Janet Forbush

Janet Forbush has been a youth advocate for more than thirty years at the national level on public policy and research issues in mentoring, adolescent pregnancy, and juvenile justice. She worked for five years as a senior policy analyst on the evaluation of the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) funded by the US Department of Justice; has evaluated several of the US Department of Education Mentoring Programs; and consults with several national, state, and local agencies and organizations in the public and private sectors working with a variety of high need youth populations. Janet is also an experienced fundraiser and trainer.