COMMUNITY BASED JUVENILE JUSTICE The Suffolk County District Attorney's Community Based Juvenile Justice Program (CBJJ) was established in 1994, in response to the state legislature passing M.G.L. Chapter 12, section 32. CBJJ has as its mission, in part, to "deter violent, criminal, and delinquent conduct," and develop "violence prevention/ intervention programs, protocol, and curricula." District Attorney Daniel F. Conley identifies priorities for Suffolk County's CBJJ program: To reduce juvenile crime To increase school and community safety To increase communication and collaboration between community providers To identify and develop innovative intervention strategies for juveniles who are at risk for developing delinquent behavior. The program does this by convening roundtable meetings made up of representatives from the school, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Youth Services, probation, police, and the DA's office. The goal of the program in Suffolk County is to intervene in the lives of at-risk youth as soon as they are identified by concerned school or agency personnel. Currently, there are 27 Suffolk County schools participating. Brighton High School Jeremiah E. Burke High School Charlestown High School Chelsea High School Grover Cleveland Middle School Henry Dearborn Middle School Dorchester High School East Boston High School Clarence R. Edwards Middle School The English High School Patrick F. Gavin Middle School Hyde Park High School Solomon Lewenberg Middle School Madison Park Technical Vocational High School John W. McCormack Middle School Revere High School William Barton Rogers Middle School Robert Gould Shaw Middle School Seacoast School (Revere) South Boston High School William Howard Taft Middle School Frank V. Thompson Middle School Mario Umana/Joseph H. Barnes Middle School West Roxbury High School Woodrow Wilson Middle School Winthrop High School Winthrop Middle School If your middle or high school is interested in starting a CBJJ roundtable, please contact the CBJJ program coordinator at (617) 619-4225.