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- EIN 35-2226280
- (781) 843-2663
- 350 Granite St Ste 1203 Braintree MA 02184-3958 USA
- pbstandards.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Adult Education, Education
Mission: The pbs learning institute, inc. (pbs) is dedicated to the implementation of the performance-based standards (pbs) system of continuous improvement to juvenile facilities and programs and the expansion of the approach to all residential facilities and additional components of the juvenile justice system. The pbs' mission is to ensure pbs and its applications to other settings, such as community-based standards (cbs), are implemented with integrity and integrated into daily facility and agency operations. The pbs li serves as the fiscal agent for pbs and operates as a self-sustaining organization. The pbs' board of directors (the board) is responsible for serving as the guardian of the pbs' mission. The board makes sure the organization lives up to its basic commitment, assesses its performance at regular intervals and makes sure the staff has the resources needed to fulfill its mission.
Programs: 1. Member services. Pbs provides training and technical assistance to facilities in 34 states. The training is conducted via webinar as well as on site with pbs staff conduct visits. Technical assistance services include support and troubleshooting use of the pbs standards and program components as well as the web portal. Pbs employs staff in the national office to handle training and technical assistance requests and employees contract employees who provide the services by phone, email and on-site visits. 2. Pbs continues to work on the federal grant funded by doj (ojjdp) to develop juvenile reentry measurement standards.