Public/Private Ventures launched a national demonstration in 15 cities to assess the effectiveness of faith-based initiatives in working with youths involved in the juvenile justice system. The initiatives focused on high-risk youth and developed programs involving mentoring, education, and employment readiness. This report focuses on whether small faith-based organizations can work effectively together, how difficult it is for faith-based organizations and juvenile justice agencies to form partnerships, and whether faith-based organizations and justice agencies make effective partners. Overall, partnerships among faith-based organizations ran smoothly. Currently, 127 predominantly small African-American faith-based organizations or congregations are actively involved in the initiative across the sites. Different faiths and denominations worked well together, though they tended to reflect the Christian nature of low-income urban communities. Justice and faith organizations easily formed partnerships and were willing to collaborate. Faith-justice partnerships did not produce as many referrals from justice organizations as expected. Only one-third of the youth participating in the faith-based program were referred by a justice agency. Remaining challenges include developing workable partnerships between groups of different faiths and ensuring that faith-justice collaborations live up to the expectations of both sides. Site descriptions are appended. (SM)