Making Topeka a Safer, Healthier Place to Live

A Restorative Justice Process Brought to you by the Topeka Center for Peace and Justice.
​A program that brings juvenile offenders back into the community as productive citizens.
Neighborhood Accountability Volunteers (NAV’s) are a Restorative Process that gives the community a voice when harm is committed in our town.

The Process

1. Juvenile is referred to TCPJ
2. State Approved Mediator and Trained Neighborhood
   Volunteer
3. Meet with the juvenile.
4. Harm caused by the Juvenile to the community is highlighted.
5. The Juvenile takes responsibility for their actions.
6. Juvenile and NAV work together to form an agreement
   that repairs harm.

Community

Neighborhood Accountability Volunteers  (NAV's) give the community a voice when harm is committed in Topeka or Shawnee County. Both the offender and those who have been harmed share their stories and work toward resolution that juvenile offenders may rejoin the community as productive citizens.
Contact our Program Director at TCPJ to register for a class to become a trained neighborhood volunteer mediator.

email Us for Training

Benefits to the Juvenile:

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• An opportunity to tell his/her story
• An opportunity for the juvenile to be seen
• An opportunity to take responsibility and to pay back for harm that was committed
• Less likely to recommit harms to the community

Benefits to the Community:

• An opportunity to speak about the harm caused by the actions of the youth
• An opportunity to hear and see the juvenile
• An opportunity to have a say in how the damage will be repaired
• Become a part of a safer community

NAV Training Provides:

• Knowledge in Restorative Principles
• Enhancement of communication skills
• Awareness of trauma informed care
• Practice in Donna R. Hicks Leading with Dignity
• Participation in NAV dialogue

Training opportunities: ​

Neighborhood Accountability Volunteers an Introduction.
To register for these FREE classes please email [email protected] with your name, email, and phone number.

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Contact

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785.329.6349
[email protected]
www.topekacpj.or