This panel brought together a group of experts to discuss ways that youth justice systems can shift resources, especially financial, to community-led and -owned supports for young people.
PANELISTS
CORTNEY SANDERS
Senior Manager, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
MODERATOR
TERRI WILLIAMS
Chief Development Officer, Community Solutions, Inc.
YANNICK WOOD
Director, Criminal Justice Reform Program, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
VALERIE SLATER
Executive Director, RISE for Youth
HIGHLIGHTS
Yannick Wood, Director of Criminal Justice Reform at New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, offers recommendations for states in providing funding for community-based service providers.
Terri Williams, Chief Development Officer at Community Solutions, Inc., speaks about the reinvestment program in Kansas and its effectiveness in creating positive change.
Valerie Slater, Executive Director of RISE for Youth, on the importance of shifting leadership, decision-making power, and resources to justice-impacted communities.
Taking on Transformation is a project of the Columbia Justice Lab’s Youth Justice Initiatives. Here you will find information and resources for system leaders, and anyone making decisions about youth justice, who are looking to push for real transformation from punitive justice systems to community-based support networks for youth.