2024 Annual Conference

Each year, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) hosts a national conference focused on improving juvenile justice and delinquency prevention systems, services, practices, and policies. Last year, more than 500 juvenile justice practitioners and advocates from across the U.S. and its territories joined together for this unique event. The theme of this year’s conference is “CJJ’s 40th Anniversary: Engaging Youth to Turn Passion into Policy.” This conference will focus on the latest research, developments, and challenges facing our field today. Specifically:

• How, as partners, do we reshape and ensure passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act?
• How do we authentically engage youth and families with lived experiences and elevate their voices (i.e. in system transformation and SAG engagement)? 
• How can we restructure current policies and practices to ensure young people receive appropriate services and supports? 
• How can systems collaborate with one another to more holistically address young people’s needs? 
• How can we provide trauma-responsive care for children and youth? 

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CJJ’s 2024 Youth Summit

Each year, CJJ’s Emerging Leaders Committee holds a Youth Summit, an event designed to bring together passionate young leaders from across the country for peer learning, professional development, and networking. This year, the ELC will be holding their Youth Summit at CJJ’s 2024 Annual Conference. ELC-curated presentations and workshops will be open to all Annual Conference attendees, expanding their reach and networking opportunities to a broader audience. The theme of this year’s summit is “Collective Resilience: Empowering Leaders in Diverse Communities.” 

To learn more about the Emerging Leaders Committee, please click here.

Agenda and Registration

Registration for this event has closed. A agenda for this year’s conference can be found here. 

CJJ’s Sponsors and Exhibitors

This event is sponsored by Transfr, Abercrombie & Associates LLC, and Tyler Technologies. We thank these sponsors for their continued support!

At the event, be sure to check out our exhibitors: 

• Empower Community Care
• Empact Solution
• National Youth Justice Network
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Huntington Learning Center
• FirstMatch
• Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy
• One Circle Foundation

All exhibitors will be located in Constitution A.