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Make a DonationYouth development and organizing
The mission of the Youth Justice Institute (YJI) is to effectively address the needs of system-involved youth so they transition into healthy adults. We accomplish this through direct service, information sharing, partnerships, and advancing the knowledge of what works. YJI began in 2002 as the Girls Justice Initiative (GJI), which was a project of United Way of the Bay Area (UWBA). We had a three year commitment from the UWBA to develop an initiative that would respond to the increasing number of girls involved in the juvenile justice system and increasing percentage of girls detained in San Francisco Juvenile Hall.
