GAC History
The Girls Advisory Council launched it's initial meeting in 2016, and was developed from the Girls Juvenile Justice Initiative (GJJI). GJJI stemmed from a partnership between the Stanislaus County Probation Department, the Prison Law Office, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and the Youth Justice Institute.
They conducted a community needs assessment in 2010, whereby a strategic plan was developed. One program that has been implemented since then in the probation department is the Gender Responsive Alternative to Detention Program (GRAD). GRAD provides alternatives to female probationers, rather than them being in custody.
The council was developed as an extension of the program to provide these same resources for female youth to prevent them from touching any system. A secondary goal is to eventually have a youth sit on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JCC), which the GJI has merged into.
They conducted a community needs assessment in 2010, whereby a strategic plan was developed. One program that has been implemented since then in the probation department is the Gender Responsive Alternative to Detention Program (GRAD). GRAD provides alternatives to female probationers, rather than them being in custody.
The council was developed as an extension of the program to provide these same resources for female youth to prevent them from touching any system. A secondary goal is to eventually have a youth sit on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JCC), which the GJI has merged into.
GAC History
The Girls Advisory Council launched it's initial meeting in 2016, and was developed from the Girls Juvenile Justice Initiative (GJJI). GJJI stemmed from a partnership between the Stanislaus County Probation Department, the Prison Law Office, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and the Youth Justice Institute.
They conducted a community needs assessment in 2010, whereby a strategic plan was developed. One program that has been implemented since then in the probation department is the Gender Responsive Alternative to Detention Program (GRAD). GRAD provides alternatives to female probationers, rather than them being in custody.
The council was developed as an extension of the program to provide these same resources for female youth to prevent them from touching any system. A secondary goal is to eventually have a youth sit on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JCC), which the GJI has merged into.
They conducted a community needs assessment in 2010, whereby a strategic plan was developed. One program that has been implemented since then in the probation department is the Gender Responsive Alternative to Detention Program (GRAD). GRAD provides alternatives to female probationers, rather than them being in custody.
The council was developed as an extension of the program to provide these same resources for female youth to prevent them from touching any system. A secondary goal is to eventually have a youth sit on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JCC), which the GJI has merged into.
