The proposed project will support north carolinas division of juvenile justice and delinquency preventions mission and aim to improve cost savings and reinvestment by ensuring that the intervention,…

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827) will support the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) in improving the alignment of policies, practices, and programming within the state's juvenile facilities with best practices.

The $1,323,816 award will fund three key objectives: (1) developing a Youth Facility Assessment for Best Practice, (2) using the assessment to evaluate North Carolina's juvenile facilities, and (3) developing an action plan to enhance alignment with best practices. Vital to the project's success will be incorporating the perspectives of youth and families through dedicated consultant roles. This data-driven initiative aims to achieve cost savings and reinvestment by ensuring the interventions, treatment, and education provided in North Carolina's secure juvenile facilities adhere to evidence-based approaches.

The proposed project will support north carolinas division of juvenile justice and delinquency preventions mission and aim to improve cost savings and reinvestment by ensuring that the intervention, treatment, and education provided in the secure facilities aligns with best practices. The project will achieve three objectives: (1) develop the youth facility assessment for best practice, (2) use the youth facility assessment for best practice to assess north carolinas juvenile facilities for alignment with best practice, and (3) use the results of the youth facility assessment for best practice to develop an action plan to improve alignment of policies, practices, and programming within north carolina juvenile facilities with best practice. Vital to the projects success will be the voice of youth and families at all stages of the project, brought to fruition through two project consultant roles, the family voice consultant and the youth voice consultant.