Sentences with phrase «for juvenile justice reform»

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.

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 approaches.

Nov. 6: Family and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children is celebrating its 15th anniversary and its many years fighting to for juvenile justice reform and to end the school - to - prison pipeline.

In order to develop a larger comprehensive county - wide arrest diversion program Members of the Oneida County team attended an Information sharing Certificate Program and were admitted to the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform Fellows Network following the approval of their capstone project.

Many advocates for juvenile justice reform applauded a plan by Cuomo to offer pardons to thousands of people who were convicted of nonviolent felonies or misdemeanors when they were 16 or 17 and have spent at least 10 years since without any additional convictions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Saturday released a petition email highlighting the push for juvenile justice reform in the $ 152 billion budget proposal expected to pass at the end of this month.

The County Executive's office sent this group to Georgetown University's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform to attend the 2014 Information Sharing Certificate Program in a continued step of implementing the County Executive's Countywide Arrest Diversion Program.

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University advances a balanced, multi-systems approach to reducing juvenile delinquency that promotes positive child and youth development, while also holding youth accountable.

Members of the Oneida County team attended an Information sharing Certificate Program late 2014 and were recently admitted to the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform Fellows Network following the approval of their capstone project.

And IDC is backing calls for juvenile justice reform, spending more on Foundation Aid for education and provide legal assistance for immigrants.

But she added the meeting was held in part to brief her on the efforts for juvenile justice reform through raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.

The IDC, however, insisted the one - house budget resolution of its own should not be read as a break with the Senate GOP as liberal advocacy groups press for juvenile justice reform and other long - sought issues this session.

Not exact matches

The resolution includes issues Senate Republicans are either broadly opposed to — such as the DREAM Act — or have had concerns about, including juvenile justice reform for 16 and 17 - year - old defendants.

Governor Cuomo is proposing significant reform of the State's juvenile justice system and greater use of preventive services to generate better outcomes for children and family as well as significant savings.

«There is an overwhelming need for reform in juvenile justice system, starting with the replacement of Commissioner Gladys Carrion, whose misguided policies and divisive management has put clients and staff at greater risk.

«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.

Jettisoned from the budget talks, too, were discussions over juvenile justice reform and curtailing sexual assault on college campuses (funding for raising the age of criminal responsibility is still under discussion in the budget talks).

However, the debate over reforms to the juvenile justice system proved to be deeply complex and, for now, are being pushed further down the legislative docket.

And many who are seeking re-election are withholding support for Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's «Second Chance» criminal justice reform bill, which would abolish bail for most misdemeanors and allow 20 - year olds to be treated as juveniles for certain crimes.

The juvenile justice reform push has been at issue for the last several years in Albany, but has stalled in the Legislature.

Cuomo pointed to the failed effort to achieve juvenile justice reform, as well as a plan he proposed at the start of the year — providing free tuition to SUNY and CUNY schools for families earning less than $ 125,000.

The raise the age issue was a key policy concern for Heastie to have accomplished in the state budget, and Cuomo last week indicated he was satisfied with the passage of a budget extender bill that funded the government until May 31, but did not include the juvenile justice reform.

At the same time, issues with no expiration date are yet to be sorted out: The education tax credit remains in the talks, while some state lawmakers continue to hold out hope for a compromise on juvenile justice reform.

With juvenile offenders having a recidivism rate of 90 percent Cuomo pushed for major reforms to the justice system, including focusing on alternative punishment and treatment.

We are proud to be part of the movement for comprehensive juvenile justice reform, and we congratulate the young people and their families who have been at the forefront of the Raise the Age campaign.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to hold the attention of the people of New York and its lawmakers continued into its second week on Monday with two more detailed presentations on elements of his «Opportunity Agenda»: reforms to the juvenile justice system and the proposed creation of a commission to decide on salary increases for lawmakers and top state officials.

The juvenile jail closed in 2011 following years of protests from advocates pushing for criminal justice reform.

A 15 - year veteran of film and television, her credits include directing and producing for HBO, A&E, MTV, and the PBS series Need to Know, which focused on issues of prison reform and juvenile justice.

Panelists mentioned various important changes that needed to be made such as a juvenile justice system reform, access and support for early childhood education, comprehensive support services for parents that includes job training, a professional teaching structure, high schools that build pathways beyond just a four - year college degree, and educational supports for children living with undocumented immigrant parents.

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 justice system.

Webinar Recording: Effective Juvenile Justice Reforms in the Era of ESSA This webinar provided a brief overview of ESSA requirements for students in the juvenile justice system and highlighted models from around the country that are effectively implementing these mJuvenile Justice Reforms in the Era of ESSA This webinar provided a brief overview of ESSA requirements for students in the juvenile justice system and highlighted models from around the country that are effectively implementing these maJustice Reforms in the Era of ESSA This webinar provided a brief overview of ESSA requirements for students in the juvenile justice system and highlighted models from around the country that are effectively implementing these mjuvenile justice system and highlighted models from around the country that are effectively implementing these majustice system and highlighted models from around the country that are effectively implementing these mandates.

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.

The committee is looking into other reforms for the juveniles involved in the criminal justice system.

Though not strictly acting in concert, the Commonwealth, States and Territories have been reforming juvenile justice laws along similar lines for more than a decade as they apply to all children, and particularly Indigenous juveniles, since the RCADIC Report in 1991.

Welfare reform has disrupted Medicaid benefits for millions of children who need treatment.97, 98 Medicaid enables many youth to receive psychiatric treatment.99 Many parents who left welfare to go to work found their new jobs did not provide insurance or, when available, they could not afford copayments.100, 101 The State Children's Health Insurance Program, designed to offset the loss of Medicaid, did not fulfill its intended purpose.98, 102 Moreover, welfare reform has not substantially decreased poverty103; many poor children have become even poorer.104 Poor children are vulnerable to poor outcomes, 105 including involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Previously, Héctor served as director of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services for six years where he led several county - wide initiatives, including efforts to reform the juvenile justice system, end chronic homelessness, transform mental health care, and end a 30 - year wait list for disabilities services.

Models for Change provides research - based tools and techniques to make juvenile justice more fair, effective, rational, and developmentally - appropriate and the initiative supports counties and states in reforming the way they treat kids who've committed crimes.

This MessageMemo explains reframing strategies that have been tested to advance juvenile justice policies, allowing advocates for adolescents and criminal justice reformers to pivot from these issues to juvenile justice reforms.

Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 1809 / S.860): This legislation provides protections for juveniles and ensures that public dollars are invested in a continuum of trauma - informed care and alternatives to incarceration and detention as a way to help dismantle the school to prison pipeline, reduce crime, and improve youth outcomes.