Deputy Director

CYS is a 501c3 non-profit, restorative justice organization established in 1975.CYS operates a variety of innovative programs proven to increase student performance; reduce school dropout rates, gang involvement, youth violence and crime and ultimately help preserve families.CYS is leading innovation that is transforming youth justice in LA and the state, with a commitment to both youth development and serving victims of youth crime, while impacting systemic change to end the school to prison pipeline.CYS is also providing leadership to critical juvenile justice reform in LA County, and as a result is growing rapidly.The Deputy Director is responsible for the people and processes that deliver quality and continuity of service while ensuring the CYS team is appropriately supported, equipped, and empowered.Help give intellectual leadership to our agency-wide strategies based on research in the fields of Youth Diversion, Restorative Justice, trauma, and the juvenile justice system.Help represent CYS Restorative Justice programs in County and community meetings, and professional associations.Passion for adolescent development, Restorative Justice, juvenile justice diversion and criminal justice reform.