Our Town Our Kids is a pilot project funded through the Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas Advisory Group, and the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention. 

The university group is K-State Juvenile Justice Collaborative (K-State JJC), a multidisciplinary team from Kansas State University, Fort Hays State University, and K-State Extension.  The team covers a wide range of specialization including sociology, criminology, communication, trauma, adolescence, and research methods.