Campaign for Youth Justice
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Headquarters Location: Washington, DC
Founded: 2005
Mission: The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) is a national campaign dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children under 18 in the adult criminal justice system. The strategic goals of CFYJ are to reduce the number of youth who are tried, sentenced, and incarcerated in the adult criminal justice system, rather than adjudicated in the juvenile justice system; and to decrease the harmful impact of trying youth in adult court, especially the placement of youth in adult jails and prisons.
Tags:
youth, at-risk youth, legislation, criminal justice, youth justice, juvenile justice, research, advocacy
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Leadership
Liz Ryan.
Liz brings more than two decades of experience to the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ), an organization she founded that is dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children in the adult criminal justice system. In her capacity at CFYJ, Liz is responsible for overall strategy, management and fundraising. Liz currently serves as the co-chair of the…
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Financial Data
Overhead Ratio:
24.20%
Total Revenue:
$1,586,036
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Contact Info
Address:
1012 14th Street, NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20005, USA
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Story:
The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) is dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth under 18 in the adult criminal justice system.
The Campaign works in partnership with state-based campaigns in a number of states. We serve as a clearinghouse of information on youth prosecuted as adults and make our tools and resources available to those interested in learning and taking action on an issue that personally affects them.
We strongly believe that any movement must involve those who are most impacted by the laws and policies. Thus, we seek to empower those affected by encouraging them to use their voices and experiences to effect meaningful change.
Expert Reviews of Campaign for Youth Justice
Evidence of Impact Summary:
The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) is dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth under 18 in the adult criminal justice system. They work in partnership with state-based campaigns in a number of states and serve as a clearinghouse of information on youth prosecuted as adults and make our tools and resources available to those interested in learning and taking action on an issue that personally affects them.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Campaign for Youth Justice has strong leadership, staff, and a national presence. Campaign for Youth Justice brings various states together taking on a very important issue.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
According to experts, Campaign for Youth Justice could do more with more resources. They must also focus on developing more partnerships as capacity allows.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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It is a behind-the-scenes and consistent effort to push policy reform through convening's, relationship building, and knowledge building. It is also an "infrastructure" organization that sees the big picture, educates policy makers, and is at the ready for coordination of rapid-fire response from its network of organizations, partners, funders, and fellow advocates. | ||
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The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) is dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth under 18 in the adult criminal justice system. They work in partnership with state-based campaigns in a number of states and serve as a clearinghouse of information on youth prosecuted as adults and make our tools and resources available to those interested in learning and taking action on an issue that personally affects them. | ||
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The Campaign for Youth Justice is fighting the adult commitments of youth. | ||
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This organization has been incredible at changing the national dialogue around youth transferred into the adult court. Their state-based advocacy work has also resulted in concrete on-the-ground changes in law and policy. | ||
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The Campaign for Youth Justice has seen success with its Raise the Age campaigns and has a remarkable ability to highlight issues in media. | ||
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They do an excellent job raising awareness about unjust practices where youth are tried as adults. Their research and advocacy on juvenile justice issues is credible and useful not only to policymakers, but to other advocates as well | ||
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This is a great organization and is very impactful. | ||
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Leadership is definitely one of its strongest assets. It's also seen as one of the go-to organizations if you want to stay ahead of the curve on juvenile justice issues and get a sense of what to look out for over a 3-5 year horizon. | ||
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Campaign for Youth Justice does a wonderful job of preparing and marketing their materials and resources. They are easily identifiable through the materials and messages they disseminate and they are seemingly everywhere for an organization of very few people. They have also ventured into new areas of dissemination and advocacy, including weekly online radio programs. Finally, the on-the-ground work they do for DC youth sentenced to adult facilities (e.g., book drives, arranging parent visits) is simply amazing. | ||
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Campaign for Youth Justice brings various states together taking on a very important issue. | ||
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They have great family organizing staff. Their leadership in the community is strong. | ||
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Campaign for Youth Justice has strong leadership, staff, and a national presence. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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Perhaps they do this, but it is not as evident, but if Campaign for Youth Justice could start and/or brand State and/or local chapters of the Campaign, the efforts of so many across the country could be more easily united for even great impact. Also, if they could either do more political advocacy or, if they do that, make those efforts more public, that would help others to know the power behind their message. | ||
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The breadth of their focus too narrow and coordination with more partners could be developed as capacity allows. | ||
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Campaign for Youth Justice could do more with more resources. | ||
Leadership
Liz Ryan
President & CEO
President & CEO
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