A look at the Attendance Achievement Program, a pilot program that offers schools a new tool to combat chronic absenteeism by supporting students and their families.
A look at the early years of the groundbreaking Midtown Community Court. This 12 minute video, which was produced in 1996, is narrated by Charles Kuralt.
An overview of Bronx Community Solutions, an experimental project that brings the problem-solving principles to over 40 courtrooms in a busy urban courthouse. This 8 minute video was produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Meema Spadola.
Excerpts from the PBS documentary "Red Hook Justice." This video, by award-winning filmmaker Meema Spadola, offers a look into the workings of this innovative justice center. (Spanish version Translation by La Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas de la Organización de los Estados Americanos / Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States)
This short video is a companion to Drug Courts: Personal Stories, a book that features drug court graduates who, after many years of personal struggle and involvement in the criminal justice system, finally pulled their lives together.
Meet Theresa, an alumni member of the Youth Justice Board, a leadership and civic engagement program in New York City. The Youth Justice Board brings together a group of teens to investigate an issue that deeply affects young people and develop policy proposals based on their research.
John Feinblatt and Jonathan Lippman describe the Center for Court Innovation to the judges for the award. The Center was named a winner of the Award by the Ford Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 1998.
