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Committee to Begin Work on JJDPA Effectiveness

A committee tasked with assessing the impact of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act will hold its first public meeting starting...

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New Legal Theory Aims at Racial Disparities

Harrisburg, Pa. – A series of hearings here last month marked the first step in what promises to be an unorthodox...

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JJDPA Non-Compliance Rises in 2009

Note: This story was corrected on June 29. See comments below article for more information. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act monitors...

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Newsmakers for July-August 2010

Steven Wing Foundations Deborah Leff, president of the Public Welfare Foundation since 2006, left the foundation on June 30 to become...

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Grants Awarded July-August 2010

Carnegie CorporationNew York(212) 371-3200http://carnegie.org • Battelle For Kids, Columbus, Ohio, $650,000 for enhancement of a system of assessment-based professional development to...

Weekly Notes: Walsh Act Delayed; LWOP in Penn.; Illinois’ mental health problem; and more

***Pennsylvania leads the nation in two things: cheese steak consumption and locking up juveniles for life without parole (LWOP). One of those...

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Congress Passes Law to Reduce Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparities

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday that will reduce the gap in...

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Third Time a Charm for Juvenile Justice Nomination?

Justice Department officials are close to completing interviews with a third round of candidates to lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

Weekly Notes: Wyo. Juvies Handled as Adults; Luzerne Update; Juvenile Drug Treatment Conference in December; and more

*** Pat Arthur and Jennifer Horvath – attorneys for the National Center for Youth Law and the Wyoming ACLU, respectively – issued...

Mayor Names Chief Juvenile Prosecutor to Head D.C.’s Juvenile Justice Department

Note: This story was updated on July 20 The reform of Washington, D.C.’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services — which has garnered...

Weekly Notes: Making the budget crunch work for reform; NY settles with DOJ; Illinois juvenile boss resigns; and more

News ***Nice resource here from the National Juvenile Justice Network on using the state budget crunch to one’s advantage as an advocate...

Weekly Notes: Justice Wants Your Feedback, Drug Courts on Chopping Block, and more

***A bit of federal news: The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is soliciting public comments and feedback on the...

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Well-Known New Orleans Juvenile Judge Steps Down Amid Controversy

Judge David Bell, the former chief juvenile judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana and a prominent participant in a...

New Walsh Act Rules Allow States to Shield Juveniles…Sort Of

The Justice Department proposed new rules this summer that would make it optional for states to include most juvenile sex offenders on...

Walsh Act Watch: Florida Edition

Florida became the third state to gain substantial compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, part of the larger Adam...

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Weekly Notes: Federal JJ Issues Languishing; Funds for Mentoring Available; and more

Hope everyone’s summer is going swimmingly, pun intended! Notes has been on hiatus while Youth Today wraps up the final print edition...

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Obama Nominates Seven to Fill CNCS Board Slots

President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees to fill seven of the eight vacant positions on the Corporation for National and...

Spriggs Withdraws from OJJDP Consideration (Updated June 16)

Vicki Spriggs, executive director of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, has withdrawn from consideration for the top job at the Justice Department’s...