Sentences with phrase «youth justice project»

The Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice says the project reveals significant racial gaps in how students from different groups are treated.

Hispanic students were 15.7 percent of CHCCS» enrollment and received 13.7 percent of short - term suspensions, according to the racial equity report card released by the Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

But youth justice projects are being squeezed or forced to shut down in the face of cuts to local authority budgets, NOMS, the YJB and YOTs.

Not exact matches

She works full time at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Hickory as a Project Coordinator with at - risk youth and now, with the help of BGCA and Kimberly Clark, she will be enrolling in the University of Phoenix to pursue a career in the juvenile justice system helping at - risk kids.

The Oneida County team's capstone project, titled Reforming Juvenile Justice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofJustice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofjustice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile offender.

The total cost for the design and construction of the Dutchess County Justice and Transiton Center, as well as the project definition for the new Youth Center, will total $ 192,150,000.

«The data that we have collected over the past three years shows that participatory budgeting is a gateway to civic engagement for New Yorkers that are often left out of politics and government such as youth, immigrants, and low - income people,» said Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy at the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center.

She is currently a Volunteer Manager for a youth homeless charity, and until recently volunteered with the Asylum Justice project.

His dissertation, on youth in the justice system, grew out of one of these projects.

This year, the Du Bois Orchestra is launching a community impact project to work with youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

Dr. Zenkov co-directs «Through Students» Eyes,» a Youth Participatory Action Research and photovoice project, through which youth document with photographs and writings what they believe about citizenship, justice, school, and liteYouth Participatory Action Research and photovoice project, through which youth document with photographs and writings what they believe about citizenship, justice, school, and liteyouth document with photographs and writings what they believe about citizenship, justice, school, and literacy.

Nina Salomon is a Project Manager in the Corrections and Reentry division at the CSG Justice Center, where she oversees the Improving Outcomes for Youth initiative, supporting states develop, adopt, and implement legislative reforms to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice Justice Center, where she oversees the Improving Outcomes for Youth initiative, supporting states develop, adopt, and implement legislative reforms to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice syYouth initiative, supporting states develop, adopt, and implement legislative reforms to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice syyouth in the juvenile justice justice system.

Since 2013, the Department of Labor - funded program has yielded an array of powerful outcomes for youth involved with the juvenile justice system through restorative justice projects, record expungement, school retention, job placement, and more.

Presenters will include: Nina Salomon, Project Manager, Corrections and Reentry, Council of State Government's Justice Center, Derek Grubbs, Director of Juvenile Education, Indiana Department of Correction, Jesse Kannam, Policy Research Assistant, American Youth Policy Forum, and Moderator: Jenna Tomasello, Policy Associate, American Youth Policy Forum

The Boston Youth Organizing Project in Boston, Massachusetts, is a live community of youth and adults who are fighting for justice in the Boston - area and beYouth Organizing Project in Boston, Massachusetts, is a live community of youth and adults who are fighting for justice in the Boston - area and beyouth and adults who are fighting for justice in the Boston - area and beyond.

Coalition Members: PCAPS (Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools) includes: Action United, AFT Pennsylvania, AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, Fight for Philly, Boat People SOS, Jewish Labor Committee, Jobs With Justice, Juntos, Media Mobilizing Project, Neighborhood Networks, Occupy Philadelphia Labor Work Group, Pennsylvania Working Families Organization, Philadelphians Allied for Responsible Economy (PHARE), Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3), Philadelphia Home and School Council, Philadelphia Student Union, SEIU 32BJ Local 1201, UNITE HERE Local 634, Working America and Youth United for Change (YUC)

This project supports cross systems teams of state and local leaders in developing and implementing a School Responder Model to address behavioral health needs of students through community - based services that keep youth in school and out of the justice system.

The purpose of this project is to enhance collaboration and coordination among schools, mental and behavioral health specialists, law enforcement and juvenile justice officials to help students succeed in school and prevent negative outcomes for youth and communities.

About our projects, services, resources, and news related to youth behavioral health and juvenile justice

Youth graduates from local food justice organization FOODWHAT head up fun, educational activities for all ages — 3 to 103 — at the FOODSHED PROJECT events.

