Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) serves young people who committed a crime before age 18 and are sentenced to juvenile custody by a court for more than 30 days.
JR also serves young people who committed a crime before age 18 and received an adult sentence of more than a year. Young people can stay in a DCYF JR facility up to age 25.
They will go to either Echo Glen or Green Hill to start. Young women up to 25 years old and young men under the age of 18 will go to Echo Glen. Young men over the age of 17 will go to Green Hill School. A JR counselor will likely be in contact with you about placement.
They are medium to maximum security facilities. All young people start at a secure facility. Secure Facilities include:
- Echo Glen Children's Center (Snoqualmie)
- Green Hill School (Chehalis)
- Harbor Heights (Aberdeen)
They are minimum security facilities. They operate like group homes. Young people must live at the facility but can go to work or school in the community while serving the rest of their sentence. We have eight community facilities across the state.
Young people with good behavior and that meet the requirements may be able to go to a community facility. A young person must start at a secure facility.
Learn more at the Community Facilities page.
Young people on CTS finish their sentences at home instead of at a facility. They participate in a structured schedule in their community and are tracked with electronic monitoring.
Learn more at the Future Planning, Transition, and Reentry page.
CAR is a voluntary program for young people after leaving a JR facility. This resource is offered for 12 months to help with things like food, housing, jobs and getting around.
Learn more at the Future Planning, Transition, and Reentry page.
Yes. Family communication is encouraged. In these cases, communication will be arranged by a counselor and organized in partnership with the Department of Corrections or the agency in which the parent is incarcerated.
Young people in JR will be enrolled in a regular school program. Some of our facilities have a public school located on campus, and others send young people to a public school in the community.
Young people can earn a high school diploma, prepare for the GED, enroll in college classes, and participate in job training programs.
You can get records by contacting the DCYF Public Records Officer. We can only provide juvenile records about young people while they are in JR.
These types of questions can be answered if the request comes through a verifiable email address or is received in the mail on official stationery.
JR serves young people up to the age of 25. If a young person must finish their sentence after their 25th birthday they may be transferred to DOC. Individuals who are convicted as an adult of a felony offense committed under age 18 can serve their sentence in JR until they are 25. If an individual requests to be transferred, or if DCYF believes a young person presents a significant safety risk, they may be transferred to DOC following JR Policy 5.51.
These types of questions can be answered if the request comes through a verifiable email address or is received in the mail on official stationery.
You may forward a copy of the order to our Public Records Manager.
Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Records Officer
PO Box 40982
Olympia, WA 98504
Dcyf.recordsofficer@dcyf.wa.gov
Juvenile Rehabilitation does all their hiring through Careers.wa.gov. Simply click "Look for Jobs" and then search for "Juvenile Rehabilitation".
We welcome student interns who are seeking to develop their skills and abilities for working with young people. The first step is to call or write to the residential facility or the regional office closest to where you hope to work.
