Innovations in Planning for Youth Success

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) brings together technical, subject matter, and lived experience expertise to strengthen capacities of Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) grantees and the field as they conduct data-driven strategic planning that invests in community-based continuums of developmentally appropriate care and reduces reliance on youth incarceration/detention. These continuums of care will ensure that youth can be served in their communities, at home with their family, in school, and with friends, which will prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system and reduce deeper involvement for youth who have already come in contact with the system. IIR and its partners, Neighborhood Resilience Project, Carter’s Crew, and Collaborative Solutions for Communities, have joined as a training and technical assistance (TTA) team to serve and promote field innovations in planning for youth, family, and community success.
Primary activities proposed include: identification and dissemination of strategies that support promising and evidence-based approaches that advance the long-term well-being of youth and their families; development of TTA plans based on capacity assessments of each project site’s current state, needs, and goals; provision of trainings focused on asset mapping, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability considerations; delivery of culturally responsive TTA; facilitation of strategic opportunities to build ongoing relationships among grantees and model program sites; assistance in identifying cost savings that can be reinvested in effective delinquency prevention and intervention programs; promotion of best practice outcomes; and development of additional tools, disseminated nationally, based on recommendations from community stakeholder listening sessions. TTA is expected to enhance capacities of project planning sites that will produce and sustain better and more equitable outcomes for youth.
IIR will launch a Leadership Center for Youth Justice Innovations to serve as a professional space for young people with justice-impacted experiences who express a passion for being agents of change and an interest in advancing professional skills. These paid Fellows will be provided opportunities to engage stakeholders, gain a national perspective, and sharpen skills and competencies positioning them for future career possibilities.
The TTA Team includes a blend of expertise in juvenile justice reform practices, positive youth development, racial and ethnic disparities, quantitative and qualitative analysis, strategic planning, trauma-informed service delivery, youth and family engagement practices, implementation and sustainment science, nonprofit fund development, and change management. The Team will establish collaborative relationships with program site representatives to ensure that support is tailored.
of change and an interest in advancing professional skills.  These paid Fellows will be provided opportunities to engage stakeholders, gain a national perspective, and sharpen skills and competencies positioning them for future career possibilities.

The TTA Team includes a blend of expertise in juvenile justice reform practices, positive youth development, racial and ethnic disparities, quantitative and qualitative analysis, strategic planning, trauma-informed service delivery, youth and family engagement practices, implementation and sustainment science, nonprofit fund development, and change management.  The Team will establish collaborative relationships with program site representatives to ensure that support is tailored.