Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County

9/26/19

Tags: California | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Prevention | Teleconference | Partner Publications

In 2017, Los Angeles County established an Office of Youth Diversion and Development to advance a collaboratively designed pre-booking diversion initiative that prevents youth from getting formally arrested or referred to probation during encounters with law enforcement. Human Impact Partners and the Los Angeles (LA) County Office of Youth Diversion and Development (YDD) partnered to develop this evaluation framework to assess and prevent racial inequities in this program. LA County’s pre-booking diversion program is part of a broader effort to reduce mass incarceration of Black and Brown youth i . In LA County and across the US, Black and Brown youth are arrested and detained by law enforcement at disproportionately greater rates compared to White youth. Organizing by local youth advocates and policy changes at the local, state, and national level have created opportunities for community-based pre-booking diversion in LA County to reduce the excessive and unfair criminalization and incarceration of Black and Brown youth and equitably improve outcomes for youth. Human Impact Partners developed this document by reviewing research and reports that describe and evaluate youth diversion programs and their outcomes, and by speaking with experts, youth, and youth caretakers in LA County. The promising practices lifted up in this report are drawn from traditional public health research evidence, and from the wisdom and experiences of stakeholders in LA County.

Getting Paid

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Fines and Fees | Reports | Teleconference | Member Publications

Report for the Youth Justice Coalition's campaign that ended charging of juvenile system fees at the County levels and eventual passing of SB 190 ending fees and fines for youth statewide

HIA Report from LA County Department of Public Health

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Reports | Teleconference | Member Publications

Published in collaboration with Youth Justice Coalition about youth on Free Metro Pass Campaign.

Minority Report

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Teleconference | Member Publications

Report from Youth Justice Coalition on "Voluntary Probation" in LA County.

Pre-Diversion Webinar Slides Youth Justice Coalition_9/25/19

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Teleconference | Member Publications

Slides presented by Kim McGill, Youth Justice Coalition during the webinar: "Pre-Booking Diversion: Why It's Needed and How to Increase Racial Equity" recorded on 9/25/19. SUMMARY: On September 25, 2019, the Youth Justice Coalition (YJC), the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), and Human Impact Partners came together to discuss their work with the Office of Youth Diversion and Development to advance a pre-booking diversion initiative. The initiative aims to prevent youth youth arrests and referrals to probation, based on a public health and youth development framework.

Pre-DiversionWebinarSlides Human Impact Partners_092519

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Teleconference | Partner Publications

Slides presented by Sukhdip Purewal Bopari of Human Impact Partners during the webinar: "Pre-Booking Diversion: Why It's Needed and How to Increase Racial Equity" recorded on 9/25/19. SUMMARY: On September 25, 2019, the Youth Justice Coalition (YJC), the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), and Human Impact Partners came together to discuss their work with the Office of Youth Diversion and Development to advance a pre-booking diversion initiative. The initiative aims to prevent youth youth arrests and referrals to probation, based on a public health and youth development framework.

Youth Diversion and Development Summit: Understanding Los Angeles County's New Model to Help Youth Thrive and Succeed

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Presentations | Reports | Teleconference

Report and recommendations focused on advancing a comprehensive and coordinated countywide approach to youth diversion in lieu of arrest

Youth Diversion in Los Angeles County: Advancing Evidence-Informed Policy to Improve Youth Outcomes

9/26/19

Tags: California | Prevention | Teleconference | Partner Publications

The LA County Office of Youth Diversion and Development policy brief created through the youth-community-County collaboration.

School Discipline Policy Change and Family Engagement as a Path to Large-Scale School Reform Teleconference Audio Recording, Maisie Chin, Director/Co-Founder, CADRE (Community Asset Development Re-defining Education)

10/06/2009

Tags: Family and Youth Involvement | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Presentations | Teleconference

Presentation on CADRE's efforts to revise the Los Angeles Unified School District's discipline policy to incorporate PBS and basic human rights principles. To view resources associated with the presentation, visit the Trainings section of NJJN's Web site.

CADRE LAUSD action photos

06/23/2009

Tags: Teleconference

Resource accompanying NJJN teleconference: School Discipline Policy Change and Family Engagement as a Path to Large-Scale School Reform.

CADRE Spring 2009 PBS Monitoring Community Report

06/23/2009

Tags: Teleconference

Resource accompanying NJJN teleconference: School Discipline Policy Change and Family Engagement as a Path to Large-Scale School Reform.

Los Angeles Unified School District Discipline Policy Web site

06/01/2009

Tags: Teleconference

Resource accompanying NJJN teleconference: School Discipline Policy Change and Family Engagement as a Path to Large-Scale School Reform.

Registering Harm, NJJN Teleconference Audio Recording, Justice Policy Institute

12/08/2008

Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Presentations | Teleconference

Briefing on the negative effects of the Adam Walsh Act and recommendations for federal and state policy regarding sex offender registries.

Registering Harm, NJJN Teleconference PowerPoint Presentation, Justice Policy Institute

12/08/2008

Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Presentations | Teleconference

PowerPoint presentation discussing the flaws of the Adam Walsh Act in terms of burdens on law enforcement, negative effects on youth and families, and compromises to public safety, and offering recommendations for federal and state policy.

Registering Harm: How Sex Offense Registries Fail Youth and Communities Teleconference Audio Recording

12/08/2008

Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Presentations | Teleconference

Briefing on the negative effects of the Adam Walsh Act and recommendations for federal and state policy regarding sex offender registries.

Right to Education Campaign Overview and Update

08/08/2008

Tags: Teleconference

Resource accompanying NJJN teleconference: School Discipline Policy Change and Family Engagement as a Path to Large-Scale School Reform.

More Harm than Good, Human Rights Watch, NJJN Teleconference PowerPoint

01/17/2008

Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Presentations | Teleconference

Presentation by Sarah Tofte from Human Rights Watch that discusses the flaws of the Adam Walsh Act in terms of burdens on law enforcement, negative effects on youth and families, and compromises to public safety, and offering recommendations for federal and state policy.

Los Angeles Unified School District Policy Bulletin

03/27/2007

Tags: Teleconference