As the Division of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) begins the process of closing two juvenile correctional institutions (JCI) - Ethan Allen School for Boys and Southern Oaks School for Girls - and consolidating all functions at one facility – Lincoln Hills School for Boys and, on the same property the Copper Lake School for Girls – we will...

As momentum continues to grow around implementing best practices, evidence-based practices, research-based practices -- OK, so pick the term you want to use – the point is how do we use the body of research about what works to improve practice in the juvenile justice world?  And, how do we transition our systems from what we now do to...

The Governor’s budget introduced today includes the closing of two juvenile correctional institutions, Southern Oaks School (Union Grove; girls) and Ethan Allen School (Wales; boys), and moving those youth to one consolidated juvenile correctional institution, Lincoln Hills School (Irma). As everyone is aware, the population at the...

The Coalition for Juvenile Justice, a network of state’s advisory groups, has responded to President Obama’s budget which consolidates Title II and JABG funds into a new bucket called Juvenile Justice System Incentive Grants.  While supporting the positives of the incentive grant approach – and there are some – CJJ suggests using that...

While Congress struggles with continuing resolutions and cuts related to the current fiscal year’s budget, as mentioned in a blog posting last week, the Obama FY 2012 budget proposal reduces and alters funding for some of the traditional Formula and JABG juvenile justice grants. Until some basic questions get answered about how funds...