Membership

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NPJS Membership Options

  • Individual Professional

    Annual Dues: $35 | Lifetime Dues: $300 | Lifetime Emeritus (granted by board): $0


    Member Benefits


    • Serve on NPJS Committees
    • Participate in position statement development that drives national policy
    • Eligible to hold elected office on NPJS Board of Directors
    • Able to vote in NPJS elections
    • Discounted fee to attend National Symposium on Juvenile Services or other NPJS training events
    • Networking opportunity with other professionals from across the United States
    • Involved with the only national membership organization whose sole focus is on juvenile justice services
    • Eligible for consideration to be in NPJS Consultant Pool (pending submission of required documentation & review/approval)
    • Will receive job postings when agencies ask NPJS to circulate openings
    • Access to ATC Travel Management for travel planning, including searches for lowest airfare options, hotel bookings, etc.
  • Dual Professional with CJCA

    Annual Dues: $60


    Member Benefits


    • Serve on NPJS Committees
    • Participate in position statement development that drives national policy
    • Eligible to hold elected office on NPJS Board of Directors
    • Able to vote in NPJS elections
    • Discounted fee to attend National Symposium on Juvenile Services or other NPJS training events
    • Networking opportunity with other professionals from across the United States
    • Involved with the only national membership organization whose sole focus is on juvenile justice services
    • Eligible for consideration to be in NPJS Consultant Pool (pending submission of required documentation & review/approval)
    • Will receive job postings when agencies ask NPJS to circulate openings
    • Access to ATC Travel Management for travel planning, including searches for lowest airfare options, hotel bookings, etc.
    • Visit CJCA Member Benefits for CJCA Member Benefits
  • Facility / Agency / Organization

    Annual Dues (fee according to # of staff signed up as NPJS Members*):


    • 10 Staff as NPJS Members: $300
    • 15 Staff as NPJS Members: $450
    • 20 Staff as NPJS Members: $600
    • 25 Staff as NPJS Members: $750
    • 30 Staff as NPJS Members: $900
    • 31+ Staff: Additional $20/person

    *Agencies must provide the individual names, job titles, and email addresses for each member joining under “Agency Membership”


    Member Benefits


    • All NPJS Professional Member Benefits would apply to the staff that are granted membership by the agency’s payment.
    • Agency has employees who are engaged in a national network of professionals for learning and sharing.
    • Agency will also receive priority to host NPJS training events in their region and will be eligible for some complimentary registrations and reduced rates for those onsite training events. Discount for Relias Learning.
    • Discount for rates on legal services (1 complimentary hour) with Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney.
    • Access to ATC Travel Management for travel planning, including searches for lowest airfare options, hotel bookings, etc.
    • Discounted rates for Relias Learning training software application
  • Corporate

    Annual Dues: $700


    Member Benefits


    • Corporate logo linked on new “Corporate Partner” page on NPJS website;
    • 5 individual memberships (Corporate Member must provide individual names, job titles, and email addresses for each member joining);
    • Sponsorship* of at least one NPJS electronic newsletter (newsletters are produced twice monthly and distributed to NPJS Professional & Community Members);
    • Opportunity to write an article in NPJS electronic newsletter;
    • 1 marketing email sent to NPJS members per year (advertisement developed by corporate member, but email will be sent by NPJS office);
    • Discounted exhibit registration fee at NPJS Symposium (or other regional events, if exhibits are offered); and,
    • Priority consideration for conducting workshop at NPJS’ National Symposium on Juvenile Services.

    *Company name and logo will be listed in the e-newsletter and linked to corporation’s website for each issue in which the company is the sponsor. Company is responsible for sending their logo and a brief written description of products/services.

  • Corporate Plus

    Annual Dues: $1,500


    Member Benefits

    Includes all NPJS Corporate Member Benefits listed PLUS:


    • Conducts 1 Lunch and Learn Virtual Presentation marketed to all NPJS Members and advertised on NPJS Social Media sites. 
    • This session will be hosted on the NPJS virtual platform. 
    • The session will be recorded and made available for non attendees on the NPJS website for 12 months.  
    • Conference Exhibitor fee waived.
  • Affiliate

    Annual Dues: 


    • National: $0 (based on reciprocal agreement)
    • State Affiliate I: $5,000 (up to 20 agencies)
    • State Affiliate II: $10,000 (up to 40 agencies)

