Justice innovation INC. (DBA center for justice innovation), through its queens community justice center-the rockaways proposes to increase protective factors to prevent further delinquent behavior by…

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $560,080 Project Grant under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System federal grant program (CFDA 16.830) to Justice Innovation Inc. (doing business as Center for Justice Innovation), a non-profit organization based in New York City. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will fund a 3-year project to increase protective factors and improve system responses for girls and gender-expansive youth involved in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice system in Queens, New York.

The project will implement a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach to provide mentoring, case management, leadership development, and evidence-based programming. It aims to divert girls and gender-expansive youth, particularly those of color, from violence and justice system involvement while supporting their healing and healthy development. The project will also provide training for family court judges, attorneys, and probation officers on the unique challenges and strengths of justice-involved girls and gender-expansive youth.

Justice innovation INC. (DBA center for justice innovation), through its queens community justice center-the rockaways proposes to increase protective factors to prevent further delinquent behavior by girls and gender-expansive youth by implementing a sisters hand. The proposed program relies on a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to provide mentoring, case management, leadership development, and evidence-based programming to divert girls and gender-expansive youthwith a focus on those of colorfrom violence and justice system involvement while supporting their collective healing and healthy development as young people. Queens community justice center-the rockaways will also work to improve juvenile justice system responses for girls and gender-expansive youth by providing regular trainings for family court judges, family court attorneys, and probation officers on the challenges and strengths of justice-involved girls and gender-expansive youth.