American Institutes For Research has signed for an additional 12,253 square feet of space in addition to their current 30,221 square feet on the third floor of 1025 Thomas Jefferson St. NW in the Jefferson Court building.

Kathleen Courrier has joined the American Institutes for Research (AIR) as vice president for communications and public affairs. From 1997 through 2011, Courrier was vice president for communications at The Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has selected the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to lead the creation of a new center dedicated to improving outcomes for young people involved in the juvenile justice system. AIR is partnering with the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) and the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) to operate the State Training and Technical Assistance Center (STTAC). The Center assists state agencies and other organizations in tackling a number of difficult problems that juvenile justice systems face, including disproportionate minority representation, mental health and substance abuse, deinstitutionalizing status offenders, and gang involvement. The Center works with a range of organizations – including state government agencies, tribes, and non-profits – that receive funding from the OJJDP either through the Title II Formula Grants program or the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) program. The Center also will work to enhance the capacity of state agencies to address the disproportionate number of minority youth in the juvenile justice system. Center experts will work with the agencies to improve their overall service delivery, enhance their data collection efforts, and increase their implementation of evidence-based programs.