Abstract
In 2005, a statewide “ArtsInFusion” coalition was formed in Massachusetts to integrate the arts throughout the Commonwealth’s juvenile justice system. In the spring and summer of 2008, the ArtsInFusion Task Force ran the Creative Transitions demonstration project which was designed to develop and test tools, protocols, approaches, and relationships that could support integrating arts and cultural opportunities within a number of DYS programs across the state. The Center for Youth and Communities (CYC) at Brandeis University conducted an evaluation of the Creative Transitions initiative over a six-month period during the summer and fall of 2008.