-based juvenile justice intervention and prevention programs. The Diversion Programs I-Guide provides an overview of the common implementation process for diversion programs and synthesizes research findings across 10 steps communities...