Circles Across Sonoma

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2009

Circles Across Sonoma is one of the nation’s first county-wide implementation of a gender-responsive service program for girls involved at all levels of a local juvenile justice system. Program services built upon the Girls Circle format, a promising practice model recognized by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The Circles Across Sonoma program offers the elegant solution of a consistent, structured, research-based program delivered to girls throughout the continuum of juvenile justice, even as they return to their communities and homes. In this way, the Circles Across Sonoma program is designed to allow gender identity and development in order to affect and guide service delivery and create a culture that supports gender specific philosophy and practices throughout all systems of care.