What is the Community Justice Center (CJC)?
The Community Justice Center (CJC) is a program of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco in partnership with city agencies[1] and community groups. The CJC is one type of problem-solving court but with two unique differences: the CJC is accountable to community concerns through an open feedback process and the program focuses on a specific neighborhood. Working with team agencies in a collaborative approach to justice, the CJC aims to reduce recidivism by addressing the underlying issues driving repeat criminal behavior. The CJC serves as a point of intervention and an opportunity to address the specific behaviors that have led to the present legal action. The CJC re-engages clients with established service providers and prevents the redundancy of care. Ninety percent of our clients are the high needs and high users of the city system across multiple agencies. Recognizing that fact, our city partners and criminal justice partners have restructured resources to the C
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