The purpose of this Technical Assistance Brief is to provide juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) teams with an overview of how to collect, analyze, and respond to program-level data regarding racial equity in three primary areas: admission to the juvenile drug treatment court program, responses to youth while in the program (e.g. incentives and sanctions, case planning, etc.), and graduation/termination decisions.
This Technical Assistance Bulletin is a publication of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). The NCJFCJ wishes to acknowledge that this material is made possible by 2015-DC-BX-K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice or the NCJFCJ.