🌟 Youth Justice Champions Circle

Because justice shouldn’t be a moment—it should be a movement.

🧭 What is the Youth Justice Champions Circle?

The Youth Justice Champions Circle is a special community of monthly donors committed to advancing youth justice in Indiana. By giving every month, Champions help CPLI respond to urgent needs, sustain long-term advocacy, and provide life-changing support to students and families.

💡 Why Give Monthly?

🛡️ Protect Youth Rights – Help students stay in schools, not courtrooms
🧑🏽‍🏫 Transform School Systems – Support trauma-informed training and policy reform
🗣️ Elevate Youth Voices – Invest in young leaders creating change in their communities
🔁 Sustain Our Work – Provide steady, unrestricted funds we can count on all year

🎁 Giving Levels & Recognition

Tier	Monthly Gift	Recognition
Ally	$10–$24	Quarterly updates + social media shoutout
Advocate	$25–$49	All above + CPLI sticker or badge
Champion	$50–$99	All above + handwritten thank-you + VIP invites
Defender	$100–$249	All above + name in our annual report
Guardian of Justice	$250+	All above + 1:1 conversation w/ CPLI leadership

Become a Justice Champion Today!

🧾 Your Gift is Tax-Deductible

The Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

CPLI was established in 2012 to reform laws, policies and practices that contribute to the criminalization of children in Indiana. It is one of 60 organizations in 43 states that belong to the National Youth Justice Network (NYJN). The NYJN leads a movement of state-based advocacy groups working toward a fairer youth justice system.

The Children’s Policy and Law Initiative seeks to eliminate the excessive criminalization of children and achieve a more just, equitable, and age-appropriate public policy approach for children. CPLI engages in public policy advocacy that includes: preventing children’s entry into the juvenile and criminal justice systems, and the inequitable treatment of children of color, including the over-use of exclusionary practices in school and school-based arrests and referrals to juvenile court; reforming laws, policies, and practices that embody punitive approaches or criminalization of children; increasing the use of research-based alternatives and community-based options for children; and ensuring the fair, equitable, just and age-appropriate treatment of court-involved children.

ADVOCACY TO ADVANCE YOUTH JUSTICE

Advocacy
Positive School Discipline Institute
Youth Justice Leadership Program
Coalition Building

Youth Justice Champions Circle

Justice is a journey—walk with us every month.