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The Center is an active contributor to groundbreaking research and public policy relating to juvenile justice in community sectors. The Center sponsors publications and webinars that have integrated its perspective of working across systems of care into research on valuable juvenile justice issues. The Resources area of the website houses a selection of these pertinent documents and recordings.
New Qualitative Study on Perceptions of Professionals Working with Crossover Youth in Congregate Care
We’re pleased to promote a new paper, co-written by our own Karen Kolivoski! The study, “Perceptions of Professionals of Anti-Black Racism of Crossover Youth in Congregate Care,” by…
Happy to Participate in the Public Welfare Foundation’s Youth Justice Summit Last Week!
Last week, CYJ Director Michael Umpierre had the privilege to participate in the phenomenal “Form: A working summit for the future of youth justice” hosted by the Public Welfare Foundation! The…
Advancing Collaboration with Mississippi’s Crossover Youth
The Center for Youth Justice (CYJ) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy was thrilled to welcome representatives from Mississippi’s youth-serving systems for in-person…
Proud to Present on Crossover Youth at the CJJ Annual Conference!
A big congratulations to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice for hosting an incredibly substantial 2025 Annual Conference. The conference’s theme “Stronger Together: Building Collective Momentum for…
Why is Project Management the Missing Link in Youth Services?
Turning Ideas into Impact through Structure, Strategy, and Shared Purpose In youth services, even the most innovative, promising ideas can stall without the structure, clarity, and stakeholder…
Go Local: Bring Deep Transformative Collaboration to Your Community
Between ongoing workforce shortages, high staff turnovers, rising costs, and competing system-level workloads, it’s a challenge to commit to an off-site training program. On top of that, we know…
Join Us at YAP’s 50th Anniversary Summit!
Our Director, Michael Umpierre, will be moderating the “Justice Reform” panel at the 50th Anniversary Summit! We are honored and thrilled to be participating in Youth Advocate Program’s…
Don’t Let Data Keep You up at Night
Is managing data forever on your to-do list? Have data but don’t know what to do with it? Not entirely sure what the data you do have says? Need help setting up data infrastructure but don’t…
A Special Letter from our Founder and Director Emeritus, Shay Bilchik
“It goes without saying that the reason that our Center exists is because of the vision and the leadership of our organization’s founder, Shay Bilchik. For those of you who know Shay,…
UPDATE: Email Systems Working!
UPDATE! We are pleased to announce that our email systems are up and running! Thank you for your patience. Please reach us at centerforyouthjustice@georgetown.edu. Just a quick note to say that…
Courting Judicial Excellence: A Juvenile Justice Training Institute – Anaheim, California
Join our partners at National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) for an intensive and interactive 3½ day training program is designed to provide judicial officers who hear…
A Deep Dive into the 2024 Capstone of the Year Award Winners: Flathead County, Montana!
We are so pleased to announce Flathead County, Montana as the 2024 Capstone of the Year Award Winner! The Capstone of the Year Award recognizes the Certificate Program participant or team who…
Announcing Custom Certificate Programs for Local Transformation!
Since 2008, CYJ has delivered more than 60 intensive Certificate Programs to over 2,500 professionals across the United States and internationally. These programs are designed to build both…
Announcing Project Management in Youth Services Workshop!
Kick off the “Leading Change in Youth‑Serving Systems for Lasting Impact” training series with this foundational two‑day virtual workshop on project management for youth‑serving…
Big Announcement: Center for Youth Justice!
Over these last eighteen years, we have learned so much. We have learned about what it means to lead sustainable and transformative change. We’ve learned about the vital importance…
