Report Description: Recommendations regarding the implementation of juvenile court jurisdiction expansion to encompass persons 18, 19, and 20 years old. Recommendations shall include an implementation plan for the expansion, including necessary funding, essential personnel, and programmatic resources, measures necessary to avoid a negative impact on the state's child protection response, and specific milestones related to operations and policy.
Implementation Plan Requirements: A timeline for structural and systemic changes within the juvenile justice system for the juvenile rehabilitation division; the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families; the Department of Corrections; and the juvenile court pursuant to chapter 13.04 RCW. An operations and business plan that defines benchmarks, including possible changes to resource allocations; a review of the estimated costs avoided by local and state governments with the reduction of recidivism and an analysis of cost savings reinvestment options; and estimated new costs incurred to provide juvenile justice services to persons 18, 19, and 20 years old.
Anticipated Report Submission: Sept. 30, 2025
Workgroup Co-Leads:
- OJJ Staff Co-Lead: Heidi Sadri
- PCJJ Co-Lead: Andrew Hill, Excelsior Wellness
Workgroup Meeting Schedule:
- Feb. 14, 2024 | 2-4 p.m.
- Apr. 10, 2024 | 2-4 p.m.
- Jul. 10, 2024 | 2-4 p.m.
- Sept. 11, 2024 | 2-4 p.m.
- Nov. 13, 2024 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Jan. 8, 2025 | 2-4 p.m.
- Mar. 12, 2025 | 2-4 p.m.
Technical Assistance Providers:
- Columbia University Emerging Adult Justice Project
- University of Washington Evans Policy Innovation Collaborative
Workgroup Membership:
- Michael Althauser, Senate Democratic Caucus
- Katie Bailey
- Amity Bjork, Criminal Defense Attorney
- Stephanie Budrus, DCYF Office of Public Affairs
- Kolanye Bykoff, DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation
- Alexi Castilla, Office of Juvenile Justice & Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
- Paul Daniels, King County Superior Court
- Prachi Dave, Civil Survival
- Izzy Eads
- Tristan Eddy, Justice for Girls
- Judge Jennifer Forbes, Washington State Superior Court Judges' Association
- Kelsey-anne Fung, Senate Human Services Committee
- Roxana Gomez, Legal Counsel for Youth and Children
- Hailey Gray, Justice for Girls
- Norrie Gregoire, Washington Association of Juvenile Court Administrators
- Stephanie Hinshaw, Stand for Children
- Jimmy Hung, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
- Katie Hurley, King County Department of Public Defense
- Arthur Longworth, TeamChild
- Nicole McGrath, Tulalip Tribes Wellness Court
- Jack Murphy, Washington Association of Juvenile Court Administrators
- Liz Mustin, Office of Public Defense
- Alex Narvaez, Legal Counsel for Youth and Children
- Shanyne Noel, DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation
- Nicholas Oakley, Center for Children & Youth Justice
- Julissa Sanchez, CHOOSE 180
- Charles Smith, Mockingbird Society
- Allie Steinberg, CHOOSE 180
- Frank Thomas, Washington State Minority & Justice Commission
- Dre Thornock, Tulalip Tribes
- Dr. Eric Trupin, UW Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Sciences
- Daniel Wable
Jenny Young, Office of Juvenile Justice