Her latest project, Get Up Stand Up (April to September 2015), is a site specific audio / visual installation at the Galleries of Justice Museum, Nottingham, exploring global civil rights and its relevance to today's contemporary youth and communities.

Leaders from the Pico Youth and Family Center will discuss different organizing projects over the years, including the Vigil for Peace and Mothers for Justice.

COMMUNITY BASED & COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK WITH ONAMAN COLLECTIVE Youth Art Mural Project: John F. Ross Secondary School, Guelph, ON (May 2016) Anishinaabemowin Wiigwaam: Ojibway Immersion Language House (Mar & Oct 2015, Mar 2016) Words from the Land: Youth & Elders art retreat (Mar 2016) Youth Run for the Language (Oct 2015) The Painted Hand: Gathering to Feast Our Historic Alliances (Sept 2015) Reconciliation, Resurgence & Storytelling with Maria Campbell (Aug 2015) Canoe Building with Youth: Chippewas of the Thames (July / Aug 2015) Harvesting ochre & making paint (June 2015) Research with Elders on traditional knowledge and the language in Ontario & Saskatchewan (June & Aug 2015) Moosehide Tanning (April 2015) The Sacred Fisher Story: The Youth Mural Project (April 2015) Anishinaabemowin Wiigwaam: Ojibway Immersion Language House (Mar 2015) Onaman Kendaagozid: Gathering about Sacred Paint (Feb 2015) Research into traditional Indigenous tattoos and face / body ochre paint (on - going) Collaborative creation of art pieces by Isaac Murdoch and Christi Belcourt (on - going)

Its aim is to bring people and groups together to engage in culture through visual art, youth work and community projects that explore spirituality and social justice.

Members include Appalachian Voices, Coal River Mountain Watch, Gainesville Loves Mountains, Hands Off Appalachia, Heartwood, Highlander Research and Education Center, Keepers of the Mountains Foundation, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment, Sierra Club Environmental Justice, The Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, SouthWings and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.

It brings together experts such as social workers, lawyers, mental health workers, psychologists, family physicians, academics, and children and youth advocates in an interdisciplinary team to develop pilot projects that address family justice and mental health needs from a user perspective.

«On behalf of Pro Bono Law Ontario, Justice for Children and Youth and the Advocates» Society, I wish to express my sincere appreciation for your assistance and the time you have donated as a volunteer with the Child Advocacy Project.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

Prior to launching Consensus, Anton also led UN Youth New Zealand, co-directed The Equal Justice Project and worked as a senior advocate at the Auckland University Students» Association.

YRAP also collaborates on projects promoting justice equality and rights for all youth, particularly youth at risk and new Canadians.

High school youth from various schools gather every two weeks to focus in on an area of social justice involving today's youth and work together on a project that will be presented on how to address some of these issues.

It brings together experts such as social workers, lawyers, mental health workers, psychologists, family physicians, academics, and children and youth advocates in an interdisciplinary environment to develop pilot projects that address family justice and mental health needs from a user perspective.

[9] The steering committee members were / are as some have left since the project launched: Madame Justice Marin +, the late Madame Justice Waldman +, Mr. Justice Brownstone, Madame Justice Paulseth, Mr. Justice Otter, Nadia Liva + (defence counsel), David Miller (family counsel) +, Yolande Edwards (supervisor for duty counsel) +, Linda Hofbauer (counsel for CAS) +, Chris Andrikakis (counsel of CCAS) +, Adit Somers - Wasglass + (counsel for Native Family and Child), Landy Anderson +, (Native Family and Child), Gord Cone + (Aisling Discoveries), Christopher Brown + (East Metro Youth Services), Jeanine Duncan + (Police 43 Youth and Family Violence), Lee Poczak + (41 Police Youth and Family Violence), Janice MacDonald + (42 Youth and Family Violence), Pat Sisson (CAS), Michelle Lewis (CAS), Cory Hedgeman (police), Ann - Marie Tupling (police), Dominique Kennedy (Crown *), Betty Vavougios (Crown) * (more Crown * additions in 2016 because we've embarked on vertical file management after launching this project), + original steering committee

Job Title: Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Legal Fellow Supervisor: Immigrant Youth Advocacy Project Supervising Attorney Deadline for applications: Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications by May 14, 2018; however, applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

In a stimulating and youth - led atmosphere, over 150 prominent leaders throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region convened on June 25 - 26, 2010, at the World Justice Project's first major MENA Regional Rule of Law Conference at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

«The projects will enable youth to explore creative solutions while allowing them to create tangible prototypes that use technology to improve access to justice.»

