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JJA Mission and VisionOur vision at JJA is "Changing lives of at-risk youth and their families for safer, stronger Kansas communities." The Mission of the JJAThe Juvenile Justice Authority assists youth to become successful and productive citizens by providing leadership and support to:
As we strive to meet our mission, Kansans will enjoy safer communities through prevention, intervention, rehabilitation and reintegration services provided to children and their families. JJA's History and Community FocusThe Juvenile Justice Reform process implemented in Kansas from 1997 to 2000 is the foundation for juvenile programming in Kansas. Juvenile Justice Reform was focused on prevention, intervention, and community-based services, and that a youth should be placed in a juvenile correctional facility for rehabilitation and reform only as a last resort. Youth are more effectively rehabilitated and served in their own community. Because the JJA's focus is to serve youth in their community, each county or group of cooperating counties is required by statute to make themselves eligible to receive state funding for the development, implementation, operation, and improvement of juvenile community correctional services. Each individual county, or the designee of a group of counties, is referred to as an administrative county and directly receives funding from the agency for operation of community juvenile justice services. Pivotal roles of the Prevention and Community Programs Division include: ensuring the community service continuum is efficient and effective in addressing the needs of the youth; building upon established collaborations with local units of government and other key stakeholders; and, monitoring programs along the continuum of services from prevention and intervention to rehabilitative service delivery. | ||||||
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