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PAST EVENT: MISSED 'AMERICA'S GROWING MOVEMENT TO DIVERT YOUTH OUT OF THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM'?

CYS Executive Director, Jessica Ellis, recently joined an impressive group of panelists during a webinar hosted through The Sentencing...

COMMUNITY MEDIATOR TRAINING - CHECKIN PART 2

A huge congratulations to our most recent training cohort on completing the pilot Community Mediator Institute (CMI) training. The...

CYS IS BACK: COMMUNITY MEDIATOR INSTITUTE

For the first time in 4 1/2 years, CYS is back to facilitating in-person mediation trainings. The Community Mediator Institute (CMI) is a...

CYS Receives $2 Million Gift From the Yield Giving Open Call

We are honored to share huge news! Centinela Youth Services has been selected to receive a $2 million gift as an awardee of the Yield...

The Gift of the Apology Letter

Apology letters are one of the most effective tools we have to reduce or resolve conflict. They cannot only be healing for the person...

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FOSTERS HEALTHY RELATIONSHPS

Please meet the Chief of Police, Chief Martin Sissac of Inglewood Unified School District. He will be joining us on September 6th for our...

GET TO KNOW OUR GUEST SPEAKERS

We are honored to host Ms. JaMaiia M. Bond and Chief Martin Sissac at our next webinar, "Stronger Schools Through Restorative Justice" on...

Healing Through Conflict

If you missed this webinar on June 12th, you can watch it here. Moderator : Joseph H. Paul Jr. Panelists: Alicia Dunams Dr. Jeremy...

HAPPY NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH!

In the spirit of National Volunteer Month, we would like to both thank the dedicated volunteers that make our work at CYS possible, as...

Ending Incarceration for Girls

Did you know? There are just 53 girls and gender-expansive youth locked up in girls’ units in LA County?[1] That’s 53 out of over 2...

Giving Harmed Parties a Voice

CYS is proud to join Assembly Member Isaac Bryan and the California Restorative Justice Policy Coalition as co-sponsors of Assembly Bill...

CYS’s New Community-Healing Collaboration

CYS is proud to announce its participation in the East Side Community Healing Collaborative