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Abstract: 

The Ohio Supreme Court, in partnership with the RFK National Resource Center, has modeled how state level support in collaboration with local jurisdictions can produce highly effective, research-informed, replicable practices to improve outcomes for dual status youth in participant jurisdictions. This approach has the potential to produce exponential gains that literally save the future of dual status youth and reduce the historical duplication of resources in an atmosphere of strained service availability. This study reviews the research on dual status youth programs and describes specific RFK National Resource Center collaborations with initiatives in four Ohio counties.

Keywords: Dual status youth, dually involved youth (DIY) initiatives, positive youth development (PYD), Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice, Ohio counties dual status youth programs

Affiliations:  1: Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice; 2: Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice.