Connecticut is widely considered a model for how a state can improve its juvenile justice system, while improving public safety and overall youth outcomes. Increasingly, youth charged with minor offenses are diverted from court involvement, and may instead receive behavioral health supports and other programming proven effective. For youth involved in the court system, the state has passed laws ensuring evidence-based practices, greater access to education and behavioral health care, and improvements in legal processing. The state also now regulates many issues stemming from school discipline policies that may otherwise push youth into unnecessary court involvement. As an early adopter of many reform policies based on a better understanding of crime deterrence and youth developmental psychology, Connecticut has earned recognition for its leadership, continued reforms and innovations that will allow the state to uphold this reputation.
Recommendation Packages
Explore JJPOC’s yearly progress through comprehensive Recommendation Packages, Supporting Reports, and Legislative Updates. This section provides an organized view of how proposals evolve from committee discussions to actionable policies.
2025
1. Public Act. No. 23-188 An Act Concerning Juvenile Justice
The Act requires the Juvenile Justice Policy & Oversight Committee (JJPOC) to form an implementation team including the Judicial Branch, Department of Children & Families (DCF), Department of Education, Department of Correction, local/regional boards of education, and Juvenile Review Boards.
- Appendix A- Raising the Minimum Age materials
- Appendix B- Finalized transfer language
- Appendix C- Leone Interim Report
- Appendix D- OCA Waterbury Report September-1-2020
- Appendix E- OCA Report MYI and YCI Nov 2020
- Appendix F- CCLP Interim Report
- Appendix G- IOYouth Summary
- Appendix H- Setting Young Children Up for Success, Policy Brief Feb 2018
2023
1. Public Act. No. 23-188 An Act Concerning Juvenile Justice
The Act requires the Juvenile Justice Policy & Oversight Committee (JJPOC) to form an implementation team including the Judicial Branch, Department of Children & Families (DCF), Department of Education, Department of Correction, local/regional boards of education, and Juvenile Review Boards.
- Appendix A- Raising the Minimum Age materials
- Appendix B- Finalized transfer language
- Appendix C- Leone Interim Report
- Appendix D- OCA Waterbury Report September-1-2020
- Appendix E- OCA Report MYI and YCI Nov 2020
- Appendix F- CCLP Interim Report
- Appendix G- IOYouth Summary
- Appendix H- Setting Young Children Up for Success, Policy Brief Feb 2018
2. Public Act No. 23-167 An Act Concerning Transparency in Education which includes the JJPOC recommendation concerning education specifically Sec. 75 through Sec. 82
Public Act 23-167 is a sweeping education law that, among many things, increases transparency of school financial and operational data; strengthens school climate, bullying, and discipline oversight; revises requirements around reading curriculum, board training, indoor air quality, etc.
- Appendix A- Raising the Minimum Age materials
- Appendix B- Finalized transfer language
- Appendix C- Leone Interim Report
- Appendix D- OCA Waterbury Report September-1-2020
- Appendix E- OCA Report MYI and YCI Nov 2020
- Appendix F- CCLP Interim Report
- Appendix G- IOYouth Summary
- Appendix H- Setting Young Children Up for Success, Policy Brief Feb 2018
Public Act No. 23-167 An Act Concerning Transparency in Education which includes the JJPOC recommendation concerning education specifically Sec. 75 through Sec. 82
Public Act 23-167 is a sweeping education law that, among many things, increases transparency of school financial and operational data; strengthens school climate, bullying, and discipline oversight; revises requirements around reading curriculum, board training, indoor air quality, etc.
- Appendix A- Raising the Minimum Age materials
- Appendix B- Finalized transfer language
- Appendix C- Leone Interim Report
- Appendix D- OCA Waterbury Report September-1-2020
- Appendix E- OCA Report MYI and YCI Nov 2020
- Appendix F- CCLP Interim Report
- Appendix G- IOYouth Summary
- Appendix H- Setting Young Children Up for Success, Policy Brief Feb 2018
2019
Public Act No. 23-167 An Act Concerning Transparency in Education which includes the JJPOC recommendation concerning education specifically Sec. 75 through Sec. 82
Public Act 23-167 is a sweeping education law that, among many things, increases transparency of school financial and operational data; strengthens school climate, bullying, and discipline oversight; revises requirements around reading curriculum, board training, indoor air quality, etc.
- Appendix A- Raising the Minimum Age materials
- Appendix B- Finalized transfer language
- Appendix C- Leone Interim Report
- Appendix D- OCA Waterbury Report September-1-2020
- Appendix E- OCA Report MYI and YCI Nov 2020
- Appendix F- CCLP Interim Report
- Appendix G- IOYouth Summary
- Appendix H- Setting Young Children Up for Success, Policy Brief Feb 2018