Mission Statement
The Interstate Commission for Juveniles, the governing body of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, through means of joint and cooperative action among the compacting states, preserves child welfare and promotes public safety interests of citizens, including victims of juvenile offenders, by providing enhanced accountability, enforcement, visibility, and communication in the return of juveniles who have left their state of residence without permission and in the cooperative supervision of delinquent juveniles who travel or relocate across state lines.

Vision Statement
The Interstate Commission for Juveniles will promote public safety, victims' rights, and juvenile accountability that is balanced with safeguarding those juveniles.

Values
The Interstate Commission for Juveniles values:

• The establishment of an independent compact operating authority to administer ongoing compact activity, including a provision for staff support;
• Gubernatorial appointments of representatives for all member states on a national governing commission;
• The increased visibility that the new Interstate Compact for Juveniles has with Ex-Officio Members and State Councils in each compacting state;
• The Commission's national office that provides support to the Commission and the member states;
• The Commission's General Counsel;
• Rule-making authority and the provisions for significant sanctions to support essential compact operations;
• Enforcement provisions of the new Compact;
• Mandatory funding mechanism sufficient to support essential Commission operations (staffing, data collection, training/education, etc.); and
• Requirements to collect standardized information.