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Read our latest Policy Platform: "Keep Children with Mental Health Challenges out of the Youth Legal System" with recommendations for jurisdictions and advocates to ensure youth with mental health challenges receive proper care, not criminalization. Read More.

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Featured Publication

Respect Youth Stories: A Toolkit for Advocates to Ethically Engage in Youth Justice Storytelling

12/1/21



It is critically important to establish an ethical approach to advocacy storytelling so that young people are not exploited or re-harmed in the process of sharing their experiences. "Respect Their Stories" is a toolkit that outlines how young people want advocacy organizations to ethically engage in youth justice storytelling. Read More