Programs
We serve youth in juvenile facilities and the broader community by providing lived-experience mentorship, court and reentry advocacy, strengths-based case management, and family-centered programs that promote stability and empowerment.
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Detention Prevention
We offer workshops for youth, families, schools, and community partners that examine the school to prison pipeline. These sessions explore how school pushout, poverty, trauma, and outside influences such as guns, gangs, and adult influencers contribute to incarceration. Our goal is to equip youth and communities with tools to interrupt this cycle.
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Credible Messenger Mentorship
We are credible messengers who show up and stay present for youth and their families. Grounded in our own lived experience, we walk alongside young people, offering guidance and steady support through crisis, transition, and life beyond system involvement.
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Case Management
We provide strengths based case management centered on each young person’s interests, goals, and potential. We bring education, employment, housing, and health and wellness supports together so young people are supported, seen, and never left to navigate systems alone.
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Court Advocacy
We show up in court for the youth and families we serve—offering advocacy, working with public defenders, and providing judges with context that highlights each young person’s strengths and alternatives to detention.
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Suited for Success
Our “Suited for Success” program gives youth clothing for court appearances. The program builds self-esteem and reinforces the belief that they are worthy of respect, success, and a fresh start.
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Parental Support
Our parent support group meets monthly to guide families through the challenges of the justice system, offering a space to connect, access resources, and find strength through shared experience and support.
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Carceral Support
The connections we make with system-impacted youth often begin in juvenile hall where we meet with the youth monthly to develop fellowship over a meal, and to begin mentorship, court advocacy, and other supportive programs.
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Basic Needs for Stable Starts
We help stabilize youth by meeting urgent needs like food, clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, and transportation. When basic needs are met, youth are better positioned to focus on the future and less likely to recidivate.
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Restorative Justice Healing Circles
We facilitate community centered restorative justice circles that create space for healing, accountability, and dialogue. This work addresses harm related to violence, trauma, and system involvement while supporting youth, families, and community members.