The Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy (PBHJP) is thrilled to announce its new Youth Internship Program. Habeebullah Rasheed-Pipkin, Matthew Foster and Desire Lyons are members of Community Passageways, an organization based in South King County that provides youth formal diversion from the juvenile justice system and provides support to youth in the community through restorative justice practices, mentorship and advocacy. At PBHJP, interns are responsible for providing a youth perspective on a number of the Division’s juvenile justice and behavioral health projects. For example, they have recently launched the Smart on Youth Justice Blog, where they post their analyses and evaluations, sometimes through a lens of their own personal lived experiences, of topics such as the adult adjudication of juvenile offenders, the-school-to prison pipeline, and police brutality. PBHJP interns are also participants in the Youth Committee of the Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice, attend notable events such as the Governor’s Joint Summit on Gang Prevention and Intervention and the King County Council’s Law and Justice Committee hearings. As collaboration with Community Passageways grows, PBHJP is motivated to advance policy and program development initiatives with these community partners.