Sentences with phrase «many juvenile justice facilities»

Another former juvenile justice facility, the Industry Residential Center in Monroe County, will be expanded to hold 130 youth offenders.

«The Cuomo administration's plans to close and downsize juvenile justice facilities operated by the state Office of Children and Family Services is another bad policy choice that will hurt real people in real places,» Donohue said in a statement.

We raised the minimum wage, we closed juvenile justice facilities, we opened the justice center and we passed marriage equality.

ALBANY, NY (05/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Just weeks after scathing reports about the abysmal failure of the Close to Home juvenile «reform» program diverting youthful offenders from state juvenile justice facilities to inadequate New York City based programs, the Cuomo administration is doubling down on bad policy and moving to close two more centers.

The Office of Children and Family Services has been systematically undermining operations at juvenile justice facilities and moving toward total shutdown after reneging on a commitment to transform the model for resident treatment.

Don't put other people in juvenile justice facilities to give some people jobs.»

He's particularly chagrined that layoffs that result from the closure of prisons, psychiatric centers and juvenile justice facilities won't apply to the $ 450 million in workforce savings the governor included in the 2011 - 2012 budget agreement, which he is insisting must be achieved through either concessions or the layoff of 9,800 workers.

It was also leaked on the same day closures and downsizing of juvenile justice facilities were announced, which will put more people out of work and undermine important public safety services.

ALBANY, NY (06/08/2011)(readMedia)-- «The Cuomo administration's plans to close and downsize juvenile justice facilities operated by the state Office of Children and Family Services is another bad policy choice that will hurt real people in real places.

The Florida Legislature has agreed to allow certain Florida officials to visit the state's juvenile justice facilities.

Only 65 percent of the juvenile justice facilities in the United States offer an educational program for incarcerated young people.

«If society expects incarcerated youth to be transformed when they return to their communities, these youth must be exposed to high - quality education in addition to other resources, like counseling and therapy, provided by the juvenile justice facilities.»

With a belief system that continually calls him to serve others, Commissioner Morath has participated in numerous volunteer activities, including church Missions Team, schools and juvenile justice facilities and serving as a mentor Big Brother.

The brief was informed by a 50 - state scan conducted by AYPF to better understand the current system structure and accountability of education in juvenile justice facilities.

The brief provides state and local policymakers and education and juvenile justice leaders with information about how they can use the accountability requirements under ESSA to improve the quality of education and postsecondary and workforce success for youth in juvenile justice facilities.

States will be required to incorporate students in juvenile justice facilities in a school's graduation rate calculation.

Students who transfer to a juvenile justice facility will be included in accountability systems.

Before that, Kareem was an award - winning teacher and administrator in California and South Carolina who drove student achievement in traditional schools and within Department of Juvenile Justice facilities.

These interviews with states have given me new insight into what high quality education programs can look like inside juvenile justice facilities.

However, youth in juvenile justice facilities typically have lower education levels, and one in three incarcerated youth have reading and math skills that are significantly lower than their grade level.

AYPF is currently working on a project focused on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and accountability for educating students in juvenile justice facilities, which has given me a new perspective into what high quality educational opportunities can look like inside secured facilities.

This project involves interviewing each state about their education programs for students in juvenile justice facilities and how the facilities are held accountable for student growth and success.

Project ACHIEVE has been implemented in public schools, alternative schools, special education centers, psychiatric and juvenile justice facilities, Head Start and other preschool programs, and specialized charter schools.

Empowering teachers with the tools they need to be effective working in juvenile justice facilities

This brief provides state and local policymakers as well as education and juvenile justice leaders with information about how they can use requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to improve education and workforce outcomes for youth in long - term juvenile justice facilities.

The Florida Legislature has agreed to allow certain Florida officials to visit the state's juvenile justice facilities.

Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers, etc..

This funding covers all educational programs for youth in juvenile justice facilities, classrooms in residential treatment centers, classrooms in alternative high schools, etc., and Check & Connect.

Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Improve Educational Services in Juvenile Justice Facilities This brief provides state and local policymakers as well as education and juvenile justice leaders with information about how they can use requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act to improve education and workforce outcomes for youth in long - term juvenile justice facilities.

It depends on how a state classifies the educational services provided to students in juvenile justice facilities, and how you define «correctional facility.»

In the brief we focus specifically on Title 1, Part A as a leverage point in ESSA, but Title 1, Part D also has new and revised provisions to improve education outcomes of students in juvenile justice facilities.

Do you think that compliance with ESSA is our solution to low academic achievement for students attending school in juvenile justice facilities?

We hope that the brief helps states facilitate a dialogue among the diverse stakeholders involved in providing and improving educational services in juvenile justice facilities.

Your new report talks about leveraging ESSA to support the education success for students in juvenile justice facilities.

In order to think through how ESSA can be used to improve education programs in juvenile justice facilities, the American Youth Policy Forum, the Council of State Governments Justice Center, and the National Reentry Resource Center recently collaborated on a policy brief.

The suspect was charged with disturbing schools and was detained at the Department of Juvenile Justice facility in Greenville.

Almost 20 % of youths in juvenile justice facilities have a serious emotional disturbance and most have a diagnosable mental disorder.

Target Population: Families with members at imminent risk of placement into, or needing intensive services to return from, treatment facilities, foster care, group or residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, or juvenile justice facilities

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

Antonia has been practicing mental health counseling for over 10 years in a variety of settings such as foster care, juvenile justice facilities, crisis line, families living with someone with a mental illness and victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Dr. Scarth has worked in various settings including foster care, nursing homes, private practice, residential treatment facilities, community mental health centers, sexual trauma treatment centers, schools, partial hospitalization programs, emergency shelters, juvenile justice facilities, and colleges.

Not exact matches

• Juvenile Justice Reorganization: With a goal of reducing wasteful spending, Governor Cuomo will undertake an immediate reorganization of the state's youth detention facilities with the goal of consolidation, while providing current staff the priority for relocation to other facilities, retraining, and / or reemployment opportunities.

Juvenile Justice Reorganization: With a goal of reducing wasteful spending, Governor Cuomo will undertake an immediate reorganization of the State's youth detention facilities with the goal of consolidation, while providing current staff the priority for relocation to other facilities, retraining and / or reemployment opportunities.

Often, DSS will work with a family involved in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems to utilize services offered at these facilities.

The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that youths held in adult facilities are five times more likely to be sexually assaulted and Building Blocks for Youth, an initiative to promote a fair juvenile justice system, has said youths in those facilities are twice as likely to be injured by prisonJustice has reported that youths held in adult facilities are five times more likely to be sexually assaulted and Building Blocks for Youth, an initiative to promote a fair juvenile justice system, has said youths in those facilities are twice as likely to be injured by prisonjustice system, has said youths in those facilities are twice as likely to be injured by prison staff.

Last summer, the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to take over New York's juvenile - prison system after investigating Tryon and two other state facilities and uncovering a litany of abuses: employees restraining kids so often and with so much force that kids had endured concussions, broken teeth, and broken bones.

Onondaga County lawmakers are considering legislation that would ensure that juveniles are not thrown in solitary confinement in any of the county's criminal justice facilities in the future.

Treating young people as juveniles, including utilizing juvenile facilities instead of Rikers island when incarceration is needed, accords with best practices and offers these young people a better chance at rebuilding their lives and avoiding further contact with the criminal justice system.

«We share the concerns of community members, law enforcement officials and youth facility staff that current policies at the Office of Child and Family Services, including the closure of 14 youth facilities, are making a bad situation worse in the juvenile justice system,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue.

On any given day, more than 81,000 youth are confined to residential facilities in the juvenile justice system.