All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

• 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...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  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...

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  Vicki Spriggs, executive director of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, has withdrawn from consideration for the top job at the Justice Department’s...

• Weekly Notes: Quiet in the Capital, Upcoming conferences and more

  ***On the surface, all is quiet on the JJ front in the nation’s capital. No news on a nominee to lead OJJDP,...

• Indie Monitoring Unit Shines Light on Maryland JJ

  About 15 states now have some sort of child advocacy office, an entity charged with monitoring the conditions and/or outcomes of youths...

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  Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems

  Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Youths who go through both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems often...

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  Will Ruling Save All Lifers?

    Joe Sullivan: Among the inmates who must be given a “meaningful opportunity” for release after the Supreme Court ruling in Graham...

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  Florida Delves into Predictive Analytics

    Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice is diving into the field of predictive analytics – a tool that big business has come...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Dawn Folsom

    Dawn Folsom Executive DirectorProject United Alliance Fort Wayne, Ind.(260) 417-6510 Age: 22. Salary: $40,000. My Organization: Folsom began to design the...

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  The Multi-site Evaluation of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative

    Urban Institute This is an evaluation of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI), which since 2003 has funded 69...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Safe Harbor

    This absorbing Hallmark Channel TV movie reveals the 1980s origins of the Safe Harbor Boys Home in Jacksonville, Fla. Doug and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: New funding from OJJDP; Scathing report on Luzerne scandal; PROMISE Act goes viral; and more

  ***A couple of new solicitations from OJJDP: Group Mentoring Research and Evaluation Program: To evaluate the effectiveness of group mentoring programs at...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Three Names in Mind at Justice for OJJDP Job

  This article was corrected on May 27 Sources close to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention say three people are...

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  Supreme Court Bans Life Without Parole for Some Juveniles

  Note: This story was updated May 18 The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today that life without parole for juveniles not involved in...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  New Funding from OJJDP: Juvenile Sex Offenders, Exposure to Violence, Indigent Defense

  Of course, the one time we get the Weekly Notes done early, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention adds really...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Weekly Notes: Major Luzerne update; New York JJ quandary; and more

  ***Luzerne Update! A brief filed this week by U.S. attorneys in the case against disgraced judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella articulates...

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  NY Times Columnist Makes Case for CeaseFire Chicago

  New York Times columnist Bob Herbert believes that shooting or killing someone has become an all-too rational reaction to disrespect among young...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Fed Grants Process for Runaway/Homeless Needs Work, GAO Says

  The Family and Youth Services Bureau needs to improve the application process used in  awarding grants to service providers for runaway and...

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  Advocates Urge Changes to Juvenile Standards on Prison Sex Abuse

  The Justice Department should not require states to use medical staff members in detention and residential facilities to question juveniles about abusive...