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. In Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (www.pccd.state.pa.us) has been a very important financial partner in the Models for Change initiative. For example, as noted below, PCCD funded four out of the five aftercare pilot sites.
Demonstration counties
Pennsylvania has eight Models for Change sites promoting juvenile justice reforms (
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Allegheny County
- strengthening aftercare (funded by PCCD)
- improving mental health and juvenile justice coordination through implementation of the Comprehensive Systems Change Initiative model
- reducing disproportionate minority contact
Berks County
- reducing disproportionate minority contact
Cambria County
- strengthening aftercare (funded by PCCD)
Chester County
- improving mental health and juvenile justice coordination through implementation of the Comprehensive Systems Change Initiative model
Erie County
- improving mental health and juvenile justice coordination through implementation of the Comprehensive Systems Change Initiative model
Lycoming County
- strengthening aftercare (funded by PCCD)
Philadelphia County
York County
- strengthening aftercare (was funded by PCCD)
Partners
Pennsylvania Models for Change partners include:
- Congreso de Latinos Unidos
- Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers
- Defender Association of Philadelphia
- Department of Education
- Department of Public Welfare
- Education Law Center
- Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission
- Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Department of Human Services