As we move forward as an agency eliminating racial disproportionalities and advancing racial equity, it’s important to continue supporting the voices of BIPOC youth and acknowledge their history as an embedded part of our community every day of the year.
The residents of Green Hill School (GHS) have launched their first formal peer-to-peer mentoring program. The M.A.D.E. Men Peer Mentoring program puts making a difference every day (M.A.D.E.) at the center of its mission. The goal of the program is to support struggling residents who could benefit from peer support.
One of the many benefits of youth placement in least restrictive community facilities is the opportunity to receive education and
vocational training in the community, sometimes
As part of our Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) continuum of care, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) aims to provide comprehensive and community-based services to support eligible youth as they transition back into their communities. Young people start their residential sentences with JR in an institution.
With the ongoing restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth in DCYF’s Juvenile Rehabilitation community facilities have been quietly plugging away at their education, earning their degrees, participating in community service, and doing as much as they can to stay active.
In December 2020, 11 young men from Oakridge Community Facility celebrated their graduation from the Manufacturing Academy (MA), a 12-week pre-apprenticeship for Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) youth who reside in less restrictive community facilities.
Passed in 2018, House Bill 6160 (also referred to as JR to 25) allows young people sentenced in adult court for crimes committed under age 18 to go to Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) until age 25. Before the bill, JR residents had to transfer to the Department of Corrections on their 21st birthday to serve the rest of their sentence.
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) works diligently to improve the lives of young people that come into our care and prevent additional trauma. Gov.
Last year, Olympia’s Capital High School (CHS) head football coach, Terry Rose, attended Green Hill School’s (GHS) Pursuit for Change event.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) operates eight community facilities for young adults across Washington State. Community facilities are less restrictive options where youth can serve the remainder of their sentence in a therapeutic setting while strengthening community connections.