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  • Introducing the RFK Community Alliance

    Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps and The Doctor Franklin Perkins School are now RFK Community Alliance
    We are the same organization, people, and programs you have known – just with a different name and look. Our new name carries forward the work and life of Robert F. Kennedy, a legacy defined by his commitment to serving people who are vulnerable. It also highlights that everything we do is in alliance with people and community. Our new logo modernizes Perkins’ blossom flower logo. Together, the new branding represents the rich histories of these two organizations, as well as an exciting future growing together. [Learn more!]

  • About Us

    The Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice, led by RFK Community Alliance, 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!

  • 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 transform the youth justice system, with focus on:

    • Probation & Juvenile Justice System Improvement
    • Dual Status Youth (DSY) Reform
    • DSY Reform, with an emphasis on Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC)
    • Alternative Responses to Formal Prosecution
    • Research-Based Approaches to Reform (including adolescent development, trauma-informed care, and positive youth development)
  • On-Site Trainings

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

    Featured: 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 Podcast Series

    Our new podcast, Youth Justice Transformation in Action, is now available! Each episode will focus on an important topic that is currently impacting youth- and family-serving systems.

    Listen to new episodes from Season One, including:

    • Episode One: Leadership in Times of Change (ft. Adolphus Graves)
    • Episode Two: Assessments 101 – The Fundamentals (ft. Gina Vincent, Ph.D.)
    • Episode Two – BONUS: Assessments 101 – The Fundamentals (ft. Gina Vincent, Ph.D.)
    • Episode Three: One Youth, Dual Systems (ft. Hon. Kristen Johnson and Jessica Heldman)
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    Contact Us! Please reach out to our team to learn more about our work and how we can serve your community.

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  • Home
  • What We Do
    • Dual Status Youth Reform
    • Addressing the Commercial & Sexual Exploitation of Children
    • Probation System Reform
    • Alternative Response Initiative
    • Developmental Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform
    • Information and Data Sharing Reform
    • Jurisdictions We Serve
    • Events
      • Transformation of Youth Justice Symposium & Training Institute – September 2021
  • About us
    • Our Story
    • Meet the Team
    • Practice Networks
    • Contact Us
  • Resource Library
    • Dual Status Youth Reform
    • Probation System Reform
    • Alternative Response Initiative
    • Information Sharing
    • Special Topics >>
      • Developmental Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform
      • Growth-Focused Case Management
      • Family Engagement
      • Trauma
      • Data
      • Screening and Assessment
      • Education
    • Event Resources
    • E-Newsletter & Announcement Archive
  • Mentorship
    • Dual Status Youth Peer Mentors
    • Probation System Reform Peer Mentors
  • Training Institute
    • Alternative Response Initiative Training
    • 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
  • Newsroom
  • New Podcast!
    • S1 – Episode One
    • S1 – Episode Two
    • S1 – Episode Three
    • S1 – Episode Four