The projects is based in a Statutory Organisation Type of work they are involved with is Youth Justice, Child Welfare, Education, Family Self Referrals, Health Referrals, Referrals from vol.

Skye Bullen, the Community Data Manager from the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in Bourke told the symposium how the Maranguka project uses a community - based participatory research approach to reduce the high rate of Aboriginal children and young people's offending, reoffending and incarceration in adult prison and youth detProject in Bourke told the symposium how the Maranguka project uses a community - based participatory research approach to reduce the high rate of Aboriginal children and young people's offending, reoffending and incarceration in adult prison and youth detproject uses a community - based participatory research approach to reduce the high rate of Aboriginal children and young people's offending, reoffending and incarceration in adult prison and youth detention.

King County System Integration Initiative: Reform to Impact Dual Jurisdiction Youth and Families (PDF - 800 KB) Child Welfare League of America The Link: Connecting Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare, 4 (2), 2005 Outline the goals of KC - SII, the scope of the project, mobilization and planning, data collection and analysis, resource assessment and inventory, action strategy development, and implementation to improve the coordination and integration of the child welfare and juvenile justice programs and policy development in King CounJustice and Child Welfare, 4 (2), 2005 Outline the goals of KC - SII, the scope of the project, mobilization and planning, data collection and analysis, resource assessment and inventory, action strategy development, and implementation to improve the coordination and integration of the child welfare and juvenile justice programs and policy development in King Counjustice programs and policy development in King County, WA.

Advocates for Youth, AIDS Action Baltimore, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), HIV Law Project, HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), HIVictorious, Inc., International Women's Health Coalition, National Council of Jewish Women, National Minority AIDS Council, Physicians for Human Rights, Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV and AIDS, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS), START Westminster, The AIDS Institute, The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and Treatment Access Expansion Project

The projects is based in a Statutory Organisation Type of work they are involved with is Youth Justice, Child Welfare, Education They have Independent Evaluation?

Juvenile Justice Program (in MN) This PACER Center project is a good place to find parent - friendly materials on the many facets of youth with disabilities involved in the juvenile justice Justice Program (in MN) This PACER Center project is a good place to find parent - friendly materials on the many facets of youth with disabilities involved in the juvenile justice justice system.

The projects is based in a Voluntary Organisation Type of work they are involved with is Child Welfare, Youth Justice Other types of services the project provides is Mediation They have Independent Evaluation?

The projects is based in a Statutory Organisation Type of work they are involved with is Youth Justice, Child Welfare, Education They offer the following services: Service Users Forum They have Independent Evaluation?

The Trauma Crossover Youth Project is designed to help us understand and intervene on the path between child welfare and the juvenile justice system.

MacArthur also supports several of CJJ's projects, including the development, publication, and dissemination of «Childhood on Trial, the Failure of Trying and Sentencing Youth in Adult Court» (2003), and provided support for CJJ to serve as the principal partner and fiscal sponsor of the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) since 2005.

This curriculum was developed for Strengthening Families and Fatherhood: Children of Fathers in the Criminal Justice System under the Innovation and Improvement Project grant from the Office of Head Start, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

These include the Child Study, a multi-site longitudinal randomized controlled trial of the Friends of the Children professional youth mentoring program; the Relief Nursery Study, a randomized controlled trial of a multimodal therapeutic preschool program for at risk children and families; the Parent Child Study, a randomized trial of Parenting Inside Out, a parent management training with incarcerated parents within adult corrections; the Paths Project, a study of the transition into young adulthood for youth who were heavily involved with the juvenile justice system and who participated in a randomized trial of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC, now known as Treatment Foster Care Oregon); and the Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) Project, a study of the transitions into young adulthood for participants in a randomized multi-modal school - based prevention intervention program that began during elementary school.