Empowerment

1How mental health and substance use needs are identified and treated across the youth justice pipeline, from intake screening to continuity of care after release.

1Describes how validated screening and assessment instruments are used throughout the youth justice process—from intake to reentry—to inform decisions and monitor progress.

1Ensuring youth have uninterrupted legal advocacy from initial hearing through disposition, placement reviews, reentry planning, and case closure.

1How individualized case plans are built from assessments, translated into services, and revised over time—from intake through supervision and reentry.

1Where and how families and youth participate in decisions—from intake through supervision and reentry—with measures for inclusion, consent, and meeting cadence.

1Where conferencing and victim services fit in the pipeline: participation, agreements, restitution, and post-agreement follow-up.

1How contracted community programs provide non-custodial supervision, skill-building, and restorative supports for justice-involved youth.

1When courts order out-of-home placement: program types, lengths of stay, education/health coordination, and step-down planning.

1When and where youth are committed: thresholds, placement types (secure, staff-secure, group homes), step-down pathways, and parole/aftercare links.

1How courts and agencies review youth progress during residential placement, set step-down criteria, and authorize transitions to less-restrictive settings.

1How youth in residential or detention placements are screened for educational needs and credit stability, and how schools coordinate continuity across transitions.

1How youth transition from residential placement back to community supervision, education, and services, with emphasis on handoffs and continuity of care.

1How reentry plans are developed before release from placement or supervision, with benchmarks for education, housing, and employment readiness.

1How information flows across agencies and case stages, ensuring continuity between intake, detention, court, supervision, and reentry systems.

1Keeping school on track through court involvement, placement, and return: exclusionary discipline, re-enrollment, credit transfer, alternative education, and McKinney–Vento supports.

1How youth are placed back in school (or alternative education), how credits transfer from facilities, and how attendance and progress are tracked post-release or post-disposition.

1How youth case information moves between justice, education, and health systems, balancing data utility with confidentiality and statutory protections.

1Mentoring, re-engagement, CTE, work-based learning, apprenticeships, and first-job pipelines that reconnect at-risk youth.

1Explains how youth outcomes are tracked after system exit—across education, employment, and recidivism measures—using linked administrative data and stable cohort design.

1The learning loop: turning data, audits, and stakeholder input into practice fixes and policy updates across detention, hearings, services, and reentry.

1How youth are connected to jobs, apprenticeships, and workforce services during probation, reentry, or after case closure—and how participation and outcomes are measured.

1Documents how youth move laterally between justice, education, mental health, and child welfare systems, emphasizing data linkage and service coordination.

1How cases involving youth known to both the justice and child welfare systems are identified, coordinated, and tracked from referral through reentry.

1Compares administrative datasets and survey data, explaining their respective strengths, limitations, and best uses in youth research.

1When youth touch both child welfare and juvenile justice, one coordinated plan stabilizes school, home, and health.

1Local mentoring movements showing measurable drops in recidivism and violence.

1How mentoring and reengagement programs rebuild youth connection and purpose.

1Why connecting education and juvenile-justice records is the next frontier for prevention and accountability.

1Explains how justice, education, and social service records are linked across systems, what identifiers are used, and the risks of linkage error or mismatch.

1Why teaching online safety and tech skills is becoming part of rehabilitation.

1How education continuity shapes reentry success for court-involved youth.

1Understanding what 'wraparound' really means when measured against real data.

1How family participation and youth input reshape juvenile justice planning, oversight, and accountability.

1How parent and caregiver participation is reshaping youth-justice reform agendas.

1Turning assessment results into tailored plans that track goals, dosage, and real outcomes.

1How gender, LGBTQ+ identity, and bias shape youth system experiences.

1When child welfare and homelessness intersect with juvenile justice involvement.

1Where youth and families get to speak, be heard, and access materials in their language.

1Explains how researchers link individuals or cases across years to create longitudinal datasets, and the design challenges of maintaining cohort continuity.

1Screening, crisis response, and treatment continuity for trauma-affected youth.

1Explains how outcome indicators are constructed—from conceptual intent to operational definition—and how indicator design shapes interpretation.

1Understanding reoffending, aftercare, and what helps youth stay out of the system.

1Examining how tele-behavioral health and remote mentoring close service deserts in small counties.

1Plain-language map of key juvenile codes and reforms across detention, hearings, and reentry.

1Programs with real results across the Mid-South: diversion, mentoring, and therapy.

1Job training, apprenticeships, and early work experiences that reduce recidivism.

1Apprenticeships, CTE, and employer partnerships that help youth reenter the labor force.