Improving Reforms for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System

The Foundation began deep-end reform knowing the work would evolve, and wanted the evaluation to inform and strengthen the reform, track the changes it effected, and document sites’ successes and challenges. The evaluation team documented its findings in a summary report, four briefs (one each on improving data capacity, advancing probation reform, engaging youth and families, and pursuing racial and ethnic equity and inclusion), a journal article (published in Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice) on transforming juvenile probation through culture change, and technical appendixes documenting sites’ deep-end reform activities and describing the evaluation’s methods.