Sentences with phrase «address juvenile justice»

This resource provides technical assistance to practitioners to help them adopt evidence - based practices to address juvenile justice and juvenile delinquency issues.

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«Our juvenile justice laws are outdated,» Cuomo said in his State of the State address this year.

Several other measures await votes, including bills to address campus sexual assault, reform the juvenile justice system and ban the sale of toys with potentially toxic chemicals.

During his State of the City address last year, Bloomberg announced his plan to merge the Administration for Children Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice.

To address the disparity in violent crimes, particularly murder, among young people, Kelly said he has promoted Lt. Kevin O'Connor, formerly head of Manhattan North's gang intelligence unit, to be the assistant commissioner for the newly - created Juvenile Justice Division of the NYPD.

MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the merger of the Administration for Children Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice at his State of the City address in Queens on Wednesday afternoon.

Other presenters will address the usual wide range of topics, from the juvenile justice system to the pros and cons of living in a tiny house.

Some schools shunt students into the juvenile justice system in order to escape their duty to educate them - students who could benefit from staying in school if only the educators held a positive view of their potential and had the ability to address their cognitive, developmental, emotional, and behavioral needs.

According to Act 4 Juvenile Justice, for more than 35 years the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) has provided critical federal funding to states to comply with a set of core requirements designed to protect children from the dangers of adult jails and lockups; keep young people safe; keep children charged with status offenses out of locked custody; and address the disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice Justice, for more than 35 years the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) has provided critical federal funding to states to comply with a set of core requirements designed to protect children from the dangers of adult jails and lockups; keep young people safe; keep children charged with status offenses out of locked custody; and address the disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) has provided critical federal funding to states to comply with a set of core requirements designed to protect children from the dangers of adult jails and lockups; keep young people safe; keep children charged with status offenses out of locked custody; and address the disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice justice system.

As communities across the country mark National Recovery Month, Roger Jarjoura explains why recovery can be particularly challenging for youth, and how the juvenile justice system must address their specific needs.

In order to reduce the likelihood of students considering dropping out, being part of the juvenile justice system, and having poor attendance in secondary grades, it is imperative that we address these risk factors as well, early on in the academic pipeline.

The new recommendations build on that guidance and address ways to improve conditions for learning, strengthen responses to students» behavioral health needs, tailor school - police partnerships, and minimize students» involvement with the juvenile justice system.

ACNJ is working with members of the New Jersey Council for Juvenile Justice System Improvement's Education Subcommittee and the Youth Justice New Jersey Coalition to address discipline and behavioral issues in schools.

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

What is important is that the White House task force is using this data to drive the creation of short and long - term programs to address these issues, such as high quality early childhood education, cradle - to - college strategies, and reform of the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Examples of events already held by presenting venues include a conversation between San Francisco - area artists and high school students at a screening of Suzanne Lacy's The Roof is On Fire; an artists» talk with Hong Kong - based video artist / activists; a mural project with the Juvenile Justice Center of Mahoning County in Ohio addressing themes of community, social justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western Justice Center of Mahoning County in Ohio addressing themes of community, social justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western Sahara.

The DOJ Program Plan is a tool to help applicants and grantees find funding opportunities (solicitations) managed by the DOJ grant - making components that address their criminal, juvenile, and civil justice needs.

At base, it was considered that where nationwide strategies for the twin goals of self - determination and social justice for Indigenous people could be set, the problems associated with the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in matters of child welfare and juvenile justice would begin to be addressed and concerns over contemporary separations correspondingly allayed.

Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood: Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice (PDF - 405 KB) Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising appJuvenile Justice (PDF - 405 KB) Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising apprJustice (PDF - 405 KB) Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising appJuvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising apprJustice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising appjuvenile justice field has developed promising apprjustice field has developed promising approaches.

Addressing The Needs Of Youth Known To Both The Child Welfare And Juvenile Justice Systems (PDF - 3976 KB) Bilchik (2010) Discusses innovative practices courts can implement to serve children who come to their attention through multiple systems and to prevent youth from further system involvement.

Addressing the Needs of Multi-System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice (PDF - 2580 KB) The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform & Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps (2011) Provides communities with a consolidated framework for serving crossover youth that incorporates the most up - to - date research, lessons from ongoing reform efforts, and an innovative collaborative management structure.

Although well - validated psychotherapies have been developed for children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), these therapies have limited applicability in juvenile justice context because they have not been tested in this context and do not address the larger issue of making juvenile justice systems trauma - informed.

In the past two years, the Baltimore - based Annie E. Casey Foundation piloted a curriculum aimed at training frontline and mid-level juvenile justice managers on youth development, a strategy focused on building the assets of youth and families (as opposed to just seeking to address deficits).