Cross-System Boundary Statement

Clear boundaries between support and supervision

This Platform IS:

  • ✓A voluntary support tool for skill-building
  • ✓Youth-centered and trauma-informed
  • ✓Designed to reduce harm and support healing
  • ✓Independent from courts, probation, and law enforcement

This Platform is NOT:

  • ✗Probation, parole, or court supervision
  • ✗A replacement for case management or therapy
  • ✗A monitoring or surveillance tool
  • ✗Connected to law enforcement or courts

Voluntary Participation

Youth choose to participate. There are NO consequences for choosing not to use this platform. Youth can stop using the platform at any time without penalty or negative impact.

If someone tells you that you MUST use this platform or that your probation/parole depends on it, that is incorrect. Please speak with your facilitator or contact us.

Important: Even if you're in a program that offers this platform, using it is YOUR choice. No one can force you to participate.

Data Privacy Boundaries

What We NEVER Share:

  • Your individual check-in responses
  • Your wins or goals
  • Your reset tool usage
  • Your location or activity patterns
  • Any personally identifiable information

Who NEVER Gets Your Data:

  • Courts or judges
  • Probation or parole officers
  • Police or law enforcement
  • Prosecutors or district attorneys
  • Immigration enforcement (ICE)

Exception: If you tell us you plan to seriously hurt yourself or someone else, or if you disclose child abuse, we are legally required to get help. See our Crisis Protocols page for details.

What This Platform Replaces (and Doesn't)

This CAN Replace:

  • • Paper check-in forms
  • • Weekly mood tracking worksheets
  • • Manual data collection for evaluation
  • • Some 1:1 administrative check-ins

This CANNOT Replace:

  • • Mental health therapy
  • • Case management services
  • • Crisis intervention
  • • Legal representation
  • • In-person mentoring relationships

Facilitator Role & Boundaries

Facilitators are support staff, not probation officers or supervisors. They help youth use the platform, answer questions, and provide encouragement. They do NOT:

  • Report to courts about your participation
  • Track your location or monitor you
  • Make decisions about your case or supervision
  • Have access to law enforcement systems

Facilitators DO create fidelity logs (quality assurance for the program), but these are about program delivery, not about individual youth behavior.

Funding & Independence

This platform may receive funding from government sources (like DOJ/OJJDP grants), but funding does NOT create obligation to share individual youth data with those funders.

Funders receive anonymized, aggregated data about program effectiveness. They do NOT receive information about individual youth.

Translation: The government might pay for the program, but they don't get access to YOUR information.

When Boundaries Get Blurry

Red flags that boundaries are being violated:

  • Someone says your probation/parole requires platform use
  • You're told the court will see your check-ins
  • Platform data is mentioned in court hearings
  • You feel pressure to participate or fear consequences for not using it

If you experience any of these, please contact your program administrator immediately. These are violations of our core principles.

Questions About Boundaries?

If you have questions about what this platform is, how data is used, or whether your participation is truly voluntary, ask your facilitator or program administrator.

You have the right to understand exactly how this tool fits into your life and what happens to your information.

Bottom Line

This platform exists to support you, not supervise you. Your participation is voluntary, your data is private, and you're in control. Always.