Welcome to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) Youth Leadership Webpage, offering information and resources for youth and young adults interested in becoming involved with their State Advisory Group (SAG) or are currently appointed to a SAG as youth members.
What is a State Advisory Group (SAG)?
The CJJ National Youth Committee
Ways to Get Involved
Helpful Resources
What is a State Advisory Group (SAG)?
What is the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA)? Who must be on a SAG? To answer these questions and others, CJJ and its National Youth Committee published [1] The CJJ Youth Manual: a short, clear and easy-to-navigate guide offering all of the background and information a young person interested in getting involved with his or her SAG will need to become an effective and contributing SAG member. Click [2] here to download a PDF, or contact CJJ at 202-467-0864 or [3] info@juvjustice.org to request a hard copy.
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The CJJ National Youth Committee
The CJJ National Youth Committee is composed of youth SAG members from across the nation. CJJ supports the Youth Committee to ensure that youth perspectives are represented in all aspects and functions of CJJ’s work, as well as CJJ’s communications with state and federal policy makers. The Committee is, in fact, required by the CJJ Bylaws.
Through supporting the [4] National Youth Chair and Committee, CJJ also strives to ensure that Youth SAG members are well-oriented and prepared for their work. The CJJ National Youth Committee seeks to have as many youth members as possible involved with its activities.
Youth Committee members help to shape the overall program and policy agenda for CJJ and perform several other important duties, including:
- Coordinating, reviewing and selecting the recipient of the annual [5] CJJ Spirit of Youth Award;
- Developing and implementing educational training programs for youth and adult SAG members;
- Convening committee meetings and networking events for youth members at [6] CJJ conferences;
- Participating in Hill Day visits (with congressional representatives); and
- Orienting new youth members to the work of the SAGs and CJJ, through the publication of resources, such as [7] The CJJ Youth Manual, and ongoing information sharing.
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Ways to Get Involved
- Join your State Advisory Group! If you are interested in joining your state’s advisory group, please refer to the [8] CJJ online State and Territory Directory and contact your state or territory’s Juvenile Justice Specialist;
- If you’re already on your SAG – consider joining the CJJ Youth Committee! If you are a current youth SAG member and are interested in getting involved with the CJJ National Youth Committee, please contact Idit Knaan, CJJ director of communications and operations at [9] knaan@juvjustice.org /202-467-0864, ext. 110;
- “Like” us on Facebook! Click [10] here to visit our Facebook page and join the conversation;
- Subscribe to our Monthly e-newsletter, the Juvenile Justice e-Monitor! Email [11] info@juvjustice.org to subscribe. Check out past issues [12] here;
- Join us at a national or regional conference! Mark your calendar with CJJ’s [13] upcoming national and regional conferences and please consider joining us for a great opportunity to learn the latest about the conference theme and network with fellow youth members as well as adult SAG members, state and federal staff, advocates and others.
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Helpful Resources
- In addition to the [14] The CJJ Youth Manual, CJJ’s Web site offers PDFs of most of its reports – please click [15] here. For hard copies, please call us at 202-467-0864 or email [16] info@juvjustice.org;
- The CJJ [17] SAG Source™ is a Web-based library of resources by and for SAG members and state staff. SAG Source™ is searchable by various topics, such as SAG annual reports and Three Year Plans, or by State.
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[1]: http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/public/resource_391.pdf
[2]: http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/public/resource_391.pdf
[3]: mailto:info@juvjustice.org
[4]: http://www.juvjustice.org/about_board.html
[5]: http://juvjustice.org/award_5.html
[6]: http://juvjustice.org/conferences2.html
[7]: http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/public/resource_391.pdf
[8]: http://juvjustice.org/states.html
[9]: mailto:knaan@juvjustice.org
[10]: http://facebook.com/juvjustice
[11]: mailto:info@juvjustice.org
[12]: http://juvjustice.org/newsletters.html
[13]: http://juvjustice.org/conferences2.html
[14]: http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/public/resource_391.pdf
[15]: http://juvjustice.org/resource_category_104.html
[16]: mailto:info@juvjustice.org
[17]: http://juvjustice.org/sag_search/sag_search.cgi