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Empowering Justice-Impacted Families: The Community Peer Navigator Institute
In 2022, thanks to generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Justice for Families (J4F) launched the Community Peer Navigator (CPN) Institute. This is an intersectional approach to supporting justice-impacted families by providing trauma-informed peer...
Power In Numbers: Advocating for System Change
Do you want to be a voice for change in the justice system? This free webinar will provide information, tools, and resources for those interested in organizing for change at the system level. Date: Thursday, 3/21/2019 Time: 8:00pm-9:30pm Click here to...
Fighting for Your Loved One’s Well-Being Inside
Do you have a loved one inside? Do you care about the well-being of people who are incarcerated or detained? Then this free webinar is for you. During this webinar, Justice For Families will offer tips and advice from families who’ve been there on protecting your...
ABC’s of Healing from Trauma
You're invited to the first in a series of webinars offering concrete tools and skills for families of people in the justice system. This first webinar will focus on the ABCs of healing from trauma. At the end of the webinar, there will be an optional hands-on...
10 Tips for Building Effective Youth-Family-Defender Partnerships
In partnership with the National Juvenile Defender Center, Justice For Families created a tip sheet for juvenile defenders. http://njdc.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-Tips-for-Building-Effective-Youth-Family-Defender-Partnerships.pdf
Focusing on Youth and Families in the Juvenile Justice System
Mother’s Day: Voices of Mothers of Incarcerated Youth
Mothers Fight for Reform
They’re Not ‘Thugs’ — They’re Our Children
Download The Report
“Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice” offers the first-of-its kind analysis that details how the juvenile justice system does more to feed the nation’s vast prison system than to deter or redirect young people from system involvement; and demonstrates the incredible damage the system causes to families and communities.
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