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Department of Juvenile Justice
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice is a multi-faceted agency that serves the state`s justice-involved youth up to age 21. Each day, at 25 facilities and 78 community services offices throughout the state, more than 3,400 DJJ employees work diligently to effect justice as well as redirect and shape the young lives in the agency`s care so they can take responsibility for their delinquent conduct as well as become contributing members of society. At the same time, DJJ seeks to protect the victims of crimes so that they can rebuild their lives.
While holding justice-involved youth accountable for their actions through probation supervision and secure detention, DJJ provides them with medical and mental health treatment, as well as specialized programs designed to equip them with the social, intellectual, and emotional tools they will need as adults. DJJ also places a premium on education.
As Georgia`s 181st school district, DJJ offers youth in our custody the opportunity to earn a high school diploma from an educational system accredited by AdvancED. Thousands of youth are served annually, including those who are placed on probation, sentenced to short-term incarceration, or committed to the Department`s custody by Juvenile Courts. Below, read more about our Mission, Goals, Priorities, Values, and Culture.
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OUR MISSION
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The Mission of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice is to transform young lives by providing evidence-based rehabilitative treatment services and supervision, strengthening the well-being of youth and families, and fostering safe communities.
GOALS
- Operate Safe and Secure Facilities and Communities while providing educational opportunities in a safe and supportive environment.
- Establish effective responses to the needs of Human Trafficking victims and families.
- Provide a robust continuum of evidence-based behavioral health programs and services delivered to DJJ youth in facilities and communities.
- Promote recruitment, retention, and succession planning.
- Establish strategies that have a positive impact on Gang-Impacted youth in facilities and communities.
PRIORITIES
- Operate Safe and Secure Facilities and Communities
- Provide a robust continuum of evidence-based behavioral health programs and services delivered to DJJ youth in facilities and communities.
- Gang Prevention and Intervention
- Effective Responses for Human Trafficking Victims and Families
- Recruitment, Retention, and Succession Planning
AGENCY VISION
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice strives to foster healthy relationships among families, staff and communities to create a brighter future for our youth.
CORE VALUES
The "Inverted Pyramid" displays DJJ's core values and emphasizes that the department's most important objective is to focus on youth, families, communities and the frontline workers/administrative support staff serving them daily.
Inverted Pyramid of DJJ
Our Culture
CULTURE
The DJJ Culture Wheel represents the agency's values and reinforces the commitment we have to our employees and the youth in our care. Each spoke of the DJJ Culture Wheel represents a different aspect important to the success of the agency.
DJJ Culture Wheel -- 2024
