Support Youth who experience the foster system

The Center for Justice Innovation is committed to promoting safety and racial justice in partnership with communities, courts, and the people most impacted by systems. The Center collaborates with attorneys, social workers, community organizers, researchers, urban planners, trainers, mentors, and those with lived experience in the justice system united by a common mission to reimagine justice and build safe, strong communities.

Dutchess County

$304,333 • Families First Court Initiative

Supports the Center’s leadership of the Families First Court Initiative to facilitate cross-system collaborations that provide wraparound support services for court-involved youth and their families, lessen congregate care use, and disrupt cycles of system involvement.