All children and youth deserve a fair chance. 

At the Center for Children & Youth Justice (CCYJ), we’re changing the way young people experience the child welfare and juvenile justice systems—for the better. By listening to young people and working with partners across Washington State, we’re helping to redesign our child welfare and juvenile justice systems to meet children and youth’s unique needs.

CCYJ operates nearly a dozen programs that together address a wide array of issues critical to the wellbeing of children in our state. All of our programs focus on achieving better outcomes for children and families by facilitating collaboration among system stakeholders and others, providing training and technical assistance (TTA), and advocating for solutions that are data- driven and youth-centered. Wherever they work within Washington’s child-serving agencies, and whatever they do, the people charged with supporting our state’s most vulnerable children want to be more effective individually, at the organizational level, or both. CCYJ technical assistance, a targeted process offering organization level support to address a development need or problem, and CCYJ training, help service providers realize this aspiration.

Join us November 7th & 8th, 2024

at Central Washington University

Becca Conference 2024 will be our 21st annual professional learning opportunity for those serving young people in Washington State. Experts representing education, justice, and community from across the region will provide new information, training, and development to professional and community members who support young people in their pursuit of successful post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.