Leading Change in Youth‑Serving Systems for Lasting Impact Training Series

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In youth-serving systems, we often start out with ambitious reform ideas but run quickly into practical challenges like:

  • What’s the best way to use data?
  • How do you know your programs are making a difference?
  • How do you translate really great ideas into actual, thriving and sustainable programs?
  • Are you asking the right questions when gathering data?
  • What’s the best way to gain traction with stakeholders?
  • Are there any “tricks” to successful implementation?

The Leading Change in Youth-Serving Systems for Impact Training Series is designed to address questions like these through accessible six-hour online workshops. Each workshop addresses a thematic question or challenge facing youth-serving professionals over two days of immersive large group presentations, small group breakout sessions, and deep engagement into the programs and challenges that participants bring with them.

We hosted our first two Leading Change workshops in 2025, with more on the way, including new topics, “advanced” courses of existing workshops, and potential rehosting of previous sessions!

Upcoming Workshop!

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Leading Through Tension: Communicating Fairness in Practice in Today’s Youth Legal Systems

Join us March 12 and March 26 for a two-day virtual workshop that equips leaders with practical communication strategies grounded in Fairness in Practice approaches that focus on decision-making, consistency, transparency, and outcomes for young people and communities. Rather than debating ideology, participants will learn to reframe equity work through shared values, professional standards, and everyday practice, enabling critical improvement efforts to continue in constructive, credible ways.

Leaders in youth legal systems are navigating an increasingly complex environment where conversations about race, ethnicity, disparities, and equity are often politicized, misunderstood, or met with resistance. Yet the responsibility to ensure fair, effective, and Community-responsive practice has never been greater.

Learn more and register now.

Previous Workshops

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Series Blog Posts

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Youth Justice Data Workshop Recap!

December 16th, 2025

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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Making Data Work for Youth-Serving Professionals

November 10th, 2025

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…