Time Dollar Youth Court Inc Careers in Washington, DC

The Youth Court of DC provides alternative sentencing to first-time juvenile offenders in the District of Columbia and serves as a unique pre- petition diversion program for non-violent offenders. The goal of the Youth Court is to divert first-time youthful offenders, ages 13 – 17, away from the juvenile justice system and provide a meaningful alternative to the traditional adjudicatory format in juvenile cases. Youth Court has a sixteen year history of providing successful peer-to-peer services to youth and is recognized as one of the largest youth courts in the nation. Youth Court enlists young people in creating a new kind of juvenile justice where youth juries have the power to impose a sentence on offenders and where non-violent youth can avoid formal prosecution for their offense by carrying out the sentence imposed by their peers. Specialties Diversion, youth development