To conduct research and publish a study identifying policy and practice changes needed to prevent the criminalization of homeless youth and also to reduce the risk of homelessness of justice-involved youth returning to their communities from out-0f-home placements. CJJ is partnering with the National Network for Youth and other leaders in the fields of housing/homelessness and youth justice on this project. The partners hope to increase collaboration between advocates and practitioners in the homeless and justice fields and improve responses by both public systems and private providers to the challenges faced by these two populations.
