The Transformative Justice Project of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware

Initial Budget (January– August)
Executive Director stipend $4,200
Staff/volunteers stipend $31,200
o 4 per day/2 days per week + Friday (12 people)
@ $50 per week = $600 week * 52 weeks
Activities $20,000
Total Year First year costs $55,400
Note: Executive Director stipend begins in January while staff/volunteers & activities not
required until September.
A. Program Abstract
The Restorative Justice Project - A Multidisciplinary Approach (hereinafter referred to as “RJP-
AMA, or BRY-AMA”) is our evidence-based, multi-year, multi-faceted, cornerstone Youth and
Community Infrastructure program designed to address the needs of “at-risk” young people and
change the disenfranchisement paradigm encompassing dysfunctional family cycles, as well as
their perceptions within the communities to which they will be restored to “good standing”. Our
particular program was first proven effective in its two-year pilot in urban, suburban, and rural
environments throughout Georgia, and similar programs have also succeeded in nine other states.
We have been highly successful in helping the young people we’ve served, as well as their
families, and their communities, understand and break negative social and family patterns
regarding youth violence and juvenile delinquency, education, literacy, pregnancy, substance
abuse, etc. The overall objective of the program is to teach self-discipline, personal
responsibility, academic and time-management skills (including study skills, test-taking
techniques, and life skills) designed to promote community binding, while simultaneously
decreasing anti-social behaviors, and building a Community Infrastructure designed to encourage
young people to stay in school and complete either their high school education or a vocational
training program in preparation for college, military service, or the workforce after graduation.
B. Specific Aims – Program Goals
Our program will focus on the following aspects of the MAVPP Peace Plan Initiative:
a. Youth Violence;
b. Gang Affiliation;
c. Truancy Reduction;
d. Family Violence;
e. Youth Capacity Building;
f. Mentoring;
g. Parental Involvement;
h. And more as we evolve.
Our primary objective is to reduce the incidence of pre-delinquent behaviors, including, but not limited to,
gang affiliation and violence, acting disruptive and stealing, running away, truancy, marginal academic
performance, and/or the low probability of high school graduation.
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