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Sep 29, 20231 min read

DATA: CHECK OUT OUR NEWEST DATA ON RECIDIVISM

What is "recidivism"? Recidivism is the tendency for an offender to engage in repeated criminal behavior. [1] Data from LA County...

CYS Communications Team

Nov 28, 20222 min read

CYS Success Story

Two 12-year old boys who attend the same middle school, were playing after school. One was arrested...

CYS Communications Team

Nov 28, 20221 min read

2022 CYS Accomplishments

CYS is proud to have made the following impact on the community during 2022.

CYS Communications Team

Nov 3, 20221 min read

CYS Is Hiring!

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

CYS Celebrating National Family Month In The U.S.

CYS Communications Team

Jun 7, 20221 min read

CYS Celebrating National Family Month In The U.S.

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

Spotlight On Our Volunteers: Denise Yusuff

CYS Communications Team

Apr 27, 20222 min read

Spotlight On Our Volunteers: Denise Yusuff

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

CYS Communications Team

Apr 27, 20222 min read

Greetings From Our Team At CYS!

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

CYS Restorative Circles in Compton School District

CYS Communications Team

Apr 4, 20222 min read

CYS Restorative Circles in Compton School District

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

Spotlight on our Volunteers: John Manulis

CYS Communications Team

Apr 4, 20222 min read

Spotlight on our Volunteers: John Manulis

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

CYS Clinical Case Management: Turning Lives Around

CYS Communications Team

Feb 22, 20222 min read

CYS Clinical Case Management: Turning Lives Around

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

CYS Takes Mediation and Peacemaking to Schools

CYS Communications Team

Feb 22, 20222 min read

CYS Takes Mediation and Peacemaking to Schools

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

S. Mark Taper Foundation Grant to Boost CYS Programs

CYS Communications Team

Jan 26, 20221 min read

S. Mark Taper Foundation Grant to Boost CYS Programs

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

Bridging the Digital Divide: Volunteers Make the Difference

CYS Communications Team

Dec 23, 20211 min read

Bridging the Digital Divide: Volunteers Make the Difference

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, it highlighted the great disparities between families in terms of access to digital communication...

LA County District Attorney Expands Partnership with CYS

CYS Communications Team

Dec 23, 20212 min read

LA County District Attorney Expands Partnership with CYS

The LA County DA’s announcement provides details of the new partnership with CYS to expand use of restorative justice for non-violent felony

A Day of Reconciliation, A Month of Recognition, and a Year of Making a Difference

CYS Communications Team

Dec 31, 20203 min read

A Day of Reconciliation, A Month of Recognition, and a Year of Making a Difference

It’s been a year of many exciting firsts for CYS and our community of clients.Thanks to you and to all our volunteers and supporters, CYS ha

CYS' Large Group Mediation, a First for the Community

CYS Communications Team

Nov 24, 20202 min read

CYS' Large Group Mediation, a First for the Community

Last month, 28 people convened by video conference for the largest-ever victim-offender restitution services mediation hosted by CYS.

Join CYS for a Special Reconciliation Event: December 7, 2020

CYS Communications Team

Nov 24, 20202 min read

Join CYS for a Special Reconciliation Event: December 7, 2020

On National Letter Writing Day, we invite you and your friends and family to take part in our favorite "restorative practice".

Hats Off to CYS Volunteer Mediation Unit

CYS Communications Team

Sep 16, 20201 min read

Hats Off to CYS Volunteer Mediation Unit

With COVID-19, CYS has energetically developed new, user-friendly systems for delivering restorative justice and youth development services

CYS Communications Team

Jul 2, 20201 min read

Pat Parker: Vision in a Time of COVID

In early May, a good friend of CYS alerted us to a search underway at the LA Times and Instagram for stories of workers and visionaries...

CYS Communications Team

Jun 10, 20201 min read

Join us in bridging the Digital Divide

A damaging digital divide has been highlighted and exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.