Juvenile Justice System: A Case Study

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I currently serve as a parent coach through a partnership with the New York City Department of Probation (DOP), and Community Connections for Youth (CCFY) a local community based organization whose mission is focused on developing effective alternatives to incarceration for youth.

I am a mother of six children, and when I first received the phone call that my young son was arrested my husband and I were devastated. As a mother I was numb, confused and was riddled with guilt. I did not know what to do, where to turn, so I began to immerse myself in learning about the juvenile justice system because my child’s future depended on it.

When the opportunity arose to become one of the first parent coaches DOP, I jumped at the opportunity