Today OJA posted a funding announcement for $900,000 over a three year period to jurisdictions to develop School-based Truancy Prevention and Reduction Initiatives targeting middle school youth. They anticipate awarding four grants of approximately up to $225,000 each over that three-year period. School districts, CESAs, and tribal...
The National Juvenile Justice Network has just released its policy platform brief on DMC - the fourth in a series of policy platform statements endorsed by the network. Each brief is meant to be a guide for policy-makers, advocates, and others interested in advancing what works in juvenile justice. This one highlights the need for...
Amid all the issues going on in Washington, it was good news that the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on April 21 on issues identified in the JJDPA reauthorizaton bill. You can check out the Youth Today report on the hearing. So, while reauthorization poses some problems for compliance in Wisconsin (see the...
OJJDP has just published a good resource document, Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency, which provides an overview of, and brings the reader up to date on, the research unique to girls' involvement in delinquent behavior. The research is categorized in eight groups, including Biological and Individaul Factors, Family Influences,...
Take note that National Crime Victim's Rights Week is coming up next week. While WCCF normally is focusing on offenders, we also know that the "gap" between many youth being offenders and victims isn't always great - many of them have been victims of/exposed to domestic violence, abuse, and other trauma that has impacted their lives. In...
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