Opportunity

1How jurisdictions reduce failures to appear (FTA) using reminders, transportation support, and scheduling practices, and how appearance is measured across the pipeline.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

1Describes how data warehouses and analytic environments store, structure, and prepare large datasets for reliable querying and visualization.

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

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

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

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.

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

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