Implementation of San Francisco's DJJ Realignment Plan is well underway.

<p data-block-key="2qsi6">In 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to close California's youth prison system: the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). Each county now has a group of people in charge of developing a local plan to support the needs of young people who were previously eligible for DJJ commitments: young people with sustained charges for the most serious conduct. Learn more about our investments to support the DJJ Realignment target population in our <a href="https://sf.gov/reports/may-2023/san-franciscos-djj-realignment-plan-2023-implementation-update">2023 Implementation Update</a>:</p><ul><li data-block-key="v1olm">Credible messenger life coaches</li><li data-block-key="l7cxw">Whole family support programs, including flexible, direct funding to young people and their families</li><li data-block-key="2nwcp">Secure Youth Treatment Facility programming</li><li data-block-key="fu30p">Facility improvements</li></ul>

We promote community safety by helping juvenile justice-involved young people and their families to thrive.

Juvenile Probation Department

We develop and implement a continuum of county-based responses to juvenile crime.

2023 DJJ Realignment Implementation Update

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