Archive: Announcements

• Four New Articles About the Maryland House of Reformation

  Since the public announcement in mid-December of Marc Schindler joining CYJ to launch the Forgotten Children Initiative, there has been a wave of articles by incredible journalists spotlighting these

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• Looking Back in Thanks

  As we look back at 2025, we just want to say: thank you! We are filled with gratitude that we have the opportunity to work with such amazing people, focused on helping kids and families in both the

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• Youth Justice Data Workshop Recap!

  We want to thank everyone joined us for the "Turning Data into Youth Justice Impact" Workshop last week! Your thoughtful questions, examples, and reflections are what made the conversations real and

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• Marc Schindler to Join the Center for Youth Justice

  The Center for Youth Justice (CYJ) is delighted to announce that in January 2026, Marc Schindler will be joining our team as a Research Professor of the Practice and Senior Fellow. Marc is one of thi

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• New Pathways to Organizational Excellence Info Session This Friday (12/12)!

  Join us this Friday, December 12 for an info session about our new Pathways Certification. Cultivate an enduring organizational culture that is fair, effective, and responsive to the needs of youth,

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• Confronting the Workforce Crisis: How Do We Recruit, Retain, and Support Staff Working with Young People with Complex Needs?

  From high turnover and low morale to recruitment and retention difficulties, youth-serving agencies are facing a staffing crisis that calls for urgent transformation. Our national Reimagining the You

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• Making Data Work for Youth-Serving Professionals

  How do we truly know our programs are making a difference--not just in numbers, but in the real lives of system-involved youth and families? In youth-serving systems, the most effective leaders b

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• Toward a Community Model in the Motivations of Justice and Legal Judgment

  Where does the motivation for justice come from when people make legal judgments and decisions? How does this motivation influence legal judgments and decisions? How do legal judgments and decisions

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• National Roundtable on Prosecuting Youth as Adults: Policy, Research, & Practice

  Join us for a new national roundtable on November 13 at 12:30 pm ET! Join us in-person or virtually for a national roundtable co-hosted by Liz Ryan as we bring together policymakers, students, the

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• Livingstone College Open House for Youth with Lived Experience in the Foster Care System

  Are you a student with lived experience in the foster care system? Livingstone College, an HBCU in Salisbury, NC warmly invites you to join its Fall Open House, on Friday, November 21, 2025, from

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