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All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"
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3.3KNewsArts Seen As Crucial to Healing Youth, Changing the Juvenile Justice System
For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he...
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Raising the Bar: State Trends in Keeping Youth Out of Adult Courts
The Campaign for Youth Justice published this latest update and summary of the progress made by states in reforming their state justice...
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2.1KNewsThe Journey Helps Youth Workers ‘Show Up Whole’
Ryan Sims was a recent college graduate when he started work two years ago at the Boys & Girls Clubs in Indianapolis.
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Grants
Youth Activist Fellowship Grant Program
Subject: Social Activism, Juvenile Justice, Civic Engagement | Deadline: Dec. 6, 2017 (letters of intent)
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Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
This new report from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality takes a look at how girls of color are consistently...
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1.8KNewsUntrained Police Officers in Schools Focus on Girls of Color, Report Says
Black girls are nearly four times more likely to be arrested at school than their white counterparts and Latina girls are almost...
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Opinion
School-to-Prison Pipeline Can Be Dismantled Using Alternative Discipline Strategies
The school-to-prison pipeline refers to the streamlining of at-risk students from schools to incarceration or related correctional-type facilities that results from punitive...
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Unlocking Youth: Legal Strategies to End Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities
The Juvenile Law Center recently released this new report which outlines the counterproductive nature and the great harm caused by the solitary...
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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
This groundbreaking new study recently released by the Georgetown University Law Center uses comprehensive survey data to show how the perception of...
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Brooklyn Youth Development/Leadership, Juvenile Justice and Immigrant Youth Services Program Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Education, Juvenile Justice, Immigrant Youth | Deadline: July 7, 2017
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Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Welfare | Deadline: June 26, 2017
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Implementing Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Reforms
The Urban Institute summarizes and analyzes the effectiveness of the implementation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Juvenile Justice...
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Youth w/ Sexual Behavior Problems Services Program Grants
Subject: Youth Welfare, Sexual Behavior, Safety, Juvenile Justice | Deadline: June 29, 2017
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Juvenile Justice System Reform Support Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Policy Reform | Deadline: June 29, 2017
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Juvenile Court Statistics 2014
This new report form the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) takes a comprehensive and statistical look at delinquency and petitioned status...
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Juvenile Justice Reform Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Crime, Youth Incarceration, Youth Development, Youth Welfare | Deadline: Ongoing
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Raise the Age: Shifting to a Safer and More Effective Juvenile Justice System
This new report from the Justice Policy Institute highlights the growing movement known as "Raise the Age" which seeks to convince state...
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2.9KNewsN.C. Raise the Age Supporters Hope for Change in Law
David Johnson was 16 years old when he faced his first criminal charge in a North Carolina court that considered him an...
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Improving Police Work With Youth Program Grants
Subject: Youth Welfare, Safety, Law Enforcement, Youth Crime/Violence, Juvenile Justice | Deadline: May 24, 2017
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How Should Justice Policy Treat Young Offenders?
The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience produced this brief highlighting the latest findings in research on adolescent brain development...
