building a civic tech ecosystem- cathy deng
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Building a Civic Tech Ecosystem: Expunging Juvenile Records with Expunge.io Cathy Deng with DataMade discusses the process of developing Expunge.io, a web application that helps start the process of expunging juvenile arrest and/or court records, with the help of the Mikva Challenge Juvenile Justice Council, Smart Chicago, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago. Watch the video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CerCresA9mo&list=PL65XgbSILalWFStqV0z0N9pvftstJ8AAh&index=41 Get involved with Code for America: www.codeforamerica.org/actionTRANSCRIPT
EXPUNGE.IO:CIVIC COLLABORATION +JUVENILE JUSTICE
CATHY DENGDeveloper & Consultant at DataMade
So, what is juvenile expungement?
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So, what is juvenile expungement?
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& why does it matter?
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25,000+juvenile arrests per year in Chicago
The youth of the Mikva Challenge recognized this as a problem
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Smart Chicago got us connected
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The Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago advised us
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Expunge.io is the product of collaboration across organizations
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Advocates Domain ExpertConnector Technologist
Designing a better resource
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Designing a better resource
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Designing a better resource
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Key Takeaways!
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developer/designer + community
groups = problem solved
…right?
Key Takeaways!
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developer/designer + community
groups = problem solved
…right? NOPE
The depths of the problem
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Juvenile expungement is difficult/confusing
Too few people know about expungement
Non-serious arrests aren’t automatically expunged
So many kids are arrested in the first place
Key Takeaways!
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Community collaboration = immensely valuable for understanding the complexities
of the problem
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Tech is the least important word in‘civic tech ecosystem’
Key Takeaways!
THANKS!
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