Check out the Wraparound story through the PBS Visionaries series, a video produced following Wrap’s receiving the Harvard Innovations in Government Award. The video illustrates how the wraparound approach has been successful for so many children and families in Milwaukee. Some good information – and inspiring stories!
The National Juvenile Justice Network has released a new policy platform document on Youth Reentry/Aftercare - providing policy makers and advocates some basic guidelines and ideas to work toward when youth are placed in residential or correctional facilities. One of the things we do know about almost all youth who are placed in a...
Recent news about the decline in the number of youth placed in Juvenile Correctional Institutions in Wisconsin (see Where Have all the Children Gone?) is mirrored by the continuing decline in the number of youth held in one of the 17 juvenile detention facilities in the state. As recently as the first half of 2008 there were, on...
As soon as Congress finishes off work on a few last-minute items, your Representative and our Senators will be on recess – through September 13. If a member of Congress is holding a town hall/open meeting in your area, go and ask them about what they can do to make sure that the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act...
The National Juvenile Justice Network has just released The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times, a compilation of reform efforts and strategies that make sense both in terms of producing better outcomes for youth and communities and saving money. Reform efforts such as Youth...
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