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JusticeWorks Community Updates
Good Things come in Threes!
The Pennsylvania Partnership for Juvenile Services (PPJS) has recognized two JusticeWorks YouthCare staff members and a program event resulting in three awards for 2020! The honors reflect the values and mission of JusticeWorks YouthCare and its dedicated leadership and staff that make up the organization. We are proud of our staff and our programs for providing a cheerful and celebratory cause during a challenging year. PPJS is a professional organization dedicated to supporting its members by promoting sound policies, advancing best practice standards, and maintaining a continuous...
JusticeWorks YouthCare Does it Again – Earns spot on the Fast 50
Once again, JusticeWorks is on the list of Fastest Growing companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania, as confirmed by the Pittsburgh Business Times! For the eleventh time!! Starting out as the “100 Fastest Growing Companies”, we won it 9 years in a row. When they shifted to the “Fast 50” we didn’t make the cut one year.. now, we’ve been on the Fast 50 list the past 2 years. In other words, it took us 12 years to win 11 times. I have to talk to that Dipesh! In truth, when Dipesh was promoted from Berks County Program Director some 10 years ago to Director of Program Development,...
Spotlight: The Violation Initiative Program (VIP®)
(Venango County Youth Succeeds Against all Odds) *Paula had the ‘deck stacked against her’ since childhood. She was involved with the foster care system at a young age and experienced very little success or stability in placements and foster care homes throughout her childhood. Now seventeen, she was deemed as a high-risk youth, involved with both Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare agencies. The repeated traumatic events in Paula’s life contributed to repeated poor decisions consisting of substance abuse, negative peer associations, criminal activity, and teen pregnancy. Her young life...
The Dangerous World We Live In
Our Compass Academy Lycoming community of teachers and students was grief stricken to learn that one of our students was shot and murdered over the weekend. This 18 year old young man was with us last year and this. At this time, no further details are known. All of JusticeWorks shares this grief and it is a sad reminder of the importance of our efforts to build a better future and better world. We are reaching out to his family to provide support.
Aged to Perfection
Happy Birthday to our Founder, President and CEO, Dan Heit! The mark of a true visionary is his ability to imagine the future and act on it, yielding great results in the process and then using this success for the benefit of others. - Anonymous Thanks for your steadfast leadership during this extremely uncertain and stressful year. We wish you great joy, happiness, and many successful years ahead. Warmly, Your JusticeWorks...
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