Rights & Justice

Promoting the well-being of Connecticut children, youth, and families

Our rights work is focused on child welfare, specifically:

Supporting investments in families and communities to prevent neglect and abuse
Improving services and outcomes for children placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families

Learn more about child welfare issues and related rights issues.

Our juvenile justice work seeks to:

Reduce the number of children and youth involved in the justice system and improve outcomes for children and youth who are involved
Keep children, youth, schools, and communities safe
Address academic, mental health, and behavioral health needs as early as in a child’s life as possible
Provide children and youth involved in the justice system with developmentally-appropriate services
Reduce recidivism
Reduce inequities in the juvenile justice system attributable to poverty and race

Our adult justice work seeks to:

Reduce the number of adults with children in the justice system and improve outcomes for families
Provide adults with children in the justice system with the academic, mental health, and behavioral health supports needed to reemerge into society and their families
Reduce inequities in the adult justice system attributable to poverty and race

Learn more about juvenile and adult justice issues and related justice issues.