The National Resource Center for the Transformation of Youth Justice (NRC) uses established models of reform, informed by over a decade-long body of work, to support state and local jurisdictions seeking to improve system performance and outcomes for youth involved with the youth justice system. Site-based consultation and technical assistance is tailored to each community … Continued

The RFK National Resource Center is celebrating a significant milestone—our 10-year anniversary! Throughout the past decade, we have experienced the privilege of supporting over 100 state and local jurisdictions to improve their youth justice systems through our provision of expert technical assistance, consultation, training, innovative and guiding publication resources, and speaking/presentation … Continued

As we wrap up 2023, we’re also looking (or rather, listening) back at the wonderful interviews and conversations with our special guests captured in Season Two of our Youth Justice Transformation in Action Podcast (rfknrcjj.org/podcast/). Throughout Season Two, our Executive Director John Tuell was joined by on-the-ground leaders representing jurisdictions that participated in our … Continued

Announcing the availability of a new journal article authored by our Executive Director, John A. Tuell, and Deputy Executive Director, Jodi Martin, “Achieving the Possible on Behalf of Dual Status Youth.” This article, published in the Journal of Community Justice (Vol. 33, No. 01, Fall 2023), reviews the research on dual status youth programs and describes specific … Continued

The RFK National Resource Center is pleased to present the Diversion and Alternatives Reform Team Guidebook, representing an updated version of our previously published Alternative Response Initiative (ARI) Workbook. The DART Guidebook was developed to support youth justice system stakeholders in reviewing and reforming diversionary and alternative accountability policies and practices. Retaining the … Continued