JBS International (JBS), the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Juvenile Justice Institute (JJI), and Social Current (SC) have combined their knowledge and expertise to deliver comprehensive and multidimensional training and technical assistance (TTA) in support of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and its continuum of care grantees across the country.
JBS, with 400+ experts and nearly 4 decades of TTA delivery experience, strives to create solutions that empower individuals and communities and improve lives, all while creating positive and sustainable systems changes. Through our in-house capabilities and field experts, especially with firsthand experience serving children and youth involved with juvenile justice, behavioral health, and child welfare systems, we provide big reach.
JBS’s extended collaboration with our network of academic experts and innovators enhances our ability to provide holistic TTA. Additionally, as part of our commitment to elevating the voices of the populations we serve, we convene and facilitate an Expert Advisory Panel comprising people with lived experience in juvenile justice and related systems. As a result, JBS brings a wealth of knowledge on the facilitators and barriers that affect youth outcomes, including:
- Protective factors
- Prevention and early intervention strategies
- Substance use disorder treatment services
- Cross-system collaboration
- Evidence-based practices (EBPs)
- Youth mental health
- Trauma and victimization
- Criminogenic factors
JJI was created to connect juvenile justice research to practice for local communities, state agencies, and policymakers. For 20+ years, it has supported statewide best practice initiatives through research, data analysis, comprehensive strategic planning, and TTA. In 2015, JJI created the Evidence-based Nebraska project, which supports over 250 community-based programs as part of youth continuums of care and opportunity. These represent 14 different program types, including, but not limited to, prevention, diversion, EBPs, and alternatives to detention. JJI brings expertise in guiding and supporting state and local communities in executing comprehensive community planning, developing collective impact strategies, understanding and visualizing data, logic modeling, and implementing program evaluation strategies.
SC is a national nonprofit whose mission is to advocate for and to implement equitable solutions to society’s toughest challenges, through collaboration, innovation, policy, and practice excellence. It focuses on six interwoven areas for impact and systemic change:
- Accreditation
- Child, family, and community well-being
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Leadership and organizational excellence
- Brain science, trauma-informed approaches, and workforce resilience
- Policy and governmental affairs
SC established a Council on Accreditation Standards, representing a continuum of care for juvenile justice services (e.g., case management, day services, residential services), accrediting over 100 juvenile justice programs. Its subject matter experts have deep knowledge of juvenile services, including experience leading multiple systems of care grants on the continuum of care for youth and their families. SC's expertise includes juvenile justice, child welfare, and behavioral health services, as well as experience in restorative justice and trauma-informed TTA. Its TTA approach is a transformative model of racially just and trauma-informed practices.