BRITE Collaborative (formerly LCJP)

Be a Part of our community

Relationship is the basis for a strong, interconnected community and your contribution creates opportunities for respectful relationships and responsible community members. 

Main Programs

Community Restorative Justice - 

• Your Story Your Power - a restorative theater program for youth to develop their identity, build positive relationships, and practice using their unique voice.

• Relationships to Resilience - a school based program to deepen relationships between students, teachers, and school resource officers.

• Community Group Conferencing - anyone in the community can refer a case - tough living situation with housemates or neighbors? Call us! 

• ReStore - group conference that addresses shoplifting

Training Institute - 

Restorative Justice is based on relational human skills that can be learned and practiced. At BRITE we offer training to individuals, groups and organizations in building their relationships upon respect and responsibility so any time a harm occurs, repair and reintegration are the next natural steps. Our Training Institute offers skills to anyone in the community, groups and organizations, municipalities, and of course our volunteers. 

Testimonials

“It stuck with him how some voices guided you into obstacles while others led you safely through. The takeaway about listening for the right voices really resonated with him. It touched my heart when I overheard him sharing that lesson with his younger brother.” –Parent of Responsible Person

“One of the best things about sending a case to BRITE is that you get face time with responsible parties. You get an opportunity to represent our profession so people can see us as more than police officers. They get to see us as human beings.” – Longmont Police Sergeant 

BRITE's Impact on the Community:

• Less than 10% of youth that are referred to an BRITE program by Longmont’s youth deflection program end up re-offending compared to Colorado and national rates upwards of 70% recidivism. 

• 33% of youth who enter into the youth diversion program in Longmont are referred to one of BRITE’s programs.

• Participant satisfaction with the Restorative Justice process is consistently over 95%. This includes responses from responsible parties, harmed parties, volunteer community members, referring school personnel, and law enforcement.

• 99% of participating harmed parties report feeling that the responsible party was held accountable for their actions through the Community Restorative Justice (CRJ) process.

• 90% of BRITE’s responsible parties complete their contracts. Staff members continually review CRJ eligibility criteria, evaluate the preparedness of volunteers to assist responsible parties in being successful, and assess the responsiveness of our case management services. 

• The City of Longmont REWiND team tracks rates of youth offense in Longmont and how BRITE’s work in the youth diversion program is able to reduce this number.

• Each referred case costs on average $2,500 compared to $18,000 to keep a youth on probation for a year in Colorado or $140,000 per year for them to be incarcerated.