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January, 2011

Washington, D.C. juvenile justice placement reform process evaluation

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In April 2009, Vera's Center on Youth Justice (CYJ) began a year-long process evaluation of Washington, DC's four-and-a-half-year (2005 through mid-2010) effort to reform its juvenile institutional placement system. This process evaluation, funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, sought to document Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services’ (DYRS) strategy for the reforms, as well as to assess the implementation of the changes, which drew inspiration from the highly regarded Missouri Model of juvenile justice practice.

This is a Demonstration Project:

not Demo

A growing number of states and localities are recognizing that the punitive model of juvenile justice—long popular across the nation—has failed to improve public safety or to enhance outcomes for young people who spend time in these systems. Although many policymakers and practitioners have taken note of reforms in the state of Missouri, which trail-blazed a strengths-based, therapeutically oriented alternative model, few jurisdictions have taken the next step and applied Missouri’s approach to their own philosophy, facilities, and practices.

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