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An Ordinary Teacher In An Extraordinary Place -
Growing up in New Castle, Chris DeHart imagined becoming an architect or a chef. But the loss to the worlds of architecture and restaurants is ...
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Promote Your Reentry Work During Second Chance Month -
Reentry practitioners and justice advocates have been celebrating Second Chance Month for the past two weeks and social media has been buzzing w...
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities FY 2019 Competitive Grant Announcement -
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the fiscal year 2019 site-based grant program, entitled Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting...
Friday, March 29, 2019
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About PbS

Performance-based Standards (PbS) is a data-driven improvement model grounded in research that holds juvenile justice agencies, facilities and residential care providers to the highest standards for operations, programs and services.

Events

30 Apr

Supporting Safe and Healthy Children and Families through Partnerships

On Tuesday, April 30, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT, the National Mentoring Resource Center will host a webinar on Supporting Safe and Healthy Chi...

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1 Aug

PbS Agency Coordinators Training

The training will be held Aug. 1-3, 2019 in Boston, MA in conjunction with the annual awards ceremony on Aug. 2. The ceremony will feature highl...

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Publications

Implementing Trauma-Informed Principles and Practices: What Staff, Youth and Families Say
This issue brief explores the perceptions of youth, staff and families regarding the implementation of trauma-informed principles and practices.
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PbS Perspective July 2017
A summary of PbS data from April 2017.
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