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  • Welcome!

    The Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice, led by Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, provides consultation, technical assistance, and training to serve local, state, and national leaders, practitioners and youth-serving agencies. In partnership with jurisdictions and communities across the nation, we guide and inform youth justice system improvement and youth outcomes through our commitment to adolescent development science, best-practice methods and approaches, and evidence-based programs and treatment services.

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  • How Can We Serve Your Community?

    Throughout the country and abroad, we deliver intensive Technical Assistance and On-Site Trainings through the use of seminal frameworks that promote and create:

    • Dual Status Youth Reform – improve outcomes for children and families served by both the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems, while enhancing system performance
    • Probation System Review & Improvement
    • Alternative Responses to Formal Prosecution
    • Research Informed Case Planning and Case Management Practices
  • 2021 Symposium & Training Institutes

    Join us in the vibrant heart of Downtown Nashville for our two-day Symposium and supplemental half-day Training Institutes! Click here to learn more!

    September 8-9, 2021:
    Transformation of Youth Justice Symposium: Expanding Knowledge, Changing Practice, Achieving Outcomes
    Want to present? Check out our Call for Workshop Proposals!

    September 10, 2021:
    Transformation of Youth Justice Training Institutes

  • Training Institutes

    Have You Scheduled an On-Site Training in Your Community?
    For more information about our training programs and to learn how to bring our expert trainers to your jurisdiction, please click here.

    New! Alternative Response Initiative Training
    The RFK National Resource Center is now offering a 1 – 1.5 day training to support state and/or local efforts to establish or enhance a comprehensive set of effective alternative responses and diversionary practices. We look forward to bringing this training to your community! Click here to learn more.

  • New Resource

    New Issue Brief on Family Engagement and Involving Parents & Caretakers in Juvenile Justice Decision Making Processes

    Throughout the history of the juvenile justice system, consideration has been given to how parents and caretakers should—or should not—be involved in addressing the short- and long-term needs of children in the system. Family Engagement and Juvenile Justice: The Evolution of Parens Patriae takes a reflective look at systems’ engagement with families and the shifting perception of parent and caretaker involvement—which continues to recognize that parents and caretakers play an integral role in effectively serving youth and the community. Click here to read more!

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    The RFK National Resource Center’s Newsroom features news, media, and other announcements from the field, such as this current feature:

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  • Home
  • Our Work
    • Dual Status Youth Reform
    • Probation System Review
    • Alternative Response Initiative
    • Developmental Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform
    • Information and Data Sharing Reform
    • Jurisdictions We Serve
    • Initiatives
  • About us
    • Our story
    • Meet the RFK National Resource Center Team
    • Practice Networks
  • Resources
    • Dual Status Youth Reform
    • Probation System Reform
    • Alternative Response Initiative
    • Information Sharing
    • Special Topics >>
      • Developmental Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform
      • Family Engagement
      • Trauma
      • Data
      • Screening and Assessment
      • Education
    • Events
    • E-Newsletter & Announcement Archive
  • Peer Mentorship
    • Dual Status Youth Peer Mentors
    • Probation System Reform Peer Mentors
  • Newsroom
  • Contact us
  • Training Institute
    • Alternative Response Initiative Training – NEW!
    • Dual Status Youth: Improving Outcomes for Youth Involved in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
    • Dual Status Youth: Implementing and Sustaining Reforms
    • Advancing Best Practices in Youth Justice Seminar
    • Multi-System Information & Data Sharing
    • Probation System Review Training
  • Events
    • Transformation of Youth Justice Symposium & Training Institute – September 2021
Save the Dates!

The Transformation of Youth Justice Symposium and Training Institutes will be held in vibrant heart of Downtown Nashville, Tennessee in September 2021.

Click here to learn more!