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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 to improve system performance and outcomes for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. The RFK National Resource Center focuses primarily on youth with prior or current involvement in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, known as dual status youth, the review and improvement of juvenile probation systems, and the use of a model framework to address the state and national laws and policies governing the exchange and  sharing of data, information, and records for youth and families.

How Can We Serve Your Community?

As part of Our Work, the RFK National Resource Center provides support and resources to communities seeking to improve outcomes for youth and families served by the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Nationwide, communities receiving our on-site support have achieved remarkable outcomes by taking on a Dual Status Youth Reform Initiative or conducting a Probation System Review. Our site-based consultation and technical assistance is tailored to each community to guide jurisdictions through a collaborative exploration of data, practice, resource, and legal matters in order to design, implement, and sustain meaningful reforms. In addition, we support jurisdictions undertaking reform by providing numerous online publications and resources.

Learn About Our Training Institute

The RFK National Resource Center has launched its NEW Training Institute!  For more information about our training programs and to learn how to bring our expert trainers to your jurisdiction, please click here.

New Brief Describes a "Student First" Educational Approach

Education is a vital component of every young person’s development toward adulthood and often is the key protective factor against a variety of disadvantages. Our newly released brief, “Student-First” Approach: A Paradigm Shift for Professionals Working with Children and Young People Involved with the Juvenile Justice System, offers professionals a general overview and a reflective framework through which to view their own opportunities to consider these children and young people as “students first.”

Please visit our Online Resource Library to access this brief!

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