This year, CYS was honored with a feature in The Giving List book, profiling innovative and highly impactful LA-area non-profits.

CYS is growing because of our transformational impact on the Los Angeles community.

LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrates love, acceptance, and freedom of expression

CYS is proud to announce its participation in the East Side Community Healing Collaborative

Mediator Jamal Epperson is one of the younger members of the CYS volunteer team

Stanislaus County selected a CBO called Sierra Vista Cares, who were eager to begin providing restorative justice conferences.

Meet CYS President and Board Chair, Robert Pullen-Miles!

National Family Month focuses on the importance of good family relationships and the systems of healthy communication they can establish

April is National Volunteer Month, and CYS recognizes the contributions of our mediators, surrogate victim advocates and skilled translators

In addition to an incredibly generous team of volunteers, CYS is lucky to have a staff with big hearts and varied talents.

CYS invited our volunteers to say a few words about why they contribute their time and talents to the program.

Recently, a group of twelve students at Compton Unified’s Enterprise Middle School were invited to take part in Restorative Circles...

For CYS volunteer and strategic advisor John Manulis, community involvement is a passion.

CYS youth participants often have a talent that is revealed during mediation and provides a springboard for a meaningful restitution.

Judging from the number of skills and hours Andre T. Moore, Sr. contributes to the well-being of our Los Angeles communities — from...

The story of why Nicole brought a knife to school revealed profound hardships in her life and threats to her well-being.

CYS’s new Mediation Office Hours program, has become a powerful, positive and well-attended program.

Crafting meaningful restitution agreements in Victim-Offender Restitution (VORS) mediations is a collaborative process combining input...

CYS is proud to announce it recently received a $50,000 general operating support grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation.

Currently, the County of LA has a budget of over $409 million to incarcerate just 400 youth. It's time to reimagine what's possible.