Dec. 15, 2014 – Judge George W. Timberlake, chair of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission was named as the 2014 recipient of the Champion for Change in State Leadership award on Monday.
The award was announced at the annual national conference of Models for Change, a juvenile justice reform initiative funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Timberlake, a contributor of The Youth Project through JJIE.org, was recognized for his work in the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, the federally mandated state advisory group to the governor and the Illinois General Assembly.
During his time as the chair of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, the commission’s grant spending strategy has changed to support a range of state and local initiatives designed to produce data, foster local collaboration and support statewide system improvement.