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Last week, the SAJE Center gave two presentations at the Society for Prevention Research on our youth housing stability model and a process for adapting family-based programs. The slides are now available on our website sajecenter.org/presentations
The CoLab for Community and Behavioral Health Policy at the University of Washington is hiring a full-time Research Assistant! Check out uwcolab.org and UW requisition # 182004: uwhires.admin.washington.edu…
Excited to be presenting at @WAStPubHealth virtual conference this October! Our team will be presenting on our Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) model, our novel evidence-based service mapping protocol, and using codesign in academic-community partnerships.
Excited to kickoff our new partnership with Kitsap Mental Health Care to spearhead our Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) program to prevent youth housing instability and promote family wellness in Kitsap County!
Really grateful for the webinar opportunity with @CSPfellows to talk about knowledge transfer and advocacy #healthequity @SarahECWalker1
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Excited for tomorrow Aug 6 webinar with @CSPfellows to learn about the WPIPs and offer tips to effectively communicate with key policymakers to impact health and wellness. #healthequity @SarahECWalker1 @gcsmd @CSPFernandez @RWJF
Transforming public health in Washington through system codesign in partnership with Grays Harbor County, WA State Health Care Authority, @Amerigroup, @seattlechildren
Excited for tomorrow Aug 6 webinar with @CSPfellows to learn about the WPIPs and offer tips to effectively communicate with key policymakers to impact health and wellness. #healthequity @SarahECWalker1 @gcsmd @CSPFernandez @RWJF
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Eliminating all the justice center's detention beds for youth is a huge win for young people and communities. Ensuring that those young people and families have housing and basic needs will make this possible, and will reduce youth homelessness at the same time.
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Today I commit King County to converting the remaining youth detention units at the CFJC to other uses as quickly as possible, and no later than 2025.
The Society for Prevention Research Virtual Conference starts today! Over the next three days, two of our SAJE team members @almquist_lars and Dr. Won Fong Lau Johnson will be presenting on behalf of the SAJE Center.
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Youth in juvenile detention are at higher risk of COVID-19, and young LGBTQ+ folx and BIPOC are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system: bit.ly/2ZTSPyx
Our state is phasing out juvenile detention for status offenses, which can help end this disparity.
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It's been a year of upheaval for young people experiencing homelessness. Anchor Community team member Brianna shares the hardships that she and other young people in Pierce County have experienced: awayhomewa.org/system-crisis…
Our new publication by @SarahECWalker1 and Dr. Jerald Herting, "The Impact of Pretrial Juvenile Detention on 12-Month Recidivism: A Matched Comparison Study" is now available with open-access!
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A @AECFNews blog highlights work by @SajeCenter researchers Sarah Walker and Jerald Herting who found that any pretrial detention stay — regardless of its length — increases the likelihood of recidivism. aecf.org/blog/study-pretrial…
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July 1, join the Dean's Advisory Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for a conversation on racism, public health & criminal justice, feat. public defender Lauren Conner, former federal public defender Vito de la Cruz & UW Law Prof Clarence Spigner. bit.ly/31mrN5g
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NOW STREAMING: On a new episode of UW Law's #DISCOVERY podcast, La Rond Baker of the King County Dept. of Public Defense discusses COVID-19's disproportionate impacts on Washington's prison populations. bit.ly/3erCO8K
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“Each year more than 20,000 youth age out of foster care, and according to the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare, one in four will be forced to endure homelessness within four years of leaving foster care.” bit.ly/2ZsOaDe
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New on the blog: Our report with @wellbeingtrust identifies expert recommendations to improve teen mental health. Read more: academyhealth.org/blog/2020-…