    State Affiliate Member Benefits


    • All NPJS Professional Member and Agency Member Benefits would apply as stated below. Specific individuals and agencies receiving benefits from a State Affiliation will be determined in a case-by-case basis via communication with the NPJS office.
    • Serve in advisory capacity (non-voting) on NPJS Board of Directors
    • $1,000 discount to host specialized NPJS training event (T4T or other topic as negotiated)
    • Affiliate I – 3 complimentary registrations to NPJS Symposium or One-Day Conferences (assigned by Affiliate)
    • Affiliate II – 6 complimentary registrations to NPJS Symposium or One-Day Conferences (assigned by Affiliate)
    • Free social media marketing for state affiliate trainings or conferences
    • Unlimited Community Members (list provided by Affiliate or promoted through their chapter)

    National Affiliate Member Benefits

    Benefits determined via Reciprocal Agreement.


    Agency Member Benefits


    • All of the aforementioned Individual Member Benefits would apply to the staff that are granted membership by the agency’s payment.
    • Agency has employees who are engaged in a national network of professionals for learning and sharing.
    • Agency will also receive priority to host NPJS training events in their region and will be eligible for some complimentary registrations and reduced rates for those onsite training events. Discount for Relias Learning.
    • Discount for rates on legal services (1 complimentary hour) with Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney.
    • Access to ATC Travel Management for travel planning, including searches for lowest airfare options, hotel bookings, etc.
    • Discounted rates for Relias Learning training software application
  • Student

    Annual Dues: $20 (Must be enrolled in an Institution of Higher Learning)


    Member Benefits


    • Participate on NPJS Committees
    • Participate in position statement development that drives national policy
    • Discounted fee to attend National Symposium on Juvenile Services or other NPJS training events
    • Networking opportunity with professionals from across the United States
    • Involved with the only national membership organization whose sole focus is on juvenile justice services
    • Will receive job postings when agencies ask NPJS to circulate openings
    • Access to a network of professionals, who are willing to provide insight and guidance
    • Access to ATC Travel Management for travel planning, including searches for lowest airfare options, hotel bookings, etc., to NPJS approved events
  • Institution of Higher Education

    Annual Dues (fee according to # of students signed up as NPJS Student Members*):


    • 10 NPJS Students Members: $200
    • 15 NPJS Student Members: $300
    • 20 NPJS Student Members: $400
    • 25 NPJS Student Members: $500
    • 30 NPJS Student Members: $600
    • 31+ Students: Additional $15/person

    *Institutions must provide the student names, field of study, and email addresses for each student being enrolled as a part of this membership payment.


    Member Benefits


    • All NPJS Student Member Benefits would apply to the students that are granted membership by the institution’s payment.
    • The Institution is entitled to 2 Professional Memberships for Instructors/Professors in the field of Juvenile Justice Service or in the field of study that supports the field of Juvenile Justice Service (e.g. Education/Social Work/Psychology/Administration of Justice Services).
    • The Institution may also post information and a link to their institution on the NPJS Website,
    • The Institution will receive notifications for opportunities to submit articles to the NPJS Journal of Applied Juvenile Justice Services
    • The Institution will be provided primary consideration to host NPJS training events in their region and will be eligible for some complimentary registrations and reduced rates for those onsite training events.
    • Access to ATC Travel Management for travel planning, including searches for lowest airfare options, hotel bookings, etc.
    • Discounted rates as a marketing vendor/exhibitor at the NPJS National Symposium on Juvenile Services.
    • Representation for inclusion in planning student events during the National Symposium

My job is important. We have a high calling, a sacred responsibility, and important task: To redeem the unredeemable and make the community, the public, and society a better place in the process. I take my job seriously. It is a profession. No matter how much I know, profess to know, or have experienced, there is much more to learn. I must continually expand my knowledge and skills within this profession in order to meet the challenges and needs of troubled youth, beleaguered staff, and highly stressed institutions. The value of a professional association is that it provides strength and support to me in all these areas. It surrounds me with other kindred spirits, who are caring and sympathetic to my struggle, who support and encourage my efforts, who comfort and correct my failures, and who rejoice greatly in those all-too infrequent times of success. I am a part of good things that happened before me in this profession; I am a contributor to the good things that are currently happening in this profession; and I am preparing the way for others to do good things in the future. I derive no satisfaction in the growth and preservation of my profession by maintaining only an active role in my institution, my local unit of government, or my “ivory tower.” Likewise, saying I am a professional does not make me one; acting in a professional manner moves me closer to that goal; but membership in a professional association helps fulfill my professional aspirations.

The Pursuit of Professionalism, One Member's Perspective
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