I've worked for the past ten years in the mental health / counseling field with experienced work in a therapeutic girl's residential facility, mental health rehabilitation agency, alternative
school for juvenile offenders, and a college counseling program as a Direct Child Care Attendant, Counselor, Assessor, and Clinical Director.»
He championed a $ 15 minimum wage and enacted a 12 - week paid family leave policy; got strict gun control into law; introduced a free (though imperfect) college tuition program for certain students; banned fracking; allocated $ 10 million for a defense fund for immigrants facing deportation; and raised the
age for juvenile offenders to 18.
As a professional fellow with NCUSCR, she collaborated with Chinese social workers to open a dialogue around social work
practices for juvenile offenders within the Chinese juvenile offender system.
They will each perform about nine hours of community service, and if students over age 13 fail to show up for community service they will be assigned to an alternative service
program for juvenile offenders.
Florida's virtual school, university - run laboratory schools,
schools for juvenile offenders, a school for «high risk» boys including sex offenders, and the state school for the deaf and blind would all count as «parallel» public schools uncontrolled by local boards.
For juvenile offenders, the Cuomo - appointed Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice is recommending raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18, shifting nonviolent offenses for those under 18 to family court, and keeping young people out of adult jails, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.
An experimental program in El Paso, Texas, adapted a TBI cognitive treatment program
for juvenile offenders.
Utah's rate of recidivism — return to incarceration —
for juvenile offenders is a staggering 53.1 percent, costing taxpayers millions while falling short of the goal to reshape the lives of many troubled youths.
For example, many states have deferred prosecution / deferred judgment laws, alternative sentence options, drugs court that emphasize treatment over punishment, special programs
for juvenile offenders, and a host of other local state programs.
For example, there was a 72 % drop in juvenile incarceration in Oregon, USA, after money was reinvested in well - resourced restorative justice and community service programs
for juvenile offenders.