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Educational Health Resources

Educational health is the knowledge, skills, and opportunities needed to succeed academically, socially, and developmentally. It is as critical as physical or mental health. OYCR considers “educational health” a critical component of advancing youth justice.

Aligned with best practices, OYCR promotes educational health for youth and young adults across the system by:

Creating and convening the Educational Advisory Committee, made up of county and state leaders who have a similar passion in improving the educational system in Court Schools and Alternative Education settings;
Breaking down silos between education and juvenile justice partners at both the county and state levels;
Partnering with the California Rising Scholars, Project Rebound, the Prison Education Program (PEP), the Department of Rehabilitation, as well as quality literacy programs that provide educational opportunities to youth while they are in detention;
Championing higher educational and vocational opportunities as pathways to healthy reintegration into their community, in turn increasing public safety;
Creating educational opportunities to promote equitable outcomes for every student across juvenile justice settings;
Identifying excellence in county-level Probation Department and County Office of Education work — and elevating it as a model for other counties.

To incorporate educational health into your own youth justice practices, explore the resources provided below. You can also see the policies that influenced our resource gathering here.