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WHAT WE DO
We don’t treat symptoms.
We work from the root.
Most young people enter the justice system carrying harm that was never addressed — trauma, instability, needs no one met in time. Left unrepaired, that harm repeats. The Radix Project exists to interrupt that cycle where it starts.
SYSTEMS ADVOCACY
We work alongside leaders in justice, correctional, and education systems to change the conditions that produce these outcomes in the first place.
EARLY INTERVENTION
We reach young people before deeper system involvement hardens into a life path — building the stability and skills that change trajectories early.
REENTRY PROGRAMMING
Our 16-week Future Leaders Program meets youth inside juvenile hall and walks with them out: a rolling cohort, a certificate of completion, and a pathway into alumni mentorship.
THE EVIDENCE
WHY THIS WORK MATTERS
93%
of justice-involved youth report exposure to adverse childhood experiences.
Mental Health America
~70%
meet criteria for at least one diagnosable mental health disorder.
Youth.gov
70 - 80%
are rearrested within two to three years of release.
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The Sentencing Project
25%
lower recidivism with community-based intervention — repair works.
OJJDP data
OUR NAME
RADIX - LATIN FOR ROOT
The source. The foundation. The place where growth begins. Our name reflects our belief that meaningful change starts at the root.
But roots do more than sustain — they reveal. They surface the conditions that must be understood before progress can take hold.
