Local sites and partners
In-state grantees who have a vital stake in improving each state's juvenile justice system and ultimately carry out the reform work
Models for Change supports public agencies and organizations, and private statewide advocacy groups. The initiative also partners with agencies and units of local government, and provides direct support to demonstration sites modeling best practices in Models for Change states.
Demonstration Counties
Five sites are involved in Models for Change efforts to expand community-based alternatives to formal processing and confinement in Illinois (download map):
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Ogle County
- Peoria County
- 2nd Judicial Circuit
Partners
Models for Change local partners in Illinois include: