By partnering with the CSG Justice Center, we can help your state strengthen and scale research-based services and supports for youth and their families.
CSG Justice Center staff provide cost-free technical assistance to help states develop and implement statewide action plans that use limited resources more efficiently to do the following:
- Make communities safer
- Reduce youth violence
- Improve behavioral health and education outcomes for youth
Why Your State Should Join
Here’s what our technical assistance looks like:
- Coordination & Collaboration: We help your state assemble a team of cross-system, high-level leaders (or leverage an existing one) to develop and oversee a statewide action plan.
- System-Mapping & Prioritization: We assess your state’s current strategies through virtual system-mapping, listening sessions, and in-person site visits with state leaders, local officials, and providers to identify priorities and goals for improvement.
- Strategy Development & Action Planning: We help your state use our national Youth Safety Playbook—which includes strategies related to policy, financing, infrastructure, services, and workforce—to develop an action plan tailored to your state.
- Implementation: States that participate in CYPSI are eligible for more intensive, multiyear technical assistance from the CSG Justice Center to enact and implement their state plans.
Interested in Joining?
Email Josh Weber at [email protected] to learn more. If you’re ready to get started, please email him a letter addressed to the CSG Justice Center—signed by members of the core team—outlining why they want to participate in CYPSI, their goals for the initiative, and how they’re positioned for success.