Central Office Contact Information

714 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 300

Topeka, KS. 66603

Business Hours: M-F 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: (785) 296-4213

Fax: (785) 296-1412

The Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority is a cabinet level criminal justice agency that began operating on July 1, 1997. Individuals as young as ten years of age and as old as 17 years of age may be adjudicated as juvenile offenders and ordered into the custody of the Commissioner of Juvenile Justice. The JJA may retain custody of a juvenile offender in a juvenile correctional facility to the age of 22 1/2 and in the community to the age of 23.

For general comments or questions regarding the Juvenile Justice Authority e-mail us at jja@jja.ks.gov. For questions regarding this website, please contact the Webmaster.

JJA Executive Staff

Terri Williams, Acting Commissioner, (please send all correspondence through JJA Information Account)
Vacant, Deputy Commissioner of Community and Facility Programs
Craig Kibbe, Director of Human Resources
Brad Burke, General Counsel 785-296-4213
Keith Bradshaw, Director of Fiscal Services
Jan Lunsford, Public Information Officer
Britt Nichols, Inspector General
Nicole Jonas-Piper, Executive Assistant
JJA Help Desk

JJA Staff Organizational Chart

Directions to JJACO

Topeka Area Information

Are you planning a trip to the JJA Central office? Visitors should use the metered parking spaces available in front of the building. Parking meters accept nickels, dimes and quarters and have a maximum time limit of 2 hours. For longer visits, there is 10 hour metered parking at the corner of 7th and Jackson. Ten hour parking meters are hung on yellow poles.

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