Youth Today
All posts tagged "youth justice"
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685GrantsJuvenile/youth indigent defense improvement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, System-involved Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Youth in Poverty | Amount: Up to $900,000 | Deadline: May 17, 2022
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2.2KFrom the BureausA New York City detention-diversion project is reserved for girls and queer youth
Since it launched in January, 25 youth have enrolled in a three-year pilot project that pays girls and queer youth involved in...
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1.2KFrom the BureausNew York project aims to narrow gap between minority versus white juvies sent to community programs, not prison
A project aiming to grant more Black and brown youth entry to community-based programs that are an alternative to juvenile incarceration will...
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1.5KFrom the BureausNYC parade honors essential youth workers
During the rollercoaster ride of a pandemic, it was Maxene Foster’s job to help make sure that cash-strapped Bronx residents got fed,...
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1.6KFrom the BureausLegalizing recreational marijuana likely means fewer arrests of juveniles of color
The new law is retroactive. It allows persons to have prior marijuana-related convictions for which, under the new rules, they would not...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Justice Needs Specialized Training of Judges, Lawyers, Court Employees, and Courtroom Language that Doesn’t Demean
“Move the bodies.” That’s what a defense lawyer recently overheard an employee in juvenile court say, as if the young people being...
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1.4K► ReportsThe Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System
A new report analyzes racial and ethnic data at state-level youth justice agencies, documenting how inconsistent data categories and reporting result in...
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1.8K► ReportsExpand the Use of Diversion From the Juvenile Justice System
The Annie E. Casey foundation makes the case for significant expansion of the use of diversion to avoid formally prosecuting low-risk juvenile...
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3.0KGrantsYouth Justice Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Justice, Juvenile Justice, Youth Incarceration, Minority Youth | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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3.3K► NewsmakersSarah Bryer, National Juvenile Justice Network Exec. Dir., Steps Down after 14 Years
Sarah Bryer, executive director of the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) since its inception in 2005, recently announced that she is leaving...
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4.6K► ReportsGirls in the Juvenile Justice System
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention uses data from three different national collections to provide a summary of the current...
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1.8K► ReportsPromoting a New Direction for Youth Justice: Strategies to Fund a Community-Based Continuum of Care and Opportunity
The Urban Institute identifies and discusses proven, effective and innovative strategies for investment in community-based programs and tools to help justice-involved youth...
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1.1KGrantsJuvenile Justice Defense and Services Access/Quality Improvement Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Justice, Workforce Development | Deadline: May 8, 2019 | Amount: Up to $650,000
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2.8K► NewsmakersGalit Lipa Joins Public Welfare Foundation as Youth Justice Program Director
Galit Lipa recently joined the Public Welfare Foundation as its new youth justice program director. She will now lead its youth justice...
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2.8K► ReportsThe Color of Youth Transferred to the Adult Criminal Justice System: Policy and Practice Recommendations
This report published by CFYJ shows how, despite reforms, black youth disproportionately end up in the adult justice system and what can...
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2.9KNews2 Years of Youth Coverage from U. of Southern California
Teen homelessness. Gun control. After-school funding. For two years, students at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism...
