Building a Civic Tech Ecosystem: Expunging Juvenile Records with Expunge.io Cathy Deng with DataMade discusses the process of developing Expunge.io, a web application that helps start the process of expunging juvenile arrest and/or court records, with the help of the Mikva Challenge Juvenile Justice Council, Smart Chicago, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago. Watch the video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CerCresA9mo&list=PL65XgbSILalWFStqV0z0N9pvftstJ8AAh&index=41 Get involved with Code for America: www.codeforamerica.org/action

1. EXPUNGE.IO:
CIVIC COLLABORATION +
JUVENILE JUSTICE
CATHY DENG
Developer & Consultant at DataMade

2. So, what is juvenile expungement?
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3. So, what is juvenile expungement?
& why does it matter?
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4. 25,000+
juvenile arrests per year in Chicago
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5. The youth of the Mikva Challenge
recognized this as a problem
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6. Smart Chicago got us connected
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7. The Legal Aid Foundation of
Chicago advised us
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8. Expunge.io is the product of
collaboration across organizations
Advocates Connector Domain Expert Technologist
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9. Designing a better resource
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10. Designing a better resource
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11. Designing a better resource
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13. Key Takeaways!
gner + community
developer/desi
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groups = problem
solved
…right?

14. Key Takeaways!
gner + community
developer/desi
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groups = problem
solved
…right? NOPE

15. The depths of the problem
Juvenile expungement is difficult/confusing
Too few people know about expungement
Non-serious arrests aren’t automatically expunged
So many kids are arrested in the first place
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16. Key Takeaways!
Community collaboration = immensely
valuable for understanding the complexities
of the problem
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17. Key Takeaways!
Tech is the least important word in
‘civic tech ecosystem’
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18. THANKS!
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