CHILDRENS POLICY & LAW INITIATIVE OF INDIANA

Focus of Advocacy and Reform:

• Change laws, policies, practices, and culture to keep children in schools and out of the juvenile and criminal justice systems
• Reform school discipline laws and reduce the exclusionary practices of suspensions and expulsions of children from schools
• Ensure fairness and equity for court-involved youth
• Advocate for age-appropriate, research-based continuum of services for troubled or court-involved children
• Promote public policies and practices that embrace positive, strength-based youth development approaches, and advocate for laws that invest in Indiana’s children

CPLI is registered 501(c)(3) and a member of the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN), a network of state-based juvenile justice advocacy groups.