Program areas at CJCJ
First founded In 1993, CJCJ developed the Detention Diversion Advocacy Program DDAP to reduce unnecessary detention and lengths of stay among youth, and to increase their community engagement by connecting youth to a range of community-based services. As the 1st evidence-based pre-adjudicatlon diversion program for high risk youth In the nation, DDAP staff meet with the youth to develop a case plan, advocate In court for their release, and support them with standard case monitoring or intensive case management as applicable. youth were supported last year through our DDAP, reentry services, and behavioral health services, all of which are provided in the community to meet the youth where they're at, while adopting an indivludalized strength-based approach.
Justice-involved adults last year were supported through CJCJ's intensive case management services, to include our No Violence NoVA program, Federal Rentry program, and Sentencing Service Program SSP. Additionally, children vIsited our Children's Waiting Room last year, enjoying our free unlicensed chlldcare while their parents/guardians attended court, sheltering the children from what can be very adult proceedings. Lastly, CJCJ promoted safe and healthy justice reform for youth, families, and adults, through advocacy, public education, and policy work.
First founded in 1997, CJCJ's Cameo House now operates as an alternative sentencing program for homeless, formerly incarcerated women and children in San Francisco. Last year, Cameo supported over 30 women with safe and stable living and an array of individualized support services.