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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.
Learn more About Us!
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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
- Dual Status Youth Reform – improve outcomes for children and families served by both the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems, while enhancing system performance
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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:
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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.
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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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