Our Partners

 
 

Community Justice Network for Youth

The W. Haywood Burns Institute is a national organization working to reduce overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system.


The Data Center

The Data Center works to dismantle the disconnect between community knowledge and “authoritative research” by helping communities learn and apply social science tools so they share expertise with policy-makers and academic institutions.


J4F Memberships



Nation Inside

Nation Inside is a national criminal justice movement building network driving campaigns through the power of stories.


National Juvenile Justice Network

The National Juvenile Justice Network leads a national movement of state-based juvenile justice coalitions and organizations to secure state, local and federal laws, policies and practices that are fair, equitable and developmentally appropriate for all children, youth and families involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, the justice system.


Strong Families

Strong Families is a 10-year national initiative to change the way people think, feel and act in support of families anchored by Forward Together. Strong Families, anchored by the reproductive justice sector, is bringing together leaders and organizations from immigrant rights, labor, education, climate justice, LGBT, racial justice, and criminal justice to move a progressive agenda with families at the center.

Dignity in Schools

The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) challenges the systemic problem of pushout in our nation's schools and advocates for the human right of every child to a quality education and to be treated with dignity. The DSC unites parents, youth, educators and advocates in a campaign to promote local and national alternatives to a culture of zero-tolerance, punishment and removal.

 

Local Partners

Center for Community Alternatives

The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration.  Our mission is to promote reintegrative justice and a reduced reliance on incarceration through advocacy, services and public policy development in pursuit of civil and human rights.


Citizens for Second Chances

CFSC is a group of family members, loved ones and professionals dedicated to giving hope for children and youth incarcerated for life.  CFSC is a project of the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana.


Community Connections for Youth

CCFY is a Bronx based  community organization whose mission is to empower grassroots faith and neighborhood organizations to develop effective community-based alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) programs for youth.


Community Rights Campaign

The Community Rights Campaign, a project of the Labor Community Strategy Center, organizes L.A. high schools students and among L.A.'s 500,000 low-income bus riders to build campaigns to push back the growing police/prison state and push forward an expanded social welfare state.


Families and Allies of Virginia’s Youth

FAVY is a diverse group of people who care about youth who are in the justice system in Virginia. We support and empower families and advocate for a justice system that gives youth a better chance to become successful adults.


Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children

(FFLIC) is a statewide membership-based organization that fights for a better life for all of Louisiana’s youth, especially those involved in or targeted by the juvenile justice system.


Families for Books Not Bars

Books Not Bars, a program of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, is a statewide campaign aiming to shut down California’s abusive and costly youth prisons and replace them with alternatives that work – like regional rehabilitation centers and community-based programs.


Families Organized for Reform of Juvenile Justice

FORJ-MO, the first parent-led juvenile justice reform organization in Missouri, educates lawmakers and the public on the dangers of trying youth as adults and recommends alternatives to keep our children and communities safe.


New Jersey Collaborative

J4F is working with a collaborative of groups in New Jersey including Renewed Minds, the Statewide Parents Advocate Network, Parents Anonymous and the New Jersey Alliance of Family Support Organizations.


Spirit House

Spirit House is a Durham, North Carolina based cultural organizing collective, has worked with community members to uncover and uproot the systemic barriers that prevent us from gaining the resources, leverage and capacity for long-term self-sufficiency.

Texas Families of Incarcerated Youth

TFIY is a network comprised of family members of youth that are currently or formerly incarcerated in the Texas Youth Commission.  TFIY's mission is to offer support and information to families, and advocate as a unified voice for systemic change for families of incarcerated youth.


Youth justice Coalition

The Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) is working to build a youth-led movement to challenge race, gender and class inequality in the Los Angeles County juvenile injustice system. 

OUR PARTNER MAP

See below for our partner map.

National Partners