Youth Today
All posts tagged "reentry"
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1.2K► PodcastsResearchers team up with court staff to help Washington homeless youth
A new program uses evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services.
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1.1KFrom the BureausThere’s litigation and innovation involving LGBTQ juveniles, a disproportionately larger group
Tailor-made services are important for many justice-involved LGBTQ youth and young adults their advocates contend, because those individuals’ encounters with law enforcement,...
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1.5KNewsQ&A: From Louisiana prisoner to Louisiana State University graduate
Within months of his release from a lifetime imprisonment sentence in Louisiana's 18,000-acre prison in Angola, La., Andrew Hundley, then 34, enrolled...
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2.3KNewsAnalysis: Former juvenile lifers cite strengths and weaknesses of reentry preparation
Almost all of 112 Philadelphians who have been released from lifetime prison sentences said they participated in some form of prison programming,...
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1.1KGrantsJuvenile Offender Community Reentry Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile/Youth Reentry, Recidivism, Juvenile Offenders, Community | Amount: Up to $9,750,000 | Deadline: Feb. 5, 2021
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayOur Jacksonville Partnerships, Social Structure Help Give People Second Chances
When we began our journey to rebuild broken urban communities in our city, Jacksonville, Fla., 20 years ago, little did we know...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayCriminal Record Bars Many Young Adults From Stable Housing
Each year, thousands of young adults filter through the criminal justice system in Charlotte, N.C. While a lot of attention is given...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayTo Ease Reentry, Help the Hosts Who Offer Couch Hopping
When Carlos first came to live with us he was about 16. A friend of my son’s, he had a long history...
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1.8KGrantsJuvenile Offender Reentry Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Reentry, Juvenile/Youth Offenders, Education, Job Training | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: June 24, 2019
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1.7K► ReportsCollaborating for Successful Reentry: A Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive reentry guide for juvenile justice and social service practitioners which offers information...
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9.4KNewsHomeboy Industries Helps Los Angeles Youth Exit Gang Life With Jobs, Therapy
Garry Powers stands on Alameda Street near the North Vignes Street overpass, across from a smoke shop and a Vietnamese restaurant. He’s...
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2.5KNewsOlder Justice-involved Youth Have Unique Needs When Released, Report Says
A new report from a coalition of juvenile justice organizations is intended to help communities better serve people 18 to 24 who...
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5.4KGuest Opinion EssayInsideOUT Writers: Community, Compassion, Multitudes
The Youth Today/InsideOUT Writers series these past two years has been a critical reflection on the impact of the American justice system...
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6.9KGuest Opinion EssayParole Limited My Ability, but Community Led Me to Success
I got released from the system about five years ago now, and my life has remained a consistent hustle. When I was...
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9.0KBook Reviews‘Everyday Desistance: The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth’
“Everyday Desistance: The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth” sheds a critical light on the winding journeys into adulthood of 25...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow People Affected by Justice System Handled Living Near Drug Activity, Sex Workers
Several years ago I was running a reentry project in south Brooklyn supporting formerly incarcerated people returning to their communities. We were...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayHow Incarceration and Placements Affect Youths’ Mental Health
There’s been a lot of news about women abused by men in power lately, and I've been thinking about the girls I...
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3.2KNewsFrom Detention to Graduation: Examining Role of Education in U.S. Juvenile Justice System
At 7 a.m., teenagers are scurrying to dress and head to class. There are no parents or older siblings nearby to push...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayNavigating the Path to a Successful Career: Providing Support for Trauma-Exposed Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Youth placed in juvenile justice institutions face a fundamental obstacle in their career pathway: They have...
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1.9KFrom the BureausHow a New York Police Official Targets Thoughts to Fight Crime
When Carlos Jennings got out of prison in 2014, he wanted to kill the person who helped put him there. “I wasn’t...
