Washington DC is at the forefront of a national trend in juvenile justice for positive, community-based services and placements for youth.
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The District’s NPR affiliate ran a feature story, Entering Adulthood When You’re Locked Up, about a youth in the juvenile justice system and the relationship he forged with his mentor to help him mature. Now Marquis, the subject of the story, is a peer mentor to “pay it forward.”
Click the link to listen to the story by Jacob Fenston or read the text of his story below.
DYRS was praised for its efforts to provide court-involved youth with summer employment and service opportunities in a news feature published by The Washington Post.
(Washington, DC) – The National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) today recognized the District for a key component of its juvenile justice reform, DC YouthLink. The DC YouthLink initiative won the award for Outstanding Criminal Justice Program at the NCJA National Forum on Criminal Justice in Chicago. The award is based on DC’s achievements in improving the life chances for its court-involved youth and reducing the likelihood of their re-offending.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) Director Neil A. Stanley released data today that demonstrates public safety gains have been made among youth in the agency’s care in the first half of 2013. Fewer DYRS-connected youth are being re-arrested, and fewer are being reconvicted. DYRS is DC’s juvenile justice agency responsible for those court-involved youth who are most in need of intense supervision and treatment services.
Arrest Rates are Down
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) today released an agency update detailing its approach to comprehensive job readiness training, vocational certifications, paid internships, and unsubsidized job opportunities.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) today released an agency update detailing its community-based approach to juvenile rehabilitation for court-involved youth.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) today released an agency update detailing its evidence-based approach to substance abuse screening, assessment, intervention and treatment planning for Court-involved youth under DYRS care.
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