Sentences with phrase «juvenile justice cases»

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The economic case that Educare advocates make is that the savings that result from having those children caught up in kindergarten rather than lagging behind — savings down the road in special education, juvenile justice, and social services — more than offset the cost of Educare.

Cuomo's criminal justice reforms have not always been embraced by local prosecutors, who have raised issues in the past to overhauling juvenile justice and an executive order giving the attorney general the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which civilians die in interactions with police.

In the Democratic - led Assembly, meanwhile, criminal justice concerns include a focus on reform efforts, such as moving criminal cases involving 16 and 17 year olds to juvenile court, a measure that has stalled at the Capitol.

Albany, NY — Youth advocates are calling for an overhaul of New York State's Juvenile Justice System Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas investigates the call to action to stop the funneling of minority youth down life - paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and, in some cases, death

In 2013, almost 1.1 million delinquency cases that involved juveniles charged with criminal law violations were reported in U.S. courts, according to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of Youth Villages» YVLifeSet program by providing intensive, individualized, and clinically focused case management, support, and counseling has demonstrated excellent results with young people transitioning out of foster care or with a history of involvement in the juvenile justice system.

School districts accounted for three out of every 10 status cases referred to juvenile courts in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, the second - highest source of referrals after law enforcement agencies.

Who's responsible for this win: This case resulted from the hard work of many CAFL staff members, especially Ann Balmelli O'Connor, Attorney - in - Charge of CAFL Appeals Unit, who shepherded the case through the single justice process and wrote the brief and argued the case before the SJC, and Beth Ranz Sherwood and Gretchen Gillung - Fontanez, who advocated for Walt's father from the outset of the case in the Worcester Juvenile Court.

The keynote will be followed by workshop sessions on a wide variety of topics of interest to criminal, juvenile, child welfare and mental health practitioners, including but not limited to the wrongful conviction and exoneration of Frederick Clay, litigating nursing home admissions, appellate advocacy, criminal case law update, how to use social science research in your case, the new sentencing guidelines, restorative justice, ensuring language access, advanced issues in Superior Court litigation, representing emerging adults, how to contest preliminary drug test results, a practicum on mindfulness, as well as the latest from the immigration impact unit.

The case, first brought December 2007 by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, says the facility «has been plagued with escapes and reports of poor conditions, including 21 - hour daily lockdowns, inadequate education and shoddy medical and mental health care.»

Statewide, there are more than 100 defendants who must be resentenced under the ruling, according to Barry University's Juvenile Justice Center, which tracks the Graham cases.

To help ease the backlog, plea bargains skyrocketed and plans were made to begin using the Civil Court House and Juvenile Justice Center court rooms for criminal trials, with misdemeanor cases moving to the Family Law Center.

Coursework in Juvenile Justice and Deviance in Society, Pre - Law, Criminal Law, Crisis Intervention, Case Management, Social Services, etc..

Maintain and update case files on all delinquent youth per Department of Juvenile Justice standards, policies, procedures and QI standards.

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Justice reinvestment is about shifting spending away from prisons and juvenile detention expansion towards prevention, such as early childhood education in vulnerable communities, targeting young people at risk of school disengagement, intensive case work support with housing and employment support, and job creation.

Once girls with mental health problems come into the juvenile justice system, says Cauffman, diverting them to community - based treatment programs would not only improve their individual outcomes, but allow the juvenile justice system to focus on cases that present the greatest risk to public safety.

Permanency Through Collaboration Between Delinquency and Dependency Courts (PDF - 880 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, ABA Center on Children and the Law Child CourtWorks, 10 (2), 2008 Describes efforts in Idaho to bridge the gap between child welfare and juvenile justice proceedings to assist youth with cases pending simultaneously in both systems.

The annual Summit is the largest child welfare event in Florida, and the department anticipates the convening of more than 3,000 child welfare professionals and related partners, including attorneys, case managers, child advocates, child protective investigators and supervisors, Child Protection Team staff, child welfare trainers, court staff, DCF staff, relative caregivers, foster and adoptive parents, guardians ad litem, judges, law enforcement, juvenile justice professionals, service providers, and youth.

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, School Counselors, School Psychologists, School Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Therapists, Probation Officers, Mental Health Professionals working in treatment programs, juvenile justice facilities and more

Trauma Affect Regulation / Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET): A case study moving toward trauma - informed juvenile justice systems.

For those involved with juvenile, family, and domestic violence cases, the Council provides the resources, knowledge, and training to improve the lives of families and children seeking justice.

Shifting CSEC cases from the juvenile justice system to the child welfare system provides exploited youth and their families with supportive services and programs not typically available through probation departments, including parenting skills programs and family reunification efforts.

TARGET's approach to educating not only youth, but also families, staff, and administrators, about traumatic stress, and helping all of these key constituencies to build on their strengths and master self - regulation skills, is described as a case study in how to create trauma - informed juvenile justice systems.

Trauma Affect Regulation / Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET): A Case Study of Moving Toward Trauma - Informed Juvenile Justice Systems

Diversionary programs aim to divert the offender, in this case a juvenile offender, away from the formal criminal justice system.