Wisconsin Social Workers Support Raising the Age of Adult Court Jurisdiction

by Kids Forward | April 20, 2009

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The Wisconsin Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers has taken on the cause of raising the age of adult court jurisdiction to 18, including this as one of their key points of advocacy in meeting with Wisconsin legislators for their advocacy day on April 1. For a brief story about their advocacy, visit http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/8469-1.

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