The Juvenile Probation Department is engaged in intensive processes to advance racial equity. The enduring racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system provide stark evidence of the individual, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic racism that has underpinned San Francisco's public systems since their inception.
We are engaged in expansive collaborative planning and justice reinvestment efforts to improve support for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. We are also working internally across JPD’s diverse staff to promote meaningful culture and operational change. We are guided by the following goals.
Our racial equity goals
- Reimagine how the City addresses juvenile crime, from referral through reentry, in collaboration with the community and our system partners, emphasizing research and evidence-based practices, and sustainably addressing pervasive racial disparities throughout the system.
- Advance a Whole Family Engagement strategy that places racial equity at its center to ensure that all youth have equal access to successful outcomes, and that advances youth-and family-centered case plans and goal development, with the supports and resources necessary to help justice-involved youth thrive.
- Bolster equitable leadership development opportunities for Black, Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander staff throughout the Department, implement change that meaningfully improves the workplace experience of BIPOC staff; enact our organizational belief of redemption and helping people to succeed.
Documents
Our Racial Equity Action Plan
In August 2019, San Francisco passed an ordinance creating the Office of Racial Equity. The legislation requires that all City departments complete a Racial Equity Action Plan using a Citywide Racial Equity Framework. Departments must also complete an annual report about progress towards racial equity goals.
The Office of Racial Equity Framework includes two phases.
Phase 1
Phase 1: Internal Programs and Policies
Focus: systemic change and racial equity within the San Francisco City government on behalf of all workers and communities.
- Hiring and Recruitment
- Retention, Promotion, and Protection
- Discipline and Separation
- Diverse and Equitable Leadership and Management
- Mobility and Professional Development
- Organizational Culture of Inclusion and Belonging
- Boards and Commissions
Read Phase 1 of the Juvenile Probation Department's Racial Equity Action Plan.
Phase 2
Phase 2: External Equity Indicators and support for historically marginalized communities.
Focus: City procurement, contracting/ grants, and delivery of services and programs to San Franciscans
Our Phase 2 Plan is forthcoming, pending guidance from the Office of Racial Equity.
Annual Progress Report
Read the Juvenile Probation Department's first Racial Equity Action Plan Progress Report.