CJCJ’s Juvenile Justice Services
After having served the juvenile justice population for over twenty years, CJCJ has established numerous model programs with programs currently operating out of San Francisco, California.  Our direct service programs demonstrate how alternatives to incarceration can be successful, not only in reducing overburdened correctional facilities, but also in reducing recidivism rates.

CJCJ provides a full continuum of services to youth facing or transitioning from the juvenile justice system.  CJCJ’s juvenile justice teams serve youth in all facets of the juvenile justice process, as is demonstrated below.  To learn more about any of our juvenile justice programs, please click on the individual program tabs under the Juvenile Justice navigational bar above.

The Full Continuum of Services
CJCJ’s juvenile justice teams serve youth in the following phases of the juvenile justice process:

For further details on the sequence of events under the juvenile justice system, view the Juvenile Justice Flowchart.

Pre-adjudication and Post-Disposition
The Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) targets the highest risk youth at both the pre-adjudication and post-disposition phases in the juvenile justice system.  DDAP offers its clients intensive case management with a comprehensive range of community services.

The newly implemented Community Options for Youth (COY) program also provides services to youth during the pre-adjudication and post-disposition phases of the juvenile justice system.  COY expands DDAP’s delivery of services by providing therapeutic services to youth and their families.

Adjudication
The Sentencing Service Program (SSP) under CJCJ’s technical assistance wing, provides courts, counsel, and correctional personnel with a variety of services, to include the development of sentencing, fitness, and disposition reports for individuals facing criminal sanctions.  Such services serve to provide a more complete picture of the defendant, to include the client’s background, goals, illnesses, and other issues that may deem relevant to a case.

Parole and Reentry
The Independent Living Program (ILP) in Washington, DC serves youth that have paroled and are otherwise in the reentry phase of the juvenile justice system.  ILP was established as the first of a kind program for high-risk youths released from the Oakhill Youth Correctional Facility in the District of Columbia.  ILP provides youth with furnished apartments, intensive case management, and independent life skills training seminars in order to ensure a youth’s reentry into the community is met with success.