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Acknowledgements The Campaign for Youth Justice would like to thank the Justice Policy Institute and the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth and its Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network for their partnership in developing this resource and for their contributions to several forthcoming pieces on current practices for children charged as adults. We also thank the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, the National Partnership for Juvenile Services, and the National Juvenile Justice Network for allowing us to survey or query their members. Input from heads of juvenile justice agencies, juvenile justice specialists, people who have lived through this experience, and advocates led us to much of the information shared in this report, helped us identify gaps in knowledge or practice, and gave us a sense of what “business as usual” looks like for youth charged as adults. We would also like to thank all of the experts who shared their insights with us through interviews or who reviewed and provided feedback on these resources, including: John Aarons, TFC Consultants, Inc David Abromowitz, YouthBuild USA Rev. Rubén Austria, Community Connections for Youth Wayne Bear, National Partnership for Juvenile Services Heber Bray, Oregon Youth Authority Sarah Bryer, National Juvenile Justice Network Lisette Burton, Boys Town Robert Clark, YouthBuild Newark (NJ) Gregg Croteau, UTEC (MA) Dominique Davis, Community Passageways (WA) Michael Dempsey, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators Shaena Fazal, Youth Advocate Programs Albino Garcia Jr., La Plazita Institute (NM) Angela Irvine, Ceres Policy Research (CA) Robin Jenkins, PhD (NC) Jody Kent Lavy, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth Jennifer Redman, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Dr. Sylvia Rowlands, New York Foundling Marc Schindler, Justice Policy Institute Naomi Smoot, Coalition for Juvenile Justice Keller Strother, MST Services Dr. Eric Trupin, University of Washington Anna Wong, W. Haywood Burns Institute for Justice Fairness & Equity The Campaign for Youth Justice would also like to thank our funders, particularly the Ford Foundation, for generously supporting this work. 2 Alternatives to Adult Incarceration for Youth Charged as Adults