The Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families (JI-DEF)

JI-DEF Collaboration

Serving as relentless advocates for children and families.

We work as a team to span team to span boundaries and employ a multidisciplinary method to support prevention, early intervention, substance recovery and offender accountability.

The Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families (JI-DEF) is a unique collaboration between:

• Denver Juvenile and District Courts
• Denver District Attorney’s Office
• Denver Police Department
• Denver Department of Human Services
• Denver Juvenile Probation Department and its internal DJFJ TASC Project
• Denver District Probation Department
• Denver Drug Endangered Children’s Alliance
• The Kempe Center Judicial ASPIRE Program
• Community Based Service Organizations

This highly aggressive initiative recognizes that all systems play an overlapping role in supporting children and families while keeping the community safe. Each partner addresses their area of need, but always keeps in mind how to work towards the best outcome for the entire family.

The Kempe Center Judicial ASPIRE Program - Access to Services for Parent Infant Relationship Enhancement (ASPIRE) works to treat trauma exposed children, regardless of child welfare involvement, to ensure that these children do not become abusers themselves.
Law enforcement advocates - work directly with families to provide support and promote accountability.
Probation and Court systems - integrate a family centered approach during the course of a criminal case.
TASC - serves as an internal treatment component within the probation department, and houses substance abuse clinicians who assist in coordinating prevention and treatment services, encouraging offender compliance and family advocacy.

To find out more about this program please contact:

JI-DEF Informational Flyer (pdf)

Judicial ASPIRE - The Kempe Center Program

History of JI-DEF

	JI-DEF Coordinating Meeting February 23, 2010 (44 KB)