| Mission statement:
The Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network (JIDAN) seeks to promote change that strengthens and enhances juvenile indigent defense systems by actively engaging juvenile defenders, policymakers, judges, and other decision makers in designing strategies that will improve juvenile indigent defense policy and practice. The vision for reform is to create a model juvenile indigent defense system that ensures the protection of youths' due process rights throughout the duration of the juvenile court process. In this system, youth have early and timely access to competent, well-trained, and well-resourced counsel, and juvenile defenders have the ability and capacity to provide comprehensive and thorough legal representation to the children they serve. |
