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Laurie Robinson Confirmation Hearing

The confirmation hearing for Laurie Robinson, Obama’s nominee to serve as the assistant attorney general for justice programs, was short and sweet....

Weekly Notes: Robinson Confirmation Hearing Next Week; Good Reads; Veteran to Lead Vegas JJ; and more

***The void of permanent leadership for federal juvenile justice may soon be filled. Laurie Robinson, Obama’s nominee to head up the Office...

OJJDP ’09 Grants: The Cliffs Notes Version

The Office of Juvenile has announced all of its fiscal 2009 grants, all of which are available by connecting to this pdf...

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Mentoring Grants Include Newcomers, Surprises

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of its national mentoring grant winners last month. The...

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States Happy with OJJDP Staff, Worry about Dwindling Dollars

State juvenile justice leaders find staffers at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and bemoan...

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Ex-OJJDP administrators to gather for first time Nov. 10.

Most of the former administrators of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) plan to gather in Washington next...

Weekly Notes: Famous Diversion Program Will Likely Close; Ohio Complies with Adam Walsh Act; Curfew Law Struck Down; and more

***Edgar Cahn is busy crafting a strategy to compel JJ systems, using the threat of litigation, to address racial disparities in their...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Annie E. Casey President Doug Nelson to Retire in 2010

When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought he was there to...

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Crime in the United States, 2008

Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report shows slight declines in violent and property crimes from 2007...

Weekly Notes: Missouri Model Goes Primetime; The Mysterious White House Gang Conference; Violence and Truancy in Baltimore; and more

***The fanfare around the Missouri approach to working with juveniles in secure facilities – small community facilities broken into groups of youth,...

Supreme Court Will Hear Juvenile LWOP Cases Nov. 9

Mark your calendars for Monday, Nov. 9. That is the day the U.S. Supreme Court has set aside to hear oral arguments...

Big Brothers Big Sisters Will Get Mentoring Funds from Justice

A memo obtained by JJ Today indicates that despite missing out on OJJDP’s Recovery Act and announced 2009 funds for national mentoring...

Down to the Wire for OJJDP Job

One of the hopefuls for the OJJDP top job whose candidacy heated up over the summer was Miami-Dade County JJ boss Wansley...

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Lack of OJJDP Funding Worries States

State juvenile justice leaders find staff at the federal juvenile justice office helpful, though slow to respond at times, and the officials...

Winners of National Mentoring Grants Divulge Spending Plans (UPDATED Sept. 10)

As we mentioned yesterday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of national mentoring grant winners. The...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Justice Awards Millions in Mentoring Grants

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the national juvenile mentoring grants: a total of $129 million that comes partially from Recovery...