How does Virginia’s Juvenile Justice system impact health? Valerie Slater, Executive Director of RISE for Youth joined RHV to discuss the need to reform Virginia’s juvenile prisons.
Our Juneteenth celebration was an enormous success; we had over 300 people come out and support our youth out loud! The Keep Our Kids Free: Youth Talent Showcase lifted up youth singers, hip-hop artists, dance teams, mixed-media artists, and even a
Watch this powerful YouTube video. Prisons Don’t Work!
A new poll shows that Virginians of all political stripes support shifting the youth justice system. Read the Full Report. Youth First Virginia Poll Memo Feb 2017 Final
Thank you Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant for standing with youth and families and investing in community-based alternatives, not prison.
Thank you Sen. Mark Obenshain for helping our most vulnerable youth by investing community-based alternatives to prison.
Prison is no place for kids. Thank you Governor Terry McAuliffe for protecting community-based alternatives to incarceration.
In response to the announcement by Governor Terry McAuliffe of the awarding of service coordinator contracts for a statewide continuum of evidence-based treatment services and alternatives to placement in state-operated juvenile correctional centers, the RISE for Youth coalition issued the
RISE for Youth is pleased that Governor McAuliffe, in his Fiscal Year 2017 Savings Plan to address Virginia’s state budget shortfall, protected critical funding within the Department of Juvenile Justice tied to the build-out of a breadth of community-based alternatives to
The DJJ Task Force on Juvenile Correctional Centers recently released its interim report on future plans for construction of a new juvenile prison. The Task Force next meets on Aug. 23rd at 9AM at the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond,
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