School-To-Prison Pipeline

Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope.

Glover Empower Mentoring is a leader in restorative justice practices that foster youth empowerment and divert them from criminal justice involvement into positive pathways of education, employment, and healthy relationships.

Advancement Project is a next generation, multi-racial civil rights organization. Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice, we exist to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy. We use innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change.

Neighborhood House partners with diverse individuals and families to build community and achieve their goals for health, education and self-sufficiency.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 80 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.

NEA EdJustice engages and mobilizes activists in the fight for racial, social and economic justice in public education. Readers will find timely coverage of social justice issues in education and ways they can advocate for our students, our schools, and our communities.

The Education Reengagement Team at the King County Prosecutor’s Office (PAO) is focused on reengaging youth and finding innovative ways to enforce truancy laws.

The Juvenile Division is tasked with carrying out the duties of the prosecutor in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA) which include providing a) for punishment commensurate with the age, crime, and criminal history of the juvenile offender; b) for the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders; and, c) for the handling of juvenile offenders by the communities whenever consistent with community safety.

YouthSource started in 2003 as a “one-stop” service center for young people ages 16-24 who had dropped out of school. Our goal is to provide as many services as possible in one location as possible so that young people are able to complete their secondary credential (GED or high school diploma) and move on to college and/or employment.

very child is born full of possibility. For Best Starts for Kids, these possibilities boil down to four words: happy, healthy, safe and thriving. That is King County's vision for our kids. In 2018, Best Starts invested more than $52 million in more than 220 community partners and 400+ programs to serve children and families in our communities.