Center in NE expands new approach to court-supervised youth

WHAT: Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting: Status Offender BARJ Drop-In Center

WHERE: 920 Rhode Island Avenue, NE

WHEN: Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11am

WHO: Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield Councilmember Robert White DYRS Director Clinton Lacey Brian Ferguson, Director, Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizens Mannone Butler, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Terri Odom, Director, Family Court Social Services Division, DC Superior Court Ron DuBrey, Supervisory Probation Officer, Family Court Social Services Division Parent of a BARJ youth

The Status Offender and Behavioral Health BARJ (Balanced and Restorative Justice Drop-In Center) is multi-faceted facility, encompassing a satellite probation office and serving as an alternative to detention for at-risk youth with charges relating to truancy, as well as status offenders (also known as Persons in Need of Supervision, or PINS, many of whom are runaways), and youth with behavioral health challenges. This facility builds on the BARJ pro-social model that the Court pioneered in 2007, and this event constitutes the official opening of the Superior Court’s fourth BARJ Drop-in Center in the District.