CCYJ

Who we are

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.

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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.

Events

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JAN 10 – 12, 2025

LINC CONFERENCE

Highline community College

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.

JAN 10 – 12, 2025

LINC CONFERENCE

Highline community College

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.

Our Approach

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.

Thank you for your investment in creating better lives for young people at the 2024 Norm Maleng Advocate for Youth Award Breakfast, honoring David Zapolsky.

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Healty Food For Poor People

Building pathways to education, housing, and employment for foster and homeless youth

Healty Food For Poor People

Building pathways to education, housing, and employment for foster and homeless youth

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Join the Pursuit of Justice

On July 8th, we launched the Emergency Pursuit of Justice Fund—a movement to raise $1,000,000 to fight back, rebuild, and ensure our work continues long after our lawsuit against the Department of Justice is resolved.

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