Pennsylvania

Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services
Anne Marie Ambrose, Director
The Bertolino Building
1401 North 7th Street, 4th Fl.
PO Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Tel: 717-787-9532 Fax:  717-787-7753
Email: aambrose@state.pa.us
Second-in-Command:
James C. Johns, Director
State Children and Youth Programs
Tel: (717) 787-9532 Fax: 717-787-7753
Email: jajohns@state.pa.us

Juvenile Justice Services & Court Practices
James Randolph, Commissioner
1601 Cherry St., 7th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: (215)683-4176; Fax: (215)683-4296
Email:  james.randolph@phila.gov

Juvenile Law Center
Robert Schwartz
The Philadelphia Building, 4th floor
1315 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-625-0551
Toll Free in PA: 1-800-875-8887
Fax: 215-625-2808

National Center for Juvenile Justice
Patrick Griffin
3700 S. Water Street, #200
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: (412) 227-6950
Fax: (412) 227-6955
Email: profiles@ncjj.org

The Defender Association of Philadelphia, Juvenile Unit
Robert Listenbee/Sara Jacobson
1441 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 568-3190 (phone) / (267) 765-6994 (fax)
rlistenbee@philadefender.org
sjacobsen@philadefender.org

Pennsylvania Collaboration for Youth
Wendy Luckenbill
1414 No. Cameron Street, 2nd floor
Harrisburg PA, 17103
Phone: 610-589-1593
Fax: 866-578-3659
Email: wluckenbill@mhapa.org
http://www.mhapa.org/pcy/index.stm.htm

State Juvenile Justice Specialist
Mr. Michael D. Pennington
Juvenile Justice Programs
Phone: 717-787-8559 ext. 3031
Email: mpenningtonto@state.pa.us

State Advisory Group Chair
Dr. Ronald Sharp
Alternative Rehabilitation Communities, Inc.
Phone: 717-238-7101
Email: ron.sharp@arcfamily.com

Chapters of parent & family advocacy organizations:
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) state chapters:
http://www.famm.org/TakeAction/FindaFAMMVolunteer.aspx

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) state chapters:
http://www.curenational.org/new/index.html

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (FFMCH) state chapters:
http://www.ffcmh.org/who_chapters.php

Community Parent Resource Centers:
http://www.taalliance.org/centers/index.htm

Protection & Advocacy System state contacts:
http://www.ndrn.org/aboutus/consumer.htm