Announcements

Employment assistance is listed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) as one of the keys to turning around the lives of young people involved with juvenile justice systems. To promote and support work opportunities for young people, the PbS Employment Matching Award was created in 2017.

2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest Finalist Spotlight: Broad River Road Complex PbS is delighted to call this artistry from Broad River Road Complex a finalist for the 2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest! Thank you for sharing your talent with us and congratulations on becoming a finalist! View the artwork here. The annual PbS Kids Got Talent Contest invites all youths in PbS fa ...

2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest Finalist Spotlight: South Carolina Juvenile Detention Center PbS is pleased to present a cover of Luke Combs’ “Better Together” as a finalist for the 2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest from South Carolina Juvenile Detention Center. Thanks for sharing your talent and congratulations on becoming a finalist! View the video here. The annual PbS Ki ...

2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest Finalist Spotlight: Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility We are pleased to present an original vocal performance and a duo dance to the theme song to “Max and Ruby” as the finalists for the 2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest from Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility. Thanks for sharing your talents and congratulations on becoming f ...

2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest Finalist Spotlight: Ferris School PbS is pleased to present a duo performing an original song for the 2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest from Ferris School. Thank you for sharing your talents with us and congratulations on becoming finalists! View the video here. The annual PbS Kids Got Talent Contest invites all youths in PbS facilities and p ...

2021 PbS Kids Got Talent Contest Finalist Spotlight: Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Center - Durango We are thrilled to present a brilliant cover of “All of My Love” by Led Zeppelin on the keyboard and an outstanding original vocal performance from Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Center – Durango. Thank you for sharing your talents and congratulations on becoming final ...

Launched in 2015, the annual Performance-based Standards (PbS) Kids Got Talent Contest celebrates and showcases the many and varied talents of young people in juvenile justice facilities. Despite the many challenges and obstacles the year brought, PbS received many outstanding entries as talented young people weren’t going to let the pandemic stop them from sharing their impres ...

They are future engineers and entrepreneurs, artists and athletic trainers, mechanics and mathematicians. The youths who applied to the 2021 PbS Scholarship Award expressed a wide range of ambitions and aspirations in their applications to advance their educational goals. But a common thread ran through every youth application: Hope. Hope for opportunities, hope to create a meaningful life and hope to give back.

Thanks to the generosity of donors and the success of our virtual fundraiser “Creating Real Second Chances”, Performance-based Standards (PbS) is pleased to announce the availability of additional funds to helps youths return to their homes and communities. The application for a second round of the 2020 PbS Reentry Award has opened.

The past week has been an extremely painful one for many people, as Minneapolis and countless other cities, including our hometown of Boston, have seen people gather to protest the racial injustice and racial violence still present in our country. It is this injustice that has led to the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. The PbS ...