Dr. Matt Adams, Superintendent

The Youth Justice Initiative (YJI) plays a critical role in our community by emphasizing personal accountability, healing, and community engagement. Its impact resonates deeply within our district and schools, promoting empathy, social responsibility, and the...

Russ Trimble, WDM Mayor

YJI identifies at-risk youth and provides them the education and support they need to stay in school and be successful. YJI also gives our youth offenders who made a dumb decision a second chance to have a successful life with a recidivism rate near zero. We are so...

Shannon

The thing that stands out to me about the YJI program is they don’t give up on you. They continue to keep in touch with families. […..] even though my son has already completed the YJI program, we will forever have a family and continued support from YJI.-...

Molly

During my time with YJI, a lot has changed about my life. Before I was in the program, I wasn’t going to school. I would call myself in pretending to be my mom. I missed so much school the assistant principal came to my house. I was taken away from my mom and placed...

Cali

When I met Cali for the first time she was asking all sorts of questions and demanding that our staff call her “Baby.”  Her brother, Jamie, was kind, but often irritated or embarrassed by her behavior. Jamie had been reluctant to bring her to Study Table, but I...