As part of the recently adopted federal budget, there are some notable changes in funding for juvenile justice that will impact Wisconsin. The adopted amounts are significantly lower than proposed by the White  House and Senate  - including the elimination of Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funds (albeit some funds were moved to...

Progress has been made in Wisconsin in recent years in reducing the number of youth who have not committed a crime being locked up with youth who have. But, we can do better. These "status offenders" are often truants who fail to comply with court orders to attend school or habitual runaways that frustrate the court's attempt to get...