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                                    Coalition For Juvenile Justice (CJJ) (Washington DC)

      

                    
          
    Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) (Washington DC)
National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses
      “A status offender is a juvenile charged with or adjudicated for conduct that would not, under the law of the jurisdiction in which the offense was
    Girls, Status Offenses and the Need for a Less Punitive and More Empowering Approach
      “’Why are girls so much more likely than boys to be petitioned and incarcerated for a status offense?’ This brief explores the complex answer to th
    LGBTQ Youth and Status Offenses: Improving System Responses and Reducing Disproportionality
      The application of the “National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses” (NIC accession no. 027712) is stressed.
    LGBTQ Youth and Status Offenses: Improving System Responses and Reducing Disproportionality [Webinar]
      “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are twice as likely as other youth to be sent to a juvenile detention facility f
    Disproportionate Minority Contact and Status Offenses
      This report looks at the significant overrepresentation of minority youth among juvenile status offenders.
    Using Title IV-E for Juvenile Justice: The Multnomah County Experience [Webinar]
      This webinar explains how your agency can utilize funds from Title IV of the Social Security Act, Part E - Federal Payments for Foster Care and Ado
    Implementing Evidence-Based Services [Webinar]
      If you are looking for an excellent introduction to how to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs) in your juvenile agency, then this webinar is
    Unchain the Children: Policy Opportunities to Stop Shackling Children in Court [Webinar]
      "Children in far too many states are forced to appear in court shackled - often wearing handcuffs, leg irons, and belly chains connecting ankle and
    LGBT Youth in Juvenile Justice: Creating Agency Policies for an Equitable System Webinar
      Many juvenile justice systems don't know how many young people in their system identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) and often Return to top

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