Using GIS to Support Reentry Planning for Youth Exiting the Juvenile Justice System

Case managers and policymakers don’t always know what service environments youth go home to after finishing their sentence in the juvenile justice system. GIS can be used to highlight spatial gaps in physical health, mental health, and social services for youth in this population. However, many juvenile justice agencies have limited resources for GIS analysis. This presentation provides an example of how free and open source GIS software, and readily available data, can be used to assess the reentry environments of youth exiting incarceration, using a case study of Washington State DSHS Juvenile Rehabilitation.