SToPP
A Community Restorative Justice Project
The SToPP Project sets out to disrupt the school to prison pipeline for ethnic minorities who have developmental disabilities. A variety of trainings have been developed and are being provided to educators, school resource officers, law enforcement and other youth professionals in hopes of utilizing best practices and implementing restorative justice in schools.
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What is Restorative Justice?
Restorative Justice is Relationship Work
It is a style of justice that sets out to
Build Relationships
Repair Harms
Enhance Respect
Recognize Responsibility
Enable Reintegration
Why Are We Doing It?
Racial and ethnic disparities (RED) exist if a specific minority group's rate of contact at particular points in the juvenile justice system are disproportionately higher than the rate of contact for other groups.
In Missouri, Black youth are more than twice as likely to be referred to the juvenile court as White youth, and they are over-represented at the other system contact points as well.
In addition, the Office of Civil Rights states, “students with disabilities are treated far more harshly than their peers without disabilities.” Students with disabilities are “twice as likely to receive an out-of-school suspension (13%) as are students without disabilities (6%).” Sadly, “75% of students physically restrained at schools are disabled.”
How Are We Doing It?
Training Sites on Restorative Justice Practices
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Establishing Teams of Community Partners for Networking, Support and Sustainability
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Reviewing Policies and Procedures
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Training the Next Generation of Trainers
To Have A Positive Impact On Youth of Color With Disabilities
Expected Outcomes
Lower Suspension and Expulsion Rates
To Have Trained Teams Across Missouri
For Those Teams To Serve As Ongoing Trainers
To Further Awareness and Inclusivity
Our Current Sites
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Boone County
Boone County comprises the Columbia Metropolitan Area. The towns of Ashland and Centralia are the second and third most populous towns in the county. 16.8% of the county’s population currently live in poverty.
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Cape Girardeau & Bollinger
Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau County Missouri. It is the 17th largest city in Missouri and the 982nd largest city in the United States. Bollinger County, Missouri is the 84th largest county in Missouri. Combined, 16.8% of these counties currently live in poverty.
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St. Charles County
St. Charles County is in the central eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 405,262, making it Missouri's third-most populous county. 5.3% of the county live in poverty, and 6.0% of youth 17 years old and younger currently live in poverty.
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St. Louis City
St. Louis is the second largest city in Missouri, and is the largest metropolitan area in the state. 22.5% of the city’s population currently live in poverty.
